Hello! I'm Professor Paden. I teach ESL and Composition at St. Petersburg College. I graduated from SPC myself, back when it was called St. Petersburg Junior College. Later I attended UF, where I earned my master's degree in linguistics and TESL. After that, 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 the Mindscape podcast, playing Dungeons & Dragons, or reading Terry Pratchett novels.

I hope to see you in class or on campus! :)