FACULTY AND STAFF

Director

Dr. Annette Klemp is Director of the English Language Transition Program and is an Associate Professor in the Department of English.

Instructors

Instructors in the ELT program have earned their Master's degrees or are TESOL graduate students from the English department.

Rhonda Petree has been teaching ESL/EFL to learners of all levels since 1999. She has an MA in ESL from the University of Minnesota–Minneapolis and a BA in History and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She has studied Russian and German. She has worked and lived in Australia, Switzerland, and Kazakhstan.

Rhonda Petree can be contacted at rhonda.petree@uwrf.edu.

Diane Jacobson has taught ESL in secondary schools in Wisconsin and North Carolina.  She has an MA in TESOL from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and a BA in Spanish Education and TESOL from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.  She has studied Spanish while living in Peru and Spain.

Diane Jacobson can be contacted at diane.jacobson@uwrf.edu.

Charles Lavin has been teaching ESL/EFL since 2006.  He has taught English to children in Ecuador, teenagers in Chile, adults in Colombia, and military personnel in Saudi Arabia.  He has a BS in Finance and a BA in Business Administration from Florida State University and will soon graduate with an MA in TESOL from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls .

Charles Lavin can be reached at charles.lavin@uwrf.edu.

Tutors

The ELT Program works with the Academic Success Center, which provides services for ESL students. ESL tutors are undergraduate and graduate UWRF students who assist with classwork and provide a comfortable location to practice English skills.