The primary goal of the First Year Residential Experience Program is to help new faculty become part of the Glendale Community College community through providing information and mentoring. Our new faculty met the week before the fall semester started on August 11, and had a quick tour and orientation to the GCC campus. In addition, they were warmly greeted by our president Dr. Velvie Green and vice presidents, Dr. Fernando Camou, Alberto Sanchez and Jean Abel.
Subsequent meetings on August 18, and September 15, allowed the new faculty to meet their mentors and obtain information on the Faculty Evaluation Plan and the Faculty Professional Growth Program. Future meetings will be on October 20, November 17, and December 8.
Biographical information taken from Convocation Day biographies
New Faculty 2006-2007
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Alisa Cooper is new to Glendale Community College but not new to the Maricopa Community College District. She has come to us from South Mountain Community College for the fall semester in an exchange for Nancy Seifert, a GCC English faculty. Alisa recently finished her doctorate in Instructional Technology and Distance Education at Nova Southeastern University. She brings a wealth of expertise in online learning and is teaching in the English department. She is also an Ocotillo representative and will be conducting two workshops on podcasting. |
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Annette Fisher will be starting her fourth year at Glendale Community College, having previously taught for the business department as an adjunct and OYO faculty. She has taught a variety of courses in the department including accounting, business and CIS. In addition to her academic experience, Annette has over twenty years of industry experience and is a CPA. |
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Beth Dawkins comes to Glendale Community College from Grand Canyon University, where she was a professor of mathematics for seventeen years. Her Ph.D. and Master's degrees are from Arizona State University and her B.S. is from Grand Canyon College. |
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Guiomar Borras joins Glendale Community College from The Garvin School of International Management, where she was an Associate Professor Spanish. Her experience includes Spanish Coordinator for the Multicultural Magnet School, New London, Connecticut, and Spanish Visiting Professor, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut. Guiomar's educational background includes a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction "Foreign Language Education". |
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Julie Gray joins our English Department from Tucson. She completed a B.A. in Psychology and M.A. in English in California before earning an M.S. in Educational Planning and an M.A. in Language, Reading, and Culture at the University of Arizona. Recently, she's completed coursework for a Ph.D. in Language, Reading, and Culture. She has taught in diverse primary, secondary, university and community colleges for the past 23 years. |
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Karrie Wood has been teaching geology as an adjunct faculty member since 1984. She has taught at Paradise Valley, Phoenix and Glendale Community Colleges. She earned her B.A. from San Francisco State University in 1982 and her M.S. degree from the University of Washington in 1984. Her interest in geology extends outside the classroom, and she and her family enjoy backpacking and hiking, including multiple trips to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. |
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Brandi Bass joins GCC from SCC, where she held a one-semester only mathematics instructor position. She previously taught math at Nunez Community College in Chalmette, Louisiana, for three years. She received her B.S. in Mathematics from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2001, her M.S. in Mathematics from the University of New Orleans, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Science/Mathematics Education from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. |
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Michael Rayball joins GCC's history department after twelve years as an adjunct faculty member at Scottsdale Community College. During that time, Michael taught a variety of courses, with his primary emphasis on military history, even creating HIS173-United States Military History. His education includes a MA in Educational Technology and an MA in Military History. In addition, he brings an eclectic professional background to GCC, most recently serving as the Commander of the Computer Crimes Division for the Maricopa County Sherrif's Office. |
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Donna Allen is no stranger to the community college. She has been an adjunct instructor at GCC for six years. She attended Phoenix College receiving an A.A. in Liberal Arts before going on to Arizona State University for her B.A. and M.A. She looks forward to serving students at Glendale. |
| No Picture Available | Clarence Ray comes to the GCC Automotive Program with 35 years of experience in the automotive repair industry. He has worked in the automotive program at GCC for the past three years on an OSO basis. When he is not instructing his classes, you can find him working in his shop on one of his collector cars or hot rods. |
