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Christen Savage Molina:
A proud Hoosier from a small town in northern Indiana, Christen spent two years in Italy where
she studied at the Università di Bologna, received her CELTA certification, and worked in Rome
as a Research and Project Manager. Upon returning to the United States, she received her M.A. in Italian
Literature and her M.S. in Language Education from Indiana University in Bloomington. Before joining
the LCC, she taught adults at the University of Georgia in Athens and at Duke University in North Carolina.
She speaks Italian and Spanish. Christen enjoys teaching in the ESL setting and is especially interested in
language learning strategies and the application of technology to language instruction. |
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Deborah Hardin :
Deborah Hardin grew up in Massachusetts and received her B.A. in English from Atlantic Union College.
She received her M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language from the University of California at Los Angeles.
She has taught ESL and EFL in a variety of settings in the U.S. and Europe, including Romania (on a Fulbright Scholarship)
and Geneva, Switzerland, at WHO, CERN, and various banking institutions. Research interests include cross-cultural communication. |
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Geneva Tesh: Geneva Adams Tesh is originally from
Somerset, Kentucky. She received her B.A. in English
from the University of Louisville in Kentucky and her M.A. in
Linguistics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She has
taught ESL at Red Rocks Community College in Colorado, the Community
College of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, and Camden County College
in New Jersey. She has studied Spanish and Arabic. Research interests
include ESL writing and assessment. |
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Gregory Urquhart: Greg Urquhart was
born and raised in Buffalo, New York. He has an M.A. in TESL from
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland. He is fluent in Polish,
having spent four years in Poland teaching ESL (two of those years
on a Fulbright Scholarship). He has taught at the LCC since 1977
and enjoys research on two-word verbs.
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Gursharan Kandola: Gursharan Kandola was
born in Punjab, India. She was educated and raised in the United Kingdom. She received her
B.S. (Honors) in Applied Chemistry from De Montfort University, Leicester, U.K. She moved
to California in 1992, and received her M.A. in Reading and Language Arts for Linguistically
and Culturally Diverse Learners from California State University, Chico. She
speaks Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi and has traveled extensively worldwide, including Brunei,
Canada, India, Malaysia, Singapore, and the U.K. She has taught ESL, reading, chemistry, and
Punjabi in various schools in Brunei, Malaysia and California. Her research interests include
second language acquisition, brain research in learning languages, and speed reading for
English language learners. |
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Jenifer Edens: Jenifer grew up in East Texas and earned a B.A. in English and Spanish
from Stephen F. Austin State University. Her graduate certificate in
TESOL and M.Ed. are from the University of Texas in Arlington. To
better understand the challenges that her students face while living
in a foreign country, she spent a year and a half teaching English in
Guadalajara, Mexico. She is especially interested in the writing
process. |
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Jerry Gamel: A native of Alabama,
Jerry grew up in central Florida. He has a B.A. in English and
an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from the University of South Florida,
Tampa. He has taught EFL in Venezuela
and ESL at Florida Southern College in
Lakeland, Hillsborough Community College, and the University of
Tampa. He speaks Spanish and has studied French and Italian. Research interests
include second language acquisition and language teaching technology. |
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Judith E. Kleeman: Judy Kleeman was
born and raised in Houston. She received her B.A. in Psychology
and her M.A. in Applied English Linguistics from the University
of Houston. She worked for five years at the U.S. Cultural Center
in Madrid, Spain, for eight years at the Houston Community College
Refugee Program, and for three and a half years in the University
of Houston Accelerated Learning Program. She speaks Spanish fluently.
Her research focuses on ways of incorporating Accelerated Learning
techniques in an intensive English setting. |
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Mary Kathleen Barrera: Kitty Barrera,
a native Texan, received two degrees from the University of Houston, including her M.Ed.
in (Language Arts) Curriculum and Instruction. She has also done graduate work in Biblical Studies.
Her many years of experience have been with schools in Texas, Germany, and Suriname,
teaching students at all levels. She has traveled extensively in Europe and South America and
has studied Spanish. Before coming to the LCC, Kitty taught ESL at Houston Community College
and other local schools. A special area of interest is the development and evaluation of ESL curriculum materials. |
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Sandra Carrettin-Mulvany:
Sandra Carrettin-Mulvany was born in Ohio and attended
Lake Erie College, where she received a B.A. in Fine Arts and
Italian. She received her M.A. in Italian Language and Literature
from the University of California at Los Angeles. She studied
Italian culture and theater on a Fulbright Scholarship at the
University of Padua. Sandra has taught Italian and ESL in a variety
of settings, both here and abroad, and has traveled extensively
throughout Europe. She lived in Italy for three years and speaks
fluent Italian. Her research interest is cross-cultural communication. |
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Thong Q. Dang:
Originally from Vietnam, Thong received his B.A. in English Language and
Literature from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and
Humanities in Vietnam and his M.A. in Applied English Linguistics from
the University of Houston. As a teacher of English in both
NNES and NES contexts for the past 25 years, he is interested in comparative
linguistics, especially as applied to translation, academic writing, and English
for children in NNES contexts, and has published a number of books in these areas. |
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Velva N. Fallin: As a child,
Velva traveled in the U.S. and Europe with her military family. When
she finally settled in San Antonio, Texas, she finished her undergraduate
degree and taught in the public schools there. After receiving her M.A.
in Bilingual-Bicultural Studies from the University of Texas at San Antonio,
she spent one year studying Chinese and four years teaching English at both a
national university and a private school in Northeast China. Velva enjoys teaching
in an intensive English program and helping international students understand and
enhance their cross-cultural experience in the U.S. |