Currently I am the academic advisor for degree-completion programs and for the military and veterans at Missouri Western State University, a four-year state institution just north of Kansas City. I was previously an English as a Second Language (ESL) and English composition instructor at programs at community colleges and universities in the United States, but I also have extensive experience teaching English and training teachers abroad. I have a BA in French and History from the University of Kansas and an MA in English (TESL/TEFL) from San Francisco State University.