Melissa earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Iowa. Her interests include second language acquisition of vocabulary as well as curriculum design.

Select Courses Taught

• LING:1080 Communicating Across Linguistic Differences 
• LING:4040 The Structure of English 
• TA Preparation in English courses
• Iowa Intensive English Program courses
• CLAS:1250 Presentation Skills for Academic Success

Select Recent Conference Presentations

• Trained Conversation Partners in the ESL Classroom: Facilitating Intercultural Dialogue: Chastain, Amy, Hassman, Benjamin, Meisterheim, Melissa, Mayrhofer, Sonja at TESOL 2021 International Convention
• Repeated Reading for Suprasegmental Success: House, Emma, Meisterheim, Melissa at MIDTESOL 2020 Conference
• Facilitating Student Integration into the Campus and Community: Meisterheim, Melissa at EnglishUSA 2019 Annual Professional Development Conference
• Using Electronic Resources to Classify Authentic Reading Materials by Level: Knowling, Jeffrey, Meisterheim, Melissa at TESOL 2018 International Convention & English Language Expo,

Professional Memberships

• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International Association
• Consortium on Graduate Communication (CGC)
• University and College Intensive English Programs (UCIEP)
• English Language Testing Society
• Mid-American Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (MIDTESOL)