Susan M. Gass (BA, UC Berkeley [Italian]; MA, Middlebury [Italian]; MA, UCLA [Linguistics]; Ph.D., Indiana University [Applied Linguistics]) is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages. She directs the English Language Center and has served for nine years as Co-Director of CLEAR, which she will continue to Co-Direct. She will coordinate the Research Projects area. Dr. Gass has published widely in the field of second language acquisition and is the co-author of Second Language Research: Methodology and Design (2005, with Alison Mackey) and the author of Input, Interaction and the Second Language Learner (1997). Other recent books include Second Language Acquisition (2001 with Larry Selinker), Stimulated Recall (2000 with Alison Mackey), and Interlanguage Refusals (1999 with Noël Houck). She is the winner of numerous awards, including the Distinguished Faculty Award at MSU, the Ralph Smuckler Award for International Studies at MSU, the Paul Pimsleur Award for Outstanding Research from ACTFL, the Michigan Association of Governing Boards Award, and the American Association for Applied Linguistics Distinguished Service and Scholar Award.

Patricia Paulsell (Ph.D. The University of Michigan), Professor of German and Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Letters, has served as Co-Director of CLEAR since 1996. Since 1990 she has also served as Director for Business Language Initiatives in the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) at Michigan State University. Dr. Paulsell is a nationally and internationally recognized expert on German and language for business and the professions and has published widely in this area, particularly on materials and methods development, cross-cultural discourse analysis, content-based instruction, experiential learning, and computer-aided learning. Central to this focus was the development of a four-volume textbook with interactive CD-ROM software, entitled German for Business and Economics, which was first published in Fall 1994. This widely-used textbook/CD-ROM package appeared in a revised second edition in Spring 2000. Her article publications have appeared in recognized professional journals such as Foreign Language Annals, Die Unterrichtspraxis, and German Studies Review (from which she received the 1990 "Best Article of the Year Award"). She serves as a referee for Modern Language Journal, Die Unterrichtspraxis, Journal of International Marketing, and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Language in International Business and Global Business Languages. Dr. Paulsell has organized many successful national and regional workshops and conference sessions on business language teaching and materials development. She has also given over 50 presentations at national and international conferences and is an invited national reviewer for International Business programs nationwide.

Joy Campbell (M.A., Monterey Institute of International Studies) has been the Executive Associate Director of CLEAR since 2004. Her M.A. is in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), and she has taught in France, Morocco, and most recently as a full time faculty member at Michigan State University. She has also done teacher training for EFL teachers. Aside from her daily administrative responsibilities at CLEAR, she works closely with other CLEAR personnel on the MIMEA project, oversees and organizes summer and onsite workshops, chairs MSU's World Languages Day committee, and conducts workshops about CLEAR and its products at regional and national conferences.

Dennie Hoopingarner (Ph.D., Michigan State University) has been the Associate Director for Technology Implementation at CLEAR since 1997 and the Director of MSU's Language Learning Center since 2001. He has broad experience in bringing educational technology into the forefront of foreign language teaching through overseeing the development of all of CLEAR's technology projects and developing/maintaining the websites for CLEAR, Language Learning & Technology and the common LRC website. He has also led CLEAR's technology-related summer workshops and onsite technology training workshops. Through his position at MSU's Language Learning Center, he has expanded and updated the facilities in order to provide better resources for the foreign language teachers and students at MSU.

Daniel J. Reed is the Language Assessment Specialist at CLEAR and Acting Director of Testing in the English Language Center in the College of Arts and Letters. He has also served as President and Vice-President of the Indiana State Affiliate of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (INTESOL). He has taught graduate courses in language testing, linguistic theory and applied linguistics to second and foreign language teachers at Indiana University and the University of Minnesota. Dr. Reed has published his research in major journals and presented at numerous national and international conferences. His work in second language testing includes assessment in FL classrooms and programs, oral proficiency, special purpose testing (e.g., for Federal courtroom interpreters, and for workers in business settings), test development for government and private sector settings, roles for technology, test accommodations (e.g., linguistic simplification; translation), and reduced-redundancy testing.

Vineet Bansal is a Software Developer working for CLEAR since 2003. He received his Engineering degree in Computer Science in Indore, India, and M.S. in Computer Science from MSU in 2003. His primary work includes developing interactive language-learning software for the center, developing and maintaining distance-learning web applications, and administering the department network. He has successfully led the development of several projects while at CLEAR, including the development of the Portuguese and Russian distance-learning courses, the "Business German" language learning CD, and ad hoc projects like automating the departmental library and developing the proposal submission/grading system for AAAL (American Association for Applied Linguistics). He's currently working on developing the next generation of Rich Internet Applications for Language Learning domain.

Joan Reid joined CLEAR as the office secretary in May of 2007. She provides administrative support for the center and program directors. She is responsible for budgeting and accounting, assisting with grant administration, processing of appointment (faculty, graduate assistant, fellowship) forms, preparation of vouchers (travel, reimbursement, direct pay). She also assists in event planning (workshops, guest housing, and lectures), and supervising and coordinating duties of student employees.

Prior to joining CLEAR, for 15 years Joan served as the secretary and editor of the African Diaspora Research Project. She was responsible for the day-to-day management of the project office and editorial assistant for the project’s multi-volume publication series with MSU Press. Joan also worked as an office assistant with the Biomedical Research and Informatics Center, College of Human Medicine.