Category: Faculty Profiles
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Humans of Eddy: Joyce Bohling
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Read More: Humans of Eddy: Joyce BohlingFeel like you recognize this week’s Human of Eddy? In a previous life, she was a communications intern for the English department, (as well as a graduate student, which makes her another kind of alumna as well), and we published a lot of great stuff by her here on our…
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Human of Eddy (and New Faculty): Ricki Ginsberg
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Read More: Human of Eddy (and New Faculty): Ricki GinsbergRicki Ginsberg Assistant Professor: English Education Besides your current classes, what else are you doing or have you done that we should know about? Awards? Special projects? Travel? Service work? I am working on two projects right now. One is a study of nine White teachers who work in culturally diverse urban…
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Faculty Profile: Ryan Campbell
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Read More: Faculty Profile: Ryan CampbellWhat is your position in the department/courses you teach? I am NTTF [Non-Tenure Track Faculty] in the English department, currently teaching Composition. What brought you to CSU? Where were you before CSU? Teaching at CSU is a return to my alma mater. Prior to being here, I taught at Front…
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"The Last Panther" by Todd Mitchell, a Q&A
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Read More: "The Last Panther" by Todd Mitchell, a Q&AA powerful tale. ~Kirkus Told in vivid, heartbreaking detail and filled with strong, developed characters, this novel tackles an important theme in a compelling way. In Kiri, young readers will find a protagonist who, although at times afraid, finds the courage to do what she believes to be right. ~Booklist…
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Faculty Profile: Nancy Wright
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Read More: Faculty Profile: Nancy WrightWhat brought you to CSU? When my kids were little, I worked online through Johns Hopkins University, but then at a certain point, I wanted to get back into the face-to-face classroom, so I worked at Front Range Community College a couple of years until a spot opened up at…
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Faculty Profile: Leif Sorensen
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Read More: Faculty Profile: Leif Sorensen~from intern Joyce Bohling What brought you to CSU? The short answer is that I got the job! The position I applied for (American literature with a specialization in multi-ethnic writing and a side interest in modernist studies) seemed to me like a perfect fit and I was happy that…
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Faculty Profile: Sharon Grindle
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Read More: Faculty Profile: Sharon Grindle~from intern Haley Huffman Cloudy and cold days make Sharon Grindle just the tiniest bit homesick for the coast. Originally from California, Grindle moved to Colorado to pursue her dreams of teaching. “I’ve known for a long time, I think, that I wanted to be a teacher.” Grindle recalls childhood…
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Faculty Profile: Nancy Henke
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Read More: Faculty Profile: Nancy Henke~from intern Joyce Bohling Nancy Henke Senior Teaching Faculty MA English: Literature, 2010 (she’s also an English department alumna!) What brought you to CSU? I came to CSU in 2008 as a graduate student. I had gotten offers from several different schools and I had narrowed my choices to either…
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Faculty Profile: Ellen Brinks
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Read More: Faculty Profile: Ellen Brinks~from intern Haley Huffman Ellen Brinks is the graduate program coordinator for the English Department, but her passions extend far beyond the scheduling, staffing and training that make up a large portion of her responsibilities. She thinks of herself “first and foremost as a teacher, advisor and mentor for undergrads…
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Faculty Profile: Dana Masden
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Read More: Faculty Profile: Dana Masden~from intern Joyce Bohling Dana Masden English Teaching Faculty, (CO150, CO300, Intro to Lit, Beginning Creative Writing and 20th Century Fiction, as well as CO150 online) MFA: Creative Writing (she’s also an alumna!) What brought you to CSU? I came to CSU for my MFA in 2005. Every other school…