There are currently 5 part-time faculty members in the department teaching over 53 classes.
"My greatest reward in teaching in the Court Reporting Department is seeing our hard-working students reach their goals and ultimately use their education and skills to enter rewarding careers. " -- Linda Lawson
"Teaching in this challenging program has been one of the highlights of my life. The students are the best that any teacher could ever ask for. I "wear other hats" but I always come home to Court Reporting." -- Marge Throndson.
"Seeing our wonderful students succeed is my greatest reward." -- Margaret Ortiz
Sue Coleman
Instructor
Sue obtained her B. A. in French from the University of California, Berkeley. She teaches English Review; Office Practices for Court Reporters; Court and Deposition Procedures; Certified Shorthand Reporters Review; Internship; and Speedbuilding courses.
Email: sue.coleman@wvm.edu or sue.coleman@aol.edu
Linda Lawson
Instructor
Linda obtained her B. A. in Diversified Social Sciences from California State University, Stanislaus. She teaches Theory; Speedbuilding; Computer- Aided Transcription; Realtime and Dictionary Building courses.
Phone: 408.741.2439
Email: linda.lawson@wvm.edu
Margaret Ortiz
Department Chair
Margaret obtained her B. S. in Music Education from Ithaca College, NY.
She teaches Theory and Speedbuilding courses.
Phone: 408.741.2559
Email: margaret.ortiz@wvm.edu or margaretortiz@comcast.net
Marge Throndson
Instructor
Marge obtained her B. A. in Education from Stanford University and M. A. in Counseling from Santa Clara University. She teaches Speedbuilding and Medical Dictation Courses.
Phone: 408.741.2448
Email: marget76@yahoo.com
Pat Tchang
Instructor
Pat obtained her B. A. in English from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA and her Paralegal Certificate from Georgetown University, Washington, D. C.
She teaches Speedbuilding courses.
Email: pat.tchang@wvm.edu or
pjtchang@earthlink.net
Eric Van Dorn
Instructor
Eric is a California Certified Shorthand Reporter and obtained his career preparation from West Valley College. Eric is a NCRA certified reporting instructor (CRI). He teaches Speedbuilding courses.
Email: eric.vandorn@wvm.edu or e_vandorn@yahoo.com