Curriculum Vitae
Mary Sepp
3190 Ampere Avenue
Bronx, NY 10465
(212) 220-1423
EXPERIENCE: BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (CUNY), New York, NY
Assistant Professor of ESL, September 2007- present
Adjunct Assistant Professor of ESL, June 2006-August 2007
Adjunct Instructor of ESL, June 2002 – May 2006
Teach intermediate to advanced level English as a Second Language in the Department of
Developmental Skills. Improvement of students’ listening, speaking, reading, and particularly
writing skills is the focus, with the ultimate goal of ensuring that students have the verbal skills
necessary to succeed in college-level courses. Also, provide training and guidance to students in
the use of instructional software and internet resources to reinforce and improve their writing
skills.
QUEENS COLLEGE (CUNY), Flushing, NY
Linguistics Instructor, January 2004 – January 2005
Taught three undergraduate courses: Introduction to Linguistics, Introduction to
Phonetics/ Phonology (for TESOL majors), and the Structure of English Words. Integrated
technology into curriculum to enhance course material.
BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE (CUNY), Bronx, NY
Academic Advisor, October 2001 – February 2004
Advised students on the college’s academic requirements, made recommendations for maintaining
or improving their academic standing, and guided them in planning their academic programs.
Gave instructional presentations at advisement workshops for college faculty.
NEW YORK CITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY
ESL Instructor, October 2001 – May 2002
Taught reading, writing, and test skills to students at Brooklyn International High School as
part of the College Now program in preparation for the Regents ELA exam.
TOURO COLLEGE, New York, N.Y.
English/Reading/Math Instructor, November 1997 - February 2003
Taught basic skills courses in English, Reading, and Mathematics in preparation for the
CPAT, as part of an educational opportunity program for high school dropouts.
LEXIQUEST, Inc., New York, NY
Computational Lexicographer, June 2000 – June 2001
Worked as intern and part of a linguistics team whose function was to help create and
fine-tune general and specialized lexicons supporting natural language information retrieval
software. Tasks included creating semantic links, assigning syntactic frames, and testing products.
EXPERIENCE (Cont.):
VANALINNA KEELTEKESKUS, Tallinn, Estonia
English Instructor, January - April 1996
Taught English to government officials and businessmen. Conducted a training
workshop for local elementary and high school teachers.
BERLITZ INTERNATIONAL, White Plains, NY
Method Director; White Plains, & Connecticut; 1993-1996
Recruited, trained and supervised all teachers working out of White Plains, NY,
and Stamford, Westport and West Hartford, CT. Evaluated and planned programs
for all students. Trained teachers in the use of instructional software. Conducted cultural
programs and participated in sales presentations.
EDUCATION: Ph.D., Linguistics, 2006
The Graduate School, City University of New York, New York, NY
Dissertation Title: Phonological Constraints and Free Variation in
Compounding: A Corpus Study of English and Estonian Noun Compounds
M.A. in Russian Area Studies, 1986
Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY
B.A., French, 1980
Fordham University, New York, NY
Junior Year Abroad - l’Université de Nancy, France, 1978-79
Certificate in Russian Language and Area Studies, 1989
Brown University / Kalinin University; Kalinin, USSR
FOREIGN LANGUAGES: French, Russian, Estonian
TRANSLATION SKILLS: French > English
COMPUTER SKILLS (software): MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, BlackBoard, SPSS
(programming): Perl, SQL
COMMITTEE WORK: Testing Committee (Dev. Skills), Lab Committee (Dev. Skills)
COLLEGE SERVICE: Title V Advisement Program
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: Linguistic Society of America, NYS TESOL
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Using corpora in TESOL research, ESL writing,
English morphology, phonology, and phonetics