2023 Monographs

Memories of Choices, People, Places, and Events That Shaped My Life

Fanselow, John

In Memories of Choices, People, Places, and Events That Shaped My Life John Fanselow tells the story of his love of teaching and his revolutionary mantra of “Try the opposite” — from Nigeria to New York to New Zealand, and many places in between. After majoring in English and Spanish for his BA and MA from Northern Illinois University, he applied to become a Peace Corps Volunteer in Latin America. While there were no openings there, he was fortunately accepted to teach at a teacher training college in Nigeria for two years, and it was there that the “Try the opposite” technique blossomed into his life-long calling. After the Peace Corps John went on to study at Columbia University’s Teachers College, earned a Ph.D. and was invited to join the faculty. Ultimately he became head of the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program there.