PERSONAL NOTE:

I am now serving with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in the International Student Ministries Department. I am their Bible Study Resource Specialist. You can see our website.

 My two professional strengths are teaching and developing materials for English as a Second Language. I have a lifetime teaching credential from California. I wrote a thesis on second language acquisition in children for an MA in Education (1978). The next three and a half years I was able to put that degree to use with my own children and in private ESL courses while living in Mexico City. Back in the U.S., I taught elementary school and then moved into beginning adult ESL at a community college in 1987. I developed an off-campus multimedia lab while at that college. After having taught beginning levels for several years, I concentrated on advanced writing during my MA studies in Teaching English as a Second Language (1994). I have taught classes at Eastern Michigan University, and have been an ESL technology consultant at the University of Michigan and the Ann Arbor Public Schools.

In addition to teaching, most of my time in the past few years has been dedicated to international women, graduate students, and writing projects. I have taught an investigative Bible study for international women for five years, and I have discipled a few Christian international women each year. Since coming to Michigan in 1991, I have been working with my husband's ministry to graduate students and faculty at the University of Michigan. However, the writing projects are now taking priority. In addition to the studies on the gospel of Luke, I have been writing software for ESL. I have a beginning adult ESL CD-ROM on the market with lifeskill-oriented lessons. This first project was published in 1992 and the second CD-ROM, a sequel, is in the production stage.

My husband is grad/faculty staff with InterVarsity. He has been on staff since college with the exception of our years in Claremont, California where he worked on his Ph.D. in Philosophy. Our time in Mexico was unofficially with IFES. We have worked with and lived with internationals for all of our 24 years of married life. Our sons are 23and 25 years old.

EXPERIENCE

2003 to present

Bible Study Resource Specialist for the International Student Ministries of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

1996 to present	Freelance Consultant and Materials Writer
1989 to present	Software Author, Educational Activities, Inc., NY
1996	ESL Technology Consultant, Ann Arbor Public Schools, MI
1995 - 1996	ESL Instructor, Eastern Michigan University, MI
1994 - 1995	ESL Technology Consultant, English Language Institute, University of Michigan, MI
1993 - 1994	Substitute ESL Instructor, Eastern Michigan University & Ann Arbor Public Schools, MI
1993	Graduate Student Instructor, Eastern Michigan University, MI
1991 - 1992	ESL Instructor, Michigan Language Center, MI
1989 - 1991	Educational Software Consultant, Mt. San Antonio Community College, CA
1987 - 1991	ESL Instructor, Mt. San Antonio Community College, CA
1988 - 1989	Multi-media Learning Lab Developer, Coordinator, Instructor, Mt. S.A.C. College
1983 - 1986	Elementary Teacher, Pomona First Baptist School, CA
1978 - 1982	Private English Instructor, Mexico City, Mexico
1976 - 1977	Preschool Teacher, Peninsula Covenant Preschool, CA

EDUCATION

Michigan Theological Seminary, Plymouth, Michigan, Subject area: Koine Greek Language,1999-2000

Eastern Michigan University, Master's Degree in TESOL, 1994

Iberoamericana University, Mexico City, Mexico, Subject area: Teaching Spanish, 1980

San Jose State University, Master's Degree in Early Childhood Education, 1978

University of California, Santa Cruz, BA cum laude in Liberal Studies, 1976

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

ACMI: Christians Ministering to Internationals Conference, 2001, 2002, 2003

TESOL International Conventions, 1995, 2001

ESL Best Statewide Practitioner Conference, Michigan, 1998

MITESOL State Conference, Michigan, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002

Midwest TESOL, Indiana, 1992

Competency-Based Education Conference, California, 1991

OTAN Regional Teacher's Cooperative, California, 1991

CATESOL State Conference, California, 1990

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND AWARDS

Membership Information Manager, MITESOL, November 1997 to 2000

Buckheister Award and Circle of Excellence Award (for 4.0), Eastern Michigan University, 1994

PUBLICATIONS

"Shared Computer Projects for Beginners", in TESOL Journal, Fall 1994

Sound Sentences, Adult ESL Literacy, Mac/Windows CD-ROM, Educational Activities, Inc., NY, 1992

Sound Sentences, Adult ESL Literacy, Mac/Windows CD-ROM, Educational Activities, Inc., a division of Siboney Learning, Ltd., 2002

CREDENTIALS

Michigan Elementary, Provisional, Early Childhood Specialist

Michigan 6-8, Provisional, Social Studies Endorsement

California Community College, Life

California Multiple Subjects K-12, Life