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Ph.D., Arizona State University
jbale@msu.edu
Jeffrey Bale is an assistant professor of teacher education. He has various research interests related to educational language policy. Currently, his research investigates the impact of perceived national security concerns on heritage language education, especially programs for Arabic. His work also looks comparatively at the language education policies in the United States and Germany. ...

I started my time at Michigan State as a social work major. After a semester, I learned about the Child Development Laboratories on campus and found a mentor who guided me towards changing my major. I have never looked back since then. The thing that I really appreciated about the program is that faculty in the College of Education really support the relationship between those students with dual-degrees. If it wasn't fellow Child Development majors, it ...