Oksana Vorobel is a Professor at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York. She received her Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition and Instructional Technology at the University of South Florida (USF). Her research interests include second language literacy, use of technology in language learning and teaching, and distance language education. She serves as a Book Review Editor for the CALICO Journal. She has taught a number of various courses in the USA and Ukraine, including Literacy Development in ELLs (ESOL endorsement course for pre-service teachers), Language Acquisition, Introduction to Linguistics, and ESL/EFL.