Intensive English Program (IEP)
Academic English for university entrance, career development and enhancement, cultural immersion and a community ESL program all taught by expert Instructors on Kennesaw State University’s campus.
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Meet Your Instructors
The faculty and staff of the Intensive English Program at Kennesaw State University are dedicated to ensuring student success. Each member of the IEP team is exceptionally qualified in his or her specialty. Students who take English courses through KSU’s IEP will have the highest quality instruction and interaction from our courteous, professional, and knowledgeable instructors, directors, and staff.
Ramón Álvarez
Katy Swab
Sandra Angone
Adrianne Ochoa
Riley Swab
Heather Hall
Anna Sosna-Harty
Heather Laubert
Jessica Mlynar
Rita Chakravorty
Liz Bigler
Nicholas R. Taggart
Director, Intensive English Program
Nicholas Taggart is the Director of the Kennesaw State University Intensive English Program. He holds a master’s degree in Applied Linguistics/TESL/TEFL and has been in the field of TESL/TEFL for over twenty years as an educator and administrator.
His experience includes teaching, program development and administration, curriculum design, development, and implementation, teacher training, and program accreditation. He has taught both English as a second language in the U.S. and English as a foreign language in Korea and Oman.
Additionally, his work and career have provided opportunities to attend and present at international and regional conferences in the USA, Canada, and Morocco. Nicholas’ areas of interest include ESL vocabulary and grammar instruction, applied pragmatics, semantics, morphology, socio-linguistics, and program administration.
Degrees
- M.A., Applied Linguistics / TESL / TEFL — Georgia State University (2007)
- B.S., Mathematics — Georgia State University (1995)
Professional Activities
- Member, American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
- Member, Linguistic Society of America (LSA)
- Member, TESOL International Association
- Member, Georgia TESOL and Ohio TESOL
- English Language Fellow (2012–2013), U.S. Department of State
- English Language Fellow Ambassador (2018–2019), U.S. Department of State
- Ohio State Advisory Board, U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC)
- Director at Large, Board of Directors, EnglishUSA
Presentations
- Student Support Systems in a Blended World. EnglishUSA Webinar, April 6, 2021.
- Adapting an Intensive English Program in Response to COVID-19. University of Dayton, May 13, 2021.
- Meet a Fellow. TESOL International Convention (Virtual), March 27, 2021.
- 50 Years: English Language Fellows in the Middle East. TESOL International Convention, Atlanta, GA, March 14, 2019.
- Teach Abroad with the English Language Fellow Program. Ohio TESOL Conference, October 13, 2018.