Russell Simonsen

Russell Simonsen is an assistant professor of Spanish at Miami University and former high school Spanish teacher. He specializes in second language acquisition and linguistics. He is also a certified healthcare interpreter and teaches courses on using Spanish in the medical field. Bill VanPatten is an award-winning scholar and teacher with an international reputation in language acquisition and language teaching. In addition to his academic credentials, he writes fiction and is now an award...See more

Russell Simonsen is an assistant professor of Spanish at Miami University and former high school Spanish teacher. He specializes in second language acquisition and linguistics. He is also a certified healthcare interpreter and teaches courses on using Spanish in the medical field. Bill VanPatten is an award-winning scholar and teacher with an international reputation in language acquisition and language teaching. In addition to his academic credentials, he writes fiction and is now an award-winning author. Visit his site at ... See less