Part-time Faculty
Maxine Berger
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | mberger@lagcc.cuny.edu
Maxine Berger has been an adjunct lecturer in the Academic ESL Program since 2000. In addition, she teaches courses in the United Nations English Language Programme. She has a BA with a concentration in French from Bucknell University. She also holds an MA in French from Teachers College, Columbia University and an MA in TESOL from Hunter College. She is the co-author, with Martha Siegel, of the book New Land, New Language, published by New Readers Press in 2006 and the co-author, with Willie Mays, of the book Willie Mays,"Play Ball!" published by Simon & Schuster. She has an extensive background in the book publishing industry.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | mberger@lagcc.cuny.edu
Maxine Berger has been an adjunct lecturer in the Academic ESL Program since 2000. In addition, she teaches courses in the United Nations English Language Programme. She has a BA with a concentration in French from Bucknell University. She also holds an MA in French from Teachers College, Columbia University and an MA in TESOL from Hunter College. She is the co-author, with Martha Siegel, of the book New Land, New Language, published by New Readers Press in 2006 and the co-author, with Willie Mays, of the book Willie Mays,"Play Ball!" published by Simon & Schuster. She has an extensive background in the book publishing industry.
Channing Burt
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | cburt@lagcc.cuny.edu
Channing Burt has been an adjunct instructor in English as a Second Language at LaGuardia Community College since March, 2012. Over the past decade, she has taught in a wide variety of academic and university settings in New York City and Germany combining extensive real-world experience with a strong academic background from Columbia University (BA in French & Romance Philology, '99) and Teachers College (MA in TESOL, '05).
Instructional interests include developing authentic materials for the classroom combining technology and student-directed, collaborative work, as well as those utilizing resources outside of the classroom, such as the art and architecture of New York City. Her primary goal is help students preparing to study at American colleges and universities develop academic writing and critical thinking skills.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | cburt@lagcc.cuny.edu
Channing Burt has been an adjunct instructor in English as a Second Language at LaGuardia Community College since March, 2012. Over the past decade, she has taught in a wide variety of academic and university settings in New York City and Germany combining extensive real-world experience with a strong academic background from Columbia University (BA in French & Romance Philology, '99) and Teachers College (MA in TESOL, '05).
Instructional interests include developing authentic materials for the classroom combining technology and student-directed, collaborative work, as well as those utilizing resources outside of the classroom, such as the art and architecture of New York City. Her primary goal is help students preparing to study at American colleges and universities develop academic writing and critical thinking skills.
Oscar D. Carvalho-Nato
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | ocarvalhoneto@lagcc.cuny.edu
Mr. Oscar Carvalho-Neto is originally from Brazil, where he has taught English as a Foreign Language (EFL), and he currently work as an adjunct lecturer in the Education and Language Acquisition department at LaGuardia Community College teaching ESL and ESA courses. In addition, Mr. Carvalho-Neto has worked as a tutor at LaGuardia's Writing Center and the ESL lab. He has experience teaching and tutoring for the ACT, CPE, the recently implemented CATW as well as college-level writing, grammar and ENG/ESL labs. Working with students whose native language is not English has allowed him to gain a deeper understanding of language acquisition and the common processes students go through in L2 development, regardless of background. Interests in the field include vocabulary acquisition, code switching as in-group identity marker, interlanguage and L1 influence in L2 acquisition. Mr. Carvalho-Neto has also worked as an assistant instructor of education courses to after-school workers developed by CUNY in partnership with The Center for After-School Excellence. Having been a part of the LaGuardia community for over five years, he is not only familiar with the college's culture of offering quality education, but he also respects and values LaGuardia Community College's commitment to personal and intellectual growth.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | ocarvalhoneto@lagcc.cuny.edu
Mr. Oscar Carvalho-Neto is originally from Brazil, where he has taught English as a Foreign Language (EFL), and he currently work as an adjunct lecturer in the Education and Language Acquisition department at LaGuardia Community College teaching ESL and ESA courses. In addition, Mr. Carvalho-Neto has worked as a tutor at LaGuardia's Writing Center and the ESL lab. He has experience teaching and tutoring for the ACT, CPE, the recently implemented CATW as well as college-level writing, grammar and ENG/ESL labs. Working with students whose native language is not English has allowed him to gain a deeper understanding of language acquisition and the common processes students go through in L2 development, regardless of background. Interests in the field include vocabulary acquisition, code switching as in-group identity marker, interlanguage and L1 influence in L2 acquisition. Mr. Carvalho-Neto has also worked as an assistant instructor of education courses to after-school workers developed by CUNY in partnership with The Center for After-School Excellence. Having been a part of the LaGuardia community for over five years, he is not only familiar with the college's culture of offering quality education, but he also respects and values LaGuardia Community College's commitment to personal and intellectual growth.
