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University of Wyoming

Honors Program Instructors -- Fall 2009


 

Carolyn Anderson received her B.A. from Auckland University in 1981, her M.A. in 1984, and her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1992. Her research interests and specialty include medieval historiography, Middle English literature, and critical theory.
  Susan Aronstein received her Ph.D. in English and comparative literature from Stanford University and an MSc in medieval languages from Edinburgh University. She has been teaching in the Honors Program since she arrived at UW in 1987. In addition to Honors courses, she teaches classes in film, critical theory, and medieval literature in the English department.
Karen Bartsch, a professor of  psychology, received bachelor's degrees in psychology and philosophy from both Colorado State University (1981) and Oxford University (1983) and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Michigan (1988). A developmental psychologist, Dr. Bartsch studies cognitive development, including children's developing understanding of the mental realm and moral development. She is especially interested in the development of critical thinking, the topic that inspired her participation in Honors teaching. 
  Paul Bergstraesser received his B.A. from Oberlin College in 1989, his M.A. from Northern Michigan University in 2000, and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Chicago in 2007.
Courtney Carlson was raised in Racine, Wisconsin, but has fallen in love with life at high altitude. She attended Boston College (BA) and the University of Wyoming (MFA Creative Writing), and currently works at UW as Acting Assistant Director of the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources (ENR). As a student, she was awarded the Ellbogen Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. Now she teaches courses for English, ENR, and the Honors Program. Great loves include lake swimming, wooden kayaks, and State Fair cheese curds.
Tyler Fall received his B.A. in history from Mary Washington College in 1999, his M.A. in history from the University of Oregon in 2004, and recently completed his MFA in creative writing from the University of Wyoming. He currently teaches courses in the Honors Program and in the Religious Studies department. 
George Gladney is a professor in the Department of Communication & Journalism. He joined the UW faculty in 1991 after receiving his doctoral degree in communication from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Earlier, Dr. Gladney earned an M.A. degree from the University of Oregon, a B.J. degree (journalism) from the University of Missouri, and a B.A. degree (English) from Waynesburg College (Pa.). Dr. Gladney's areas of specialty include news reporting and writing, sociology of news (news-making processes), First Amendment law, mass media ethics, communication technology and society (media ecology), international journalism and global media, mass communication theory, and qualitative research methods. His work has been published in Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Newspaper Research Journal, Journal of Broadcast and Electronic Media, Mass Comm Review, The Global Journalist, Grassroots Editor, New Jersey Journal of Communication, and Journal of Mass Media Ethics. He also has published chapters in several books.
 

Duncan Harris: A.B. Stanford University 1965; M.A. Boston University 1966; Ph.D. Brandeis University 1973.
His interests include traveling, hiking, reading and edible mushrooming. With some consistency, his research has focused on representations of death, primarily in the literature and art of the Renaissance. Most of my publications are related to Shakespeare, and his works remain an abiding interest.
 

Robert Kitchin, Emeritus Associate Professor of Zoology and Physiology, received his Ph.D. in genetics from the University of California at Berkeley. He was the General Biology Coordinator for twenty years and taught General Biology, General Genetics, Human Genetics, Population Genetics and Evolution, and Cell Genetics. His research interests are in human and animal cytogenetics, cancer genetics and genetic toxicology. He has taught HIV/AIDS: the Disease and the Dilemma for the Honors Program for the past 10 years.
  Barbara Logan received her Ph.D. in Greek and Latin from the literature department of the University of California at Santa Cruz. Her dissertation addressed the early Christian response to Hellenistic ethics expressed in Stoicism, Cynicism, and Epicureanism. As someone with a focus in Late Antiquity, Dr. Logan's interests go back to the pre-Socratics and forward to the high Middle Ages. She teaches courses on the Indian Epic and the Foundations of Chinese Culture for the Honors program, and she was recognized with an award for excellence in teaching in 2008. Before coming to UW, Dr. Logan taught ancient and medieval history for two years at Pacific Collegiate School. Since moving to Wyoming, she has learned to love gardening, mushroom hunting, and buffalo burgers.
Nina McConigley received a B.A. in English from Saint Olaf College, a M.A. from the University of Wyoming, and a MFA in Fiction from the University of Houston. She most recently lived in Chennai, India where she worked for Tara Books as an editorial assistant. Her stories and reviews have appeared in The Virginia Quarterly Review, American Short Fiction, Gulf Coast, Puerto del Sol, and Forklift, Ohio. She has just finished a short-story collection, Cowboys and East Indians. Her children's book teaching kids about Indian tribal art, specifically on the Gond tribe from Madhya Pradesh, will be published in 2010.

 
  Adrian H. Molina, aka Mo Brown, was born in Rawlins, Wyoming in 1980. He is an artist, educator, and activist. Adrian graduated from the University of Wyoming in 2003 with B.A.'s in Sociology and Criminal Justice and a Minor in Chicano Studies. He was the founder and director of Students for Progressive Action and has taught high school summer courses for the Daniels Fund, Upward Bound, and Wyoming High School Institute. Adrian then attended law school at UW and received his Juris Doctor in 2006. He is currently a lecturer at the University of Wyoming. Adrian is independently releasing two music projects this year: The Representin (4 Life) EP and Up Before the Sunrise, a full length album.  Adrian is also actively seeking an agent and publisher for his book, titled Up Before the Sunrise: Reflections on Struggle.
For information about Adrian's artistic endeavors, visit:
www.upbeforethesunrise.com
www.myspace.com/adrianhmolina.
 

Originally from Chicago, Diane Panozzo has spent the last twenty-eight years living and teaching in Wyoming. She has taught and teaches students K-16. She has worked in the UW Writing Center and has worked with the Wyoming Writing Project since the 1980s. Additionally, she has taught screenwriting, acting, and edited the literary magazine for Laramie County Community College, and has taught drama, debate, and speech at Central Wyoming College. Currently she is a Visiting Lecturer for the UW Honors English program and teaches an acting class for the UW Theatre department. Diane received her Bachelor's degree in English and theatre from Indiana University and her Master's degree in Interdisciplinary studies from the University of Montana. Diane lives and writes on the XX Ranch in Tie Siding where she observes wildlife, nature, reads, hikes, and rides her mountain bike.
  Peter Shive: After more than twenty years as a research professor in Geology and Geophysics (continental drift, geomagnetic reversals, potential field interpretation), I reoriented my career into a mode in which undergraduate teaching has been the dominant theme. Most of this has been done in the Honors Program. I formally retired in the Spring of 2006, but I continue to teach because it is fun for me and because interaction with students energizes me in important ways. I would teach more except that other passions (professional disc golf, didgerido and panpipe playing, and furniture building) compete effectively for my time.
 

Robert Torry:
Educational Background
PhD, New York State University of New York at Buffalo
BA, Hiram College
Academic Positions
Associate Professor of English
Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies
Jeremy Weaver is a Montana native and proud graduate of the University of Wyoming. Having spent the last ten years discovering what life has to offer through education, life and the work force, he has decided to pass on this knowledge and experience to students. His research interests include: criminology, probation, discretion in the Criminal Justice System, homelessness, race & ethnic relations, politics, culture, music & society and identity. He enjoys movies, music, basketball, hiking and relaxing on his deck watching a sunset.

Last Updated on 10/20/2009 11:08:37 AM