Colin M. Mullins
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- School: City College of New York
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- Department: English As A Second Language
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160 Convent Ave
New York, NY - 10031 - Dates at City College of New York: December 2013 - August 2014
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Biography
City College of New York - English As A Second Language
lifelong student of language and culture. sometime teacher.
Writing & Editing
Colin
Mullins
Thailand
I currently live in Bangkok, Thailand because my wife is a librarian at the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Since arriving here, I have mostly spent time with my three-year old daughter. We are regulars at the playground. In addition, I have also worked as an editor on several UN publications and also designed and delivered multi-day workshops on writing for the UN. Before moving to Bangkok, I taught at the American Language Program at Columbia University in New York City. In the United States, I have also taught at the City College of New York, Harvard University, and the University of Missouri Kansas City. Overseas, I have taught in language schools in Brazil and Chile and for the United Nations Economic Commissions in both Santiago, Chile and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Additionally, I have worked with private students from the United Nations, the Chilean Central Bank, Governmental Development Agencies, the private sector, and various embassies and NGOs.
I have taught students from everywhere in the world. I have taught refugees and I have taught the global elite. More importantly, however, I have lived and studied in several foreign cultures. I know very personally what it is like to be a cultural outsider and to be a struggling (full disclosure: failed) language learner. I have been a language student in classrooms in India, France, Chile, Brazil, Ethiopia, and Thailand. This experience not only makes me empathetic to the task language learners face, but it also makes me someone language learners can relate to personally. I am a language teacher, but more basically, I am a language learner and a student of culture. Consequently, in my classrooms, we are ‘all in the same boat’.
Experience
United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Editor / Writing - consultant
I have edited various types of UN documents from disaster guides to policy briefs to annual reports. Topics covered include trade, artificial intelligence, disaster relief, and economics.
In addition, I designed and delivered three multi-day workshops on report writing for the United Nations. The workshops covered the organization of effective reports, strategies for improving clarity, conciseness, and coherence, and effective textual integration of quantitative analysis.United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Editor - consultant
Edited two documents for language and content for the African Center for Gender and Social Development at UNECA. The documents were:
“Focusing on Women’s Rights to Strengthen Policy Development on Sexual and Reproductive Health: An Analysis of Existing Research Addressing Unsafe Abortion in Africa”
“International Migration and Development in Africa: The Migration and Climate Change Nexus”Harvard University, Institute for English Language Program
Adjunct Faculty Instructor
Taught intensive (20hrs/wk) academic English during the summer session. Instruction was student centered and reading and research intensive. Authentic texts, including Dickens’ novels, were used to explore the theme “O tempora, O mores: 2012 in Diachronic Perspective.”
City College of New York
Adjunct Faculty Instructor
I taught reading, writing, speaking, listening, and grammar to all levels in the intensive ESL program at ELI. Classes were communicative and task based, focusing on the academic skill set necessary for successful transition to academics. In addition to my teaching responsibilities, I designed the curriculum, the program schedule, and the academic goals and objectives for the program. Additionally, I created the diagnostic tools for evaluating incoming students, mentored student teachers, and participated in interviewing and hiring new instructors.
Columbia University in the City of New York
Adjunct Faculty Instructor
I primarily taught advanced classes at the ALP (levels 7-9 in a 9-level program). These integrated skills courses emphasized academic writing and were designed around themes such as culture, work, free speech, American history, genetics, economics etc. Courses contained a literary component, so I taught both American drama and novels. I also taught the highest level Advanced Academic Prep course, which guided students through the process of writing research papers (10-15p).
Education
Southeast Missouri State University
Master's degree
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Transworld Schools
CTEFL and Advanced CTEFL Certification
ESL
Carleton College
Bachelor's degree
Religious Studies
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