Yatsen Chan
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | ychan@lagcc.cuny.edu
Yatsen Chan is a native of Brownsville, Texas, who has spent practically all of his adult life working in South Texas, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and New York as an ESL/EFL teacher and as a translator from Chinese to English and from Spanish to Chinese for Hong Kong-based film publications. He has taught at public schools in Texas, at Feng Chia University in Taiwan, at the Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY, and at LaGuardia Community College. While a university instructor in Taiwan back in the late seventies, he co-authored, with Peter J. Gallery, an EFL text called The Way We Say It. He has also co-authored, with the Taiwanese writer Li Pu-er, a Chinese-language short story called "Those Cosmopolitan Liberals and the White Man's Burden."
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | ychan@lagcc.cuny.edu
Yatsen Chan is a native of Brownsville, Texas, who has spent practically all of his adult life working in South Texas, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and New York as an ESL/EFL teacher and as a translator from Chinese to English and from Spanish to Chinese for Hong Kong-based film publications. He has taught at public schools in Texas, at Feng Chia University in Taiwan, at the Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY, and at LaGuardia Community College. While a university instructor in Taiwan back in the late seventies, he co-authored, with Peter J. Gallery, an EFL text called The Way We Say It. He has also co-authored, with the Taiwanese writer Li Pu-er, a Chinese-language short story called "Those Cosmopolitan Liberals and the White Man's Burden."
Josephine Curatolo
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | jcuratolo@lagcc.cuny.edu
Josephine Curatolo is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Education and Language Acquisition. She has taught Italian, Spanish and is currently teaching an ESL Writing Course. Ms. Curatolo holds a Master's Degree in TESOL from New York University.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | jcuratolo@lagcc.cuny.edu
Josephine Curatolo is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Education and Language Acquisition. She has taught Italian, Spanish and is currently teaching an ESL Writing Course. Ms. Curatolo holds a Master's Degree in TESOL from New York University.
Susan Dorrington
Tel: 718-482-5644 | Room: B-234 RR | sdorrington@lagcc.cuny.edu
Susan Dorrington has been an ESL teacher at LaGuardia Community College since March 2008. Before that, she taught at Parsons The New School for Design, Bronx Community College and the Cope Institute.
She studied Graphic Design (BA) and Information Design (MA) at DeMontfort University in the UK and TESOL at The New School in New York City.
Before moving to New York City, she worked for Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Longman publishers where she designed and produced textbooks for ESL students. She continues to design and evaluate ESL materials, both in print and on the Web.
Tel: 718-482-5644 | Room: B-234 RR | sdorrington@lagcc.cuny.edu
Susan Dorrington has been an ESL teacher at LaGuardia Community College since March 2008. Before that, she taught at Parsons The New School for Design, Bronx Community College and the Cope Institute.
She studied Graphic Design (BA) and Information Design (MA) at DeMontfort University in the UK and TESOL at The New School in New York City.
Before moving to New York City, she worked for Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press and Longman publishers where she designed and produced textbooks for ESL students. She continues to design and evaluate ESL materials, both in print and on the Web.
Jennifer DuJat
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | jdujat@lagcc.cuny.edu
Jennifer DuJat has been an adjunct lecturer in the ELA department at LaGuardia since the Spring Semester 2009. She has been teaching ESL inside and outside of the classroom since 2006. She holds a BA in English literature from Purchase College of SUNY, an MA in English literature from Queens College of CUNY, a TESOL certification, and is CATW certified. During the fall of 2009 and spring of 2010, she also taught at Columbia University. Other experience includes reading courses, CATW prep, and tutoring at CUNY City Tech for three semesters. Since Spring 2011 she has been with the Developmental Skills department for BMCC.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | jdujat@lagcc.cuny.edu
Jennifer DuJat has been an adjunct lecturer in the ELA department at LaGuardia since the Spring Semester 2009. She has been teaching ESL inside and outside of the classroom since 2006. She holds a BA in English literature from Purchase College of SUNY, an MA in English literature from Queens College of CUNY, a TESOL certification, and is CATW certified. During the fall of 2009 and spring of 2010, she also taught at Columbia University. Other experience includes reading courses, CATW prep, and tutoring at CUNY City Tech for three semesters. Since Spring 2011 she has been with the Developmental Skills department for BMCC.
