International Center
Faculty
Intensive English Program Faculty
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Rachel Herman, Co-Director, English Language Center M.A. degree in TESL from the University of Central Missouri, May 2002; Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a concentration in Creative Writing and Journalism from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, May 1997. Rachel studied abroad as an AFS high school exchange student in Brazil. After she earned a bachelor's degree at UMKC, she lived and taught English at a private school in Tokyo, Japan. Upon her return to the United States, she completed her master's degree at UCM while teaching as a graduate assistant. She has taught at a high school, several community colleges, at the university level, and in private institutions to students from diverse backgrounds -- ethnically and socioeconomically. |
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Valerie Heming, Co-Director Director, English Language Center Valerie completed her Bachelor's degree in English at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and then earned a Master's degree in TESL at UCM in 1994. For the next eight years she lived in Flemish-speaking Belgium with her husband. She worked with a variety of different nationalities from Europe and with many students from Japan and Korea. She has been working for the English Language Center since January 2002 and directing the programs since August 2004. |
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Amy Jammeh, Instructor, English Language Center TESL M.A. Degree May 2007 from the University of Central Missouri; Bachelors of Arts in Spanish (International Studies) 2004 from Truman State University. Amy Mitchell currently teaches in the Intensive English Program at the University of Central Missouri. Apart from her teaching responsibilities, she is currently the chair of the Activities Committee which organizes cultural activities for international students. Amy has taught a semester abroad in Vina del Mar, Chile and has had various graduate assistantships at UCM in the IEP and English departments. Amy is also a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar alumni (2006) and a Lifetime Girl Scout. Overall, she enjoys working with diverse individuals while learning in fun and creative ways. |
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Will Taylor, Instructor, English Language Center TEFL and Intercultural Studies, M.A. Degree 2006 from Columbia International University; Bachelors of Arts, Magna Cum Laude: Bible major, English minor, Missions minor, 2005. Will’s interest in other cultures was sparked in high school as he traveled to Central America and Europe for humanitarian trips. As a result, he pursued an undergraduate degree in International Studies and English in Nashville, Tennessee, where he tutored ESL students and Kurdish immigrants. While finishing his degree, he took an opportunity to teach English camps in Kazakhstan. After returning and graduating, he enrolled in Columbia International University’s TEFL and Intercultural studies master’s degree program in Columbia, South Carolina, where he was able to teach and tutor a variety of students, as well as plan, organize, and lead a summer-long English program in Chisinau, Moldova. Since then he has taught at several universities in Central Arkansas and Kansas City and has been teaching at UCM since January 2010. |
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Mary Winters, Instructor, English Language Center TESL M.A. Degree May 1993 from the University of Central Missouri; Bachelors of Arts in English Literature from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Mary Winters grew up in a small town in the Missouri Ozark Mountains near Meramec Springs. She married Jack Winters, who had three sons. Jack and Mary had three sons and a daughter. In 1993 she was hired to set up the ESL program in Warrensburg R-VI School District. She was an ESL teacher there for fourteen years K-12. Mary wrote a content area curriculum guide and presented the elementary portion at TESOL, the national Teachers of English to Speakers of other Languages convention, in Seattle and the secondary portion at TESOL in St. Louis, Missouri In cooperation with teachers and administrators, she wrote a district wide policy for the ESL program to meet district, state and national standards. |
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