People
IPO has a team of people working together to make your three weeks enjoyable and worthwhile.
Program Coordinators
Carleen Curley Velez is a lecturer in the Department of Applied Linguistics and TESL. She holds an M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language and a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, both from UCLA. She has extensive experience teaching English as a Second Language and Technology for Language Teachers at UCLA, UCLA Extension, and UC Berkeley. Before coming to UCLA, Carleen taught Business English and English conversation for 2 years in the Peace Corps in Mongolia. She also lived and studied in Japan for 3 years.
Kathryn Paul is the Assistant Director of the Center for World Languages at UCLA. The Center is a research and program development unit of the UCLA International Institute. Kathryn has been with the center for eleven years and manages numerous projects. She has worked closely with the Anderson School in the development of the former IMF program, the AIM program, beginning language classes at Anderson, as well as the IPO program.
Language Skills Instructors
Netta Avineri is a PhD student in the UCLA Applied Linguistics department, and her dissertation research focuses on heritage language socialization, classroom discourse analysis, and language ideologies in the secular Yiddish language revitalization movement. During her time in graduate school, she has had extensive experience teaching ESL, Applied Linguistics, Anthropology, and Sociology courses. Her particular ESL teaching interests include writing, reading, and oral skills. In addition to teaching, Netta has served the Graduate Students Association Vice President of Academic Affairs, Test of Oral Proficiency Program coordinator, Graduate Writing Center writing consultant, Covel Tutorials ESL supervisor, and International Graduate Students Association co-president.
Claire Chik is Assistant Director of the Center for World Languages and National Heritage Language Resource Center.
Business Instructors
Nicolas Wawiluk is a doctoral student at the UCLA Anderson School of Management studying Marketing. He is currently interested in studying how linguistics, culture and creativity affect consumer behavior. Prior to coming to Anderson, Nicolas studied at the UCSD Rady School of Management and the Chinese University of Hong Kong for his MBA and at UC Irvine and Yonsei University prior to that. He has worked with small businesses across three continents in a variety of capacities.
Tom Altura is a PhD student at UCLA Anderson School of Management. His current research focuses on interorganizational exchange, specifically how and why certain network structures develop between organizations. Tom holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson, as well as a BA in Anthropology from UCLA. He worked in the financial services industry prior to his graduate work, and has performed locally and internationally as a jazz bassist.
Published: Thursday, July 28, 2011
