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Michael Glen Bowen
Senior Lecturer
mgbowen@illinois.edu
Elizabeth Carroll Curry
Lecturer
ecarro3@illinois.edu
Leyla R Cooper
Senior Lecturer
lrlambe2@illinois.edu
Charles Dold
Lecturer
cdold@illinois.edu
Amber Dunse
Senior Lecturer, Graduate Academic Writing Course Specialist
dunse2@illinois.edu
Susan Faivre
Director of ESL Programs; Interim Faculty Director, ESL, Spring 2026
sfaivre@illinois.edu
Suzanne Carla Franks
Teaching Associate Professor
scfranks@illinois.edu
Monica Ghosh
Lecturer
mghosh@illinois.edu
Rosana Gómez-Cayapú
Lecturer
rosanag2@illinois.edu
Alice Houston
Lecturer
ahouston@illinois.edu
Jill Anne Huang
Senior Lecturer, Course Specialist - Business & Technical Writing
tschopp2@illinois.edu
Abdulsamad Humaidan
Lecturer
humaidan@illinois.edu
John E Kotnarowski
Senior Lecturer & Course Specialist - Undergraduate Academic Writing
kotnaro2@illinois.edu
Eva Miszoglad
Lecturer
miszogl2@illinois.edu
Brenna Nierenhausen
ESL Lecturer
willia67@illinois.edu
Jin Kim Pennell
Senior Lecturer, ESL Curriculum Coordinator
jinkim7@illinois.edu
Cassandra A Rosado
Senior Lecturer, Assistant Director, ESL Program
crosado2@illinois.edu
Randall W Sadler
Professor; Director, MATESL; Faculty Director, ESL; on sabbatical Spring 2026
rsadler@illinois.edu
John Austin Young
Lecturer
jayoung4@illinois.edu
Qiusi Zhang
Coordinator, OEAI (Oral English Assessment Interview)
qiusiz@illinois.edu
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of Linguistics
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