Kelsey Fox
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | kfox@lagcc.cuny.edu
Kelsey Fox received her MA in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from New York University and has a BA in English literature with a minor in writing from the University of Central Arkansas. She has been teaching reading, writing, and language through a mix of various internships, volunteer work, and in the classroom since 2009. She currently teaches English to speakers of other languages and particularly enjoys focusing on students' writing and reading skills.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | kfox@lagcc.cuny.edu
Kelsey Fox received her MA in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from New York University and has a BA in English literature with a minor in writing from the University of Central Arkansas. She has been teaching reading, writing, and language through a mix of various internships, volunteer work, and in the classroom since 2009. She currently teaches English to speakers of other languages and particularly enjoys focusing on students' writing and reading skills.
Richard Furlong (Weber)
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | rfurlong@lagcc.cuny.edu
Richard Furlong started his teaching career at a private language school in Istanbul in the summer of 1996. After a bit over three years in Turkey, he relocated to Japan, where for the next five years he taught EFL to primary, secondary, and tertiary students at Hiroshima University and affiliated elementary and junior high schools. While in Japan, he was the Hiroshima area coordinator of English Teachers in Japan and a member of the editorial board for its publications, The ETJ Journal and Snakes and Ladders. This was followed by a brief stint at the British Council in Tunis before joining the CUNY system, first at Hostos Community College, then at LaGuardia.
Furlong began his university education as a nuclear engineering major at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which he transferred to City College to complete a BA in English literature. He was awarded an MA from the University of Leicester (UK), where he specialized in second language acquisition.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | rfurlong@lagcc.cuny.edu
Richard Furlong started his teaching career at a private language school in Istanbul in the summer of 1996. After a bit over three years in Turkey, he relocated to Japan, where for the next five years he taught EFL to primary, secondary, and tertiary students at Hiroshima University and affiliated elementary and junior high schools. While in Japan, he was the Hiroshima area coordinator of English Teachers in Japan and a member of the editorial board for its publications, The ETJ Journal and Snakes and Ladders. This was followed by a brief stint at the British Council in Tunis before joining the CUNY system, first at Hostos Community College, then at LaGuardia.
Furlong began his university education as a nuclear engineering major at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which he transferred to City College to complete a BA in English literature. He was awarded an MA from the University of Leicester (UK), where he specialized in second language acquisition.
Givanni M. Ildefonso
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | Ildefonso@exchange.tc.columbia.edu
Givanni M. Ildefonso, Ph.D., is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Education and Language Acquisition at LaGuardia, where she teaches Foundations of American Education.
Dr. Ildefonso holds a doctorate from Columbia University, where she conducted research in the Program of Philosophy and Education. Her dissertation work, "Recovering Leisure: Otium as The Basis of Education", is a conceptual study which examines the educational benefits of what the ancients called otium: the time and freedom from overt action that allows people to think about the world and their reasons for being. This work lends itself as an occasion to examine the value of otium (leisure) in order to recover its original educational significance and to derive crucial implications for the theory and practice of teaching. It is grounded on the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle, Josef Pieper, and other contemporary writers and researchers in the fields of Philosophy and Philosophy and Education.
Dr. Ildefonso was Preceptor of Contemporary Civilization at Columbia University and has taught courses in philosophy of education at Hofstra University and Teachers College, Columbia University.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | Ildefonso@exchange.tc.columbia.edu
Givanni M. Ildefonso, Ph.D., is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Education and Language Acquisition at LaGuardia, where she teaches Foundations of American Education.
Dr. Ildefonso holds a doctorate from Columbia University, where she conducted research in the Program of Philosophy and Education. Her dissertation work, "Recovering Leisure: Otium as The Basis of Education", is a conceptual study which examines the educational benefits of what the ancients called otium: the time and freedom from overt action that allows people to think about the world and their reasons for being. This work lends itself as an occasion to examine the value of otium (leisure) in order to recover its original educational significance and to derive crucial implications for the theory and practice of teaching. It is grounded on the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle, Josef Pieper, and other contemporary writers and researchers in the fields of Philosophy and Philosophy and Education.
