Jackie McCafferty

Jackie McCafferty  
Director, Center for American Language & Culture at Temple University

Jackie McCafferty is Director of the Center for American Language & Culture at Temple University. She brings 25+ years of experience in international education ranging from teaching in the U.S. and abroad, curriculum development, program management, international recruitment, and international partnership development. Jackie is president-elect of EnglishUSA. 

Temple University is a comprehensive public research university with campuses in Philadelphia (main), Harrisburg, Italy and Japan. Founded as a night school in 1884 to provide access to education to working people, Temple is now a top research institution with over 30,000 students and with the same mission of access combined with educational innovation. The Center for American Language & Culture offers English language & cultural programming to people of all ages so they can achieve their academic, professional and personal goals.