Writings
Carolyn Kernberger
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFESSIONAL
Senior Workplace Communication Specialist, G2nd Systems, G2nd.com, San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego. Instructed workplace participants in Global Second Language, a proprietary method of English instruction, edited and wrote curriculum and instructor's manuals for both in-person and online courses. Jan 2016 – July 2017
TOEFL Internet-Based Rater, Educational Testing Service, Ewing, NJ. www.ets.org Performed online scoring of Test of English as a Foreign Language, assigning a score to TOEFL iBT essays. ETS calibrated raters daily to ensure rater reliability and consistency among raters. Aug – Dec 2013
Instructor - Trainer, The English Center, Oakland. Developed curriculum and taught career / job search classes to immigrants in Intensive English program, including job skill assessments and resume preparation; delivered Vocational ESL training at workforce training site. Feb – Dec 2012
Written Communications Instructor, California Culinary Academy, San Francisco. Developed curriculum based entirely on culinary topics, and taught writing skills within a newly inaugurated Associate Degree program for culinary students with a wide variety of backgrounds. July 2009 – Mar 2010
English as a Foreign Language Instructor, Akademia Inc., Japan and US. www.e-akademia.com Developed and conducted live conversational English lessons with Japanese students. Aug 2008 – July 2009
Assistant Professor, College of Micronesia-FSM, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. Developed curriculum and taught Freshman Composition (EN120a), Intercultural Business Communication (EN/BU121), Study Skills (EN079).
Assistant Chair for 17-person Division. Tasked with revising and editing College catalog.
Accreditation Liaison Officer. Wrote and presented Midterm Report for WASC Accreditation Commission.
On College president’s cabinet, handling policy and budget. Aug 1993 – May 1996
English as a Foreign Language Instructor, University of West Florida, Kobe, Japan. Taught all levels of EFL to Japanese students preparing to attend US colleges, including TOEFL preparation.
EFL Teacher Trainer in TEFL Certificate Program. Apr 1992 – Apr 1993
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Executor/Archivist of estate of noted photographer/filmmaker Karl Kernberger. Archiving his photography required detailed identification, organization, descriptive cataloging and active pursuit of archives, resulting in holdings of his work by 11 institutions. Estate also included historic photographs and other artwork. 1997 – present
Licensed Realtor, Corcoran (formerly Zephyr) Real Estate, San Francisco Bay Area. Communicating with members of the public regarding housing needs, database searching, analyzing statistical information, becoming familiar with housing stock and the purchasing process, working with other agents through escrow. Apr 2018 – present
PUBLICATIONS
Critical Thinking, 3rd edition, with Richard L. Epstein, Wadsworth, 2005.
Pocket Guide to Critical Thinking, 3rd edition, with Richard L. Epstein, Wadsworth, 2005.
The Guide to Critical Thinking in Economics, with Richard L. Epstein, South-Western, 2004.
COLLABORATION
Pocket Guide to Critical Thinking, 4th edition, Richard L. Epstein, Collaborator, Advanced Reasoning Forum, 2011.
Reasoning in the Sciences – A Self-Study Guide, Richard L. Epstein, Collaborator/copyeditor, ARF, 2008.
What’s Saving our Bosque All About? A booklet for the general public adapted from a 634-page technical report focusing on restoration of the riparian ecosystem of the Rio Grande in New Mexico. Collaboration with the Save Our Bosque Task Force, 2005.
COPYEDITING
English Pronunciation, Intonation and Accent Reduction for Arabic Speakers, Teacher’s Guide, Peggy Tharpe, AmericanPronunciationCoach.com, 2020.
English Pronunciation, Intonation and Accent Reduction for Russian Speakers, Peggy Tharpe, AmericanPronunciationCoach.com, 2019.
Cause and Effect, Conditionals, Explanations, first volume in the series Essays on Logic as the Art of Reasoning Well, Richard L. Epstein, Advanced Reasoning Forum, 2011.
Pocket Guide to Critical Thinking, 2nd edition, Richard L. Epstein, Wadsworth, 2002.
Science Workbook for Critical Thinking, Richard L. Epstein, Wadsworth, 2002.
Five Ways of Saying “Therefore”, Richard L. Epstein, Wadsworth, 2001.
EDUCATION
Master of Arts, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Adult Education, emphasis on teaching English to non-native speakers (TESL/TEFL/TESOL).
Bachelor of General Studies, with Honors, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, New Mexico. Emphasis on psychology, biology, history (known as Carolyn Sittler at that time).
Member of TESOL and CATESOL