Our Faculty

We only hire the best at Elite. Our instructors are experienced, professional teachers, masters in their fields, not college freshmen on a break. Here are a few of the more than 250 professionals who are members of Elite's outstanding faculty.

SUSANNE ANDERSON
JD, Case Western Reserve University
ESTHER KANG
BS, MA, John Hopkins University

EUGENE NAVAKAS
PhD Candidate, UCI

RANDOLF ARGUELLES
MA, PhD Candidate, UCLA / Fulbright Scholar 2001-2002
MAYANK KESHAVIAH
BA, Dartmouth/ MFA, USC

MICHAEL PHIPPS
MA, Stanford

TERRY CALDWELL
AP English Teacher, Loyola High School
JULIA KIM
BA, UC Berkeley / JD, UC Hastings

EDWARD PINUELA
PhD Candidate, UCI

MICHAEL CAPUTO
BS, MS, PhD Candidate, USC
FIONA LEE
BA, Columbia University
JAMIE SETTLOW
BA, Harvard
JUL CHA
BS, MS, UCLA

MATTHEW SELDMAN
PhD Candidate, UCI

DANIA S. SHELDON
PhD, Oxford University
KIMBERLY CHUNG
BA Northwestern / PhD Candidate, UCSD
ADAM LOWENSTEIN
BA, UCLA / PhD Candidate, UCLA
ANDY SIMPSON
BA, Stanford
THOMAS AUSTIN GRAHAM
Department of English, UCLA / PhD Candidate, UCLA
JAMES LYNCH
AP Calculus Teacher, Villa Park High School
MIN SONG
BS, Yale University
DARREN GRODSKY
BS, Northwestern
RYAN MALDONADO
BA, Northwestern / MFA, USC
JOHN ST. CROIX
MPA, Harvard
KARL HAGEN
BA, Princeton / MA, UCLA
PHIL MANN
BA, Haverford College / JD, UCLA School of Law
CASE TORSTENSON
BA, University of Pennsylvania
JESSSICA HAILE
BA, Wesleyan University / PhD Candidate, UCI
SHANNA MICKO
MFA, USC
ROBERT UTTER
Department of Physics, CSU Fullerton
CHRIS HAMILTON
Department of English, UCLA / PhD Candidate, UCLA
SHERRY MOLLO
IB English Teacher, Nogales High School
BILL WANG
BS, UC Berkeley / MS, USC