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Instructors Watkins General Education faculty is a dedicated group of scholars with diverse backgrounds and impressive credentials. They bring to our classrooms years of academic experience and a singular dedication to the art of education. Our instructors are widely published in both academic and literary journals. General Education faculty at Watkins both appreciate and nurture the nature of the creative spirit.   Cliff McMahon Director, General Education - Art Historian B.A., Hendrix College, Philosophy; M.A., University of Mississippi, Art History; Ph.D.,University of St. Andrews - Scotland, Art History Dr. McMahon's major interests lie in 20th Century Modernism and modes of cross-cultural analysis. He also has a secondary interest in the interaction of technology and art. McMahon has been an instructor at the university level for over 10 years, has taught on three continents and spent part of the summer of 2006 participating in a conference on Art and Metaphysics at IU-Bremen. He has published a book on the theory of the sublime and is currently doing research on Richard Diebenkorn. McMahon also has a personal interest in expanding the reach of art historical analysis to the K-12 level.  Matthew Bond Instructor - English Composition B.A. Wesleyan University, English ; M. A. Middle Tennessee State University, English Matthew Bond previously taught English at Middlesex Community College, University of Kentucky, Lexington Community college and Volunteer State Community College. Bond has been published in several journals including Number One, Great River Review and Pacific Coast Journal. He has been invited to deliver papers at a number of conferences in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and Florida. In addition to his formal education, Mr. Bond also studied with Guy Davenport. Dr. Kevin Dodd Instructor - Philosophy, World Religions, Mythology B. A., Southern California College, Biblical Studies. M. A., Fuller Theological Seminary, Religion. Ph. D., Vanderbilt University, Religion, with a minor in Philosophy. Dr. Dodd has taught at Fuller Theological Seminary, Western Kentucky State University and the University of St. Francis. He has been published in Studia Biblica et Theologica, Collateral Damage, Religious Studies Review and The Lamp Post of the Southern California C. S. Lewis Society. Andrea Hewett Instructor - English Literature B. A., English, and an M. A., English and Creative Writing, University of Southern Mississippi. Ms. Hewett is currently a Doctoral Candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Southern Mississippi Center for Writers. Her major figure of concentration is the New York School of Poets. Ms. Hewett’s poetry has been published in the Mississippi Review,The Salt Fork Review, Word Riot and Poetry Motel. Doug Hoekstra Instructor - English Composition B.A. DePaul University, English/Creative Writing; M.Ed Belmont University, English Besides teaching English Doug Hoekstra is also a singer-songwriter and prose stylist, who has toured the United States and Europe extensively, releasing seven CD's on independent labels on both sides of the Atlantic. In the prose department, his short fiction and non-fiction has appeared in numerous literary journals, and this past year, he garnered a Pushcart Prize nomination for his tale "The Blarney Stone". His first book, "Bothering the Coffee Drinkers" was published in 2006. Visit his web site Martin Kleinrock Instructor - Science B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara, Geological Sciences; M.S. University of California, San Diego, Earth and Ocean Sciences; Ph.D. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, Earth and Ocean Sciences The lone scientist on the Watkins faculty, Martin Kleinrock comes with a background in interdisciplinary scientific research and education that spans over 25 years. He earned his B.A. in Geological Sciences from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. After spending two years at the University of Hawaii, he joined the faculty of the MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography for five years. He then came to Nashville as a Vanderbilt University professor where he remained for eight years. He also served as Associate Director of Ocean Drilling Programs for the Joint Oceanographic Institutions in Washington, DC. He has authored over 30 refereed articles for scientific journals as well as producing many other papers, books, etc., edited a scientific journal, served on numerous national and international committees and panels, and led numerous oceanographic expeditions. Dr. Kleinrock has rounded out his experience and perspective as an educator by teaching science and math in secondary schools and developing the new course "History of Scientific Thought" at Watkins in Fall 2006. Eloise Kooima Instructor - Contemporary Social Issues M.A., Dartmouth College, Policy Studies. Juris Doctor, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, D. C. Ms. Kooima’s focus of study at Dartmouth was Philosophy and the Policy Making Process. Her thesis regarded the Jeffersonian Model for the Family Farm. She has worked as a critical care R.N., as a Consultant for San Diego Medical Review and Research, at the law firm of Chaiken and Karp in Washington, D.C. and as a research assistant at Dartmouth Medical School. Ms. Kooima was also a classical piano instructor in Washington, D.C. She is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association. Dr. James Quirin Instructor - History B.A., University of Oregon, History. M.A., University of Oregon, History. Ph.D., University of Minnesota, History. Besides being a member of the faculty at Watkins, Dr. Quirin is also a Professor of History and Director of the Honors Program at Fisk University, and is an Adjunct Professor of History at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Quirin was a Pew Fellow in 1993-94. His major area of research is Ethiopian history and the Horn of Africa. His thesis regarded the history of the Ethiopian Jews and he has done research on contemporary Ethiopia, Sudan Eritrea, and Somalia Dr. Quirin is the author of, The Evolution of the Ethiopian Jews: A History of the Beta Israel to 1920, published by University of Pennsylvania Press. He is the editor of Readings for the World and Its Peoples, Tapestry Press. He has published numerous articles for academic journals including, Tennessee Historical Quarterly, and the Journal of African History. Dr. Brian Ray Instructor - English M. A., University of South Dakota, English Literature. Doctor of Arts, English Literature, Middle Tennessee State University. Besides being a faculty member at Watkins, Dr. Ray is a professor at Nashville State Technical Institute. He has experience teaching courses in Middle and Old English Language and Literature, Romance Literature, Arthurian Literature, Renaissance Drama, including Shakespeare and Chaucer. He has taught Sixteenth and Fourteenth Century Verse and Prose. His specialty is Middle and Old English Language, Literature and Culture. Nancy Roche Instructor - English, Creative Writing B.S., Murray State University, Sociology. B. S., Vanderbilt University, Nursing. M. F. A., Brown University, Creative Writing. Completed the Summer Writing Program at Naropa Institute. Ms. Roche has studied with such noted writers as Allen Ginsberg, C.D. Wright, Ann Waldman, Edmund White and Michael Ondaatje. Published in numerous literary publications, including The Southern Poetry Review, The Vanderbilt Poetry Review and Clerestory. Her book, Adoption Is Another Word for Love, is an international best seller. She has just completed her first novel. Nicki Pendleton Wood Instructor - English, Media Studies B.A., The University of the South-Sewanee, Tennessee, English. M. A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, English Literature. Before joining the Watkins faculty, Ms. Wood was a professor of Media Studies at Cambridge Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, England. She has also been a freelance writer for The Wall Street Journal since 1998. Visit her web site |
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