Gopalakrishnan, Alysse

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Alysse Gopalakrishnan

Alysse Gopalakrishnan, PhD

Associate Professor, English
970-569-2909 | agopalakrishnan@coloradomtn.edu
Pronouns: She/Her

Education

  • PhD, English, Oklahoma State University
  • MFA, Writing and Literature, Bennington College
  • BA, Art History, Smith College

Awards

  • Finalist, Antivenom Poetry Award, Elixir Press, March 2022
  • Semi-Finalist, Perugia Press Prize, March 2022
  • Finalist, Barrow Street Book Prize, Barrow Street Press, January 2022
  • Semi-Finalist, 2021 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry, Anhinga Press
  • Semi-Finalist, Perugia Press Prize, March 2021
  • Poetry Contest, So to Speak: feminist journal of language and art, 2020
  • University & College Poetry Prize, Academy of American Poets, 2020, 2017

Publications

  • FishWife, Black Lawrence Press, March 2024
  • “Crown for Forgetting.” Grist, forthcoming
  • “The Scientist.” Bombay Gin, forthcoming
  • “Oven Spring.” North American Review, 307.1, Spring 2022
  • “The [ ] Wife,” “He Who Finds a Wife Finds a Good Thing.” The Pinch, 41.2, Fall 2021
  • Pentimento (chapbook), winner of the 2017 Gold Line Press Chapbook Competition, judged by Safiya Sinclair, March 2019

Professional Interests/Associations

  • Associate Editor, Pilgrimage Magazine, 2015-Present
  • Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Member, 2013-Present

Personal Interests

I love working with students to celebrate their curiosity and cultivate their inner writers and readers. My favorite writers are CAConrad, Ross Gay, Robin Coste Lewis, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Layli Long Solider, Ocean Vuong, Claudia Rankine, Audre Lorde, and Sylvia Plath, among many others.

Family

My husband and I celebrate the chaos our yellow lab and old cat bring into our lives, and look forward to growing our menagerie.

Henry, Elizabeth

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Elizabeth Henry

Elizabeth Henry, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
ehenry@coloradomtn.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Iowa
  • M.A., University of Minnesota
  • Graduate Studies-M.F.A./Film, CU Boulder

Awards / Publications

I have had written work published in Framing the World: Explorations in Ecocriticism and Film, Journal of Independent Film and Video, (A New Generation of) Feminist Science Studies, Release Print, Moviemaker Magazine, Women’s Studies Association Journal, Movie Habit and The Icon.

I've been honored to have my films screen in many venues including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Boulder, San Francisco, Washington, Pittsburgh and Hot Springs, Arkansas. I have won several awards at these festivals, but maybe my favorite one was the "Banana Slug Award for Surrealist Experimental Film" at the Humboldt film festival a few years back.

Professional Interests/Associations

  • Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment
  • University Film and Video Association
  • Association of Writers and Writing Programs
  • Society for Cinema and Media Studies

Personal Interests

I enjoy exercise, the great outdoors, photography, filmmaking, all animals, birds, reading, writing and watching old movies with my husband, Tony. I’m happy and proud to call this place home and to have landed at CMC, a school that's the real deal: faculty dedicated to students and the future.

Wing, Jennifer

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Jennifer M. Wing, Ph.D.

Professor of English
970-569-2909 | jwing@coloradomtn.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. Nineteenth-Century American Literature w/ Secondary Interest in Critical Theory, Georgia State University
  • M.A. American Literature, Georgia State University
  • B.A. English, University of Georgia

Awards

  • Full-Time Faculty of the Year (College-Wide) 2016
  • Marmot Assessment Award (2014)
  • Full-Time Faculty of the Year (Vail Valley Campus) 2010
  • Most Experienced Teacher (2006)

Publications

  • "Contextualizing Issues of Power and Promise: Classroom-Based Tutoring in Writing Across the Curriculum"
  • "Defining Women in 'Moby Dick'"

Professional Interests

Examining literature through the lens of critical theory (specifically feminist and queer theory).

Associations

  • MLA
  • RMMLA
  • CCC
  • NCTE

 

Beaver, Erin

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Erin Beaver

Professor of English
970-947-8262 | ebeaver@coloradomtn.edu

photo - Erin BeaverEducation

  • M.A. in English from The University of South Dakota
  • B.A. in English/Education from University of Dayton

Courses Taught

  • English Composition I & II (online, IVS, hybrid & face-to-face)
  • Creative Writing I (online & face-to-face)
  • Creative Nonfiction (hybrid)
  • Introduction to Literature (online & face-to-face)
  • World Literature to 1600 (face-to-face)
  • World Literature after 1600 (face-to-face)
  • Ethnic Literature (online)
  • American Literature to Civil War (online, IVS & face-to-face)
  • American Literature after the Civil War (online, IVS & face-to-face)
  • CCR 094: Studio 121

