JoAnne Church

Biographical Information

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In 1978, I was hired as the Learning Center Director with the task of establishing a Learning Center on campus. As Director, I taught six different study skills workshops each semester, tutored students in a variety of courses, developed learning strategies for individual students, and referred students to appropriate counseling assistance.

While I was Director of the Learning Center, I also taught part-time in the English Department, teaching composition and literature courses. In 1984, I was offered a full-time teaching position in the English Department where I have remained ever since. In addition to my master's degreee in English, I have earned over 60 semester hours toward a Ph.D. in 19th and 20th century literature at Washington State University.

Awards that I have received include the Burlington Northern Outstanding Teaching Award, two Outstanding Faculty Awards from A.S.U.G.F., and the Cultural Diversity Award.

Areas of Interest

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American Literature
Minority Lieterature
Crime and Detective Fiction
Women's Literature

Publications

Montana Committee for the Humanities, "Beloved," and Montana writers

C.M. Russell Museum, "Washington Irving and the Hudson River School"

Great Falls Festival of the Book, "Montana Writers"

AAUW, "Celebrating Women's History"

Save the Bridge Foundation, "Bridges in American Literature"

Great Falls High Cowboy Poetry Confernce, "Writing Poetry"

UGF Women's Writers conference, Moderator

Train the Security Trainer Seminar, "Writing Professional Reports"

Montana Education Association, "Strategies for Writing Teachers"

Montana Indian Education Asociation, "Study Skills Development"