John M. Levis is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Technology at Iowa State University. He is founding editor of the Journal of Second Language Pronunciation and the founder of the annual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference, the premier conference for second language pronunciation in North America. He is an author of several books including Teaching Pronunciation with Confidence and Intelligibility, Oral Communication and the Teaching of Pronunciation and co-editor of several books, including Second Language Pronunciation: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice, the Handbook of English Pronunciation, and Social Dynamics in Second Language Accent.