Jana Martin

Biography

Jana Martin serves as associate director of the Language Institute and graduate coordinator for the Second Language Acquisition (SLA) PhD Program. With the goal to strengthen and promote the teaching and learning of languages, Jana’s role focuses on the development of lecture series, workshops, and other professional development programs for faculty and staff in departments of languages, linguistics, literatures, and cultures. She also coordinates and administers the SLA PhD Program and supports its students and faculty. Jana’s native language is Slovak and she earned her PhD in German with a doctoral minor in Second Language Acquisition from UW-Madison in 2016. Jana’s administrative experience comes from diverse organizational contexts that include UW-Madison, a private PreK-12 school, and a non-profit organization.