Instructors

Uniquely Qualified Instructors Providing Best in Class Education & Training

At UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies, we take pride in our instructors and believe they are the heart of the Extended Studies experience. Our instructors are carefully selected, and bring the most up-to-date subject matter expertise as well as a passion for sharing their knowledge in the classroom context.

95%

Instructors with a Master's Degree or Higher

45%

Instructors with more than 5 Years Experience Teaching for Extended Studies

1,251

Number of Active Instructors at UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies (2025)

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Abboud, Sarah

Abeyta, Edward L

Associate Dean for Education and Community Outreach

Abi Samra, Nicholas

Abumeri, Mark

Teacher-Consultant for the San Diego Area Writing Project and an Advanced Placement English and college preparatory instructor

Adkins, Nicholas

10+ years of experience in graphic and web design

Affan, Brandon

Agee, Jan

Training Manager and Instructor for Quintiles in San Diego

Agoncillo, Don

Holds a TESOL certificate and has several years of experience in multiple countries

Bilingual Counselor for the past 20 years, specializing in multicultural issues and addiction

A professional translator, textbook author, and native Spanish speaker from Mexico with more than 25 years of experience teaching Spanish

Amato, Wendy

BA in French and Sociology, M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction, PhD in Curriculum and Instruction

9 years of ESL teaching experience and ESL Instructor at ELI. Presenter for CATESOL.

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Babaian, Tony E.

Assistant Director, Engineering Programs, UCSD Extension

A native Italian speaker from Turin with a MA in Italian Literary Arts. Paola is an experienced Italian instructor and has taught all levels of Italian.

Baran, Richard J

Barbaro, Brett A.

Russ Barringer is a Safety Professional with 38 years of construction, operations, maintenance, training and management expertise.

Barron, Dean

Reading/Language Arts Instructor in the Riverside Unified School District, holds a Clear Multiple Subject Credential and a CLAD authorization.

Batchelor, Heidi

Programmer/Analyst, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Batchelor, Jason

Instructor and professional graphic designer and operates an online portfolio group

Senior Associate, Law Offices of Michael E. Cindrich

Environmental Services Manager, Michael Baker International

Master Teacher, Educator in San Diego Unified District for over 20 years, Master's in Reading, GATE certificate, and a clear Multiple Subject Credential.

Now a resident of Long Beach, CA, Claire earned her MA in art history at Syracuse University in Florence. Her specialty is 16th century Italian art.

Principal in the San Diego Unified School District with many years as a Classroom Teacher, Peer Coach, Staff Developer, and Project Resource Teacher.

Owner, Law Office of Carolyn R. Brock

Broemmelsiek, Jocelyn A.

Broesch, James D.

Consultant with 25+ years experience in research and development

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Caballero, Courtney F.

Caballes, Carmina

Over ten years of teaching and industry experience.

BS in Earth Science, PhD in Geological Science,

Carter, Will

Casellas, Monique

Fundraising and Development Certificate

Casey-Figueiredo, Michelle

Cassidy, Timothy J

President, CEO, Broker and General Contractor of Cassidy & Associates Real Estate, Inc.; Chair of the SD County Assessment Appeals Board

25 years of industrial hygiene and safety management experience with various Department of Defense (DOD) activities

Chell, Heather

Master's in Reading, a Clear Multiple Subject Credential with a CLAD Emphasis, supplemental authorizations in English & Physical Education

Chemello, Akore

Independent CPA specializing in business, real estate, and individual taxation

Principal, Joy Chu Designs and free-lance book publishing consultant and designer for clients and publishers all over the US. UCSD Extension instructor since 2008.

25 years painting experience specializing in working from life and from the imagination, and has taught classes in studio art at UC Santa Cruz

Exercise Physiologist, Research Scientist, and Consultant and Coach for Genesis Wellness Group

Ohio Public Safety Instructor, OHSA General Industry Trainer, Ohio Fire Safety Inspector, Incident Command System (ICS) Instructor, Emergency Medical Technician, 40+ years in public safety.

