Dr. Cindy Lovell is an educator and writer. She has held tenured faculty positions at two universities. She also served as executive director of the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum in Hannibal and the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford. As Epic’s Director of Education, she oversees accreditation. She is the liaison for Epic’s college programs, creates Epic’s web content and newsletters, oversees English tutoring, handles press inquiries and social media, and coordinates judging for annual scholarships. Cindy is the chair of the TESA Academy Advisory Committee and serves on the Education Committee for the SEV Chamber of Commerce.
She earned her BA and MA from Stetson University and a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. In 2020, Cindy co-authored Linguistics for K-12 Classroom Application. In 2023, she co-authored The Big Book of ESOL Activities: Preparation for Educators, Administrators, and School Counselors. And in 2025, she co-edited the 5th edition of Preparing the Way: Teaching English Learners in the Pre-K – 12 Classroom.
In her spare time, Cindy enjoys teaching online for several universities and traveling.