Title: Profiles
Course: US Election 2016-Leuphana Copy

Katja Krüger

I'm the administrator of this Moodle platform and I work in Berlin. The name of the organisation is LIFE e.V. I care about all the technical problems, give tips how to use Moodle, make updates, try out new plugins, build parts of the layout and work for other projects from LIFE e.V. as well. For example explorarium , machgruen and others ....

Joannis Kaliampos

Dr. Joannis Kaliampos teaches English, History and Social Studies at IGS Winsen-Roydorf and is a researcher in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). He serves as an educational advisor to the Teach About U.S. project and is its co-founder, former educational project manager, and teacher trainer. He received a Staatsexamen degree in English and History (Lehramt am Gymnasium) from Justus Liebig University Gießen and a Dr. phil. from Leuphana University Lüneburg. Mr. Kaliampos has held teaching positions at secondary schools, in the German program of the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith (Fulbright scholarship), and as writing consultant for international students (Justus Liebig University Gießen). In 2013, he was awarded the Hans Eberhard Piepho Prize for the U.S. Embassy School Election Project and he received the “Ausgezeichnete Orte – Land der Ideen” award 2015 for “Going Green – Education for Sustainability”. His dissertation on "EFL Learners' Task Perceptions and Agency in Blended Learning: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study on the U.S. Embassy School Election Project" has been published in the series "Gießener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachendidaktik" by Narr, Franke, Attempto.

U.S. Election Teacher

This is a non-personal account of the Teach About U.S. team.

Janina Schmidt

Janina Schmidt obtained her B.A. in teaching Economics and English as a Second Language at Leuphana University Lüneburg in 2014. After earning the Master’s degree (expected 09/2017), Janina intends to teach English as a Second Language as well as English for Specific Purposes with an economic focus at vocational schools. As a Fulbright Scholar for the academic year of 2015/2016, she enriched her Master's studies in second language teaching with intensive and invaluable teaching experiences. Janina worked as a one of the German instructors in the Department for World Languages and Cultures at the University of Scranton, PA. As a student assistant she currently supports the development of the U.S. Elections Project 2016.