Course Listing - by Instructor
| Name | Biography |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Melissa Asper | |
| Adriana Berkowitz | Adriana Berkowitz is in the process of completing her Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language. She volunteered as an ESL teacher at various posts during her 25+ years of U.S. Army service. She has experience teaching students from diverse linguistic backgrounds, with native languages other than English. |
| Brian Braun | Brian Braun has taught OSHA and Construction classes for the last nine years. He has been in the industry for 40 years and in that time has continuously improved his trade skills with a specialization in the field of plumbing. Brian has his Master Plumber certification and enjoys sharing his knowledge with others. |
| Sydney Brinneman | |
| Angie Chae | |
| Cary Chappell | |
| Edisha Coleman | Hello, my name is Edisha Coleman. I am a native of the Junction City, Kansas area. I grew up in Milford, Kansas and graduated from Junction City high school. Before starting my baking business, I had no prior baking knowledge. It all started with one book. May 2020 marks one of the most significant points in my life. This was around the time that Covid was pretty serious and this also was the time I decided to get help for my drug and alcohol addiction. One of the best methods that helped me in my recovery was to keep my mind occupied. I would go to the library for hours just to get out of the house. Fast forward to November of 2020 just six months into my recovery; I decided to check out five topics that had nothing to do with my life at the time. One of those books was for making cakes. So I decided to give cake-making a try. After all, it was my mom's birthday. She loved the cake so much. She never ate it. December of 2020, my mom passed away... My business started as a way to keep my mind occupied. It was one book, one cake, one gift. But little did I know, it was God's gift to me. And I want to share that gift and share hope. |
| Kenny Cook | |
| Melissa Copp | |
| Jack & Karen Cunningham | Jack & Karen Cunningham have owned a candle making business for over 3 years. They began from scratch researching and testing various components of the candle making process and enjoy sharing their knowledge with others. |
| 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! |
| 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 | |
| Vanessa Hager | Vanessa is a Certified Yoga teacher who loves community, health and helping people feel their best. |
| David Hammons | I am an avid beard and mustache enthusiast. I am also well versed in facial hair car and traditional shaving and men's grooming. |
| Curt Herrman | Curt Herrman, Guinness Book of World Records holder for the largest Kansas City Chiefs Memorabilia Collection. |
| Caity Hinnergardt | |
| 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! |
| Dave Hoover | |
| Joanna Howe | |
| Jake Huber | |
| Mindy Huber | I currently work as a Level 4 Special Education Teacher. I received both my undergraduate and graduate degrees through Kansas State University. Prior to teaching I worked as a paraprofessional for several years and I worked for 3.5 years with adults with disabilities; supporting individuals with disabilities is a passion of mine is a part of my every day life. |
| Kyoshi Pamela Johansen | Kyoshi Pam Johansen, master level instructor, has taught for more than 40 years. She has competed and placed nationally. She was inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame in 2004. She has held her own Martial Arts Tournaments since 1983. |
| 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. |
| Tabatha Kurtenbach | With nine years experience in bail bonds and bounty hunting, Tabatha brings expertise in fugitive tracking, legal procedures, and client management. Her class offers practical skills and insights into the dynamic world of bounty hunting. |
| Community Led | |
| Travus Lexroux | |
| 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. |
| Clint Lowry | Current Health & Life Agent and Ahip certified since 2014 |
| Pedro Marquez | Pedro is a Golden Gloves winner. He has a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and 10+ years boxing/coaching experience. |
| Pedro Melendez | Pedro Melendez is a Borinquen born artist that now resides in Manhattan, Kansas after serving in the US Army for seventeen years. As a child he found his love for art within the pages of comic books and taught himself to draw by tracing then copying the characters on the pages. While attending East Side High School in Newark, New Jersey, where he grew up, he discovered graffiti and a world of urban art that he was closed off from. There the spray can became his medium and the streets of New York and New Jersey his canvas. After his time in the military, he took advantage of the GI Bill and got his BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Ceramics at Kansas State University in the Fall 2020. After a break to open his online pottery business, The Witch and The Geek, with his partner Nicole Peters, and to manage the ceramics studio as well as teach ceramics to adults and children at the Manhattan Art Center in Manhattan, Kansas, he returned to school to complete a second concentration in drawing. Pedro’s first gallery exhibition in the Fall of 2020 at The Mark A. Chapman Gallery at Kansas State University he celebrated his art beginnings with a show of graffiti and sculptures, depicting tools of the trade. Plaster and cardboard were used to make his pieces, with flowing forms bringing his graffiti work into the room with motion and color. In the Spring of 2022, Pedro introduced a narrative related to mental health mental health. With a combination of graphite drawings and acrylic paint, he gives the message of the details that are often overlooked by others: suicide, medication, and often defeat. |
| Justin Montney | Justin Montney is a Ph.D. Teaching Assistant for the KSU Kinesiology Department. He has 5+ years of field experience working with students and clinical patients related to instructing exercise and performance. |
| Debbie Newton | Debbie has been a certified yoga teacher (CYT) since 2007. |
| 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. |
| Kyler Reith | Professional bicycle mechanic with 5+ years of experience in the industry. |
| Sabrina Rodriguez | |
| Leo & Joy Schell | Leo excels at cutting paper snowflakes and has taught hundreds, from grade school to "gray hair." |
| Karen Schroeder | Karen Schroeder, photo@karenschroederphotography.com, specializes in family, senior and pet photography. She also provides businesses with branding photography and business portraits. |
| David Seamon | David Seamon has been active with Gurdjieff's work since the early 1980s. He has studied with J.G. Bennet, a pupil of both Gurjieff and Ouspensky. |
| Lucas Shivers | Growing up with huge farm gardens in rural Kansas, Lucas has been an avid gardener since his days in 4-H and FFA. He's an educator and can't wait to work with you to find success as a great gardener. |
| 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 | |
| Neal Strathman | Hello, I am a retired 22-year-Veteran of the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserves. I started my appreciation of whiskey (American and Irish) and whisky (Scottish, Canadian, or Japanese) shortly after turning 21 while stationed near Seattle. It was a great benefit having disposable income that I could use to explore more expensive Scotches, Ryes, Irish whiskeys, and Bourbons. I joined the Navy Reserves at the age of 30 where I was deployed to Japan several times assisting in radiation surveys after the Fukashima reactor accident and shipyard maintenance. It was here that I discovered the possibility of good whisky being made in any place where care is taken to ensure quality. I am grateful for the ability to share my passion for great drinks with friends and family. |
| Dan Thornton | Award-winning KCBS Masters Series Pit-master Dan has been competing professionally in BBQ for over seven years. |
| Stan Wilson | Stan Wilson has studied martial arts since 1970 and has a black belt in Hakkoryu Jujutsu and a black sash in Pai Lum Kung Fu. |
| Liang Xinliang | Liang, from China, has enormous history books and amazing history stories happened. Liang is a big fan of history, a die-hard fan of Chinese history. |
| Jared Young | I grew up near the ocean. In the Marine Corps, I was water survival instructor. Since then, I have helped people at all skill levels from basic swimming principles, to lifeguard readiness. |
