Dr. Winans received a Ph.D. in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from Arizona State University and a Graduate Certificate for Teaching College Composition from California State University, Sacramento. He has taught college writing for over a decade and lives in upstate New York, where he is a Specialist in Applied Linguistics and teaches university courses on language, linguistics, and writing 

Ms. Shin is a doctoral candidate in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Arizona State University where she also received a master's in the same field. Her bachelor's degree is from Hanyang University is Seoul, Korea in Korean Language. She can assist Koreans in understanding writing and acceptance expectations. She is currently a university writing teacher and has five years of experience teaching English speakers in the United States.