Background
Yates, Robert Allen was born on February 4, 1950 in Berwyn, Illinois, United States. Son of Jesse Howard Yates and Charlotte Rose Gettman.
Yates, Robert Allen was born on February 4, 1950 in Berwyn, Illinois, United States. Son of Jesse Howard Yates and Charlotte Rose Gettman.
Bachelor of Science in Communications Studies, Northwestern University, 1982. Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language, University Illinois, Chicago, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Linguistics, University Illinois, Urbana, 1990.
Teaching assistant, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1984; associate Professor of English, Control Missouri State University, Warrensburg, since 1990. Adjunct instructor National-Louis University, Chicago, 1982-1984. Member English as Second Language Facilitators for State of Missouri, Jefferson City, since 1992.
Member advisory board West Central Citizens for Choice, Warrensburg, since 1991. Member Mid American Teachers English to Speakers Other Languages (president 1995-1996), Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar (vice president since 1995), Linguistics Society of America, Teachers English to Speakers Other Languages, National Council Teachers of English, Missouri Philological Association (treasurer since 1992).
Married Maria Jeanne Gerdes, May 10, 1970 (divorced October 1975). Married Karin Christa Mühlnickel, June 18, 1982.