Molly Turner has an MFA in Creative Writing, an MA in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) and a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology. Turner taught First Year English to the growing population of second language students at UConn Storrs. She encourages her students to collaborate on final projects that will benefit the university community by raising awareness about other cultures and languages at UConn, and in particular about English as a global language.