ESL: Faculty and Staff
Work with world-class ESL faculty and staff.
To contact any member of the faculty or staff for information, please email esl@harpercollege.edu. Your email will be directed to the correct person.
Alina Pajtek
ESL Department Chair, TESOL Certificate Coordinator, Associate Professor
B.A., English and French Language, Literature, and Methodology, West University of
Timisoara, Romania
M.A., TESOL, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Ph.D., Applied Linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
"I think education is a process that entails enthusiasm and rigor and that should
foster learner autonomy and critical thinking. I view teachers as resources rather
than as the only sources of information, and students as active participants to the
learning process; along the same lines, I believe that learning does not end, but
begins in the classroom and continues in all the social contexts in which students
participate."
Kelly Coronado
ESL Department Vice-Chair, Assistant Professor
B.A. Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
M.A. Linguistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Marjorie Allen
Associate Professor
B.A., Spanish, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
M.A., Linguistics, American University, Washington, D.C.
Kathleen Reynolds
Associate Professor
B.A. Spanish and Political Science, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH
M.A. Applied Linguistics / TESOL, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
"Harper College is a great place to learn English, and a great place to teach. I love helping students to master English and reach their goals."
Lin Cui
Professor
B.A., Economics, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai, China
M.A., English: Language and Professional Writing, University of Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada
B.Ed., Faculty of Education, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"I firmly believe that education is a lifelong endeavor and that teaching is a privilege to inspire my students on and through this journey, one step at a time. It has been one of my greatest pleasures to empower my students with better English skills so they are able to reach their academic, professional, and personal goals."
Mary F. Gawienowski
Professor
B.A., Comparative Literature, Spanish minor, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA
M.A., English and TESOL, California State University at Sacramento, CA
Ph.D., English: Rhetoric and Linguistics, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana,
PA
Joyce Wisniewski
Associate Professor
A.A., William Rainey Harper College, Palatine, IL
B.A., English, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
M.A., Intercultural Studies - emphasis in TESOL, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
"Because I can understand the challenges of living in another country and learning a new language, I am committed to seeing my students succeed not only in their language proficiency, but also in their overall success as they make the United States their home. I have taught a wide-range of courses within the ESL department since 1996, and I have a special interest in English grammar and English for business."
Kathy J. Zuo
Associate Professor
B.A., International Studies, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, IL
M.A., Applied Linguistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Eric Bohman
Liberal Arts Placement and Testing Manager
B.A., Speech Communications, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH
M.A., Adult Education - Developmental Studies, National-Louis University, Chicago,
IL
Diploma in Social Science, Stockholm University Graduate School, Stockholm, Sweden
Ed.D., National-Louis University, Chicago, IL
Lisa Garofalo
Language Lab Tech
Leah Kang
ESL Student Advisor
A.A., Kyunghee University, Seoul, South Korea
B.S., International Business and French, North Park University, Chicago, IL
M.A., TESL, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
Sarah Mikulski
CALL Lab and Resources Coordinator
B.A., English Literature, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
M.A.T. Secondary Education, Language Arts, ESL Endorsement, Northeastern Illinois
University, Chicago, IL
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