Kenji Hakuta

Arrived on the academic scene with The Mirror of Language: The Debate on Bilingualism (1987), a book that set the standard for academic inquiry into the learning and teaching of second languages for years. Since then he extensively published work in language development, bilingualism, language teaching and related topics. In the early 2000s he left Stanford to help start the University of California's new campus at Merced, where he was the founding Dean of the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Back at Stanford he spearheaded guidelines for English Learners within the Common Core State Standards, implementing improvements in language instruction by developing a library of MOOCs (open on-line courses) to support teachers serving second-language learners.