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Barkley photo Elizabeth Barkley: Elizabeth holds a B.A. and M.A. from UC Riverside and a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. She has taught music history, theory and composition, piano, and Musics of Multicultural America. She is the 1998 Carnegie Professor of the Year, and recipient of the California Community College Hayward Award for Excellence in Education (1999); the Campus Diversity Award from the Center for Diversity in Teaching and Learning (1999); and has been selected as a 1999-2000 Pew Program Scholar.

Beatrice Cashmore: Bea began at Foothill in 1977. She holds a B.A. Degree in English Literature from the University of California,Santa Cruz, and an M.S. Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from San Francisco State University. She is a licensed Marriage, Family and Child Therapist. Her position at Foothill is counselor for the Adaptive Learning Division, serving students with disabilities. She teaches Orientation to College for students and Community Resources for families of disabled adults.

Gravenhorst photo Kurt Gravenhorst: Kurt came to Foothill in 1985 from the semi-conductor industry where he was a technical writer and training manager. He holds a B.S. in Education and an M.A. in English from University of Nevada-'Reno, and will complete an on-line M.A. in Humanities from CSU Dominquez Hills this year. Kurt was the first to teach computer-assisted composition courses at Foothill College, and currently teaches composition, literature, and humanities; in addition, he is the editor and feature writer for the Faculty Senate newsletter.

Hansen photo Teresa (Tess) Hansen: Tess began at Foothill in 1991. She holds a BA. in English from santa Clara University, and an M.A. from Stanford University and from University of Iowa. She teaches English, Composition, and Chicano Literature and is the current coordinator of the Foothill College Multicultural Program. She has recently returned from a sabbatical leave in Guadalajara, Mexico where she studied mythology of indigenous Mexican cultures. She is currently involved in a college-wide project addressing the diverse learning styles of students.

Mike McHargue: Mike began at Foothill in 1977. He holds a B.A. from Occidental College; an M.A. from California State University, Northridge; and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He works as a counselor, was the founder of the Honors Institute, and the founder and continued leader of the Great Teachers Seminar. He has had extensive experience both in identifying and developing great teaching (through activities such as the Great Teachers Seminar and the Instructional Skills Workshops) and in student learning styles.

Rick Martinez: Rick started to teach full-time at Foothill in 1997. He holds a B.S. from California State University, Chico, and an M.S. from California State University, Hayward. He teaches mathematics, and specializes in statistics, including an on-line course which he has been offering since 1997. Currently Rick is developing a web-based calculus course for implementation in Fall, 1999.

Saterfield photo Harry Saterfield: Harry began at Foothill in 1975. He holds a B.A. from University of California, Berkeley; an M.A. from San Francisco State University; and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He has an extensive background in student services and counseling. In addition to general psychology courses, Harry teaches Psychology of Race and Prejudice and will be offering one of Foothill's first on-line psychology courses beginning Spring, 1999. Harry Saterfield

Phyllis Spragge: Phyllis teaches Dental Hygiene, and is Clinic Coordinator for first year dental hygiene students. She holds an A.S. in Dental Hygiene from Foothill College and a B.A. in Health Sciences Administration at Saint Mary's College. She is currently working toward an M.A. degree in Instructional Technology at San Jose State University. She began teaching at Foothill full-time in 1998. Phyllis Spragge < pas8476@ discovery.fhda.edu>

Will photo Sandi Watkins: Sandi teaches Internet and Web Publishing in the Computers on the Internet Department. She came to Foothill in Fall of 1998. She has over thirteen years experience in Information Technology and most recently was Webmaster and Web Developer at a Silicon Valley company where her emphasis was developing online multimedia training. She holds a BA in Art from Western Illinois University and a MS in Educational Computing from Iona College. Her academic interests include Interactive Multimedia on the Web, Online Teaching and Corporate Web Strategy Development. Sandi is currently teaching her second online course and developing on online HTML Web Publishing class for Fall 1999.

Will photo Mimi Will: Mimi has been teaching at Foothill since 1976, and has taught business, computer applications, and Internet courses. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. from San Francisco State University and an M.A. from San Jose State and is currently completing an online Ph.D. in transformative learning. Mimi has co-authored four books about the human side of information processing technologies and is a member of Women in Technology International and the World Future Society. In Spring 1999 she will be teaching her third online class.

  
 
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