Robert Bathrick

Bob Bathrick has been teaching AEM and Composition to adults since 2001. He worked at ELS Language Centers for 6 years, preparing students for university study. Since gaining his MA in TESOL from Teachers College, Columbia University, in 2009, he has worked both here at USF and at Stanford in both second language writing and freshman composition.. Bob also has a BA and MA in Geography from San Francisco State University. His love of geography, culture and history affects his students in their adaptation to American ways and success at an American university. Bob is an avid cyclist and outdoorsman as well as an activist in progressive politics and HIV awareness and prevention.

• Composition
• English as a Second Language

• Co-chair, Teaching Development Funds Committee.
• Part-time Faculty Representative, University Budget Advisory Council.
• Treasurer, AFT Local 6590, Part-time Faculty Association.

• San Francisco State University, Graduate Certificate in Teaching Post-Secondary Reading, 2018.
• San Francisco State University, Graduate Certificate in Teaching of Composition, 2017.
• Teachers College, Columbia University, M.A. in TESOL and Applied Linguistics, 2009.
• San Francisco State University, M.A. in Geography and Environmental Sciences, 1993.
• San Francisco State University, B.A. in Geography and Environmental Sciences, 1987.

• Lecturer in the Program of Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University.
• Adjunct Professor in Rhetoric and Language, University of San Francisco.
• Adjunct Professor in English for Foreign Students Program, Stanford University.
• Full-time Lecturer in Academic English for Multilingual Students Program, University of San Francisco.
• Adjunct Professor in Academic English for Multilingual Students Program, University of San Francisco.