Language Center International

Administrators and Faculty

Administrators

Director: Dr. Jo-Len Braswell

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• Ph.D. from Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
• M.A. and B.A. from University of California, Berkley

Registrar and Student Advisor: Tammy Karakas

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Curriculum Administrator: Scott Riggs

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• M.A. in TESOL from Eastern Michigan University
• B.A. in Applied Linguistics
• Linguistic studies in Ghana, West Africa
• Former ESL Coordinator for the Catholic Elementary Schools of Detroit
• Former instructor at the University of Detroit Mercy

Student Services Administrator: Ellen Kulpa

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Faculty

Deborah Burger

Katherine Charbeneau

• B.S. in Humanities, Lawrence Tech. University
• M.A. in Literature, Oakland University
• Doctoral work, Wayne State University
• Married to George; Two children: Grace and Brandon

Shelly Dunlop

Carmela Gilette

Dr. Gregory Green

Agata James

Thomas Lapadat

Jean Marshall

Tina O'Donnell

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• B.A. in German Language and Literature (Cognate areas: Linguistics and Chinese Language)
• M.A. in German Language and Literature (Minor: Linguistics)
• A.B.D. in Germanic Linguistics (Minor: Second Language Acquisition)
• German instructor for Michigan State University, Indiana University, and University of Detroit Mercy
• ESL instructor at Gymnasium Kinderhaus, Munster Germany and for University of Detroit Mercy
• Have taught German and ESL in several corporate settings
• LCI instructor since 1996

Michael Pope

Raye Robertson