Ms. Elaine Brooks, Deputy chair of the ESL Program received a doctorate in Applied Linguistics from New York University (1985). Her research has focused on the composing processes of ESL students and academic advisement of ESL students throughout CUNY.  She has taught ESL reading, writing Freshman Composition and Practical English Grammar. She is a co-author with Len Fox of Making Peace published by Cambridge University Press.

Nelia I. Camargo obtained her B.A. in English and American literature from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines and her M.A. in TESOL from New York University on a Fulbright scholarship. She has a permanent certification in English 7-12 (New York State) and a regular license in ESL (New York City Board of Education), where she teaches part time in the Adult Education Program. In Brooklyn College, she has been teaching reading and writing courses on various levels and coordinated the ESL Reading Laboratory for many years. She had worked with inner city kids in the Job Corps and GED programs in New York and New Jersey and taught English in Philippine universities and in Bogota, Colombia, South America. An active community leader in her Queens neighborhood, she is the president of her 160-unit Co-op Board and recent recipient of a trophy from Habitat Magazine, N.Y., for improving the "quality of life" in her building.

Mr. Len Fox B. A. in English, U. of Rochester, M. A. in TESOL, Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, N.Y.U. (1977) taught ESL (English as a Foreign Language) in the U.S. Peace Corps for 2 years and has been teaching ESL for 30 years in Colleges in New York City. He has been President of the CUNY ESL Council, President of New York State TESOL, and Chair of Committee on Professional Standards of International TESOL. He has authored four ESL reading/writing texts and co-authored a fifth with Elaine Brooks (forthcoming Fall 1994).

Rennie Gonsalves, a native of the island of Saint Vincent in the West Indies, where he attended the Saint Vincent Grammar School has a Ph.D. in linguistics from the CUNY Graduate School (1989). He loves teaching ESL, English, Core 6, and tutorials in semantics. His interest include literature, philosophy of language, and cognitive science; he is currently working on a linguistic analysis of the English of the Caribs of Saint Vincent.

Dorothy Loo Kehl, a native of Hong Kong, received her BA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and her MA from New York University. She joined the ESL Program at Brooklyn College in 1973 and has been teaching various levels of reading and writing courses in the program since then. She also worked as an adjunct for the School of Education at Brooklyn College, evaluating bi-lingual student teachers doing their practice teaching in various public schools in Brooklyn. She also handled the Chinese language competency exam for that program. Her research into the different ESL student profiles and learning needs in Brooklyn/CUNY were presented in conferences orgnized by the New York State and Interntional ESL professional organizations. She has written articles about changes in women's status in modern China, translated Chinese poems written in the 70s and 80's into English. These works have been published in magazines and newspapers in New York and Hong Kong. She speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and Toishan dialect fluently. Outside of her academic work, she has been an active member in the Chinese community in New York. She is the Board President of the New York Chinese Cultural Center.

Ms. Diane Marks received her BA from CCNY and her Ph.D. in English (Medieval Literature) from the Graduate School, CUNY, in 1984. Her teaching experience includes ESL instruction in Paris, France from 1969-75 and Developmental and ESL reading and writing courses at CUNY. She has been at Brooklyn College since 1979. In addition to teaching ESL reading and writing at the advanced and intermediate levels, she also teaches English Composition, Core 6 (Landmarks of Literature), and Chaucer. In the School of Continuing and Professional studies at NYU she teaches Medieval and Renaissance Civilization. She has been awarded fellowships and grants for her research in 15th century literature.

Ms. E. Jennifer Monaghan received her B.A. and M.A. in Literae Humaniores from Oxford University, England; an M.A. in classics from the University of Illinois at Urbana; and an Ed.D. in reading education from Yeshiva University. She has taught developmental reading as well as ESL courses at Brooklyn College. In 1975 she founded the History of Reading Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association. In 1988, she was elected an associate member of Darwin College, Cambridge University, England. She has received two "best article" awards: the American Studies Association's 1989 Constance Rourke Prize and the History of Education Society's 1992 biennial prize. She was awarded a Brooklyn College Wolfe Fellowship for 1994-95. She is the author of A Common Heritage: Noah Webster's Blue-Back Speller (1983) and has published several book chapters on the history of literacy. Her articles have appeared in the American Quarterly, History of Education Quarterly, Publishing Research Quarterly, Reading Research Quarterly, and Visible Language.

Ms. Janet Moser received her Ph.D. in French Language and Literature from the Graduate Center (CUNY) in 1978, with in dissertation on "Proust Criticism in France, 1914-1938." Her research and teaching fellowships have resulted in presentations and publications on Proust, as well as on various aspects of ESL reading and writing. She has taught ESL and English. She has taught ESL and English courses at Brooklyn College.

Dr. Mark Patkowski earned his BA (1974) from Columbia College, and his MA (1977) and Ph.D. (1980) from New York University and joined the ESL Program at Brooklyn College in 1986. He teaches undergraduate ESL and English courses, as well as graduate courses in the Liberal Studies Program. Professor Patkowski has presented his research in second language acquisition at various national conferences, and his publications include articles in several professional journals and books. Professor Patkowski has also received several grants and awards, including a Fulbright lecturing award in ESL and linguistics.

Mr. John Roy received his B. A. in English in 1968 and his M. A. and Ph.D. in linguistics at Columbia. He taught in the Virgin Islands and served as language specialist from 1969 until 1975 publishing "A Brief History, Description and Dictionary of Virgin Islands English Creole" there. He returned to New York for graduate studies in the Linguistics Department at Columbia, completing his dissertation on the processes of language variation and change (1984). His masters essay was on the origin of English Creole. Hi has published widely on English Creole and Sociolinguistics. He began teaching at Brooklyn College as adjunct in the English department in 1977. He began full time ESL teaching the following year. He has co-authored the English Department course Introduction to Semiotics, and authored Practical English Grammar, Sociolinguistics six ESL courses. He is the convener of Linguistics program and is currently teaching Practical English grammar and the ESL advanced reading and writing courses. He has also taught in the graduate TESOL program at Hunter College.