Distinctions & Awards

  • Faculty of the Year, CMC Online Learning, February 2013
  • Faculty of the Year, CMC Rifle Campus, May 2011
  • Governor's Excellence in Teaching Award, Missouri Community College Association, March 2009
  • Excellence Award, National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development, January 2009
  • Instructor of the Year, State Fair Community College, April 2008
  • Dorothy Baisch Selz Memorial Fellowship, The University of South Dakota, April 2004
  • Archer B. Gilfillan Prize, The University of South Dakota, April 2003/2004
  • P. C. Somerville Award for Future Teachers, Sigma Tau Delta National Winner, May 2000
  • Dr. Harry Hand Memorial Award of Excellence in English Education, University of Dayton, May 2000
  • Bro. Thomas P. Price, S. M., Memorial Award of Excellence in English, University of Dayton, May 2000
  • Susan R. Hermies Award for Excellence in Women's Studies, University of Dayton, May 2000
  • Established first public library in Kumba, Cameroon, July 1999

Readings & Presentations

  • But This Isn't a Writing Class: Writing in the Disciplines, Colorado Mountain College In-Service, January 2013
  • Let Them Be Heard!: Bridging Digital, Geographical, and Cultural Divides through Conversation, TYCA Southwest Regional Conference, Las Cruces, NM
  • Demystifying College-Level Reading, Writing & Thinking, Colorado Mountain College New Student Orientation, August 2012
  • Let Them Be Heard!: Engaging Student Voices, Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology Conference, Boulder, August 2012
  • Reconsidering/Recreating the Workshop in an Online Environment, Association of Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference, Chicago, March 2012
  • Keepin’ It Real and Handing Over the Keys: Restructuring the Composition Classroom for Student-Driven Learning, TYCA Southwest Regional Conference, League City, TX, October 2011
  • Using Web 2.0 Apps for Student Engagement and Learning, Colorado Mountain College In-Service, August 2011
  • It's a Wiki Wiki World: Collaborating Across the Digital Divide, NISOD’s International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, May 2011
  • Constructing Tools to Evaluate Student Writing, Colorado Mountain College In-Service, January 2011
  • Electronic Peer Review: Moving Students Beyond Saying "It’s Good" and Correcting Misspelled Words, TYCA Southwest Regional Conference, Laredo, October 2010
  • More than Words: Reading & Writing in the 21st Century, Colorado Mountain College New Student Orientation, August 2010
  • Becoming Practitioners of the Word: Engaging Critical Voices Through Creative Writing, TYCA Midwest Regional Conference, Chicago, October 2007
  • A Little Background Music, Please! Pushing Instruction to the Next Dimension, TYCA Midwest Regional Conference, St. Charles, MO, October 2006
  • Critical Reflection in the Center Space: Helping Generation Y Make Meaning from Mélange, CCCC Annual Convention, Chicago, March 2006
  • Driving Home, The University of South Dakota Forum for Graduate Student Research and Creative Work, Vermillion, SD, April 2004
  • Selected Readings, The John R. Milton Writers’ Conference, Vermillion, SD, February 2004
  • A Woman’s Journey in Cameroon, Bro. Joseph W. Stander Symposium, Dayton, OH, April 2000

 

Runyon, Jeffrey Alan

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Jeffrey Alan Runyon

Professor of English and Literature
719-486-4240 | jrunyon@coloradomtn.edu

photo - Communications professor teaches in a CMC in Leadville classroom.Education

  • BA in English Language and Literature with a minor in Philosophy from Sam Houston State University (2003).
  • MA in English Language and Literature from University of Northern Colorado (2006).
  • MFA in Creative Writing, Emphasis on Formal Versecraft, from Western State Colorado University (2014).

Professional  Associations

Colorado Representative and Secretary to the Executive Council of the Two-Year College English Association—Southwest Chapter (TYCA-SW)

National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE), 2008-2012.

About

Jeffrey Runyon has been teaching at Colorado Mountain College Leadville since 2008. He has committed his time to teaching English—composition, literature, poetry, creative writing, and more. Jeffrey was named Full-time Faculty of the Year in 2009-2010 and was the Faculty Senator for the Leadville campus from 2008-2012.

Jeffrey Runyon has been on CMC’s International Programs Committee since 2008, and lead the study abroad trip to Ireland in 2013.

When he isn’t teaching, Jeffrey enjoys hunting, fishing, hiking, reading, writing, motorcycling, and traveling.

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What Students Say

“The encouragement, understanding, and guidance imbued within Jeffrey’s style of teaching urges students to consider the world around them in a broader sense—to think and to question–using the subject matter as a catalyst for expanding and illuminating our minds.” –Anna Wolner

“Epic Literature was my favorite class at CMC and Jeff made it an incredible experience!” –Zach Vazquez