Christopher Hastings

Chris is currently working at ITMO University in St. Petersburg, Russia as a U.S. State Department funded English Language Fellow. In addition to teaching EFL in Colombia, Brazil, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and China, he trained K-12 English teachers in Iraq, was the Educational Programs Coordinator for an immigrant service provider in Texas, and led nonprofit service projects in Panama and Brazil. Currently, his main interests include Second Language Motivation, Storytelling in the Language Classroom, Intercultural Communication, and Food and Cultural Identity.