ESL Faculty

Annette earned her MA in TESOL from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has extensive experience teaching ESL classes to a diverse range of students and has a strong interest in Task-Based Language Teaching and Intercultural Communication Skills. She leads conversation workshops and organizes engaging excursions for students to explore New York and immerse themselves in US culture.

Camille has over 40 years of teaching experience, everything from Philosophy, History and Community Service Classes. For over a decade she has been teaching ESl classes to a variety of students in a number of different settings. At Temple University she worked with international students with provisional acceptance to the University. Now that she is back in New York, she is excited to bring her expertise, dedication and enthusiasm to students at Fordham.

Carolyn taught at the University of Livingstonia, Malawi and has been a guest speaker in May 2021 at Georgetown, African Security Studies and Policy course and in Jan 2023 at Columbia University, Reproductive Justice Movements: Black Bodies in a Patriarchal Society course. She has also been a Reader for the Mandela Washington Fellows program since its inception in 2014. Here in NYC she teaches both at the Dalton School and Fordham’s IALC program teaching varied courses such as: College Writing I, Intermediate Reading & Writing, Introduction to World Religions, Special Topics, Professional Development & Community ESL.          

Professor Jo has been teaching English to linguistically and culturally diverse students (K-12, post-secondary, adult) in all levels for more than two decades. She holds a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction and three M.A. degrees in TESL, TEFL, and Educational English Language. Her specialties include intercultural communication, teacher training, second language acquisition theories and methodologies, multicultural education, educational technologies, functional linguistics approach, English for Academic/Specific Purposes, Literacy, iBT TOEFL, Assessment, Business English, and global leadership.

Julie Shuchman teaches Advanced ESL Writing and Speaking at Fordham University's IALC and at NYU.  She also teaches English Composition at St.  Francis College in Brooklyn.  From 2009-2011, she served as Master Teacher and Curriculum Developer for a College Bridge Program at CUNY.  In 2011, she presented at the League for Innovation Conference in San Diego, California and in 2013, she authored the Instructor's Manual for Read to Achieve, published by Longman.  She  has served as a consultant for international post- doctoral students and professionals at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and at NYU Dental School's Department of Clinical Research.  Julie  Shuchman has an M.A. in English Literature from Columbia University and an M.Phil. in Comparative Literature from the CUNY Graduate  Center.

Margaret Ibasco teaches Intercultural Skills at Fordham University.  She also teaches at Lehman College (CUNY) and at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT).  She completed Master of Arts (M.A.) and Master of Education (ED.M.) at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has been teaching ESL to adults since 1985. She has taught at different institutions in the US and abroad. In 2001, she was chosen as one of the Fellow Grant Awardees by Center for Teaching and Learning with Technology (CTLT) at New York Institute for Technology, New York, NY.

Rita Taryan has over thirty years of professional ESL teaching experience in the United States and Canada. With an expertise in teaching and assessing adult learners, she has worked with students whose English-language goals have been driven by career and professional concerns, academic preparation, and integration into a new country. Rita is a published writer, a translator of Hungarian fiction and letters, and a keen student of Tai Chi.

Steven Lindeman has been teaching at the Institute of the American Language and Culture at Fordham University since 2022. He he has been teaching English language at various universities for over 14 years, with several years of experience teaching abroad in Asia. His main teaching interests are in academic writing and rhetorical studies. Current and previous appointments include Colleges within the City University of New York, Columbia, University, and Syracuse University. 

A graduate of Barnard College, Professor Sato earned her TESOL Certification and an MA in Anthropology and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Prior to teaching, Takako, known as Tata, spent decades in advertising and marketing communications, where she came to appreciate the critical role of language in an increasingly complex, globalized and transnational context. Along with deep respect for diverse cultural values, attitudes and social relationships acquired as a TCK in Asia, the Middle East and East Africa, she has strong interest in social justice and equality through literacy development, multilingual education and promotion of human rights.

Zarui Migrranyan McKinney was born and raised in Moscow, Russia. She holds a BA and MA in International Journalism and German Studies from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), and a Ph.D. in World History (specialized in Political Culture of the XVIIIth century Britain) also from MGIMO. She spent 10 years teaching Western Literature and Culture at her Alma Mater. In 2018, she graduated from the MA TESOL program at Hunter College CUNY. She spent five semesters tutoring at Fordham University's Writing Center. She teaches College Writing and Intercultural Skills at Fordham, and ESL at St. John's University.