Patricia Palmer
English as a Second Language
Patricia Palmer received both her BA and MA in English from the University of Maryland, where she also completed all course work toward a PhD in 20th century American literature and rhetoric. She has taught ESL since 2003 at Johns Hopkins and in Zhengzhou, China, where she spent a semester teaching nurses and physicians at Zhengzhou Medical College and Hospital. Palmer has taught English composition, literature, and professional writing at colleges in California and Maryland, including the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis. She has been coordinator of ESL at Peabody since 2007.
