Kip Téllez is Professor and former Chair in the Education Department at UC Santa Cruz. After teaching elementary and high school ELD classes in east Los Angeles county, he began work at the university level where his research has focused on the intersection of language teaching and teacher education. He has published in journals such as the Journal of Teacher Education, Bilingual Research Journal, Teaching and Teacher Education, and Review of Research in Education. His research method skills include quantitative analyses, interview methods and the analysis of interview data, program evaluation, as well as mixed methodologies. He served as the editor of Teacher Education Quarterly from 2013 to 2016, as well as serving on several editorial boards. His most recent book is titled, The Teaching Instinct: Explorations Into What Makes Us Human (Routledge).