Addictions Counselor, Supervisor, and Instructor with the Naval School of Health Sciences and an Instructor with Hazelden

Financial Consultant specializing in Project Management

Cranston, Kayla

Cratty, William

Two years at UC Riverside as a teaching associate and visiting lecturer and awarded The Most Outstanding Teacher

Non-Profit Leader and Executive Coach | Former Director of Development, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Program Representative for Brewing, Digital Arts, and Humanities at UC San Diego Extension.

Software Engineer and Senior Systems Architect - Independent Government Contract

Dendy, Katherine

Pupil Personnel Services Credential in Counseling and a MS degree in Education Counseling

Dennis, Heather

Dennis, Suzan

Managing Partner, Dennis & Dennis, LLP

Desai, Shrenik

Destro, Lawrence P.

Strategic Planning, Supply Chain Management, Six Sigma and LEAN Manufacturing,Business Management, Franchising

Dev, Anita

Devereaux, Mary L.

Assistant Director, Research Ethics Program at UC San Diego; Director, Biomedical Ethics Seminars, UC San Diego

Diaz, Joaquin M.

Diaz, Walberto

A native Spanish speaker who has taught at USD, SDSU, and Southwestern College

Diep, Chandara

Program Representative for the Education Department at UCSD Extension.

Director of Business, Legal, and Safety Programs UC San Diego Extended Studies

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Edelman, John

Edwards, Kate

Recently served as a Program Director for UCLA Extension and was responsible for developing their special education curriculum.

President of Ergonomic Evaluation & Training and offers ergonomic training & consulting services and a Certified Industrial Ergonomist

El Cheddadi, Youniss

A native Arabic speaker and textbook author.

El-Issa, Husam

Eldon, John

Executive Vice President, Human Resources Division at Eastridge Workforce Solutions

Founder, Dr. Falkenberg Technology Consulting Inc.

Fan, Feifei

Sinological researcher, freelance visual artist; holds degrees in Chinese Language and Literature, Technology Education, and Visual Communication

Fandino, Laura

Chief Academic Officer & Director of Science and Sustainability Programs

Marketing Communications Manager, MO BIO Laboratories

Ferraro, Aimee

Ferraro, Katie

Registered Dietitian (RD) and a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) with a Masters in Public Health and is a consultant dietitian in San Diego.

A Certified Healthcare Interpreter™ through the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters.

Statistical Programming Consultant

Flenniken, Lauren D.

Strategist, designer, and relationship architect based in New York City.

French, Jennifer

Freund, Valerie

Developmental Psychology Quantitative Researcher

Friet, Lorrie B.

MFA Design - University Mississippi BFA - Oklahoma Statue University

Frohnhoefer, Raymond W.

System Design Engineer

Gentet, Annick

A French native who holds graduate degrees in French language and literature and comparative literature and has been teaching in San Diego for over 10 years.

Principal Engineer of Transmission Planning Generation Interconnection SDGE (2012-present)

CEO of WritersWay and a professional copyeditor/ghostwriter for over 10 years, and an award winning ghostwriter and copyeditor

Composer, musician, educator and Emmy Award winner.

Financial and Accounting Professional

Gomez Vazquez, Nancy

Gomez Vittori, Graciela

Bachelor's degree in Spanish Literature and Linguistics with more than 20 years of teaching experience.

TEFL Certificate Program Coordinator; ESL Instructor at ELI & teaching English for over 30 years; Presenter for CATESOL, TESOL & NAFSA.

Senior Director, Intellectual Property at Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.

Greer, Julienne

Gribow, Harold

Master's Degree in Safety Management and certified in Risk Management (ARM) and Loss Control Management (ALCM)

Griego, Danny

Award winning artist in studio & plein air painting, a member of the California Art Club; twenty years experience as a scenic artist.

Principal SAS CDISC Consultant, Gupta Programming

Guptill, Anne

Associate Professor, instructional design consultant, multimedia development, online developer and teacher with a Ph.D. in education.

