Who We Are
Our teaching staff includes full-time faculty and administrators, affiliated faculty, and graduate student instructors. All of our staff have graduate level training in linguistics, TESOL, and/or speech-language pathology. We look forward to working with you.
For more information on how to join our team, please visit our Get Involved page.
English Language Programs Full-Time Staff
Julia Moore, PhD
Senior Director, English Language Programs
Phone: 847-491-5776Email: jmm@northwestern.eduEnglish Language Programs Affiliated Instructors
Lizzie is a professional speaker and public speaking coach. She specializes in working with non-native English-speaking individuals who are looking to build clarity and confidence in everyday conversations, meetings, presentations, and interviews. She has built her public speaking and coaching expertise through a combination of experience including an 8-year tenure at Google, graduate experience in speech language pathology, and years of intensive acting and improvisation training. Lizzie currently owns her own public speaking coaching business (Unscripted Speech). She holds a Master's Degree in Speech Therapy from New York University, an Undergraduate Degree in Marketing from Miami University, and professional acting and improvisation training from New York University, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and iO Chicago. She delivered her first TEDx talk in 2024, "How AI Unlocks Communication and Connection".Michael Dover is a fifth-year PhD student in Linguistics. He also holds a BA in Linguistics from the University of North Texas and an MA in Linguistics from the University of Texas at Arlington. His research focuses on the syntactic structure of language and how sentences are processed in the brain. Michael began teaching in the English Language Program in 2024. He has taught group courses in Linguistics 480 and individual tutoring in Linguistics 482.Austin is a third-year PhD student in Linguistics and is currently conducting research abroad in Barcelona, Spain. He received a BS in Linguistics and East Asian Studies and a MS in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences from Purdue University. His main research interests are in formal syntax and psycholinguistics, specifically in how humans use grammatical knowledge to process sentences with missing elements. He has experience teaching English to speakers of various backgrounds and is a certified TEFL/TESOL instructor. Austin enjoys working with students on pronunciation and grammar and helping them gain confidence in their speaking and listening abilities. In his free time, he enjoys playing volleyball, crocheting, and traveling.Anna is an affiliate instructor in English Language Programs with a master's degree in linguistics from Northwestern University. She oversees our Supported Online Speech and Language Training courses (LING 483), and is an instructor for LING 482 and our Instruction and Practice small groups. Her recent research areas of interest are rhythm and intonation in speech perception and production as well as interactions between language and music. While working towards her bachelor’s degree at the University of Oregon she completed the Second Language Acquisition Teaching (SLAT) certification and was a tutor and conversation partner for two years at the University’s American English Institute. She enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking and rock climbing, playing piano, and acquiring as many plants as possible.Dorina is a speech, language and hearing scientist and data analyst specializing in quantitative and computational projects. She has technical expertise in statistical modeling, data visualization and application building and domain expertise in cognitive psychology, linguistics, cognitive science, acoustics and hearing science. Her research interests revolve around understanding and modelling speech processing in realistic environments, degraded by various sources pertinent to the environment, talker and listener. She has been teaching in English Language Programs since Fall 2022.Momoko Takahashi is a postdoctoral fellow at Feinberg School of Medicine. She has a BSc from Loyola University Chicago in biophysics with minor in mathematics and chemistry, and a PhD in communication sciences and disorders from Northwestern. As a former English as a Second Language student, she has experienced the majority of obstacles non-native English speakers go through and has been working with international PhD students regarding English acquisition, life as a STEM PhD student, and life in the US in general since 2016. In her free time, Momoko likes to read, cook, write, play video games (RPG), and play violin. Graduate Student Instructors & Interns
Catherine Phang is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Music Composition. Originally from Korea, they hold an MM in Music Composition from the Manhattan School of Music and a BM from the Hartt School. With a background in teaching aural skills, piano, and composition, she has worked as an instructor and private tutor in various musical disciplines. As an ELP Graduate Assistant, she is excited to support fellow graduate students in developing their academic communication skills.
