Meet the Faculty

Your TEFL certification program features the following outstanding faculty.

Program Directors

• Tasha Bleistein, PhD

  Faculty Director, Assessment, Graduate Studies & Research; Director, Online TESOL Programs; Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 2414
  • Email: tbleistein@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 116
• Richard Robison, Ph.D.

  Director, On-campus TESOL Programs; Chair and Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3416
  • Email: rrobison@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Ronald Building, Rooms 142/165
• Mary Shepard Wong, PhD

  Director, Field-based TESOL Programs; Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages; Fulbright Program Advisor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3483
  • Email: mwong@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 169/165

Adjunct Professor

• Manar Metry, M.A.

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages

  • Phone: (626) 815-3844
  • Email: mmetry@apu.edu
  • Office Location: Ronald Building, Room 165