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Melissa Meisterheim
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Melissa Meisterheim, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Director
Melissa earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Iowa. Her interests include first and second language acquisition of vocabulary as well as materials development.
Dan Junis
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Dan Junis

Title/Position
ESL Programs Coordinator
Sue Almén-Whittaker
Sue Almén-Whittaker

Sue Almén-Whittaker

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Sue graduated with a bachelor’s in Scandinavian Studies and an area emphasis in Japanese Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College. She received her master’s in Applied English Linguistics and a TESOL certificate from The University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Alicia Ambler
Alicia Ambler

Alicia Ambler

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Alicia graduated with her bachelor's and master's degrees in Linguistics with an emphasis in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) from the University of Iowa.
Amy Chastain
Amy Chastain

Amy Chastain

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Ryan Kaduce
Ryan Kaduce

Ryan Kaduce

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Ryan received his master’s degree in linguistics with a TESL emphasis from the University of Iowa, where he also earned a bachelor’s degree in linguistics and anthropology. Prior to becoming a University of Iowa faculty member, Ryan spent a year abroad teaching English as a Foreign Language in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and Wuhan, China.
Molly Kelley
Molly Kelley

Molly Kelley

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Molly came to the University of Iowa in 2009 from el Instituto del Progreso Latino in Chicago.
Rebecca Yeager
Rebecca Yeager

Rebecca Yeager

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Rebecca has an M.A. in TESOL and Applied Linguistics and a B.A. in English Composition, both from Indiana University. She cares deeply about preparing her students to meet the demands of their university courses, and designs her classes accordingly to focus on authentic language tasks wherever possible.