Faculty

 

Heather Foran, History

 

 

Duane Simonds, Mathematics

 

Inspiration:
I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. ~ Henry David Thoreau

 

Related Activities:
 Mathematics Instructor, Southern Maine Community College (2008-present)

Mathematics Teacher, Old Orchard Beach High School, Maine (2006-2008)
 Mathematics Teacher, Windham High School, Willimantic, Connecticut (2006)
 Mathematics Teacher, Rogers High School, Newport, Rhode Island (2002-2004)
 Mathematics Instructor, University of Connecticut- Avery Point (1999-2000)
 Mathematics Instructor, University of Maine-Augusta (1990-1993)
 Mathematics Teacher, Mount View High School, Thorndike, Maine (1989-1995)

 

Education:
 B.A., Mathematics, The University of Connecticut-Storrs (1968)
 M.A., Mathematics, Bowdoin College (National Science Foundation Fellowship), Brunswick, Maine (1974)

 Graduate Education courses, University of Maine-Orono (1991-1993)
 Graduate Education courses, Eastern Connecticut State University-Willimantic (2006)
 AP Calculus Institute, Southern New Hampshire University-Manchester (2007)

 

 

Noël Thibodeau, French and Spanish

 

Related Activities:

 French/Spanish Faculty, Drama Moderator, St. Dominic Regional High School, Auburn, Maine (1999-2009)

 French/Spanish Faculty, Holy Name Catholic Jr. Sr. High School, Worcester, Massachusetts (1997-1999)

Education:

 M.A. in Teaching, French, University of Maine-Orono (1997)

 Coursework at L'Universite du Maine, Le Mans, France (1997)

 Coursework at L'Universite de Paris X, Nanterre, France (1989-1990)

 B.A., Romance Languages with Theatre minor, University of Maine-Orono (1993)

 

 

Leah Titcomb, English 

 

Inspiration:
“The heartbeats I felt in the womb — two heartbeats, at once, my mother’s and my own — are heartbeats of the land. All of life drums and beats, at once, sustaining a rhythm audible only to the spirit. […] like a ruffed grouse on a log, beating, hearts beating — like a bittern in the marsh, beating, hearts beating.” ~ Terry Tempest Williams, Refuge

 

Related Activities:
 Published articles in No Umbrella newspaper

 Author of Thru A Woman’s Eyes
 Editorial staff of The Pitkin Review (2010- present)
 Natural History Teacher, Chewonki Foundation, Wiscasset, Maine (2009-2010) College Professor, Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona (2008)
 Outdoor Classroom Teacher, Chewonki Foundation, Wiscasset, Maine (2007 – 2008)
 Wilderness Trip Leader, Chewonki Foundation, Wiscasset, Maine (summers 2007- present)
 Science Teacher, Okemo Mountain School, Ludlow, Vermont (2006-2007)
 English Teacher, Lincoln Elementary, Prescott, Arizona (2006) 

 

Education:

 MFA, Creative Writing, Goddard College (Dec. 2011)
 BA, Prescott College, Prescott, AZ (May 2006)
 

 

Loraine Washburn, Science and Math

 

Inspiration:

“If the biota, in the course of aeons, has built something we like but do not understand, then who but a fool would discard seemingly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering." ~ Aldo Leopold, Round River

 

Related Activities:
 Lecturer, Biology Department, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine (2005 & 2008)
 Board Member, Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust, Brunswick, Maine (2003-present)
 Visiting Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (1990-2001)

 Environmental Educator and Museum Services Coordinator, Thames Science Center, New London, Connecticut (1979-1983)

Education:
 B.A. Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (1978)
 Ph.D. Biology, University of California-Los Angeles (1990)