Directory
PELS Program Advisory Committee

Claudia Amadori, Ph.D.
Senior Instructor; Assistant Director, Professional English Language Support (PELS)
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters
English

Fred Bloetscher, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Community Outreach; Professor
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering

Cynthia Carrico
Instructor; Speaking Center Director
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters
Communication and Multimedia Studies

Debbi Johnson-Rais, Ph.D.
Chief of Staff, Communications and Program Development
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Office of the Dean

Aviva Katzenell
Academic Director for Intensive English Institute
Center for Global Engagement
Boca Raton Campus | FL 33431

Sipai Klein, Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Director of PELS, UCEW, and WAC
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters
English

Vivian Merk, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Chemistry and Biochemistry | Ocean and Mechanical Engineering

Laurie Nesbitt, M.A.
Senior Instructor
College of Business
Business Communications
Romain Rivaux, Ph.D.
Senior Instructor of Linguistics and French
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters
Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature