Faculty

Golden Gate Language Schools faculty members are selected for their academic qualifications and their professional experience. Many of the faculty have advanced degrees, holding industry certifications, and have excelled in their field of expertise. As professionals in the fields in which they teach, these faculty members bring to our students the benefits of their practical professional experience providing a balance of textbook theory and real- world educational application.

 

The institution has contracted with sufficient duly qualified faculty members who meet the qualification of 5 C.C.R. section 71720

INTENSIVE ENGLISH PROGRAM FACULTY

 

CARVALHO, ANDREA

M.A. in TEFL, Columbia International University, Columbia, SC;

B.A. in Religious Education with emphasis TESOL, Davis College, Johnson City, NY; Teaching Experience from 2004 to present.

 

DOAN, NATHAN

M.A. in English as a Second Language, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN;

Teaching Experience from 2014 to present.

 

O’BRIEN, JOSEPH

B.A. in Business Administration, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA;

Teaching Experience from 1996 to present。

 

SNOW, TYLER

B.A. in Linguistics, Trinity Western University, Langley, BC, Canada

TESOL Certificate, Canada Institute of Linguistics, Langley, BC, Canada

 

MASTER DEGREE PROGRAM FACULTY

 

GUIM, GEORGE, PhD

Ed.D. in Education (specializing in hermeneutics), University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA;

M.A. in Education, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA;

M.S. in Environmental Management, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; M.A. in Economics, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA;

B.A. in Economics, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA;

Teaching Experience from 1986 to present

 

WANG, SEAN YANG, PhD

Ph.D. in Performance Directing Department, Central Academy of Drama Arts, China;

M.A., Acting Department, Shanghai Theater Academy, China;

B.A., Acting Department, Shanghai Theater Academy, China;

Teaching Experience from 2008 to present

 

CHAREST, ANNE-MARIE, PhD

Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology, Sofia University;

M.A. in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Somatics, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles;

Teaching Experience from 2015 to present

 

SONG, GUANGWEN, PhD

Ph.D. of Psychology, Dept. of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, China

Master of Psychology, Dept. of Psychology, Qufu Normal University, China

B.A., Dept. of English, Qufu Normal University, China

Teaching Experience from 1984 to present

 

LIU, JIAWEI, PhD (c)

Candidate of Ph. D. in Psychology, Sofia University, Palo Alto, CA, USA

M.A. in Multimedia Communications, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA,

M.A. in Theater Directing, Moscow State University of Culture and Arts, Moscow, Russia

B.A. in Drama Acting, Shanghai Theater Academy, Shanghai, China

 

GAO, LI, PhD

Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering, China University of Geosciences, China

MBA, Glasgow Caledonian University, U.K.

Undergraduate, International Finance, Wuhan University, P. R. China

Undergraduate, English Language and Literature, Wuhan University, P. R. China

Teaching Experience from 2004 to present

 

LEE, MAGDALENA, PhD

Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, SF. USA

M.A. in Counseling of Youth, Edinboro University, PA, USA

M.A. in Spiritual Counseling, Fordham University, NY, USA

Law School, Fujen Catholic University, Taiwan

Teaching Experience from 1993 to present

 

Sherman S. Zhang, PhD

DBA (Doctorate of Business), California Coast University

MBA/MIS, Lawrence Technological University, Michigan

BA in Political Science Minor: Math/Accounting, Brandon University, Brandon, Canada

Certificate in Project Management and leadership, Stanford University, California.

BA in English Literature, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China.

 

Shi, Jian J., MBA

MBA, California University of Management and Technology

M.S. in Computing Science, Ohio University

Data Scientist

           

Farhoodfar, Avid, PhD

Ph.D. in Computational Physics and Material Sciences, Queen’s University, ON, Canada

M.Sc. in Condensed Matter Engineering Physics, Brock University, ON, Canada

M.Sc. in Software Engineering, International Technological University, San Jose, CA