Course Listing - by Instructor
| Name | Biography |
|---|---|
| Jack Busby | |
| Norman Byrd | Rick Byrd was born in Pensacola, Florida (his grandfather was a native of Baldwin County). Rick graduated with a B.A. in History from Huntingdon College, an M.A. in History from Vanderbilt University, and an Ed.M. in Education from Harvard University. He taught for 40 years in independent preparatory schools in Tennessee and Georgia. His Master's work was in Borderlands History, specifically the Old Southwest. His fields of specialization have been U.S. Colonial History, U.S. Middle Period History, and U.S. Economic History. Most recently he has been involved in researching the Battle of Saipan in World War II. |
| Kimberly Cannon | |
| Stephen Daniels | |
| Robert Leier | Robert D. Leier received his Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University in international development education and his M.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Boston in TESOL, bilingual education and applied linguistics. His undergraduate degree is in Biology and Chemistry. Dr. Leier has taught undergraduate and graduate courses since 1991 in the areas of technology and media for ESOL, applied linguistics, second language acquisition, methods in ESOL, bicultural and bilingual education, assessment in ESOL, music for ESOL, multicultural and social foundations of education. He has also served as chair or as committee member for over 50 graduate and doctoral degree students, and more than 60 graduate certificate students. He also has taught ESOL at all proficiency levels form beginners through advanced and for grades 5 through adult in public and private schools. Additionally he has directed and taught in a family literacy program for Central Americans and taught workplace literacy skills to high school and adult students. Dr. Leier has also tutored students in preparation to take the IELTS and TOEFL examinations. Dr. Leier is proficient in Spanish and has studied several other languages such as Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Armenian, Ilokano and Maya Quiche. He has served as a Peace Corp volunteer in Guatemala, El Salvador and Philippines. He has lived and worked in 8 countries and has served as an U.S. Department of State English Language Fellow in Colombia, Armenia, Republic of Georgia (virtually), and Latvia. |
| Marianne Loes | Mrs. Loes' academic and practice interests lie where technology and business meet, which includes Digital Marketing and Online Education. Education M.B.A., Marketing Concentration, Auburn University B.S. Business Administration, Marketing & E-Commerce, University of South Alabama |
| Coye Lucky | |
| Martha Matherne | |
| Amanda McRee | |
| Chantal Miatto | Chantal Juery was born in Toulouse in the South of France. She received her Master's in French and taught school there for 23 years. She has served as a private tutor and also has over 5 years experience teaching adult students. She and her husband moved to the United States in 2022. |
| Laura Moore |
Dr. Laura Moore is one of Odyssey's favorite instructors. She is Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Music in the College of Arts & Sciences. In August of 2008, Moore started as an Assistant Professor after completing her M.M. and D.M.A. in choral conducting at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Laura has loved and been involved in the world of music since she was 5 years old, when she began piano lessons, and then throughout school, participating in choirs. She was encouraged and inspired by a female musicologist at UNCG who modeled excellent scholarship in a male-dominated field, and by her mother, who successfully balanced an academic career while raising her children. Laura's community involvement is extensive. She serves as chorus master for the Mobile Opera, part-time pianist at St. Mark United Methodist Church, and as president of the Schumann Music Club (the oldest music club in Alabama). In her "spare"time between University responsibilities and community service, she enjoys traveling the world. |
| Olivia Pinochet | A native of Chile, Olivia Pinochet has been teaching Spanish for over 25 years. She enjoys teaching her native language and seeing her students leave her class with the ability to communicate in basic Spanish and having enjoyed her class. While in Chile, Olivia served as a translator for the Korean Consulate and for Bank of America. In addition to teaching Conversational Spanish classes, she also teaches "Spanish For Medical Professionals." She is very interactive and her students love her! |
| Steven Shotts |