Danilo Calle Londono
Danilo Calle is an international M.A student in the TESL/AL program. He graduated from the University of Caldas with a Bachelor's degree in Modern Languages. Danilo has 7 years of experience as a teacher of English as a foreign language. Throughout his professional career, he has worked with a diverse range of ages and social contexts, including vulnerable populations and native indigenous communities in his country, Colombia. Danilo has a certificate in Early Childhood Education from Mesa Community College and enjoys teaching all ages, from children to adults.
Ali Ebrahimpourlighvani
I love the world of languages and have a great passion to learn them. I speak Azerbaijani, Turkish, English, and Farsi. Being a Linguist will lead my interest in the rich world of languages and widen my social communication. Technology in this modern age provides eternity for the world of knowledge. Exploring new ideologies in Linguistics alongside technology will change the way of transformation of information among cultures, and I want to discover these novel episodes of languages. My research interests are language learning problems, second language acquisition, and technology in Language teaching.
Droste Hennings
Droste Hennings is an M.A. student in the TESL/Applied Linguistic program. In 2023, she graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor’s degree in English and Education. Throughout her undergraduate experience, Droste gained experience teaching secondary education, which stimulated her interests in the history of languages and educational technology.
Maksim Prikazchikov
Maksim "Max" Prikazchikov is an M.A. student in the TESL/Applied Linguistic program. In 2020, he graduated from Bashkir State Pedagogical University in Ufa, Russia, with a Bachelor’s degree in Language Teaching with English as his 1st and German as his 2nd major. Max is primarily interested in phonetics, accents and dialects, and language history.
Hannah Reischauer
Hannah Reischauer is an M.A student in the TESL/Applied Linguistics program. In December of 2020, she graduated from Iowa State University with a B.A. in Linguistics and minors in TESL and Environmental Studies. Hannah has taught and tutored ESL, ENL, Spanish 1 & 2, and Environmental Sciences. She has also tutored and aided students for years in Study, Organizational and Executive Function Skills, Scheduling and Time Management as she was diagnosed late in life with ADHD and worked hard to learn how to manage her time and focus throughout her academic journey. Hannah is the President of the Board of Directors for Threshold Learning Center, a non-profit outdoor education facility, where she has taught English, Science and Environmental Studies for over 10 years. As of right now, Hannah is mostly interested in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and Teaching English to L1 Spanish Learners.
Viacheslav Vovchenko
Viacheslav Vovchenko is an M.A. student in the TESL/Applied Linguistic program. In 2019, he graduated from the Northern (Arctic) Federal University in Arkhangelsk, Russia with a Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics and in 2021, completed a Master’s program in Translation and Interpretation Studies at the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow. Viacheslav’s primary scientific interests lie in the fields of phonetics, pronunciation, and second language acquisition.