Jen Alexander
Jen Alexander has taught and tutored in the ESL program and the International Summer Institute. She is currently working on her PhD in linguistics, and is available for all your various ESL needs. Contact her at <jenalex@northwestern.edu>. |
Melissa Baese
Melissa Baese has extensive ESL teaching experience, tutoring both children and adults in various aspects of spoken and written English communication. She is currently working on her PhD in Linguistics at Northwestern.
email: m-baese@northwestern.edu |
Rachel Baker
Rachel Baker has a wide range of ESL experience, having taught high school English in France and having taught and tutored graduate students in the
Northwestern ESL program. Her specialties include proofreading and conversational English. She is currently working on her PhD in Linguistics at Northwestern.
email: r-baker2@northwestern.edu |
Steve Fix, PhD
Steve received his PhD in Linguistics from Northwestern after earning a BA at the University of Chicago. While at Northwestern, he taught several ESL courses, including those focusing on pronunciation, basic
communication and conversational skills, and academic writing and
presentation. He also served as Northwestern's ESL Tutor, assisting
students with both academic presentation skills and everyday
communication.
fixsteve@gmail.com |
Stephanie Fosnight
Stephanie Fosnight graduated in 2002 with a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, and has since become a journalist writing at the local, regional, and national level. She has worked as a grammar and reading teacher at a private school, and as a magazine editor. Her expertise lies in editing theses and dissertations, as well as helping students craft excellent cover letters and application essays. Most jobs take between 1 and 3 hours.
email: srfosnight@gmail.com
phone: (847) 594-9010 |
Dalia Hoffman
Dalia specializes in adult ESL instruction, conversational English, grammar, writing (essays, resumes, and cover letters), as well as editing. She is bilingual in English and Hebrew, and she is fluent in Spanish. Dalia holds a M.A. and a B.A. in English, and she is pursuing teacher certification in secondary English and ESL.
e-mail: daliaxh@mac.com
cell phone: (773) 255-7578
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Meredith Larson
Meredith has taught college composition and developmental writing, tutored prescriptive English grammar, and worked as an ESL tutor and instructor. Her primary strengths are in conversational English and in academic writing and presenting. She is currently working on her PhD in linguistics with a focus on syntax and South Asian languages.
email: meredith@northwestern.edu |
Jenna Luque
Jenna is a PhD student in Linguistics and a licensed Speech Language Pathologist. She has experience working on accent reduction in a clinical setting, and is beginning to teach ESL here at Northwestern this year. Jenna is a native English speaker with some knowledge of Spanish. Please contact her at SLPJenna@gmail.com.
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Jamie Matsuoka
Specializing in conversational English. Native speaker of English, fluent in Japanese. Accepting new students starting Fall 2006 for afternoon appointments.
e-mail: tengoku@gmail.com
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Ken Konopka, MA
Ken is an experienced ESL tutor who works with beginning learners as well as advanced students. Along with a wide range of private tutoring experience, Ken teaches ESL courses at Northwestern University. He also teaches in the ISI summer program. Ken is currently a PhD student in Linguistics at NU, and received his MA degree in Linguistics with an ESL Endorsement from Northeastern Illinois University.
e-mail: k-konopka@northwestern.edu |
Peggy Rios, M.Ed
7027 N. Paulina #1S
Chicago,IL 60626
phone: 773.508.1176
e-mail: crios2@earthlink.net
Peggy has a Master of Education degree in curriculum and instruction with an ESL concentration and 10 years teaching experience. She speaks some Spanish. |
Irene Sakk
Specialization: Conversational English, Survival English, TOEFL
Experience: over 15 years of teaching English to adults
e-mail: i-sakk@northwestern.edu
phone: (home) 847-635-2006 |
Jody Sostrin, MA
Jody has been an instructor and tutor in the Northwestern ESL program and the International Summer Institute.
email: jsostrin@hotmail.com
phone: (847) 967-1617 |
Noreen Sherwood
Specializing in conversational English, editing dissertations and master's theses for international students. Over ten years experience teaching English to adults.
n-sherwood@northwestern.edu
phone: (home) 847-475-5870 |
