As a way of connecting students and the community to the world beyond the Big Horn Basin, I lead Field Studies in France, a bi-annual class and trip to different French regions. With the same goals, I also coordinate the college’s annual Multicultural Series and Showcase, as well as sponsor the French Club.

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Bill Hoagland Associate Professor of English Bill Hoagland teaches creative writing, basic writing, and composition. He has published poetry, fiction, and nonfiction articles and essays in well over a hundred magazines and journals. The Wyoming Arts Council has honored Hoagland with two writing awards: The Blanchan Nature Writing Award and a Fellowship in Literature. He has published a chapbook of poems, Place of Disappearance (Willow Bee Publishing House, 1990), and he edited and published an anthology titled Ring of Fire: Writers of the Yellowstone Region (Rocky Mountain Press, 2000)

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Mary Ellen Ibarra-Robinson, Assistant Professor of Spanish, received a B.A. in Spanish Education in 1976 and a M.A. in Spanish Literature in 1979 from the University of Wyoming. She has studied at language institutes in Mexico and Costa Rica and traveled extensively throughout Mexico, Costa Rica and Spain. Mary Ellen has taught Spanish courses at Northwest College for twenty years. One of the courses she offers is a Field Studies Course to such places as Costa Rica, Mexico and Spain. Mary Ellen is the Spanish Club sponsor and participates in a variety of multicultural activities.

"I enjoy teaching and working with students. It is exciting to be part of the process in which students become more aware of themselves and of the rest of the world. I look forward to meeting new students."

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Dr. Koelling took her bachelor's degree in English Literature from Macalester College in 1974. Her master's in English came from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1975, as did her Ph.D. in 1984. Her doctorate is in Early American Literature, and she wrote her dissertation on "The Passover Sermons and Poems: Types and Emblems in Edward Taylor's Upon the Types of the Old Testament" (dissertation director: Prof. Charles Mignon).

In addition to introductory composition and literature courses, Dr. Koelling enjoys teaching American and British Literature courses, Introduction to Mythology, Introduction to Research, and special interest courses such as Cyberculture.

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Robert Koelling began teaching at Northwest College in 1979 and now holds the rank of Professor of English. His BA is from Atlantic Christian College in Wilson, North Carolina and his M.A. and Ph.D. are from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska. His Ph.D. dissertation focused on the poetry of Marianne Moore. During his years at Northwest Rob's activities have ranged from advising the yearbook staff to redesigning and rewriting the College's Web Site. His course offerings include Developmental Studies, Introduction to Composition, Introduction to Literature and Critical Reading and Writing. He frequently offers his courses online.

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Jennifer Sheridan Jennifer Sheridan joined Northwest College in the fall of 2006. She earned a B.A. in English and psychology at Briar Cliff University and an M.A. in English at the University of New Orleans. Her graduate studies focused on American literature and linguistics. She is especially interested in the interdisciplinary field of Critical Discourse Analysis and in using linguistics to teach college composition.

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Rob Stothart teaches composition, literature, and ESL classes. His specializations are poetry and Native American literature. He is an adviser for the International Club and is active in the Native Ways Club that sponsors the yearly powwow at Northwest College. He earned an MFA in poetry in 1987 from the University of Washington in Seattle. He works with Burt Bradley in arranging writing presentations for the college and the surrounding community.

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Richard Wilson currently divides his time between teaching a variety of classes and serving as Chairperson of the Humanities Division. Since 1981, Richard has been teaching Humanities courses at Northwest College in the areas of English, interdisciplinary media and culture, and art history. He has led Field Studies groups to Great Britain and Ireland since 1983 and assists with Field Studies trips to other parts of Europe. He earned his doctoral degree in American Studies at the University of New Mexico in 1979, concentrating on 19th century literary and visual images of Western landscapes.

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