experience • Senior Lecturer in Norwegian (66%) University of Wisconsin Scandinavian Studies Department 2000 to present • Norwegian language instructor (evening class) University of Wisconsin Outreach 2001 to present • English Language Instructor; Madison Literacy Council, Madison 1999-2000 • English Language Instructor, MESLS (Madison English Second Language Institute), Madison, WI 2000-2001 • English Language Instructor, WESLI, (Wisconsin English Second Language Institute), Madison WI 1992-2000 • Norwegian Lecturer, UW-Madison Scandinavian Studies Department, Madison WI Summer 1998 • Norwegian Instructor, Madison Area Technical College, Madison WI 1992-96 • Norwegian Extension Evening Class and Grader for Norwegian Correspondence Course, University of WI-Extension, Madison WI 1993-97 • Oslo Year Program Coordinator, International Summer School and International Education Services, University of Oslo-Norway 1989-91 • Administrative Secretary, International Education Services, University of Oslo-Norway 1990-91 • English Language Instructor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo, Norway Spring 1991 • English Language Instructor, Friundervisningen, Oslo, Norway 1988-91 • English Language Instructor, Language Training Center, University of Oslo-Norway 1988-91 • Adjunct Instructor in Norwegian, University of WI-Eau Claire 1984-1988 • English Language Instructor, Japan Program Services, University of WI-Eau Claire 1987-88 • English Language Instructor, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie WI Spring 1988 • Norwegian Language Instructor, Sons of Norway, Eau Claire, WI 1987 • Teaching Assistant in Norwegian, Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1982-84 education • General Exam in Linguistics, 1989, University of Oslo-Norway • Graduate Classes in English and American Literature and Language, 1988-1989, University of Oslo-Norway • Certificate in English as a Second Language, 1984, University of Wisconsin-Madison • MA Scandinavian Language and Literature, 1984, University of Wisconsin-Madison (high pass on exams) • International Summer School, 1981, University of Oslo-Norway • Norwegian language classes, 1980-81, University of Oslo-Norway • BA in Education, German (major), History (minor), 1980 University of WI-Eau Claire (summa cum laude) • German language classes, Christian Albrechts Universität- Kiel, Germany, 1977-78 (scholarship from Christian Albrechts Universität)