Dr. Ildefonso was Preceptor of Contemporary Civilization at Columbia University and has taught courses in philosophy of education at Hofstra University and Teachers College, Columbia University.
Dianne Kevielier-Smith
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | dsmith@lagcc.cuny.edu
Dianne Kevelier-Smith is an adjunct instructor in American Sign Language. She has worked in this capacity at LaGuardia for the past eight years. As a graduate of Queens College of CUNY, she received both her BS and MS degrees in education. She was a certified teacher with the New York City Board of Education, and is currently retired from the New York City Department of Correction. She graduated from the LaGuardia Interpreter Education Program in 2002 and is currently an American Sign Language interpreter at Middle College High School.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | dsmith@lagcc.cuny.edu
Dianne Kevelier-Smith is an adjunct instructor in American Sign Language. She has worked in this capacity at LaGuardia for the past eight years. As a graduate of Queens College of CUNY, she received both her BS and MS degrees in education. She was a certified teacher with the New York City Board of Education, and is currently retired from the New York City Department of Correction. She graduated from the LaGuardia Interpreter Education Program in 2002 and is currently an American Sign Language interpreter at Middle College High School.
David Levin
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | dlevin@lagcc.cuny.edu
David Levin has been a City and State certified ESL teacher for the New York City Board of Education for 30 years. His licenses are in both elementary and secondary ESL. He has taught ESL from the kindergarten level through twelfth grade. He received his BA and MS degrees from Queens College, an MA in ESL from Adelphi University, and a doctorate from St. John's University. His specialty in the high schools is preparation of ESL students for the New York State Regents English Examination. At St. John's University, where he has taught since 1988, his expertise is teaching English to business majors. At LaGuardia, where he has been an adjunct since 1989, he has taught all ESL levels and presently specializes in preparing the ESL students for the ACT Examination.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | dlevin@lagcc.cuny.edu
David Levin has been a City and State certified ESL teacher for the New York City Board of Education for 30 years. His licenses are in both elementary and secondary ESL. He has taught ESL from the kindergarten level through twelfth grade. He received his BA and MS degrees from Queens College, an MA in ESL from Adelphi University, and a doctorate from St. John's University. His specialty in the high schools is preparation of ESL students for the New York State Regents English Examination. At St. John's University, where he has taught since 1988, his expertise is teaching English to business majors. At LaGuardia, where he has been an adjunct since 1989, he has taught all ESL levels and presently specializes in preparing the ESL students for the ACT Examination.
Michele Malone
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | mmalone@lagcc.cuny.edu
Michele de Goeas-Malone teaches Introduction to Language, Language and Literacy in Childhood Education, and Language and Literacy in Secondary Education. She earned her BA in Linguistics and Speech Pathology from Queens College, City University of New York, and is currently a PhD student in Linguistics at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her research focuses on the development and processing of complex syntax in elementary and high school second language learners and its relationship to reading comprehension in the second language. Other research interests include sociolinguistic and cultural variation in the development of language and literacy as well as the development of sign language as a first and second language. Michele's previous teaching experience includes courses in Syntax, Language Acquisition, and Quantitative Methods at the undergraduate level and a Grammar course at the graduate level.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | mmalone@lagcc.cuny.edu
Michele de Goeas-Malone teaches Introduction to Language, Language and Literacy in Childhood Education, and Language and Literacy in Secondary Education. She earned her BA in Linguistics and Speech Pathology from Queens College, City University of New York, and is currently a PhD student in Linguistics at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Her research focuses on the development and processing of complex syntax in elementary and high school second language learners and its relationship to reading comprehension in the second language. Other research interests include sociolinguistic and cultural variation in the development of language and literacy as well as the development of sign language as a first and second language. Michele's previous teaching experience includes courses in Syntax, Language Acquisition, and Quantitative Methods at the undergraduate level and a Grammar course at the graduate level.
