Sarah Faltin Osborn
- she/her
- English, Assistant Professor
General Information
Biography
As an Assistant Professor in the English Department, I teach ESL Composition, Composition, Writing Pedagogy, Linguistics courses, as well as AI & Writing. I am the Director of First Year Writing and the undergraduate and graduate certificates in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). I serve on multiple committees involving assessment, general education, and teaching.
Teaching Interests
English as a Second Language Composition (ESL), Composition, Applied Linguistics, Writing Pedagogy, AI & Writing, and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Research Interests
Best Practices in English as a Second Language Teaching, Student Support Services, Supporting Multilingual Learners, and Artificial Intelligence as a Teaching Tool
Service Summary
Director of First Year Writing & TESOL Certificate Director
Education
BA, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, French, 2009
MA, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, Language Teaching, French, 2011
Other, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, TESOL, 2011
Ph D, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, Educational Studies, Language, Literacy, and Culture, 2015
Other, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, Mixed Methods Research Methodology, 2015
Professional Development
Community of Practice: Teaching, First Year Writing: AI & Assessment, 09/01/2025 - 05/01/2026
Community of Practice: Teaching, TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), 08/01/2020 - 12/01/2024
Institutional Training, The AI Advantage: Transforming Teaching and Preparing Students to Thrive - 09/02/2024
Continuing Education Program, Continuing the Momentum to the End: Humanizing Online Teaching & Learning, 01/04/2021 - 01/29/2021
Continuing Education Program, Humanizing Online Teaching & Learning, 03/01/2021 - 03/21/2021
Institutional Training, An Engaging, Equitable, and Inclusive Online Class, 09/01/2023 - 10/01/2023
Institutional Training, Empowering Faculty in the World of CBE | Part 2, 10/01/2023 - 11/01/2023
Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity
Selected Publications
Osborn, Sarah. 2025. Transforming Writing using AI to Explore Genre, Audience, and Context in Multilingual Writing Classrooms, MidTESOL, 8.
Osborn, Sarah, Seitzer, Melanie, Radosta, Kathryn. 2020. We’ve Got Our Noses in a Book: Implementing Extensive Reading in the ESL Composition Classroom, MIDTESOL Journal, 3.
Service
Department, College, and University
First Year Writing Committee, Committee Member, 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018
GCC Implementation Committee, Committee Member, Determine best ways to support the partnership between UNO and GCC, and to work through the logistics of welcoming these cohorts of students at UNO, while providing adequate academic support., 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018
MALT Committee, Committee Member, 04/10/2019 - present
Graduate Program Committee, 09/01/2019 - 09/30/2019
Professional
Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning and Leadership in Education, Reviewer, Journal Article, Reviewer for the Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership in Education (CTLLE), providing peer feedback on manuscripts related to TESOL, multilingual education, and curriculum design for publication consideration., 11/01/2025 - 11/30/2025