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Regina Braker
Associate Professor, German
Dr. Braker's primary instructional duties include German language and
culture courses, while her professional interests focus on second language
acquisition and women in the German peace movement. She is adding a new
course on German film into the Eastern curriculum that examines film through
the gender lens. Braker will be taking on duties as President of the Oregon
Association of Teachers of German, serves as a Professional Development
Consultant for the American Association of Teachers of German, and is active
in the Peace History Society and the Modern Language Association.
Education: B.A., Pacific Lutheran University; M.A. Portland State University;
Ph.D. Ohio State University.
Anna Cavinato
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Ph.D. 1981. Dottore in Chimica (Doctor of Chemistry) with highest honors,
Department of Chemistry, Universita degli Studi di Bari, Bari, Italy
POSITIONS HELD:
2001 - present: Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chair, Division
of Science, Mathematics & Technology, Eastern Oregon University, La
Grande, OR.
1992 - 2001: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Eastern Oregon University,
La Grande OR. Duties: Teach introductory chemistry, advanced inorganic
chemistry, quantum chemistry, quantitative analysis laboratory, and instrumental
analysis laboratory. Supervision of undergraduate students in research.
1988 - 1992: Research Assistant Professor, Center for Process Analytical
Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle.
Duties: Coordinate a multi-disciplinary project involving the development
of sensors for process monitoring and control of a bioprocess. Work involved
supervision of 5 - 7 graduate students, writing grant proposals, etc.
1986 - 1988: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Memphis State
University, Memphis. Duties: Teach freshman chemistry for non-chemistry
majors. Teach electrochemistry at graduate level. Supervision of undergraduate
and graduate students in research.
1984 - 1986: Research Associate in the Department of Biochemistry, College
of Medicine, University of Tennessee at Memphis, postdoctoral training
preceptor M.S. Ahmed. Duties: Research and training of medical students
in biochemistry and bioanalytical techniques.
1983 - 1984: Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry, University
of Tennessee, Knoxville, postdoctoral training preceptor G. Mamantov.
1983 - 1984: Research Faculty in the Department of Chemistry, University
of Bari, Italy.
1982 - 1983: Assistant in Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, Department
of Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy.
1982 - 1983: Chemistry teacher in Technical High Schools, Taranto, Italy.
My current research interests include the development of non-invasive
methodologies of analysis, environmental monitoring, sensor development,
optical spectroscopy, multivariate analysis, electrochemical detectors,
use of computers in chemical education, and development of integrated curricula
for science and humanities.
In collaboration with Dr. David Camp I have developed ChemWeb at EASTERN,
a platform for delivery of chemistry multimedia materials over the Internet.
Currently this site hosts a tutorial on Chemical Bonds, Molecular Shapes,
and Molecular Models and will soon provide a hub for course delivery and
electronic quizzes and examinations.
HOBBIES: Outdoor recreation.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Member (1986-present): American Chemical Society , Analytical, Environmental
and Educational divisions.
Member (1999 - present): Oregon Academy of Science.
Member (1999 - present ):Phi Kappa Phi.
Kathleen Dahl
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Sandra Ellston
Professor English/Writing
BA 1972, California State University;
MA 1974, University of California, Los Angeles;
PhD 1980, University of Oregon
Marilyn Ewing
Associate Professor, English
BA 1962, Universityof New Hampshire, Durham;
MA 1974, University of Northern Colorado;
PhD1982, University of Colorado, Boulder
Kay Firor
Instructor, Mathematics
Jill Gibian
Associate Professor of Spanish
Dr. Jill Gibian holds a doctorate in Comparative Literature with an
emphasis on Latin American Literature and Translation Studies from Binghamton
University (SUNY). Her research interests include Latin American women
writers, women in Latin American society, and feminist literary criticism.
She has successfully garnered grants as project coordinator from the Oregon
Council for the Humanities and the Montana Council for the Humanities for
a film and lecture series entitled "Women and Change in Latin America."
Dr. Gibian has conducted research in Mexico and Central America via such
organizations as Partners for the Americas and Witness for Peace. She is
currently working on a project that focuses on issues of power, nationalism,
and desire as they relate to the tango and Latin American literature.
William Grigsby
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Rebecca Hartman
Assistant Professor, History
Paula Humfrey
*OFF CAMPUS*
My work as a historian centers on female servants in early modern London.
I'm interested in gender theory and methodology, as well as feminist economics
and economic history.
I like the online learning environment very much, and have been teaching
in distance education programs since 1997. I joined Eastern as a resource
faculty member in 2001.