Lisset Martinez Herryman
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | lmartinez@lagcc.cuny.edu
Lisset Martínez Herryman holds a BA from the University of Havana and an MA from St. John's University. She is a Spanish teacher, art historian, and independent curator. She has written and lectured on Cuban and Latin American art, and curated numerous exhibitions throughout Cuba and the United States. She organizes the program "Spanish Through the Arts" for En Nueva York, a cultural organization that promotes the arts and culture in the city.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | lmartinez@lagcc.cuny.edu
Lisset Martínez Herryman holds a BA from the University of Havana and an MA from St. John's University. She is a Spanish teacher, art historian, and independent curator. She has written and lectured on Cuban and Latin American art, and curated numerous exhibitions throughout Cuba and the United States. She organizes the program "Spanish Through the Arts" for En Nueva York, a cultural organization that promotes the arts and culture in the city.
Andrew McCormick
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | amccormick@lagcc.cuny.edu
Andrew McCormick has instructed writing courses for the English Department (primarily ENG 099 and ENG 101) since 2007, and, more recently, ESA 099 for the ELA Department, since the spring of 2012. Prior to teaching at LaGuardia, Andrew was a tutor in the English Writing Center (from 2004 to 2008), where his interests in literature, linguistics, and especially teaching writing and ESL were set into motion. Currently, Andrew's pedagogical interests include the development of literacy skills in English language learners, the influence of genre on students' writing skills, and the issue of text simplification for ESL writers. Having taught writing at the college level as well as to advanced ESL students, Andrew is particularly interested in students' transition from ESL programs into college composition courses and might like to formally research and write about this issue at some point. Andrew recently began working on a Ph.D. in Linguistics at the CUNY Graduate Center. Some of his research interests in the field include functional grammar, discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics. He received his M.A. in English Literature from Queens College (2012) and his M.S. in TESOL from City College (2009). His B.A. in English Literature is from Adelphi University (2007).
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | amccormick@lagcc.cuny.edu
Andrew McCormick has instructed writing courses for the English Department (primarily ENG 099 and ENG 101) since 2007, and, more recently, ESA 099 for the ELA Department, since the spring of 2012. Prior to teaching at LaGuardia, Andrew was a tutor in the English Writing Center (from 2004 to 2008), where his interests in literature, linguistics, and especially teaching writing and ESL were set into motion. Currently, Andrew's pedagogical interests include the development of literacy skills in English language learners, the influence of genre on students' writing skills, and the issue of text simplification for ESL writers. Having taught writing at the college level as well as to advanced ESL students, Andrew is particularly interested in students' transition from ESL programs into college composition courses and might like to formally research and write about this issue at some point. Andrew recently began working on a Ph.D. in Linguistics at the CUNY Graduate Center. Some of his research interests in the field include functional grammar, discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics. He received his M.A. in English Literature from Queens College (2012) and his M.S. in TESOL from City College (2009). His B.A. in English Literature is from Adelphi University (2007).
Tomomi Moriwake
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | tmoriwake@lagcc.cuny.edu
Tomomi Moriwake is a trilingual language instructor, translator, interpreter, communications professional, and writer in English, Japanese, and French. She holds a BA in anthropology from New York University, an MA in anthropology from Columbia University, and an MA in TESOL from New York University. She has rich cross-cultural experience in Asia, North America, Western and Eastern Europe, and North Africa.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | tmoriwake@lagcc.cuny.edu
Tomomi Moriwake is a trilingual language instructor, translator, interpreter, communications professional, and writer in English, Japanese, and French. She holds a BA in anthropology from New York University, an MA in anthropology from Columbia University, and an MA in TESOL from New York University. She has rich cross-cultural experience in Asia, North America, Western and Eastern Europe, and North Africa.
Lewis Ni
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | lni@lagcc.cuny.edu
Lewis Ni has been teaching academic ESL at LaGuardia since 1990. He holds a bachelor's degree in English from the Foreign Language Institute in Luyang, China and a Certificate of ESL Service from Baruch College, CUNY. He also has a Bilingual Certificate of English and Chinese for the New York City Public Schools. Before coming here, he was an English instructor at Shanghai University, China, where he taught a full range of EFL courses and provided complete interpreting and translating services to visiting US delegations. He worked as an interpreter for the Sino-American Conference on Education, CUNY, in 1995 and 2004. His publications include Meiguo Fengqing Lu, which is a Chinese translation of the book Miscellaneous Scenes of America, and articles in Chinese periodicals based on Voice of America broadcasts.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | lni@lagcc.cuny.edu
Lewis Ni has been teaching academic ESL at LaGuardia since 1990. He holds a bachelor's degree in English from the Foreign Language Institute in Luyang, China and a Certificate of ESL Service from Baruch College, CUNY. He also has a Bilingual Certificate of English and Chinese for the New York City Public Schools. Before coming here, he was an English instructor at Shanghai University, China, where he taught a full range of EFL courses and provided complete interpreting and translating services to visiting US delegations. He worked as an interpreter for the Sino-American Conference on Education, CUNY, in 1995 and 2004. His publications include Meiguo Fengqing Lu, which is a Chinese translation of the book Miscellaneous Scenes of America, and articles in Chinese periodicals based on Voice of America broadcasts.
