Becoming chair of the CALL-IS actually led to a new career path for me. I was recruited by a start-up software company, Inso Corporation, to be the project leader for the development of an ESL grammar checker. CALL-IS folks may remember that I transitioned from cruising the vendor booths to being in a vendor booth, and learned how much your feet hurt when you're standing on a concrete exhibition hall floor all day.

From there our company was sold to Lernout and Hauspie, which collapsed amid an SEC scandal a few years later. By then I had gone on to technology development in various publishing companies, starting with Heinle and Heinle (now part of Cengage) and going on to Houghton Mifflin college division (now also part of Cengage). I took a short stint (a year and a half) as the Director of Project Management for a small independent software developer and am now back in publishing with Pearson Education as a Technical Program Manager in the Learning Technologies Group. Along the way I received my PMP (Project Management Professional) certification.

I still have a soft spot for CALL, but the money is in the math applications, so a lot of what I've worked on over the past few years has been math and science. I've continued to be involved in community theater, both directing and acting. I live south of Boston with my family.

For me, it's not 'where are you now?' but 'are you still there?'

I was the director of the English Language Program at Roosevelt University in Chicago when I was chair and there have been no changes. We have about 80 students and they have all been admitted to Roosevelt University. We have no English language proficiency requirements for admission and provide a full program of English language support. One of the reasons for this policy is that Roosevelt University is known for the Chicago College of Performing Arts. It's an elite program and the College recruits all over the world. Other universities have football teams; we have an orchestra. It's a challenge to have students who are learning English and trying to fit their homework in around 6 hours of practice a day, rehearsals, and performances.

I teach a CALL course at the University of Pittsburgh, where I also direct the Robert Henderson Language Media Center. Personal website: http://www.edvista.com/claire