Tasha Bleistein serves as Director of the Future Learning Lab at Indiana Wesleyan University's National and Global division, where she helps build strategic vision and oversees her talented team that integrates emerging technologies into teaching and learning. Her work centers on course improvement at scale, faculty development in the ethical and effective use of AI, and accessible, student-centered design for adult learners.
Before joining Indiana Wesleyan, Dr. Bleistein spent more than a decade at Azusa Pacific University, where she was Professor and Director of the MA TESOL program and served as Interim Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. She has worked internationally throughout her career, teaching in China and Honduras. She has served as a U.S. Department of State English Language Specialist for Peru and Paraguay. She has also led federally funded projects in virtual exchange, MOOC development, and blended learning for faculty in Vietnam. Dr. Bleistein is the co-author of Teaching Speaking (TESOL International) and One-on-One Language Teaching and Learning (Palgrave Macmillan), and her recent co-authored writing on AI literacy in faculty development appeared in EDUCAUSE Review.
PHD
Biola University , 2013
MA
Azusa Pacific University , 2003
BS
Corban University , 1998
Selected Publications:
- Bleistein, T., & Snyder, T. (2026, March 31). Advancing AI literacy: A faculty course refresh institute at Indiana Wesleyan University. EDUCAUSE Review. https://er.educause.edu/articles/2026/3/advancing-ai-literacy-a-faculty-course-refresh-institute-at-indiana-wesleyan-university
- Gehring, D. R., Titus, S. K., Bleistein, T. M., & Li, H. (2025). Guidelines of discussion board prompts in higher education: A scoping review protocol. International Journal of Educational Research Open, 9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedro.2025.100470
- Wong, M.S., Bleistein, T. M., Smith, D. I. (2025). Religion and language education. International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 3rd ed. Elsevier Science.
- Bleistein, T. M. (2023). Non-formal adult English tutoring in the United States. In K. W. H. Yung and A. Hajar (Eds.), International perspectives on English private tutoring: Theories, practices and policies (235-249). Palgrave Macmillan.
- Bleistein, T. M., Smith, M. K., & Lewis, M. (2020). Teaching speaking (2nd ed.). TESOL International.
- Bleistein, T. M., & Lewis, M. (2015). One-on-one language teaching and learning: Theory and practice. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Bleistein, T. M., & Wong, M. S. (2015). Using qualitative research methods to assess education abroad. In. V. Savicki & E. Brewer (Eds.), Assessing study abroad: Theory, tools and practice. Stylus.
- Johnson, R. K., Harrold, M. L., Cochran, D. J., Brannan, D., & Bleistein, T. M. (2014). An examination of the first years: Novice ESOL teachers' experiences with loneliness and stress. Pure Insight, 3(1), 8.
- Bleistein, T. M., Smith, M. K., & Lewis, M. (2013). Teaching speaking. TESOL International.
- Bleistein, T. M., Wong, M. S., & Smith, D. I. (2012). A working bibliography: Faith and ELT. In M. S. Wong, C. Kristjánsson, & Z. Dörnyei, Christian faith and English language teaching and learning: Research on the interrelationship of religion and ELT (pp. 235-266). Routledge.
- Brannan, D., & Bleistein, T. M. (2012). Novice ESOL teachers' perceptions of social support networks. TESOL Quarterly, 46(3), 519-541.
