Core Faculty

S. Kelly Franklin
Director

B.A. History, Teacher Licensure— Rice University
M.A. Linguistics—Ohio University

President, American Association of Intensive English Programs (2003-2004)

English Language Teaching and Administration Coordinator, NAFSA national team (2007-2008)

Meriam Brown

Core Instructor

Level Coordinator

B.A. English/Applied Linguistics—University of Houston
Secondary Teaching Certificate
M.Ed.—University of St. Thomas
M.A. English—UNC Charlotte

Arnold Halperin
Core Core Instructor

Level Coordinator

B.A. English – UNC Charlotte

M.A. English—UNC Charlotte

Jill Morin

Core Instructor

Level Coordinator

B.A. International Relations, East Asian

Studies/Japanese minor—Miami University

M.A. TESOL—University of Findlay

Nancy Pfingstag

Core Instructor

Level Coordinator

B.A. Classical Civilization—SUNY-Binghampton

Secondary English Teaching Certification

Queens College—Charlotte

M.A. English—UNC Charlotte

Allie Wall
Core Instructor
Level Coordinator

B.A. English Education,
M.A. English—U of South Carolina
M.A. English as a Second Language and Bilingual Education—
Georgetown

Adjunct Faculty (partial list)

Denise Alvarez

B.A. History—UNC Chapel Hill

M. Ed.  TESL (in progress)—UNC Charlotte

Dominick Antonucci

B.A. Linguistics – UNC Chapel Hill

M. Ed. – Teaching English as a Second Language

UNC Charlotte

Sara Bowers

B.A. Educational Ministries—Columbia International University

M.A. Intercultural Studies/TESL Certificate—Wheaton College

Joseph Gardner

B.S. English, minor in theatre – Radford University

M.A. English – Radford University

Kelly Kouchi

B.A. English – UNC Charlotte

M.A. English – UNC Charlotte, TESL

Kim Rodriguez

B.A. Linguistics – University of Florida

M.S. International Business -  University of South Carolina

TEFL Certificate – Winfield College

Rosemary Schmid

B.A. Journalism—St. Mary-of-the-Woods

M.Ed. TESL (in progress)—UNC Charlotte

Linda Scott

M.S. Linguistics—TESOL—Central Connecticut State University

M.S.W. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

M.S. Sociology – Meredith College, Raleigh