Centre for Professional Skills Development

Contact Information: Office: CHBE 290 Phone: (604) 822-1660 Email: ayberndt@apsc.ubc.ca

Education:

M.A. (Canadian Studies), Carleton University
Hons. B.A. (English), University of British Columbia

Professional Interests:

Technical and Professional Communication
Engineering Communication Issues in Humanitarian Environments
Intercultural Communication Theory
Writing Across the Curriculum

Contact Information: Office: CHBE 290 Phone: (604) 822-9581 Email: ruth.derksen@ubc.ca

Education:

PhD (Philosophy of Language) Bakhtin Centre, University of Sheffield, UK
M.A (Rhetoric and Linguistics) Simon Fraser University
B.A. (English) Simon Fraser University

Professional Interests:

Theory of Rhetoric and Genre
Philosophy and Sociology of Language
Professional and Technical Communication

Contact Information: Office: CHBE 290 Phone: (604) 822-1379 Email: rkerr@ubc.ca

Education:

M.Ed., University of Ottawa
B.A. (English), University of Montreal

Professional Interests:

Content-Based Approaches to Second-Language Acquisition
Methodologies of Teaching Writing

Contact Information: Office: CHBE 290 Phone: (604) 822-1379 Email: estellqi@apsc.ubc.ca

Education:

ABD Ph.D (rhetoric and writing, SFU)
M.Ed. University of Victoria (UVic)
M.A. (English Language and Literature), East China Normal University, Shanghai, China (ECNU)
B. A. (English), East China Normal University, Shanghai, China (ECNU)

Professional Interests:

Professional and technical communication
History of rhetoric and genre studies
Cross-cultural communication and ESL/EFL education

Contact Information: Office: CHBE 290 Phone: (604) 827-4708 Email: mschoen@apsc.ubc.ca

Education:

M.A. Energy and Mineral Resources (Petroleum Engineering), University of Texas at Austin
M.A. English, University of Texas at Austin
Hons. B.A. English, Simon Fraser University

Professional Interests:

Technical and Professional Communication
Writing across the Curriculum
Corporate Governance and the Dissemination of Technical Information
Petroleum Exploration and Development

Contact Information: Office: CHBE 290 Phone: (604) 822-8190 Email: teslenko@apsc.ubc.ca

Education:

Ph.D. (Writing and Rhetoric), Simon Fraser University
Candidate of Philological Sciences (Theory of Language), Odessa State University
Hons. B.A. (English), Kharkiv National University

Professional Interests:

Technical and Professional Communication
Theory and History of Rhetoric
Web Technologies in Writing Instruction
Instructional Methodology and Educational Psychology

Contact Information: Office: KAIS 1120 Phone: (604) 822-6720 Email: erin.linde@ubc.ca

Education:

Ed.M. College Student Services Administration, Oregon State University
B.Sc. Integrated Science Program, University of British Columbia

Professional Interests:

Student Development Theory and Implementation
Active/Collaborative Models of Student Learning
Student Leadership and Engagement
Student Transition in/out Issues
Social Justice and Diversity Issues

Professional Portfolio

Responsible for supporting undergraduate co-curricular student learning, leadership, community service, and professional development.

Contact Information: Office: KAIS 1120 Phone: (604) 822-8579 Email: amy.vozel@ubc.ca

Education:

M.A. International & Intercultural Management, The School for International Training, Vermont, USA
B.A. Communications, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech)

Professional Interests:

Student Development Theory and Implementation
Student Leadership and Engagement
Student Transition in/out Issues
Community Service Learning
International Development
Social Justice and Diversity Issues

Profesional Portfolio

Responsible for supporting undergraduate co-curricular student learning, leadership, community service, and professional development.

Contact Information:Office: KAIS 1120 Phone: (604) 822-0493Email: nikki.scott@ubc.ca