Meet Angela
Writer, Editor, Producer, Educator
Founder, CEO, Creative Director
I'm Dr. Angela Becerra Vidergar - Dr. B to my students at Stanford University. I am a writer, editor, media producer, and educator with 20+ years of experience telling compelling, powerful stories. I was born in Colombia, grew up in Texas, found home in the Bay Area, and have traveled and studied around the world. These experiences have fed my fascination with language, culture, and communications, especially when it comes to media technology and storytelling. I have expertise in written and oral communication across a variety of media and topics, including in the fields of print and television journalism, video production, academic research, podcasting, comics, and more. As a longtime editor, producer, writing teacher, and tutor, I have helped hundreds of creators, students, and researchers make their writing and speaking shine.
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Languages: English, Spanish, French
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PhD, Comparative Literature: Stanford University
MA, English Lit. & Language: St. Mary's University
BA, Journalism & French: Baylor University
Meet Norah
VP for Academic Writing Programs
TESOL Specialist
I'm Dr. Norah Fahim. I've been teaching First Year Composition for the past 17+ years within the United States and internationally, including in Stanford University's Program in Writing and Rhetoric. I have previously led teams of writing and speaking coaches as Associate Director at Stanford's Hume Center for Writing and Speaking. Before that, I taught at the University of Washington's Expository Writing Program (EWP) where I also received a Ph.D. in Language and Rhetoric and a Masters in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). I have also been Assistant Director and Multilingual Learners' Consultant at the University of Washington's EWP. My research interests include Narrative Inquiry, Writing Program Administration, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, and Second Language Writing.​
Languages: English, Arabic, French
MEET PAVEL
Strategic Advisor
I'm Pavel Rutherford, a campaign strategist with over 17 years of experience in the realm of prospect development and analytics. I've worked at Stanford in a number of development roles as well as the award-winning Prospect Management and Analytics team at Santa Clara University, where I was involved in establishing the use of Deep Learning and AI.
As an undergrad I attended Southern Adventist University, studying music (viola performance) and my mother's native tongue, Spanish. After that I completed an MBA at La Sierra University. My master’s thesis is focused on measuring the factors that increase resonance between a brand and its audience/customers. This study would later lead to my ongoing fascination with Zeitgeist Intelligence, a more intelligent way of analyzing the relationship between organizations and their constituents.
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Languages: English, Spanish
MEET HAE RIN
Senior Advisor,
Asia & Pacific Island Programs
I'm Prof. Hae Rin Shin, currently Assistant Professor in the Korea University School of Media & Communication, located in Seoul, South Korea. I have a PhD in Comparative Literature from Stanford University and was previously Assistant Professor of English at Vanderbilt University. My areas of research include contemporary American/Asian American/Korean/Japanese culture and media. I'm especially fascinated by telepresence technology, digital/visual media aesthetics, and issues of race and ethnicity, particularly when they apply to science fiction and AI algorithmic justice. I'm currently wrapping up my first book, called Technology of Presence: Being and Reality in the Age of Cyberculture.
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Languages: English, Korean, Japanese