Course Listing - by Instructor
Name | Biography |
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LERN Staff | |
Voices For All, LLC | Voices For All, LLC, The Voices For All Voice Coaches/Producers/Instructors are known for their fun and informative presenting methods. Our coaches have many years of experience in the voiceover industry and are masters at teaching all of the information pertinent to making it in voice acting. Whether it be speaking, presenting, writing, producing, or announcing, Voices For All has it covered. With hundreds of regional and national commercials, and public service announcements under their belts, our instructors not only deliver the highest quality education and coaching to their students, but their unique enthusiasm and expertise bring an element of fun and excitement to the virtual classroom as well. |
Ayumi Amama | Growing up in Osaka, Japan, Ayumi always enjoyed cooking. Since she started making rolled omelets at 7 years old, she has continued learning new techniques and developing new recipes. Ayumi has also taken calligraphy lessons in Japan for about eight years and is trained in architectural design. She enjoys sharing Japanese culture. |
Dave Atchison | |
Dori Bell | Dori Bell (The Blossom Bar) is an aromatherapist with 23 years of education and practical experience in aromatherapy. Dori’s focus is on the safe, sustainable use of essential oils for emotional and mental well-being. Learn more about Dori and her work at www.theblossombar.com. |
Tom Boley | Tom has been a hobby woodworker all his life and became a woodturner in about 1995. One of his joys in life is standing at the lathe, teaching the craft to others. He teaches in his shop at his home near Wamego. When an opportunity to make actual money in the woodturning business arose in 2005, he changed directions to focus on architectural woodturning. From December 2005 to July 2014, he was a full-time custom architectural woodturner in northern Virginia, making turned items for both restoration and new construction, numbering from a single item to sometimes hundreds of the same thing. Examples of that are new balusters in the same style and shape as old ones for the restoration of a railing around the porch of an old house. Newels, porch posts, table legs, and finials were also commonly requested turnings. As of August 2014, Tom mostly retired from that business and moved to Wamego, near Manhattan, the home of his beloved Kansas State Wildcats. Now, in addition to some commercial work, he very much enjoys working on the artistic side of woodturning as a hobby and participates in one or two craft shows each year. The hobby produces bowls, bottle stoppers, pens, sweater pins, and other items. Tom's favorite turnings are natural edge bowls in several different forms, specializing in square natural edge bowls and what he calls "log bowls." And he has started a woodturning club for local turners called Flint Hills Woodturners (www.flinthillswoodturners.org), a great place to meet fellow woodturners, and be inspired by the Show and Tell items they bring to the meetings and learn about the craft. |
Ted Cable | Ted Cable is Professor Emeritus of Park Management and Conservation at Kansas State University. He has authored 14 books, several book chapters, four scenic byway video scripts, and more than 250 articles, reports, and presentations dealing with nature, travel, and heritage interpretation. Four of his 14 books deal specifically with birds and Dr. Cable has birded in all 50 states and on every continent. He has seen more than 4,000 species of birds globally and more than 440 species in Kansas. He has received teaching awards from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and was named Kansas Wildlife Federation Communicator of the Year in addition to many teachings, student advising, and faculty mentoring awards from Kansas State University. He received the National Association for Interpretation’s Master of Interpretation Award and in 2000 he received their highest honor by being named a Fellow of the National Association for Interpretation. In 2020 the American Academy of Park and Recreation Administration awarded Ted the Park and Recreation Legend Award. |
Angie Chae | |
Melissa Copp | |
Derrick Doty | Derrick Doty teaches traditional fiddle and banjo in Manhattan and has been playing and teaching for over two decades. Doty plays fiddle in the Tallgrass Express String Band and is the 2023 Kansas State banjo champion. |
Body First | |
Beth Fischer | Beth is a lifelong Manhattanite, tennis player, and as of 2020, a USAPA (United States Pickleball Association) Ambassador! She is excited to share her passion for this game with a crazy name! |
John Flavin | |
Monica Franco | Monica Franco Franco is an English-Spanish teacher who works in a public high school. Monica has over ten years of experience teaching foreign languages and is a K-State alum who lives in Equador. |
