Our Teachers
MSON teachers are grounded in independent school education and share a commitment to excellence, small class sizes, and personal relationships. They are experts in their fields; many have taught at the college level. They are invited to develop MSON courses through a selective process. MSON teachers prepare their courses throughout the spring and summer with support from the MSON Dean of Instruction and attend a multi-day training at Stanford University.
Welcome!
Meet Our Teachers
Farha Abubaker
Courses: Arabic I & II
School: Hopkins School
George Flatau
School: University School of Nashville
Stephanie Hogan
Course: Positive Psychology
School: Waynflete
John Gray
School: Indian Springs School
Ellen Johnson
Course: Making Ethical Medical Choices in a Diverse World & Environmental Bioethics
School: Wilmington Friends
Carrie Lopez
Course: CSI: MSON
School: Trinity Prep
Julien H. Meyer
Course: Advanced Economics I (Fall) and Advanced Economics II
School: Severn School
Grace Pei
Course: Chinese Seminar
School: St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
Jocelyn Rodgers
Courses: Intro to Organic Chemistry & Advanced Topics in Chemistry
School: Maret
David Seward
Course: Etymology of Scientific Terms
School: Winchester Thurston
Ben Taylor
School: Hopkins School
Rene van Lingen
School: Stanford Online High School
Steve Young
Course: Data Structures and Design Patterns
School: The Derryfield School
John Aden
Course: Diversity in a Global Comparative Perspective
School: Chadwick School
John French
School: Prairie School
Diane Hotten-Somers
School: The Derryfield School
Dan Jacobs
Course: Think Global, Debate Local
School: Roeper
Joyce Lazier
Courses: Making Ethical Medical Choices in a Diverse World & Philosophy in Pop Culture
School: Canterbury
Katie Malanson
Courses: Cancer
School: Canterbury School
Jay Noland
Course: A Mathematical Approach to Social Justice
School: Mounds Park
Valerie Prado
School: St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
Linda Rodriguez
Course: A Nation Divided: The Literature of Civil Rights in the Modern US
School: St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
Sidra Smith
School: Severn School
Briana Titus
Course: Ancient Greek I
School: Casady
Audrey Yeager
Course: Genetics and Genomics
School: Manlius Pebble
Jason Zencka
School: Manlius Pebble Hill School
Carrie Lopez
CSI: MSON
Dan Jacobs
Think Global, Debate Local
Julien Meyer
MSON Microeconomics
Julien Meyer
Advanced Math through Finance
In Their Words
Our teachers describe their courses.
Jocelyn Rodgers
Introduction to Organic Chemistry
Jocelyn Rodgers