Title: Profiles
Course: US Election 2020-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.

Mallory King

My name is Mallory Lauren King and I was born in Rhode Island, the smallest state in the United States. At a very young age, I moved to Minnesota where I spent most of my youth. I graduated from high school and went to study political science, philosophy and peace studies at the University of Minnesota Morris. After graduating from college I decided to spend a year abroad in Germany. I couldn't get enough and over eight years later I am still here.

Since my arrival in Germany I have learned German, collected an additional degree as an early childhood educator and am now once again studying to hopefully become a teacher at a vocational school in Germany. I am currently attending Leuphana and will graduate this spring.

As an American living in Germany I have gained a lot of insight on my own country and am excited to share my knowledge and experience to help future leaders in Germany improve their English language skills, while also learning about the American political system.

The more languages you know the more possibilities lie ahead of you.

Patricio Suárez Arboleda

Patricio Suárez is a foreign affairs analyst and currently pursues a master’s degree of Public Economics, Law and Politics at the Leuphana Universität. In his homeland Ecuador, he held several positions in public office between 2012 and 2018. Patricio was part of the coordinating team of the National Development Plan 2013-2017 and also led a civic engagement course for high school students. Ensuing, he joined the international relations teams at the National Parliament and Central Bank between 2017 and 2018. His research interests focus on comparative politics, public administration and international relations. Patricio is a research assistant at the Teach About U.S project since 2020.