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!

Andrew Alquesta
Tufts University, M.A., Ph.D., English (candidate); University of Connecticut, B.A., English, B.A., Political Science

Haroon Ashraf
Middlebury College, B.A., Economics, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

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

Alexandra Carter
Tufts University, Ph.D., English New York University, B.A., Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Christopher Catanese
Duke University, M.A., English Literature; Davidson College, B.A., English Literature

Lisa Hamilton
University of Virginia, M.A., Teaching; University of Virginia, B.A., History and Spanish

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

Michael Harmon
University of Cambridge, M.Phil., History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine; Amherst College, B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies

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

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

BJ Love
University of Iowa, M.F.A., English; University of Northern Iowa, B.A., English Literature

Katie Mayapolous
Middlebury College, B.A., Spanish and Sociology

Sasha Milonova
London School of Economics, M.S., Political Economy of Late Development Chapman University, B.A., Economics and Peace Studies, minor in Spanish

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

Bob Pokorney
Monterey Institute of International Studies, Translation and Interpretation Middlebury College, M.A., French; Colorado College, B.A., Art

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

Gabriel Zinn
Reed College, B.A., English Literature

Jenny Ziomek
Claremont Graduate University, M.F.A. NYC Teaching Fellows at Mercy College, M.S., Urban Education; Beloit College, B.A., Studio Art