Peter Purchia
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | ppurchia@lagcc.cuny.edu
Peter Purchia holds a BA from Fordham University and an MA from Teachers College, Columbia University. He is a long-time adjunct in ESL, teaching writing, mostly at the ESL098 and ESL099 levels. He also has some experience teaching the Humanities Pair. His strong interests are travel and the arts, and he is also active as a photographer for a stock photo agency.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | ppurchia@lagcc.cuny.edu
Peter Purchia holds a BA from Fordham University and an MA from Teachers College, Columbia University. He is a long-time adjunct in ESL, teaching writing, mostly at the ESL098 and ESL099 levels. He also has some experience teaching the Humanities Pair. His strong interests are travel and the arts, and he is also active as a photographer for a stock photo agency.
Lauren Ravera
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | lravera@lagcc.cuny.edu
Lauren Ravera has been an educator for 8 years. She currently teaches Spanish at LaGuardia Community College. She is an adjunct faculty member of the ELA Department. Her experience includes teaching English in Madrid, Spain. In addition, she works as a bilingual counselor for adolescents. She earned her BA from the University at Albany and her MS in Education from Brooklyn College. Her passion is to share her love for the Spanish language and culture with her students.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | lravera@lagcc.cuny.edu
Lauren Ravera has been an educator for 8 years. She currently teaches Spanish at LaGuardia Community College. She is an adjunct faculty member of the ELA Department. Her experience includes teaching English in Madrid, Spain. In addition, she works as a bilingual counselor for adolescents. She earned her BA from the University at Albany and her MS in Education from Brooklyn College. Her passion is to share her love for the Spanish language and culture with her students.
Mercedes del Rosario
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | mdelrosario@lagcc.cuny.edu
Mercedes del Rosario has an Ed.D. in International Education Development with a concentration on International Education Policy and an EdM in International Education Development with concentration on Language, Literacy and Technology from Teachers College, Columbia University. She also has an MA in Instructional Technology from San Francisco State University. Currently, she is the Director of the ePortfolio Initiative at LaGuardia Community College. Dr. del Rosario has many years of professional experience in instructional design and technology training for teachers, both local and international. She has taught in the Philippines, Costa Rica and the US. She has also conducted professional development training for inservice teachers in Mongolia.
Her scholarly interests and educational research experience focuses on the use of ICT in national development and educational reform through innovation. She has also conducted international research on drop-out issues in post-socialist countries. Click here (you need to log in e-Portofolio to see this page) and here for more information about Dr. del Rosario.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | mdelrosario@lagcc.cuny.edu
Mercedes del Rosario has an Ed.D. in International Education Development with a concentration on International Education Policy and an EdM in International Education Development with concentration on Language, Literacy and Technology from Teachers College, Columbia University. She also has an MA in Instructional Technology from San Francisco State University. Currently, she is the Director of the ePortfolio Initiative at LaGuardia Community College. Dr. del Rosario has many years of professional experience in instructional design and technology training for teachers, both local and international. She has taught in the Philippines, Costa Rica and the US. She has also conducted professional development training for inservice teachers in Mongolia.
Her scholarly interests and educational research experience focuses on the use of ICT in national development and educational reform through innovation. She has also conducted international research on drop-out issues in post-socialist countries. Click here (you need to log in e-Portofolio to see this page) and here for more information about Dr. del Rosario.
