Mark Honegger is a linguistics professor and head of the Department of English at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, where he also oversees the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) concentration at the Master's level. He is the treasurer for LaTESOL (Louisiana Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages). His research is in the areas of semantics, TESOL, and cultural difference as it applies to the study and teaching of language. He is married and has three daughters.