A registered and board certified art therapist, fine arts instructor and artist, and maintains a private art therapy practice

Certified Industrial Hygienist and Advisor for Safety and Emergency Services at Sempra Energy Utilities

Herbst, Matthew

Herman, Elizabeth

PhD, Business MA, English (Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication) BA, Journalism

A freelance illustrator since 1986 nationally recognized for her editorial, publishing/ children’s books, and advertising work.

Procurement Specialist, Solar Turbines a Caterpillar Company

A native of Brazil with over ten years of experience teaching Portuguese

Director of University Computer Operations, San Diego State University

Hodgins, Leah

Hoffman, Douglas C.

Drupal expert and trainer; Business Development & Project Management, Sage Tree Solutions.

Certified IRB Professional and an IRB Supervisor for the Office for the Protection of Research Subjects, Scripps Health in San Diego

Owner, The Office of Project Management and Coaching

Experienced software engineer

Huynh, Amanda

A master-level court-certified Spanish interpreter. The immediate past president of the Nevada Interpreters and Translators Association.

Associate Dean & Executive Director of International Programs

30 years teaching architectural history & planning at many southland universities, including Newschool of Architecture, the Design Institute, SDSU, UCLA

Attorney, Founding Shareholder at Kasper Group, Law Corporation

Kastelan, Ivan

Kaufman, Amalia M.

CTE program facilitator and an educational technology designer and developer of online courses for the Orange County Department of Education.

15 years TEFL teaching experience at UCSD Extension. 20 years EFL teaching experience in IEPs in San Diego

Editor, 13 yrs Food & 3 yrs Quest Science Sections SD Union Tribune Sr. Science Writer & Editor 7 yrs Sally Ride Science

Kinhal, Jaiteerth B

District Structural Engineer, State of California, Division of the State Architect

Scientist, VerdAscend Sciences

Kofman, Sigal

Kolesnichenko, Victor

Professor and Jacobs Family Chair, UC San Diego Rady School of Management

Kumar, Praveen

Kumar, Vijay

Master's degree in TESOL, a multiple subject credential, CLAD, and ESL supplementary.

Lameh, Jelveh

Principal at El Camino Creek Elementary in Encinitas USD she holds a Multiple Subjects Credential, BCLAD, and an Administrative Services Credential.

ESL instructor, TESOL Certified with 21 years of experience teaching ESL and training teachers.

Director of the UC Professional Development Institute and recognized throughout the state for her work with Professional Development for English Learners

Program Representative for the Education Department at UC San Diego Extended Studies.

Lese Sauvajot, Mary Jean

Levenson, Jessica

BS Bio: Ecology, Behavior, Evol - UCSD NA Select Courses in Marine Bio - Mira Costa College

LeVieux, Jake

Levine, Harriet

M.Ed. in Multicultural Studies and an M.A. in Reading & Literacy. She is completing a Ph.D. program in Special Education.

Li, Arthur

Biostatistician, City of Hope; Instructor, Department of Preventative Medicine, USC

Classroom experience with over 15 years and works within the Poway Unified School District

A native Brazilian working as a professional translator since 1997. She is certified in EN/PT and EN/ES language combinations.

Managing Director - Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California, San Diego

Vice President, Preclinical Development, Neurocrine Biosciences

Director of Applications Development, XDimensional Technologies

Mancia, Carmen

Bilingual Language Arts Resource Teacher Specialist in the South Bay Union School District. She has over 12 years in bilingual instruction

QUALCOMM QCT System Software:2011 – present QUALCOMM MediaFLO Group System Integration Test Lead 2008 – 2011

Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in LAUSD and extensive experience with multiple disabilities in a classroom setting.

Marsden, Carolyn

California Single Subject Teaching Credential in Social Sciences & Health and Physical Education, supplementary authorization in Computer Concepts & Applications, CLAD certified. Former high school Economics & Computer Science teacher of 30 years.

McCarthy, Robert J.

Serves as the Deputy Director in the support of Safety Director, Installation Safety Directorate, Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH).

Master of Science, California Single Subject & Multiple Subject Teaching Credentials, Certificate in Teaching Online

Head of School at The Rhoades School. She has extensive experience in school administration and classroom instruction.

McEntire, Norman C.

