Laura Sacia Bonicatto received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and her undergraduate degree in English Language Pedagogy with minors in Germanic and English Linguistics at Justus-Liebig-Universität in Giessen, Germany. She has taught classes in Linguistics, German, Spanish, and English Composition at the University of Hawai’i, Stanford University, University of San Francisco, Kobe Women’s University, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, and Palacky University.
Esmée van der Hoeven is lecturer in the Dutch Studies Program at the Department of German. She has an MA degree in Language and Culture Studies from Utrecht University (2004), and obtained a certificate in teaching Dutch as a Foreign Language from VU University Amsterdam (2006). She is experienced in teaching Dutch language courses on all levels and has a special focus on conversation practice and writing skills. Before she came to Berkeley, she has taught Dutch language and culture at Utrecht University, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic, Delft University of Technology...
