Anne Amis, Dean

Anne Amis is the dean of Division One: Arts, English, Communications, & Languages. She joined LSC-Kingwood in 2007 as an ESOL instructor and became dean of Division One in 2021. Anne earned a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Hendrix College and a Master of Arts in Teaching ESOL from the SIT Graduate Institute. In 2012, she was the recipient of the Faculty International Education Grant and traveled to Vietnam, and she has been honored twice with the LSC-Kingwood Faculty Excellence Award. Anne loved teaching ESOL because it gave her the opportunity to work alongside immigrants and international visitors exploring the life-changing gifts and challenges of learning another language. As a second-language learner herself, she finds the process extremely rich and rewarding.

Phone: 281.312.1737
Email: Anne.E.Amis@lonestar.edu
Office: APA 109I

Daniel Tatarzyn, ESOL Department Chair

Professor Tatarzyn is a faculty member and Chair of the ESOL Department at Lone Star College-Kingwood. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in history, he wanted to travel and see the world, so he became certified to teach ESOL and began his teaching career in 2006. He taught English to adults in Costa Rica and Guatemala before moving to Japan, where he worked at a language school for children. In 2009, he started working at Lone Star College as a professor of ESOL/ESL and developmental English.

Phone: 281.318.4342
Email: Daniel.K.Tatarzyn@lonestar.edu
Office: APA 118C

Dr. Masoud Shafiei, Faculty

Dr. Masoud Shafiei is a faculty member of the ESOL/ESL Program at Lone Star College – Kingwood. Prior to joining Lone Star College, he taught a variety of ESOL/ESL courses at the University of Houston and Houston Community College. He has over 35 years of experience in teaching English to speakers of other languages in the United States and abroad.

He has a Bachelor and Master of Arts in Applied English Linguistics and a Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Houston. He has collaborated on several ESOL/ESL textbooks, including Effective Academic Writing by Oxford University Press, and New Vistas by Pearson Publishing Company. He is the recipients of several grants and awards, including a Faculty International Education Grant for Russia in 2010, and sabbatical leaves to do research on ESOL/ESL Programs throughout the United States and create authentic material for ESOL classes.

He has also presented at numerous conferences in the United States and abroad and conducted teacher-training workshops in South Korea, UAE, Iran, and Russia.

In addition to teaching, he has been active in planning student activities for ESOL students in order to create an environment for the students to feel at home.

He enjoys traveling and learning about different cultures, and he has traveled to over 20 countries.  His other interests include cooking, hiking, and movies.

Phone: 281.312.1578
Email: Masoud.Shafiei-Sararodi@lonestar.edu
Office: APA 207
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