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ESL Faculty

Toby P. Brody
Director of English as a Second Language
325 Withers Hall. Telephone 515-9299.
B.S. Elementary Education, University of Illinois. MAT in ESL School for International Training. Taught undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Foreign Languages and directed the Intensive ESL Program at NC State. Taught overseas in Slovakia and France and worked as a teacher trainer and ESL assessment consultant for the public schools. Teacher certification in K-6, Middle Grades Social Studies and Language Arts, and K-12 ESL. Editor-in-Chief of the NC State ESL Globe. Specialty areas include teacher training and instructional development.
Stephany Dunstan
Instructor, ESL; ESL Licensure Program Assistant
324 Withers Hall, Telephone: 513-7336
B.A. and M.A., North Carolina State University
Stephany received a master’s degree in English sociolinguistic at NC State, where she conducted research as part of the North Carolina Language and Life Project on linguistic aspects of a new dialect of English emerging among Latinos in North Carolina. She has taught ESL in the Summer Institute in English at NC State, as well as Continuing Education ESL courses through the NC State Office of Professional Development. Her research interests include language variation and change, dialects and education, code-switching and bilingualism, and language policy & planning in higher education. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in Higher Education Administration.
Mark Darhower
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Linguistics
400 Withers Hall. Telephone: 515-9301
Mark Anthony Darhower obtained his Ph.D. in Spanish Applied Linguistics with a certificate in TESOL at the University of Pittsburgh and previously taught ESL and linguistics at the University of Puerto Rico. Currently he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Spanish language, Spanish and English linguistics and Second Language Acquisition. His research interests include computer-mediated communication, Vygotsky-inspired sociocultural theory, and other social discursive approaches to second language acquisition. His publications appear in CALICO Journal and Hispania.
Robin Kube
Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages
400 Withers Hall. Telephone: 515-9301.
Robin has an M.A. in English from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, where she also took the classes for ESL certification. After getting her master’s she began her professional work as an ESL Specialist for the Choctaw Tribe of Mississippi. While teaching on the Choctaw reservation, she received a Title VII grant to study methods and materials for teaching ESL and cross-cultural communication. She also studied the English Language and teaching ESL at the University of Mississippi. She has been in the Carolinas since 1992, where she has taught ESL to adults and university students. She is currently teaching FL 495 to teachers pursuing their ESL teaching license.
Lucjan M Mordzak
Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages
400 Withers Hall. Telephone: 515-9301
M.A. and Ph.D. South Illinois University at Carbondale.
M.A. University of Lodz, Poland.
He taught English at the Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland and at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, N.C. prior to joining the NCSU faculty. His interests include psychological factors in foreign language acquisition, computer-assisted instruction, and English composition.
Carolyn Quarterman
Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages.
422 Withers Hall. Telephone: 515-9278.
B.A. in Modern Languages, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, 1986. M.A. Teaching English as a Second Language, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1989. She taught English in Japan for seven years at private language schools, at the college level, and for Procter & Gamble. Her specialties are Business English, the teaching of pronunciation, and oral communication.
Nancy Swisher
Lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages
Editor, the NCSU ESL Globe
422 Withers Hall. Telephone: 515-9278
M.A., French Language and Literature, University of South Carolina; B. A., French, Coker College. Professional experience includes: Adjunct Professor of French, Campbell University; Assistant Professor of French, Newberry College; ESL program administrator, curriculum developer, and instructor for ICN Language Services, a company she founded in 1994 which provided translation, interpreting, and foreign language and ESL instruction for individuals, small businesses, global corporations, and federal and state government agencies. Research interests include new media technology applications to pedagogical methodology and materials.