Dr. Jeff Morris
Associate Professor of English
Education: Ph.D. English, Penn State University, 1994; M.A. English, Penn State University, 1989; B.A. English, Boise State University, 1986. Areas of research or interests include: The English renaissance-specifically authors like John Milton and William Shakespeare, a highly interactive and responsive online edition of Macbeth for a Los Angeles publisher, and is currently working on an online edition of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. Other accomplishments include: Fulbright Scholarship to Egypt, 2005; Writer for Montana Magazine; Participant in International Milton Symposium in Grenoble, France.
Dr. Cheryl Conover
Assistant Professor
Education: B.A., Ohio University; M.A. and Ph.D., West Virginia University. Areas of research or interests include: British Victorian Literature and Australian Literature. Also traveled on a Fulbright trip to Australia-summer 2005.
"One of the most positive aspects about teaching at Carroll is the small class size; I get to know my students as people, not just as grades in my grade book. I enjoy teaching all of the classes I teach, but especially revel in the introductory literature classes. Watching students realize that literature, especially poetry, can be fun to read gives me a real rush! I also appreciate the small classes, congenial colleagues, genuinely nice students at Carroll."
Dr. Debra Bernardi
Associate Professor
Education: Phd, U of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996; MA, U of Wisconsin-Madison; AB, Franklin and Marshall College. Areas of research or interests include: American literature (with a specialty in nineteenth-century American literature, especially women writers and feminist theory), contemporary popular culture, especially television, horror, and westerns. Dr. Bernardi is also working on a book on American women writers in Italy and has co-edited a book titled Our Sisters' Keepers: Nineteenth-Century Benevolence Literature by American Women. She has also published numerous essays, and writes movie and television reviews and columns for a local Helena paper.
"Because Carroll is small, I get to work with our students over a number of years, seeing them in several classes. This way I really get to see my students grow and develop intellectually.
"Our students read their work, along with other students and professional writers, at the Carroll Literary Festival ; they also can have their work published in our literary magazine Colors (there is usually a reading in town to celebrate the publication). I also encourage students to present their work more widely: this year a recent graduate and I are both reading our essays at a popular culture conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico."
Dr. Ron Stottlemyer
Professor of English
Education: Ph.D. , University of Arizona, 1983. Areas of research or interests: Medieval English Literature, especially Middle-English mystical writers; ancient Greek and Latin writers, particularly Homer, Virgil, and Ovid; Tolkien; English Grammar; world mythology; and linguistics. Dr. Stottlemyer is also advisor to the college's astronomy club that sponsors viewings of the heavens' wonders at several local observatories and dark-sky locations. He has been awarded three National Endowment for the Humanities awards to attend Summer Seminars, which are awarded competitively through national competitions, and has delivered numerous papers on medieval English mystics at professional conferences across the United States as well as the conferences at Oxford, Cambridge, and the University of Leeds in England.
"I love teaching not one class, but a variety of classes that include writers such as Chaucer, Homer, Virgil, Tolkien, and world myths. I'm delighted to offer students upper-division courses in the form of an Oxford or Cambridge tutorial in the relaxed atmosphere of my office surrounded by my library of literary works. Tommie, my 85 lbs. friendly bear of a dog, sleeps contentedly as we explore works of literature."
Dr. Kay Satre
Associate Professor, Department of Languages and Literature
Education: Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst; M.A., Boston College; B.A. Carroll College. Areas of research or interests include: Victorian Literature (especially big fat novels by writers like the Brontes, Dickens, and Eliot), The Family in Literature, Literary Theory and, especially, feminist theories. Dr. Satre also enjoys teaching Expository Writing because "it's so rewarding to work with students as they develop their writing muscle (through drafting and revising) and gain power to create pieces that are meaningful for themselves and their readers." She also find that working closely with motivated students and supportive, talented colleagues is very rewarding at Carroll.
"When I first came to Carroll as an undergraduate, I thought I'd maybe be here for a year, tops. Now, more than 30 years later, recalling this makes me laugh. I've come "back" to Carroll three separate times, in between other life experiences and stints at graduate school; this last time back, I've stayed for nearly 20 years. I can't fully explain Carroll's attraction, but I have found my life here, working with students and colleagues, seeking knowledge and understanding, enjoying this beautiful and humble spot."