Hello! I'm Professor Paden. I teach ESL and Composition at St. Petersburg College. I graduated from SPC with my AA back in the day. After that, I attended UF, where I earned my master's degree in linguistics and TESL. Then I did some traveling and held a variety of interesting jobs until I landed very happily at SPC in 2008. When I'm not teaching, you'll find me hanging out with my family, dancing rueda de casino, listening to podcasts (such as Mindscape with Sean Carroll), playing Dungeons & Dragons, or reading novels by Terry Pratchett. I hope to see you in class or on campus! :)