Curriculum Vitae
Julian Elias
Education
- M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002
- B.A. in English Literature, University of Massachusetts at Amherst,1996
Teaching Experience
- ESL Instructor, English Language Institute, College of Continuing Education, Sacramento State University, 2008 - present
- ESL Instructor, Cosumnes River College, Los Rios Community College District, 2011 - present
- ESL Instructor, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, 2009
- Full-time ESL Instructor, Intensive English Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002 - 2008
- Teaching Assistant, Intensive English Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999-2002
Conference Presentations
- Teaching Modals to Low-level ESL Students, CATESOL Northern Regional Conference, Sacramento, CA, April 2014
- A Little Tech. Know-How Goes a Long Way, CATESOL Conference, Long Beach, CA, April 2011
- Covering Globalization in Intermediate-level Business English, CATESOL Conference, Santa Clara, CA, April 2010
- English for Scientific Pedagogical Purposes, TESOL Convention, Seattle, WA, March 2007
- Using Friends to Teach Pronunciation, Illinois TESOL-Bilingual Education Convention, Chicago, IL, February 2005
Professional Organization Membership
- California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL)
- Secretary of the CATESOL Capital Area Chapter, April 2012 - present
Community Service
- Sacramento Tree Foundation, Sacramento, CA, 2012 - present
- McKinley Park Volunteer Program, Sacramento, CA, 2011 - 2013
- Volunteer part-time ESL instructor, Grace Romanian Baptist Church, Sacramento, CA, 2009
- Volunteer builder and steering committee member, Habitat for Humanity, Champaign, IL, 2006