Tatiana Schwartz
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | tschwartz@lagcc.cuny.edu
Tatiana Schwartz is an adjunct lecturer in Portuguese. She holds a law degree from UniCEUB, Brasilia-DF, Brazil. As a native of Brazil, she shares her culture through an original method of teaching by injecting humor and encouraging students to practice speaking. With personalized Portuguese-language classroom instruction, as if in a tutoring environment, she also encourages students to be more confident in their communication skills by improving their control and understanding of syntax and grammar in the Brazilian Portuguese language.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | tschwartz@lagcc.cuny.edu
Tatiana Schwartz is an adjunct lecturer in Portuguese. She holds a law degree from UniCEUB, Brasilia-DF, Brazil. As a native of Brazil, she shares her culture through an original method of teaching by injecting humor and encouraging students to practice speaking. With personalized Portuguese-language classroom instruction, as if in a tutoring environment, she also encourages students to be more confident in their communication skills by improving their control and understanding of syntax and grammar in the Brazilian Portuguese language.
Ahmed Shamim
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | ashamim@lagcc.cuny.edu
Ahmed Shamim has an MA in Linguistics from the Graduate Center, City University of New York and is now working toward completing his doctoral degree in Linguistics there. His research interests include language policies and ideologies, endangered language documentation, and the descriptive grammar of Bangla. He also holds an MA in English literature from Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
Mr. Shamim has taught a range of courses, including linguistics, Bangla language, and English literature at several universities in Bangladesh. He has been teaching linguistics at CUNY LaGuardia Community College, New York since 2011. He also teaches Bangla languages at the South Asian Summer Language Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | ashamim@lagcc.cuny.edu
Ahmed Shamim has an MA in Linguistics from the Graduate Center, City University of New York and is now working toward completing his doctoral degree in Linguistics there. His research interests include language policies and ideologies, endangered language documentation, and the descriptive grammar of Bangla. He also holds an MA in English literature from Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
Mr. Shamim has taught a range of courses, including linguistics, Bangla language, and English literature at several universities in Bangladesh. He has been teaching linguistics at CUNY LaGuardia Community College, New York since 2011. He also teaches Bangla languages at the South Asian Summer Language Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Rick Shur
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | rshur@lagcc.cuny.edu
Rick Shur has a BA in psycholinguistics from Columbia College and an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language from Teachers College, Columbia University. He has been teaching ESL at LaGuardia since 1979. His area of specialization is computer-assisted learning, and he has written software games for practicing grammar including GuessWhat! and Concentration. He has written a grammar and vocabulary manual for ESL students and has also designed quizzes and games for use with Blackboard courseware. His personal Web site is http://www.ESLprof.com.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | rshur@lagcc.cuny.edu
Rick Shur has a BA in psycholinguistics from Columbia College and an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language from Teachers College, Columbia University. He has been teaching ESL at LaGuardia since 1979. His area of specialization is computer-assisted learning, and he has written software games for practicing grammar including GuessWhat! and Concentration. He has written a grammar and vocabulary manual for ESL students and has also designed quizzes and games for use with Blackboard courseware. His personal Web site is http://www.ESLprof.com.
Martha Siegel
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | msiegel@lagcc.cuny.edu
Martha Siegel has been an adjunct lecturer at LGCC since 1999. She has an MSW from Columbia University and an MA in TESOL from Hunter College. She is the co-author, with Maxine Berger, of the book, New Land, New Language, an ESL workbook based on true immigrant stories of past residents of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, published by New Readers Press in 2006. Prior to teaching ESL, she worked as a psychiatric social worker, specializing in children and families. Later, she had her own business of representing fabric designers to the fashion and home furnishings trade. She has taught in several departments at LGCC: TELC, English, Communication Skills, and currently in ELA, and has taught courses in many ESL skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary.) She loves working with the diverse student body of LAGCC.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | msiegel@lagcc.cuny.edu
Martha Siegel has been an adjunct lecturer at LGCC since 1999. She has an MSW from Columbia University and an MA in TESOL from Hunter College. She is the co-author, with Maxine Berger, of the book, New Land, New Language, an ESL workbook based on true immigrant stories of past residents of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, published by New Readers Press in 2006. Prior to teaching ESL, she worked as a psychiatric social worker, specializing in children and families. Later, she had her own business of representing fabric designers to the fashion and home furnishings trade. She has taught in several departments at LGCC: TELC, English, Communication Skills, and currently in ELA, and has taught courses in many ESL skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary.) She loves working with the diverse student body of LAGCC.