Founder, Servin Corporation

McFadden, Lauren

McGinnis, Michael J.

Senior Talent Management and OD Leader, Bose Talent Management

Independent Educational Consultant at Mercer Educational Consulting; presenter at international educational conferences; former admission officer at USC.

Merica-Jones, Israel J.

Metwalli, Sari

Hardware/Software Consultant

Mitchell III, Raymond

Software Engineer, Fairway Technologies

Moazzam, Richard

Professor of Systems Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School; USN Engineering Duty Officer Captain

Has over 20 years of experience teaching ESL, basic composition, and grammar at the community college and university level.

Principal, Strategy Meets Performance

Norris, Elizabeth

A photo educator and fine art/freelance commercial photographer for the past 25 years and a core instructor for the Photography Certificate at UCSD.

Northum, Carrie

Norton, Mark

Mark Norton has been with UC San Diego OSHA Training Institute Education Center since 2012.

Norton, Tara L.

President and Founder, Accelerated Performance Solutions, LLC

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O, Mel

Mel O CFP® – Financial Planner | Educator | Media Personality

O'Brien, Shawn

O'dea, John T.

A senior consultant with The Marlin Alliance, and has a lifetime teaching credential from the California Community College System

Ogo, Jennifer

Oler, Deborah S.

Reading Coach in the Corno-Norco Unified School District and with over 13 years' experience as a classroom instructor.

Olson, Suzan

Formative/Summative Usability/Human Factors Testing in Medical Device and Combination Products

Certified Professional in Learning and Performance

Orourke Salguero, Tracy

Lean Enterprise Consultant, Osterling Consulting, Inc.

Oveis, Christopher

Owen, Todd P.

ESL Instructor for ELI and the Professional TEFL Certification Program with experience teaching all subjects and levels of ESL.

Owens, Nathan

UC San Diego Instructor for 10 Years, Lecturer, Central Washington University

Palmer, Rebekah

ESL Instructor for 9 years in Latin America, Europe & the USA. Specializes in writing, reading, conversation and grammar.

Palumbo Krotzer, Chrissy

Paredes, Jenny

Senior Manager, Clinical Operations, PRA Health Sciences

Parente, Abigail

Senior Specialist- Workforce Development, Foundation for California Community Colleges

Single Subject Teacher Credential: BCLAD (Spanish), Social Science, English, Spanish, Foundational Math

Pluciennik, Ruth A.

Master's in Education at UCSD as well as a BCLAD and TESOL certificate. Currently teaching Spanish in the Ramona Unified School District.

Managing Director of Green Cities California

Preciado Bayardo, Deyanira

Presby, Robert E.

Director of Human Resources for the Saddleback Valley USD. Extensive experience in classroom instruction,

Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law, certified by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization

Master's Degrees in Music and Motion Graphics; teaches audio production, motion graphics, and compositing classes in San Diego.

A native Spanish speaker from Mexico with more than 10 years of experience teaching and tutoring Spanish.

Expert in shooting and lighting who enjoys sharing techniques with his growing list of clients and colleagues

CE Certification/ Interoperability Supervisor, DivX.

Working for a large Contact Research Organization (CRO) and now at a major biotech company

Professional floral designer with over 34 years experience & many awards including first prize in the International Floral Design Competition at the Del Mar Fair.

Rose, Kerri

Rosner, Mitchell

Principal Consultant at Quality Consulting Associates.

Management Consultant and Business Advisor with a 30 year career as a Founder, Chairman & CEO of several companies, one of which went public in 1994.

Rugeles, Henry

Federally Certified Court Interpreter; Judicial Interpreter and Legal Translator for New Jersey Judiciary

Combines a background in engineering, programming, and design to create a learning environment that covers all aspects of web design

Medical Director, Integrative Nutrition & Natural Medicine Director of Research and Preventive Medicine Physician Ctr for Integrative Medicine, UCSD

Construction Operations and Management for over 30 years and a Safety Management Consultant specializing in Training and Loss Prevention services

Developer, educator and author of web and mobile technologies.

Voluntary Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSD, and Co-Director of the ICU at Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla

Over 30 years experience in the field of occupational and environmental health and safety.