B.A. Bennington College (History and Literature)
M.A. University of Toronto (History)
Ph.D. University of Toronto (History)
Publications:
Humfrey, P.M., "Female servants and women's criminality in early modern
London" in S. Devereaux, A. May and G. Smith, (eds.), Crime and Society
in the Old World and the New_ (Toronto: Centre of Criminology, University
of Toronto, 1997).
Humfrey, P.M., "What the Servants Knew", in V. Frith (ed.), _Women and
History: Voices of Early Modern England, 1600?1800 (Toronto: Irwin Publishing,
1997). Second printing.
Contact Info:
Division of Distance Education
dde@eou.edu
1-800-544-2195
Nancy Knowles
Assistant Professor of English/Writing
Nancy Knowles earned a B. A. in East Asian Studies from the University
of California, Los Angeles (1990); two M. A. degrees, one in English Literature
and one in Teaching Writing, from Humboldt State University in Northern
California (1995); and a Ph. D. in English Literature from the University
of Connecticut at Storrs (2000).
Currently, Dr. Knowles is Assistant Professor of English/Writing at
Eastern Oregon University. Her teaching and research specialties include:
19th- and 20th-century British Literature, postcolonial literature, literary
theory, women's literature, science fiction, and writing. She teaches a
cross-listed gender studies course, ENGL/GEND 395: Gender in Literature
and Film, that focuses on women's science fiction, and she has been a member
of the Gender Studies Advisory Team since 2000.
Charles Lyons
Professor, Psychology
Cory Peeke
Assistant Professor, Art
Rosemary Powers
Assistant Professor, Sociology
Rosemary Powers received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University
of California, Davis in 1998. She also completed the associated Designated
Emphasis in Feminist Theory and Research awarded by the UCDavis Women's
Studies Program. Other academic degrees include an M.A. in Sociology (UCDavis,
1992), an interdisciplinary M.A. in Human Values (San Francisco Theological
Seminary, 1987), and a B.A. in Theology (University of San Francisco, 1969).
As a member of the Anthropology/Sociology Department at Eastern, Dr.
Powers is responsible for teaching the required courses in social theory
and social research as well as the introductory course in General Sociology.
She has taught elective courses in sociology of education, religion, and
social psychology, and will be offering additional courses in the sociology
of sexualities, cultural sociology, and sociology of families. As a member
of the Gender Studies Minor faculty, Dr. Powers has co-taught the core
course (Perspectives on Gender), as well as the course "Gender and Power"
(cross-listed with Sociology and Political Science). She is currently developing
additional special topics courses such as "Gender, Sexuality and the State"
(to be offered fall, 2000 through the Division of Distance Education).
As a researcher, Dr. Powers has a general interest in culture, social
change, and social controversy. She is especially interested in investigating
the intersections of gender and other categories such as race, social class,
and sexuality. Her past research includes an analysis of the role of secondary
teachers in dealing with the politically charged subject of "sexuality
education," and a study of religious opposition to elementary language
arts curricula. Current research plans include a feminist analysis of student
educational autobiographies, and an ethnographic study of religious affiliation
in rural communities.
Barbara Schulz
Assistant Professor, Spanish
Kim Snarr
*OFF CAMPUS*
Kim Sorensen
Assistant Professor, Accounting
Tonia St. Germain
Assistant Professor and Gender Studies Program Coordinator
Tonia St.Germain is the Coordinator of the Gender Studies Minor Program
and teaches both gender studies and political science at Eastern. Prior
to taking this position, she was Director of Public Policy for New York's
statewide coalition of rape crisis centers (NYSCASA). Tonia's dedication
to feminist scholarship began at Wheaton College where she had the opportunity
to study with Sarah Weddington, the attorney who argued the Roe v. Wade abortion rights case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Professor Weddington
inspired her to obtain a law degree.
While practicing law in Indiana, she served as Clinical Advisor at Indiana
University Law School'sproject for battered women. In Albany, New York,
she became the Public Policy director for NYSCASA. Here she successfully
lobbied for state legislation preventing violence against women. Her areas
of continuing research interest include: gender and the law, legal and
pedagogical issues for women in higher education, as well as the movement
to prevent violence against women and current public policyresponses.
With a J.D. from the Antioch School of Law, (1986) and bar admissions
in Massachusetts (1993), Indiana (1989), District of Columbia (1987) she
is most interested in applying feminist theories to law and politics.
EDUCATION: J.D., Antioch School of Law, Washington, DC (1986) B.A.,
Wheaton College, Norton, MA (1982)
Lorna Williamson
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
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