Rebekah Smith
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | resmith@lagcc.cuny.edu
Rebekah Smith has taught in the Academic ESL department since 2009. She has also taught ESL at Kingsborough Community College, as well as in the Czech Republic and Russia. She has an M.A. in Comparative Literature from The Graduate Center (CUNY), and loves both learning and teaching languages.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | resmith@lagcc.cuny.edu
Rebekah Smith has taught in the Academic ESL department since 2009. She has also taught ESL at Kingsborough Community College, as well as in the Czech Republic and Russia. She has an M.A. in Comparative Literature from The Graduate Center (CUNY), and loves both learning and teaching languages.
Lilliam Valdez-Diaz
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | lvaldez-diaz@lagcc.cuny.edu
Lilliam Valdes-Diaz holds a BA in Spanish from Montclair State University, and an MA and PhD in Spanish language and literature from New York University. She started her professional teaching career at LaGuardia Community College, where she taught Spanish for over six years in the Department of Humanities and the School of Continuing Education.
Dr. Valdes-Diaz has over 25 years of experience in adult education, working at the AT&T and Bell Labs learning organizations. There, she partnered with the American Council on Education and with Stevens Institute of Technology to obtain graduate and undergraduate credits for many of the AT&T and Bell Labs courses.
Dr. Valdes-Diaz served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Montclair State University for over 12 years. She worked as a Spanish interpreter and consultant for the Special Services Department of the Lodi School District in New Jersey, and has taught English as a Second Language as part of the Literacy Volunteers of America. She is now back at LaGuardia, teaching Spanish in the Department of Education and Language Acquisition.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | lvaldez-diaz@lagcc.cuny.edu
Lilliam Valdes-Diaz holds a BA in Spanish from Montclair State University, and an MA and PhD in Spanish language and literature from New York University. She started her professional teaching career at LaGuardia Community College, where she taught Spanish for over six years in the Department of Humanities and the School of Continuing Education.
Dr. Valdes-Diaz has over 25 years of experience in adult education, working at the AT&T and Bell Labs learning organizations. There, she partnered with the American Council on Education and with Stevens Institute of Technology to obtain graduate and undergraduate credits for many of the AT&T and Bell Labs courses.
Dr. Valdes-Diaz served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Montclair State University for over 12 years. She worked as a Spanish interpreter and consultant for the Special Services Department of the Lodi School District in New Jersey, and has taught English as a Second Language as part of the Literacy Volunteers of America. She is now back at LaGuardia, teaching Spanish in the Department of Education and Language Acquisition.
Emily Zane
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | emirayz@gmail.com
Emily Zane has been teaching at colleges in New York since 2007. She has been teaching at CUNY since 2008, and at LaGCC since Fall 2010. In 2006, she completed her undergraduate degree in Linguistics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has an MA in Linguistics from the CUNY Graduate Center and is now working toward completing her doctoral degree in Linguistics at the CUNY Graduate Center. Emily Zane has been a research assistant at the CUNY Graduate Center's Developmental Neurolinguistics lab since 2009. As part of lab personnel, Emily has contributed to various neurolinguistic research projects. Her academic interests lie in first language acquisition/development of semantics and syntax. She is particularly interested in neurological development and its relationship to language development.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | emirayz@gmail.com
Emily Zane has been teaching at colleges in New York since 2007. She has been teaching at CUNY since 2008, and at LaGCC since Fall 2010. In 2006, she completed her undergraduate degree in Linguistics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has an MA in Linguistics from the CUNY Graduate Center and is now working toward completing her doctoral degree in Linguistics at the CUNY Graduate Center. Emily Zane has been a research assistant at the CUNY Graduate Center's Developmental Neurolinguistics lab since 2009. As part of lab personnel, Emily has contributed to various neurolinguistic research projects. Her academic interests lie in first language acquisition/development of semantics and syntax. She is particularly interested in neurological development and its relationship to language development.
Rong Zhang
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | rzhang@lagcc.cuny.edu
Rong Zhang has been teaching ESL reading and writing at LaGuardia Community College since 1992. He is also an administrator of literacy programs at the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development. He has a Master's degree in liberal arts with an emphasis on teaching English as a Second Language.
Tel: 718-482-5460 | Room: B-234 | rzhang@lagcc.cuny.edu
Rong Zhang has been teaching ESL reading and writing at LaGuardia Community College since 1992. He is also an administrator of literacy programs at the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development. He has a Master's degree in liberal arts with an emphasis on teaching English as a Second Language.