| |  | 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!" bcaruthers@wtamu.edu
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| |  | Dr. David Hart Assistant Professor of Philosophy "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 dhart@wtamu.edu
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 | 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." dhorsley@wtamu.edu
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 | 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." mjacobsen@wtamu.edu
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 | Dr. Bonnie Roos Assistant Professor of English "Learning to read literature well is imperative to understanding our world." broos@wtamu.edu
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 | 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." ssevern@wtamu.edu
Dr. Severn's Bio | |  | 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!" msmith@wtamu.edu
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 | Theresa Trela Lecturer in 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." ttrela@wtamu.edu
Theresa Trela's Bio | |  | 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." ptyrer@wtamu.edu
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| |  | Dr. Rebecca Wilcox Assistant Professor of English "Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means..." - Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose rwilcox@mail.wtamu.edu
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