Caroline is a lecturer and assessment coordinator at the Intensive English Program at Eastern Mennonite University. She has taught English at the university, in high school, and at an adult detention center. In 2012, she completed her MA with EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. She loves learning and teaching other people languages. This summer she will be teaching Intensive English for Peacebuilders for the third year with the Summer Peacebuilding Institute.

Eric has taught English as a Foreign Language in China and South Korea for nearly 10 years. He holds an MA in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from Azuza Pacific University in Azuza, California and enjoys working at the intersection where language teaching and peacemaking meet. His hobbies include mountain biking, reading English and Chinese novels and fusion cooking.

Kathy is a graduate of EMU and of Temple University. She has taught mostly ESL (or EFL) at EMU and Ohio State Univ. in the US, and at King Saud Univ. and the Institute for Public Admin in Saudi Arabia,and at the University of the UAE. She was the Supplemental Instruction Director at JMU for a number of years, but has now returned to EMU to teach a class in the IEP and a college writng course. After living abroad for so many years, she also believes that the Shenandoah Valley may be one of the best places to live in the world.
She thanks her husband, Al Keim (no longer living) for bringing her here.

Micky teaches a variety of courses at the IEP. She became interested in teaching English while living in Costa Rica where she earned an M.A. in Education from Framingham University with a concentration in TESOL. For several years she taught all levels of English in a small village in Costa Rica. More recently, she has taught business and pre-MBA courses in the University of Delaware’s IEP and in the PLUS program at Golden Gate University. Micky enjoys traveling, reading, quilting, and whenever possible, facilitating BePeace workshops.

Dave Graybill teaches Intermediate and Advanced courses in the Intensive English Program. Dave holds a B.A. from Goshen College, Goshen, Ind., and a master’s degree in English from the University of Virginia. From 2002 to the end of 2004, he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine, where he taught English and U.S. Country Studies at Izmail State Liberal Arts University. Dave also has extensive experience as a writer, editor, and software content developer.

David Jost teaches reading and speaking courses at the IEP. He studied education and history at Goshen College and has taught English short-term in Peru and Albania.

Jean Kilby teaches a variety of courses in the Intensive English Program. She holds a B.S. in Foods and Nutrition from the University of Arkansas and a M.Ed. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She taught nutrition courses at James Madison University for eight years before returning to earn a teacher certification in English from J.M.U. Her ESL experience extends to Ethiopia where she taught English for two summers.

Dwight Martin teaches a variety of courses at the IEP. His experience includes teaching English in numerous settings for over fifteen years. He recently completed a M.A. in Education at EMU. Dwight is married to Pam Martin. They have two children, Dara and Rachelle. Dwight also performs professionally as a guitarist and vocalist in restaurants and for special events.

Steve primarily teaches intermediate listening and speaking at IEP. His previous English-teaching experience was in Japan, where he grew up in a missionary family. A history education graduate of EMU, Steve spent most of his career in writing, editing and marketing. For 11 years he was EMU’s director of communications.

In addition to teaching courses in the Intensive English Program, Micah Shristi provides services for international students in his role as International Student Advisor. He served in Nepal with Mennonite Central Committee (2008-20012) and in Colombia with Mennonite Mission Network (2003-2005). His ESL teaching experience includes teaching positions in Kathmandu, Nepal; Bogotá, Colombia and Washington DC. Micah graduated from EMU in 2000 with a degree in English and he went on to complete a masters in Industrial Technology at Appalachian State University.

Kathleen Roth is the director for the Intensive English Program at Eastern Mennonite University. She has 20 years of experience teaching and ten years of experience in educational administration and organizational consulting. She has her bachelor’s degree from Fresno Pacific University in Fresno, California and her master’s degree from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She and her family served with Mennonite Central Committee in Botswana, Africa.