With a doctorate in physiology from Clemson University in South Carolina, Kathleen has been listed three times in Whos Who Among Americas Teachers, and has many times been voted Faculty of the Year by Husson students. She has many extracurricular interests that include kayaking, photography, classical guitar, and nature study.
With an M.Ed. from Cambridge College and an Ed.D. from the University of Maine, Sandip has a passionate interest in children's nonfiction literature, how it can be used in classrooms, can be used to support literacy programs, and connect families and schools. While Dr. Wilson started out as a history and social studies teacher, she realized that without literacy, students could not function in the content areas, so she brings a love of history and historical thinking to her study of children's literature. Dr. Wilson currently serves as the Chair of the Orbis Pictus Award Committee for the National Council of Teachers of English. This committee was established in 1989 to honor the outstanding non-fiction literature written for children. She has also been appointed to serve a three year term on the Executive Board of the New England Reading Association, as of March 2006. She is a tapestry designer and weaver and has explored how tapestry has changed as literacy has developed and how tapestry weaving shares parallel features with writing.
The courses I teach are interactive and integrate both theory and practice. I strive to give my students knowledge and experience in teaching so that they can bring multiple approaches and strategies to their work with the children.
Greg Winston came to Husson in 2001 after earning a Ph.D. from the University of Delaware. He teaches a broad range of courses, from first-year writing and literature to upper-level seminars on creative writing, literature and medicine, world cinema and Irish studies. His research interest and publications focus on modern Irish and British literatures, especially their intersections with history and geography. He is currently working on a book about James Joyce and militarism.
Since 2001, he has served as editor of Crosscut, the Husson literary magazine. He is also faculty advisor to the English Club and the Husson Outdoors Club. During breaks from teaching and writing, he can often be found kayaking Maine's whitewater or skiing the Snowfields at Sugarloaf.
My goal in every course is for students to tap into their own abilities and unlock the power and joy that accompany the study of literature and writing. I want that awareness to stay with them beyond the course and long after college. In that sense, I've always seen English courses as not only preparing people for careers but also equipping them for life.
Dr. Withers received his BS degree in biology from Syracuse University and his Ph.D. in genetics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1989. Don worked for fifteen years as a research scientist in the field of cancer biology. He started teaching at Husson in 2008.