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  • Farah Sultana Akbar

    Assistant Director, Curriculum and Instruction
    As Assistant Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Farah Sultana Akbar serves as a member of the CELOP leadership team, supporting the Managing Director in identifying and achieving strategic goals and collaborating with CELOP faculty to ensure a high-quality academic experience for students. Among other responsibilities, Farah also teaches 5-10 hours per week and helps foster […]

  • Maria Arruda

    Managing Director
    As the Managing Director of the Center for English Language and Orientation Programs (CELOP), Maria Arruda oversees and drives the mission of the Center. She is the chief administrative officer and provides leadership for all of CELOP’s activities, including strategic planning, academic program development and delivery, business development, finance, operations, marketing and recruitment, admissions, and […]

  • Susan Berry

    Senior Lecturer
    Susan Berry holds a MA in TESOL and has worked in international multicultural education for over 25 years as an ESOL instructor, academic program manager, teacher educator, trainer of trainers and curriculum writer. She believes in the educational philosophy that puts “students in the spotlight” with objective-driven, interactive lessons that encourage them to learn just as […]

  • Thea Berthoff

    Student Engagement Specialist
    As Student Engagement Specialist, Thea Berthoff is responsible for ensuring student engagement by planning and implementing activities and creating a space where students feel connected and part of a community. She also develops programs that enhance the quality of the intercultural experience and language acquisition of CELOP students. Prior to joining CELOP, Thea worked in […]

  • Daniel Bohrs

    Foreign Student Advisor
    Dan Bohrs is the CELOP Foreign Student Advisor, in charge of confirming students’ eligibility to apply for a visa, issuing I-20 forms, and assisting students in their search for higher education options in the United States after they’ve completed their studies at CELOP. Dan has worked with international students for nearly two decades after his […]

  • Eamon Breen

    Admissions Coordinator
    Eamon Breen is CELOP’s Admissions Coordinator and serves as the first point of contact for prospective students and applicants. He manages admissions and application-related documents and plays a key role on the CELOP admissions team. Prior to working at CELOP, Eamon worked at Harvard University as a Research Assistant and Translator. He also worked as […]

  • Carmen de la Rosa

    Administrative Coordinator
    As the Administrative Coordinator for the Center for English Language & Orientation Programs (CELOP), Carmen provides clerical and administrative support to CELOP staff and faculty. She is responsible for academic scheduling, allocation of offices and classrooms, and providing front-line customer service. Prior to working at BU Global Programs, Carmen lived in Spain for two years, […]

  • Tim Doyle

    Senior Lecturer
    Tim joined (CELOP) in 2010, teaching content-based classes with a focus on STEM content, Legal English, and test preparation (SAT and TOEFL). Prior to CELOP Tim taught at Northeastern University and MCPHS University in Boston. Tim has also taught English in the Czech Republic, Austria, and Belarus. From 2005 to 2013, he spent summers near […]

  • Beth Fincke

    Senior Lecturer
    Mary Elizabeth (Beth) Fincke graduated from Kenyon College with a Bachelor’s degree in German Area Studies. She taught Outdoor Environmental Education in Michigan, and later moved to Philadelphia where she studied modern standard Arabic and did fulltime community service as a City Year Corps member. In 2002, she moved to Egypt, and taught at the […]

  • Scott Gage

    Assistant Director, Academic Operations
    Scott Gage joined CELOP in March of 2017 as the Academic Program Administrator. In this role, Scott manages CELOP professional programs and projects within the CELOP Academic Programs group. Additionally, Scott provides organizational support for the development of new CELOP programs and works closely with CELOP faculty to ensure the success of CELOP programming. Prior […]

  • Ketan Gajria

    Associate Director, Business Development
    As the Associate Director of Business Development at CELOP, Ketan Gajria leads efforts to grow the program’s reach through productive partnerships and initiatives which maintain CELOP’s position as a vibrant and diverse community of learners. Ketan manages collaboration with university partners, recruitment partner agencies, and organizations that work with CELOP to realize its mission of […]

  • Gina Giamei

    Senior Lecturer
    Gina Giamei teaches a wide variety of courses at CELOP, and she specializes in teaching beginning-level English language learners. She has a Bachelor of Science in Communication from State University of New York at Fredonia, a Master of Education from Lesley University, and a Graduate Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) […]

  • Julie Kozaczka

    Senior Lecturer

  • Catherine Mazur-Jefferies

    Senior Lecturer
    Catherine Mazur-Jefferies has been teaching since 1996. She holds a BA in Classical Civilizations from Haverford College, a TEFL certificate from Godmer House, Oxford in England, and an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language from Simmons College. She has taught in Poland and Portugal, and at a number of colleges in the Boston […]

  • Stephanie Ngom

    Senior Lecturer
    Stephanie is a Senior Lecturer and has been teaching at CELOP for more than 10 years. She began teaching English in the 90s in Senegal, West Africa after earning her BA from the University of Montana in French with a Teaching Certificate in TESOL. Stephanie speaks French and Wolof fluently and has studied both Arabic […]

  • Amelia Onorato

    Senior Lecturer
    Amelia Onorato majored in French and European History as an undergraduate, and she later earned Master’s degrees in TESOL and French Education at University of Albany-SUNY. She has worked in New York, Spain, and Massachusetts, teaching English in a variety of settings including refugee resettlement, international business, and higher education. Since moving to Boston, her […]

  • Michelle Smith

    Senior Lecturer
    Michelle’s early teaching career brought her to public schools in the US, language institutes abroad, and community-based immigrant programs in Massachusetts. For the past twenty years, she has taught in higher education at various universities around Boston. Her teaching philosophy is student-centered. She tries to learn her students’ individual needs and goals in order to […]