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Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages

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 Susan Amos

Susan Amos

Instructor of Spanish

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Sandra Davdson

Sandra Davidson

Instructor of Spanish

"I enjoy engaging students in the Spanish classroom in spite of inherent fears and discomforts at speaking a foreign language in front of strangers. I make my classroom warm, non-threatening and welcoming, so students can relax and learn to enjoy speaking Spanish, even when they make mistakes. By asking individual students personal questions in Spanish, the entire class finds out who works, who has kids, where they're from, what they study, etc. When the semester is over, many students have found friends for life and hopefully have learned to speak enough Spanish to communicate. What a great way to bridge the gap that exists between us and people who are different from us!"

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Dr. Jeffrey Doty

Assistant Professor of English

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Dr. David Hart 

Dr. David Hart

Assistant Professor of English

"The Ideas are just as little enthroned above our heads as they reside inside them; they walk among us and step up to us."  -- Martin Buber

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Hector Garza

Dr. Hector Garza

Assistant Professor of Spanish

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David Horsley 

David Horsley

Instructor of English

"I love teaching because I get jazzed watching students grow into more inquisitive, articulate, open-minded, engaged learners.  Knowing I have played a small role in their growth makes me happy."

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Dr. Alexander Hunt

Dr. Alexander Hunt

Associate Professor of English

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Dr. Martin Jacobsen

Dr. Martin Jacobsen

Associate Professor of English

"Studying English allows us to look beneath the surface of language and see the human drama unfold, to learn that most of what we think we know probably isn't really so. I sum up studying English—studying period—with the following maxim: We learn more from questioning answers than we do from answering questions."

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 Bonney Macdonald

Dr. Bonney MacDonald

English, Philosophy and Modern Languages Department Head, Professor of English

“The West is the geography of hope.”
- Wallace Stegner

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Dr. Andrew Reynolds

Assistant Professor of Spanish

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 Bonnie Roos

Dr. Bonnie Roos

Assistant Professor of English

"Learning to read literature well is imperative to understanding our world."

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Mark Scala

Dr. Mark Scala

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

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Dr. Steven Severn 

Dr. Stephen Severn

Assistant Professor of English, Director of Freshman English

 

"Students who enroll in my classes can expect to work hard, write frequently, and in doing so, gain a greater understanding of the language that they use everyday.  This knowledge will prepare them for success in whatever professional field or academic discipline that they pursue."

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Dr. Monica Smith

Dr. Monica Smith Hart

Assistant Professor of English

 

"When I first enrolled in graduate school, I thought I was going to specialize in the 20th-century American novel. But then I took Victorian Literature, and before I knew it, I had a degree in 19th-century British poetry. Just goes to show what one class can do!"

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Theresa Trela 

Theresa Trela

Instructor of English

"My students can expect fairness, fireworks and an intense relationship with the power of the written word.  Believe it or not, grammar can be sexy."

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Dr. Patricia Tyrer 

Dr. Patricia Tyrer

Associate Professor  of English

"If you looked in my high school year book under 'future plans,' you would see 'English Teacher' because I've been certain that I wanted to teach English since I was a teenager. I find teaching to be both a challenge and a joy, and I take pleasure in discussing everything from writing to literature to the latest film with my students, and I learn as much from them as they learn from me."

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Dr. Nicole Walls

Assistant Professor of English

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Dr. Douglas Werden

Dr. Douglas Werden

Associate Professor of English

"Stories shape our lives; reading other's stories give us a window into their lives."

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Rebecca Wilcox

Dr. Rebecca Wilcox

Assistant Professor of English

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