Tom Means

Tom Means is Assistant Professor of Italian at Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York. Prior to joining BMCC/CUNY, Tom was Professor of Applied Linguistics and Italian at Marlboro College in Vermont.

He holds a PhD in Italian and Second Language Acquisition from Rutgers University and is the author of the Instant Vocabulary Builder series published by Hippocrene Books.

The Means Language Center was founded by Tom in 1999 and it focuses on designing language classes for organizations and individuals.

Tom has taught at several universities (NYU, Rutgers, Montclair State) and has trained hundreds of executives at international corporations. He also served as a head interpreter at the State of the World Forum 2000 where he personally interpreted for over a dozen world leaders including Mikhail Gorbachev, George Soros, Jane Goodall and Queen Noor of Jordan.