Main Campus (Fairfax) |
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After teaching English for many years in many different countries, Valerie Cairns is pleased to be an instructor at Columbia College’s Fairfax campus. When she is not teaching, she is tap dancing, listening to classical music and enjoying foreign and independent films. |
Valerie Cairns |
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Michael Eisenhauer graduated with a B.S. from the University of Idaho. He is currently enrolled at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and will graduate in May 2012. Originally from Idaho, he enjoys movies, books, laughing with friends, and eating delicious foods. |
Michael Eisenhauer |
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Henry Jochum graduated from George Mason University with a B.A. in English, with a concentration in writing, and He is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in education at Shenandoah University, with a TESOL specialization. Whenever he gets the chance, he likes to go horseback riding here in Virginia, and at least once a year he tries to get away to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for windsurfing and relaxation. |
Henry Jochum |
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Wilhelm (Willem) Nassmacher holds a degree in Economics from Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. His diverse private sector and higher education teaching experiences include technical and business leadership classes as well as various mentorship and facilitation experiences with distance learning curriculums. |
Whilhelm Nassamacher |
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Michael Sullivan holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from George Mason University. After teaching overseas for the Si-Sa Foreign Language Institute in Seoul, South Korea, Mike has been teaching English-as-a-Second language to college and adult learners at various schools of higher learning in the Northern Virginia area. Mike enjoys reading about different cultures, food, soccer, movies and the world news. |
Michael Sullivan |
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Julia Yang received her B.S. in Elementary Education from the University of Maryland at College Park. She was a former elementary school teacher. She taught ESL to various age groups overseas for five years. While teaching ESL overseas, Julia received her TESOL certification from the University of Anaheim in California. She enjoys teaching, loves her job and feels that education is very important. She feels that teaching is the second most rewarding job (first is being a mother). |
Julia Yang |
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Hannah received her B.A. in Anthropology and Middle School Education from James Madison University. Currently, she is a supervisor at an accredited local learning center for minors and also mentors and tutors several ESL youth independently. |
Hannah Bonfiglio |
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Carole Vinograd Bausell holds a doctorate in education from the Johns Hopkins University and a Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) from Cambridge University. In addition to teaching English, Carole also works as a senior editor and writer. In her spare time she enjoys music, theatre, dance, independent films, and kayaking. |
Carole Bausell |
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Karen received her Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Salamanca in Spain. She received her Master’s Degree from the University of Miami, Florida. Her academic studies have focused on foreign languages, linguistics and international relations. Karen likes to help students with English conversation and writing skills. In her free time, she enjoys hiking and traveling. |
Karen Green |
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Barbara Schweitzer has taught English as a Second language (ESL) in Lesotho, Okinawa, Bangladesh, Korea, Germany, and the Czech Republic. Barbara gained her certification to teach English as a Foreign Language from the TEFL Institute in Chicago, Illinois. Recently, she has also graduated from Walden University in Non-profit Management and Leadership. Barbara is the proud mother of two teen-aged children who keep her very busy when she is not teaching ESL. |
Barbara Schweitzer |
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Richard Creech has taught English, public speaking, and American civics in several programs in the Washington, DC area. He has a bachelor’s degree in linguistics from Harvard University and law degrees from Northwestern University and the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. His interests include foreign languages, travel, history, reading, music, theater and movies. |
Richard Creech |
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Dionne Manos is extremely excited to be teaching at Columbia College! She is currently getting her MA in Global Affairs; Global Education at George Mason University. Dionne loves travelling and has been to: Japan, China, South Korea, Ukraine, Belgium, Honduras, and Guatemala. Dionne enjoys cooking healthy foods, swimming, hiking, and hanging out with friends. Her favorite food is Korean! |
Dionne Manos |
Centreville Campus |
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Susan Lee received her Master’s Degree in TESOL from University of San Francisco in California and a TESOL certificate from Sookmyung Women’s University in Korea. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, reading, and swimming. |
Susan Lee |
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Shauna graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities with and English Emphasis and a TESOL minor. She loves spending her free time with family and friends, camping and adventuring, reading, playing piano, and appreciating the arts. |
Shauna Stewart |
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Elizabeth is from Yuma, Arizona. She holds a B.A. in Liberal Arts with an emphasis in Learning and Pedagogy from Northern Arizona University. She is S.E.I. (Structured English Immersion) endorsed through state of AZ, where she worked and taught ESL at Crane Middle School for over 8 years. Adult education instruction has been her favorite since her most recent employment at Adult Literacy Plus of Southwest AZ, a nonprofit group. |
Elizabeth Crawford |
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Jackie Sulton received her Master’s Degree in Elementary Education from Loyola Marymount University in California. Jackie has spent time teaching in elementary schools, working with organizations such as Americorps, Teach For America, and Goodwill Industries as well as eval!uating teacher candidates for Pepperdine University’s teacher program. She enjoys discovering things to do and new places to go in Virginia and Washington D.C. with her family. |
Jackie Sulton |
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Tom is originally from Long Island, NY. He graduated from SUNY Stony Brook with a Bachelor’s Degree in History and a Master’s Degree in Liberal Studies. He has resided in Northern Virginia since 1999. He enjoys reading, traveling and spending time with his family, and, of course, teaching English to his wonderful students! |
Tom Foster |
Silver Spring Campus |
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Yelena Smoliansky graduated from Towson University with a Master’s Degree in Reading Education in 2007. In her spare time, she enjoys reading classical and contemporary literature, and hiking with her family. |
Yelena Smoliansky |
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Christina received her Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree from the City University of New York. Her Bachelor’s Degree is in Elementary Education and her Master’s Degree is in Early Childhood Education. She enjoys reading and traveling with her family in her free time. |
Christina Sapp |
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Leslie received her Bachelor’s Degree from the District of Columbia Teacher’s College and she completed all Master’s Degree requirements from the University of the District Columbia, in Communication/Speech-Language Pathology. She also completed courses at the American University in the Graduate Certificate Program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). She retired in 2008, as a Speech-Language pathologist, after 43 years of service in the Maryland Public School system. She enjoys reading, traveling and teaching. |
Leslie Sutton |
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My name is Francesca Tina Charles. I attended Davis and Elkins College (DNE) in West Virginia where I pursued an undergraduate degree in Sociology. In 2003 I completed my undergraduate degree in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). In 2010, I received a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership from Argosy University (AU) in Virginia. I pursued the field of Education with the hopes of obtaining the knowledge and skills necessary to help others help themselves. My personal educational interests, for now, are focused on community revitalization and various educational projects. I enjoy spending time with my family and friends and travelling around the world. |
Francesca Tina Charles |
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Shannon Bullon graduated with B.S. in Wellness and Teaching Certification from Southwestern Adventist University in Texas. She has taught English in Thailand, Korea, Brazil, and the USA. She enjoys traveling and exercising. |