Our distinguished instructors are selected not only for their impressive academic credentials, but also for their enthusiasm, passion, and proven capability to connect with and inspire students. They are dedicated, warm, dynamic, experienced, and caring individuals who return year after year. Read on to meet some of our veteran instructors!

Alexis Garloff
Towson University, B.S., Forensic Chemistry, DNA Analysis

Amy Khalid
University of Florida, Graduate Certificate, Forensic Drug Chemistry (in progress); Syracuse University, M.S., Biomedical Forensic Science; Rosemont College, B.A., Biology

Ansley Rubinstein
Harvard University, B.A., Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations and Arabic Literature

Benjamin Mach
Sydney Institute of Technology – Fashion Design Studio TAFE, B.A., Fashion Design

Bridget Lanigan
San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A, Photography; State University of New York at New Paltz, B.F.A., Photography

Erika Jo-Brown
University of Houston, Ph.D., Creative Writing and Literature; University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, M.F.A., Poetry

Gabriela Stablein
New York University, M.A., International Education; Marquette University, B.A., Psychology and Spanish Language, Literature, and Culture

Gyuri Kepes
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Ph.D., Communication (candidate) University of Hartford, M.A., Communication; University of Massachusetts Amherst, B.A., Communication, Certificate in Latin American Studies

Irene Zhang
Colby College, B.A., Education, Anthropology, East Asian Studies

Josh Harmon
Amherst College, B.A., French Literature, B.A., Music Performance

Kelly O’Connell
University of Massachusetts Amherst, B.A., Psychology, B.A., Education

Karim Tayyan
University of Málaga Spain, M.Mkt., International Marketing Management; University of Málaga Spain, B.Eng., Industrial Technology Engineering

Landon Courville
Washington and Lee University, B.A., Politics, minor in Film Studies

Monika Chojnacki
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, M.S., Historic Preservation (in progress); The Catholic University of America, B.S., Architecture

Naomi Gordon-Loebl
Washington University in St. Louis, M.F.A., Creative Writing; University of Michigan, B.A., Creative Writing & History

Nat Watkins
The University of Texas, B.A., Psychology

Ravi Chhatani
Loyola University of Maryland, M.B.A., Finance; University of Maryland, B.S., Finance & International Business

Regina Yorkgitis
Vanderbilt University, M.Ed., Learning and Design; The College of New Jersey, B.A., Communication Studies (Public Health Concentration)

Rianna Cranberg
American University, B.A., Political Science

Thom Kennon
Hunter College, B.A., Humanities and Literature