Fall 2025

Section 2040 of EMLS771
Noncredit Intermediate English for Multilingual Students -- : Aug 18 - Dec 11 2025
This section will meet in person on the Santa Rosa Campus on Mondays and Wednesdays and on Zoom on Thursdays. This is a combination class with EMLS 371, Section 2359. Your instructor will provide more details.

Section 2176 of EMLS770
Supplemental Instruction: EMLS -- : Aug 18 - Dec 10 2025
This is free IN-PERSON tutoring for multilingual students on the Santa Rosa campus. Students can walk in to see a tutor (no appointment necessary) in Kunde 153 on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30pm to 6:30pm. All EMLS 781 and credit EMLS students will be enrolled in this section during the first weeks of the semester. You can also register yourself just as you would any other class. See the EMLS tutoring schedule here: https://emls.santarosa.edu. Questions? Call the ESL Department at (707)527-4382.

Section 2359 of EMLS371
Intermediate Reading/Writing/Grammar for Multilingual Studen -- : Aug 18 - Dec 11 2025
This section will meet in person on the Santa Rosa Campus on Mondays and Wednesdays and on Zoom on Thursdays. This is a combination class with EMLS 771, Section 2040. Your instructor will provide more details.

Spring 2025

Section 4649 of EMLS781
NC Transitional Reading/Writing/Grammar for Multilingual Ss -- : Jan 13 - May 15 2025
Registration for this class will be restricted on January 23, 2025.

No office hours

2007: MA TESOL, San Francisco State University
1984: BA Theatre Arts, Sonoma State University

Academic Experience

2014: ESL Instructor, Santa Rosa Junior College
2011-2012: EFL Instructor, Azerbaijan University of Languages and Baku Slavic University in Baku, Azerbaijan
2008-2011: ESL Instructor, Santa Rosa Junior College
2008: ILP Instructor, Sonoma State American Language Institute
2007-2008: EFL Instructor, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Professional Involvement and Community Service

Member: TESOL and CATESOL

Presentations and Publications

February 2009: Teaching English at a University in China: Experiences and Reflections, guest presenter at San Francisco State University

May 2007: Moving On: Adult Learners' Transition to Academic ESL in the Community College, presented at MATESOL conference, San Francisco State University