Our Faculty

Elite

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	KAREN HWANG JD, Washington University in St. Louis	SHERRY MOLLO IB English Teacher, Nogales High School
RANDOLF ARGUELLES MA, PhD Candidate, UCLA / Fulbright Scholar 2001-2002	ESTHER KANG BS, MA, John Hopkins University	EUGENE NAVAKAS PhD Candidate, UCI
TERRY CALDWELL AP English Teacher, Loyola High School	MAYANK KESHAVIAH BA, Dartmouth/ MFA Candidate, USC	MICHAEL PHIPPS MA, Stanford
MICHAEL CAPUTO BS, MS, PhD Candidate, USC	JULIA KIM BA, UC Berkeley / JD, UC Hastings	JAMIE SETTLOW BA, Harvard
JUL CHA BS, MS, UCLA	FIONA LEE BA, Columbia University	DANIA S. SHELDON PhD, Oxford University
KIMBERLY CHUNG BA Northwestern / PhD Candidate, UCSD	STEPHEN LEE BA, UC Berkeley / MPH, Yale University	ANDY SIMPSON BA, Stanford
THOMAS AUSTIN GRAHAM Department of English, UCLA / PhD Candidate, UCLA	ADAM LOWENSTEIN BA, UCLA / PhD Candidate, UCLA	MIN SONG BS, Yale University
DARREN GRODSKY BS, Northwestern	JAMES LYNCH AP Calculus Teacher, Villa Park High School	JOHN ST. CROIX MPA, Harvard
KARL HAGEN BA, Princeton / MA, UCLA	RYAN MALDONADO BA, Northwestern / MFA, USC	CASE TORSTENSON BA, University of Pennsylvania
JESSSICA HAILE BA, Wesleyan University / PhD Candidate, UCI	PHIL MANN BA, Haverford College / JD, UCLA School of Law	ROBERT UTTER Department of Physics, CSU Fullerton
CHRIS HAMILTON Department of English, UCLA / PhD Candidate, UCLA	SHANNA MICKO MFA, USC	BILL WANG BS, UC Berkeley / MS, USC

Word of the Day

vignette

n. a small design or portrait; a brief scene (as from a movie) or literary sketch

Example: This novel, avoiding a traditional plot, presents the reader with a series of vignettes of memorable characters.

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