About:

David Housel, an Ed.D. student in Instructional Leadership at Hunter College, holds two Master’s degrees—one in Social Work and another in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages—both from Hunter College.  He works as the Associate Director of the CUNY Language Immersion Program and chairs the Curriculum Committee in the Division of Adult and Continuing Education at LaGuardia Community College.  Mr. Housel has over 16 years’ experience in adult literacy and ESL and for over 30 years’ experience in social work, including supervising and mentoring graduate social work and teaching interns.  He has presented at local, national, and international conferences on social work practice in HIV/AIDS, the multicultural issues related to effective social work practice and ESL pedagogy, and helping immigrant students enter college.