Karyn E. Kessler

Karyn E. Kessler, Ph.D., is an Associate Teaching Professor and the Director of the English for Multilingual Students Program. As a teacher and scholar, she is particularly interested in supporting multilingual students’ academic reading and writing strategies, including their ability to recognize and respond appropriately to language patterns and vocabulary within different genres across disciplines. She works closely with TESOL minor students and loves to connect prospective teachers to new opportunities to learn and grow as professionals.

Jeffrey Hanson

Jeffrey Hanson teaches graduate-level communication courses for  international students and TAs. Through his joint appointment in the  Writing Program, he also teaches professional writing courses related  to domestic and global careers. His academic background includes  numerous conference presentations and four years of teacher-training  abroad--in Estonia, Hungary, Russia, and Saudi Arabia--under the U.S.  State Department.

Judy Gough

Dr. Judy Gough retired from UCSB at the end of Spring 2020. During her time at UCSB, Dr. Gough taught undergraduate and graduate academic writing classes, graduate-level communication classes and Linguistics 141:  Second Language Acquisition.  She has worked with international and immigrant students from many countries and language backgrounds in both the U.S. and abroad.  In addition to teaching, her academic experience includes EMS program development and research in second language acquisition.

 

Jan Frodesen

I am a Senior Lecturer SOE and Director of the English for Multilingual Students (EMS) Program at UCSB. In the EMS Program, I primarily teach graduate and undergraduate writing courses but also work with international graduate students in courses focused on oral academic English.  In the Linguistics Department, I teach two core courses for our TESOL Minor: an introduction to TESOL and English grammar. I also occasionally teach courses in the Writing Program, most recently an upper division course for international transfer students.

Andreea Corona (Nicolaescu)

Andreea Nicolaescu (M.Ed. TESOL, Literacy, and Culture, University of San Diego) has taught English and ESL at the University of San Diego, the University of California San Diego, and several community colleges in San Diego. She has served as an English Language Fellow at Kocaeli University in Turkey. She has also taught internationally in Mexico and Italy. She develops and instructs TEFL and TESOL teacher training courses.  Her research interests include teacher education, humanistic pedagogy, and critical reading.

 

Keith Corona

Keith Corona has taught academic writing and ESL in the San Diego Community College District and UC San Diego.  He has worked with international and immigrant students from several countries and language backgrounds in both the U.S. and abroad. He has several years of experience with living and working in Serbia. His research interests include autonomous learning and online and blended learning.

Andrew Baker

Andrew has taught English for more than 20 years in the United States, as well as in China, Spain, and Mexico. After completing his degree in journalism, he went to cooking school and worked for many years as a food writer. He also holds degrees in teaching English, and theology, imagination, and the arts, and diplomas in fine arts and socially engaged practice in museum studies. Andrew enjoys being a docent at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, making artist’s books, and traveling with his two Scottish terriers.

Ingrid K. Bowman

Ingrid Bowman has been teaching for over 30 years. Before joining the EMS Program, she held various international positions as an instructor and teacher trainer in Tunisia, Hong Kong, Germany, Poland and Austria. Ingrid is a native German speaker who is proficient in several other languages. Her research interests include mentoring, online teacher development and classroom dynamics. She has contributed to a number of collaborative projects and published for WAC Clearinghouse, TESOL and CATESOL Journals, and the Chronicle of Mentoring & Coaching. Outside of the classroom, Ms.

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