Ana Franklin | Ana Franklin began practicing yoga in the 1970s. However, Ana's exposure to yoga started in early childhood as her father practiced yoga faithfully every day since 1951, making this a regular part of the household activities. Then in 1963, Ana's mother began to attend yoga class and also became a faithful practitioner. Ana has been teaching yoga since 1984. In the '90s, Ana traveled to Hawaii and took five Yoga Teacher Training sessions from Gary Kraftsow, founder of American Viniyoga Institute. She has also been certified by the Krishnamacharya Health and Yoga Foundation in Chennai, India. "Yoga is a lifelong commitment for me, and with such a rich subject, there is always more to learn, and to teach! I hope to continue doing both for a very long time." |
Jeff Freeborn | |
Taisha Hall | Cosmetologist over 20 years, former Cosmetology Instructor, and Bachelors in Business Management and Ethics. |
Katharine Hensler | Katharine Hensler is the new Director of the Riley County Historical Museum. She moved to Riley County, Kansas in 2017 and brings over 20 years of experience in collections management and museum administration. Originally from northcentral Pennsylvania, Ms. Hensler received an undergraduate degree in History from Lock Haven University of Penna. and a graduate degree in Historic Preservation from Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. |
Nick Homburg | Currently, Nick Homburg is a professor of practice at Kansas State University teaching photography, video and audio production, and drone aviation. Nick has been with the university since 2014. Prior to being in Kansas, he lived in Idaho for 50 years where he was an entrepreneur, photojournalist, documentary filmmaker, fashion photographer, and most important the dad of four wonderful daughters. Nick has been a photographer since the age of 4 and has been working professionally in the visual arts since 1982. Some of his hobbies are, of course, photography and video. He’s also a certified master diver, cyclist, and adventure seeker. Nick looks forward to meeting you all in class! |
Jake Huber | |
Marsha Jensen | |
David Jones | David is an AHIP-certified independent insurance agent focused on Medicare-related products and services. |
Jane Kim | Jane Kim is a certified Korean language instructor who has a passion for sharing Korean culture. |
Molly Lohman | Molly graduated from Louisiana State University with an MFA in Printmaking. Her work incorporates bookbinding, various printing techniques, sewing, and mixed-media drawing methods. |
Aliah Mestrovich Seay | |
Jayme Morris-Hardeman | Jayme Morris-Hardeman is the Executive Director of Thrive! and has worked with families in poverty for more than 20 years. |
Debbie Newton | Debbie has been a certified yoga teacher (CYT) since 2007. |
Joshua O'Crowley | |
Robyn O'Crowley | |
Vivian Price | Vivian Price is a K-State graduate with a BA in Theatre. She studied Dunham Technique modern dance through the Alvin Ailey Extension NYC, West African Dance at Djoniba Dance and Drum NYC, as well as taken several West African dance master classes. She is an ACE-certified Group Fitness Instructor. |
Anvesha Sharda | |
Vaishali Sharda | Born and raised in northern India, Vaishali moved to the US to work on her PhD. She grew up watching her mother cook everything from scratch in the small town they lived in. Her passion for cooking grew when she met her husband who is an avid foodie. She blogs about her adventures in the kitchen at www.kitchendocs.com and works at K State as faculty in climate and water resources management. |
Melinda Sinn | |
Glenn Sixbury | Glenn Sixbury has been writing and selling fiction and non-fiction since 1985. His fiction credits include science fiction, fantasy, horror, western, humor, and children’s stories published in magazines and national/international hardcover and paperback anthologies. Glenn teaches a regular class on fiction writing and has conducted workshops on writing at various locations around the country. His novels include Legacy, High Plains Moon, and Widow in Black. He’s also published the “Write a Great Novel” series of books on writing. |
Robert Smith | Robert Smith was born in Nebraska and attended Nebraska University where he majored in history. Bob has always had a love for history and a particular interest in military history as he comes from a military family. Prior to his return to academia and advanced degrees Bob managed a family operated business where he learned management and organizational skills. He returned to academia in 1998 attending Kansas State University receiving a Master of Arts in military history in 2004 and a Ph.D. in military history in December 2008. Currently Bob is the Director of the Fort Riley Museum Complex, Fort Riley, Kansas. |
Chris Sorensen | |
LERN Staff | |
Sarah Sullivan | Sarah Sullivan has been writing and publishing under multiple pen names since 2020. Her published works span romantic comedy, urban fantasy horror comedy, erotica, and fantasy romance. All of which has been self-published through her imprint Lightning Strike Press. Sarah is a former student of these very UFM writing classes and is a current student of Glenn's regular fiction class. Her novels include the Midnight Rider series by D.V. Wolfe, The Hope Island series by Teagan Hart, the Realms of Mortal Magic series by Raven Goodchilde, and The Hellcats series by Kitty Vengeance. |