Faculty Profiles

Jane Govoni

esol coordinator, Assistant Professor of Instruction in spanish, education

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Email Address: jgovoni@usf.edu
Phone Number: 941-359-4402
Office Location: ßÙßÇÂþ»­ Sarasota-Manatee campus, SMC 221B
Curriculum Vitae


Jane Govoni received her MA in Spanish from Boston College and her PhD from the University of South Florida specializing in Second Language Acquisition. Her background includes teaching Spanish at the secondary and college levels and TESOL to pre-service teachers. She is a past recipient of the Florida Irving Wershow Award in foreign language education and the Mary L. Collins Award for excellence in teacher education. She is currently the executive secretary for the Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators (SRATE). In addition, Dr. Govoni is an ESOL-SPA reviewer for CAEP and serves on the TESOL National Standards Professional Council.


Recent Publications

Govoni, J. & Lovell, C. (Eds.). (2021). Preparing the way: Teaching ELs in the pre-k-12 classroom. Kendall Hunt Publishing

Govoni, J. & Lovell, C. (2020). Linguistics for k-12 classroom application, Kendall Hunt Publishing.

Govoni, J. and Lovell, C. (2020). Linguistics for classroom application. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Co.

Govoni, J. (Ed.). (2018) Preparing the Way: Teaching ELs in the prek-12 classroom. (3rd ed.) Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Co.