Presently Professor Emerita in Applied Linguistics and TESOL at the University of California in Los Angeles and Dean of English Programs at the American University of Armenia in Yerevan.

Over the years Dr. Celce-Murcia has been an active member of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL); the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and the California Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL).

She is the author of many book-length publications and researches and co-written numerous books, including The Grammar Book.