Shapiro, Joshua

Tatiana Sizonenko is an art historian, curator, and educator.

Consultant

Smith, Kelly

ESL Instructor for 20 years in the USA, Mexico, and Italy. Specializes in grammar, pronunciation, and test preparation.

Artist all her life and a well-rounded background in most visual art forms, and a Society of American Mosaic Artists member

The Brewmaster at Stone Brewing Co. in Escondido, CA and a 25-year veteran of the brewing industry, and President of the MBAA District Southern California

Doctorate in Educational Leadership, Masters in Counseling, and Bachelor of Arts in Literature/Writing

BA in Anthropology, M.Ed in Social Foundation of Education

Vice President of Medicinal Chemistry, American Life Science Pharmaceuticals

Program Manager for Education & Outreach and Chief Catalyst for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, The Qualcomm Institute, UC San Diego & President, The California Institute for Performance Management.

Supervising Project Manager, Department of General Services, County of San Diego

Timko, Sonya

PhD Marine Biology - Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego MS Marine Biology - Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego BS in Marine Biology - UC San Diego Biodiversity and Mandarin Studies, Education Abroad - University of Singapore Grossmont / Cuyamaca Colleges Transfer Student G.E.D. Recipient

Author of My Best Everything, a novel for young adults (March 2015, Little Brown Books) and Red, White and Blue Good-bye, a picture book; active member of SCBWI.

Holds a California Multiple Subject teaching credential and a BCLAD authorization.

Worked for over 30 years in the entertainment industry as an animator with Warner Bros., Walt Disney, J. Ward Productions and Hanna-Barbera studios

Education editor at the News Literacy Project, an education nonprofit, and previously a copyeditor at multiple newspapers.

Verdian Rizi, Maryam

Vernon, Benjamin

Emergency Incident Management & Leadership

Vice, William E.

Instructor in the San Dieguito Unified School District where he has taught a variety of special and general education classes.

Consultant

Primary OSH Instructor for Base Safety at Marine Corps Base Hawaii since 2009.

Worked as an artist for CoTA (Collaborations, Teachers, Artists) and as a literature & creative writing instructor at National University.

Advisor, Mesa Robotics Organization

West, Diamond A.

Wetzel, Robert

A concert guitarist, recording artist and musical arranger, and teaching the guitar to aspiring students of all ages for over 25 years

Executive Director, Dysimmune Neuromuscular Diseases Foundation

A Senior Job Captain at a mid-size architectural firm and teaches at CADTeacher

Holds a Clear Multiple, Subject Teaching Credential, a CLAD Authorization, and Administrative Service Credential.

Taught geography at the university level and lectured on photography at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido

Computer Software Consultant; Sr. Technical Manager G2 Software Systems; Independent Contractor, SPAWAR

Founder & CEO, House Collective

Yen, Nicole

MS Marine Bio - SIO UCSD BS Ecology, Behavior, & Evolution - UCSD Minor Marine Science - UCSD SA Marine Bio & Terrestrial Ecology - University of Queensland, AUS

Currently works for Ohio Virtual Academies, develops curriculum and instructional programs for the instructors.

Young, Kelly

Youngs, Eric

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Uniquely Qualified Instructors Providing Best in Class Education & Training

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Associate Dean for Education and Community Outreach

Partner, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP

Teacher-Consultant for the San Diego Area Writing Project and an Advanced Placement English and college preparatory instructor

10+ years of experience in graphic and web design

Training Manager and Instructor for Quintiles in San Diego

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President, Shiba Biotechnology

Holds a TESOL certificate and has several years of experience in multiple countries

Bilingual Counselor for the past 20 years, specializing in multicultural issues and addiction

A professional translator, textbook author, and native Spanish speaker from Mexico with more than 25 years of experience teaching Spanish

BA in French and Sociology, M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction, PhD in Curriculum and Instruction

9 years of ESL teaching experience and ESL Instructor at ELI. Presenter for CATESOL.

Assistant Dean for Teacher and Community Education

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Assistant Director, Engineering Programs, UCSD Extension