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ELI Staff
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Meg Cooney, Director
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Meg Cooney holds a B.A. in Anthropology from the
University of
Pennsylvania and an M.Ed. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other languages from
Boston
University . She has 18 years experience teaching English as a Second Language in a variety of schools and programs, and 12 years experience in ESL program development and administration at the
University of
Bridgeport . She has traveled to Mexico, Canada, Spain, Italy, Greece, Burma (now Myanmar), Thailand, and Laos and lived for periods of time in Great Britain, India, and Nepal.
"I love my job as Director because there are so many different things to think about. It's so interesting trying to understand how to help students learn a language and it's completely satisfying seeing students from different countries becoming friends with each other and building connections throughout the world.. My goal for ELI is that teachers have high expectations for students and give them lots of support in reaching their goals and that students, teachers, and staff enjoy the time we have together and grow in respect for each other."
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Steven M. Rashba, Senior Instructor
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Steve has taught English as a Second Language and Business English since 1991. He has also had a successful career in private business. He holds a Bachelors in Economics and Languages, a Masters in Business Administration, and a Certificate in Risk Management/Financing. He has served as an Instructor, Activities Coordinator, and Program Coordinator in English language programs and lived in Israel for 2 years, becoming fluent in Hebrew. He has also studied French and Spanish. He brings to the classroom a love of teaching, a sense of humor, and great concern for the individual needs of his students. All his students know that their success is his goal.
"I have been teaching since 1991, and I have taught at The
University of
Bridgeport for 10 years. I have also had a successful career in business. I particularly love teaching here because I see people become close friends with students from different countries. What a great place to learn! I love my job because I have the opportunity to meet and help people from all over the world. I really enjoy watching students get more and more comfortable with English and with their student lives here."
stevenr@bridgeport.edu
We interviewed Irene and asked her some questions. When we asked her how long she has worked at UB, we were so surprised that Irene came here just in November, 2003. However, she has a lot of good experience in teaching English. Irene had worked with children for many years and now she teaches foreign adults how to speak well. She finds her job is interesting and she likes to work with international students. Irene advises that if we want to know English well, there is only one way. It is Practice, Practice and Practice!¨
Miriam has a Bachelor's degree from Columbia University, a Master's degree from the University of
Bridgeport in Education, and has been teaching English as a Second Language since 1998. She has been teaching in ELI since 2004 and says her favorite part about teaching here is the small classes and wide variety of student backgrounds. "The students come from so many different countries and have such different ages and background experiences that every session really is a completely new experience for me. I love to travel, but when I teach here, I feel like I get to travel every day."
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Karen L. Howling, Senior Instructor
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KL has 25 years teaching college age students English as a Foreign or Second Language in the and . She has a Masters degree in Applied Linguistics from
Georgetown
University and a Masters degree in Counseling Education from
Portland
State
University . She is fluent in German as she studied and worked in southern . Having lived in the Middle East for 18 years, she has had the opportunity to travel throughout that region of the world plus Europe and the
Far East . KL's affection for her students is obvious and her classes are extremely well planned and creative.
"I enjoy watching students from different countries communicate with one another n English. It is exciting to see them learn about each other's culture and build long-lasting friendships. It is gratifying to see the faces of students when they realize they "can do it" - they can form those sentences, they can write those essays, and they can debate controversial topics."
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ELI Instructors March, 2008
ELI Instructors Marcia Bratcher, Catherine Misseri, Barbara Niemczyk (July, 2008) click here
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