Associate, Adjunct and Affiliate Faculty, Liberal Studies

Cori Adler, B.A., Wesleyan University; M.F.A., University of Colorado; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Cori Adler is a poet and a scholar of American ethnic literature, feminist cultural theory and popular culture studies. She has taught at the University of Colorado and the University of Washington and served on the faculty at Shoreline Community College. She has published numerous poems in literary journals and one chapbook, "The Toothed World." Her dissertation is titled, "Screening the Dream: Hollywood in the Era of Family Values." The instructor teaches in the arts and literature and human services areas of concentration and in the core curriculum.

Frederick Douglass H. Alcorn, Jr., B.A., University of Puget Sound; M.Ed., Seattle University; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Alcorn is presently a doctoral student in the Fielding Graduate University's Educational Leadership and Change Program, Santa Barbara, CA. He has taught coursework in teacher education, sociology, public administration and communication studies at two- and four-year community colleges and universities. He has held supervisory and coordinator positions at Multnomah County Educational Service District in Portland, OR, Puget Sound Education Service District in Renton, WA and a Multicultural Specialist position at the Children's Alliance in Seattle. He was a former Equity Associate at Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Portland, OR. The instructor teaches in the core curriculum.

David Aleguire, A.B., University of Redlands; M.A. (Cmns), Simon Fraser University; Ph.D., University of British Columbia; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. David Aleguire has extensive experience in various aspects of counseling, teaching, social services and community leadership. He worked for eleven years as a child protective services caseworker and court representative and has been a dual diagnosis counselor in halfway houses and group homes. Aleguire has been an instructor with diverse groups ranging in age and grade level from preschool children to graduate students. In recent years he taught reading, ESL, math and social skills at Treasure Island Job Corps center in San Francisco. He has previously taught at Western Washington University and at Denmark Technical College, South Carolina.

Mike Archer, B.A., American University; M.A., Antioch University Seattle; Psy.D., Antioch University Seattle; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Mike Archer has extensive experience providing individual and group treatment for adolescents, adults and families. In addition to his private practice, his background includes working with both in-patient and out-patient treatment of acute and chronic psychological disorders. His areas of specialization include body image issues in men, GLBTQ issues, psychological assessment and eating disorders. The instructor teaches in the psychology area of concentration.

Anna Balint, B.A., Antioch University; M.F.A., Goddard College; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Anna Balint, poet and fiction writer, has a short story collection entitled Horse Thief published by Curbstone Press (2004); two earlier publications are Out of the Box (poems) and Spread Them Crimson Sleeves Like Wings (poems and stories), both published by Poetry Around. Her poems and stories have also appeared in numerous literary publications, including The Briar Cliff Review, Calyx, The Clackamas Review, Raven Chronicles, Caprice and Stringtown. In 2001 she won a "Leading Voices" award from the Starbucks Foundation for her work with youth in the field of creative writing. The instructor teaches in the arts and literature area of concentration.

Jeff Birdsall, B.S., Lesley University/Audubon Expedition Institute; M.A., Naropa University; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Jeff Birdsall has extensive experience in leadership development programs and has been facilitating groups, teaching and directing national service and environmental education programs over the past twenty years. He leads trainings for national service programs and non-profits throughout the country and also serves as an adjunct instructor in Brown University's Leadership Institute. He is passionate about facilitating students' personal, intellectual and spiritual development in their journeys to become effective, caring and responsible leaders in their social and ecological communities. The instructor teaches in the leadership and organizational studies area of concentration.

David C. Bloom, B.A., Macalester College; M.Div., American Baptist Seminary of the West; Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary, adjunct faculty, liberal studies. David Bloom has been an activist on low-income housing and homelessness issues in Seattle for twenty-five years. He served as associate director of the Church Council of Greater Seattle from 1978 to 1997, where he provided leadership on public policy issues, community organizing, civic education and human services. He is a founder of several local organizations that provide shelter, build housing and organize for social change. In 2001, he founded the Interfaith Task Force on Homelessness that organizes the local religious community's response to homelessness. Currently, he directs the Rauschenbusch Center for Spirit and Action. Bloom is an ordained minister. The instructor teaches in the human services and spiritual studies areas of concentration.

Doreen Cato, B.A.Ed., Eastern Michigan University; M.A., LIOS/City University; Ph.D., Seattle University; Antioch University, adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Doreen Cato's community involvement is very extensive. She has volunteered for 27 years in Seattle, Bellevue and Washington state on various boards, commissions, committees and task forces. She was appointed in 1995 to the King County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners by then King County Executive Gary Locke; a member of the National Commissioners Committee on the NAHRO Board; the Minority Executive Directors Coalition, (MEDC); League of Women Voters, and Cultural Reconnection Missions; and a member of Seattle Rotary Downtown Club. In the past she was a core faculty at Leadership Institute of Seattle City University's master's program; and adjunct faculty at Western Washington University Human Services program. Cato has a bachelor's degree in Art Education, a master's in Applied Behavioral Science, with an emphasis on organizational and human systems and a doctorate in Educational Leadership.

Gail Dubin, B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., Drake University; adjunct faculty, liberal studies; associate faculty, psychology. Gail Dubin has worked in social services for more than 20 years as a practitioner, administrator, consultant and trainer. Her areas of specialization include organizational systems, developmental disabilities and child and family work. She is clinical director of Catholic Community Services, King County. The instructor teaches in the psychology area of concentration.

Terri Thomas Elliott, B.A., University of Northern Colorado; M.A., University of Iowa; Ph.D., University of Iowa; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Terri Elliott is a philosopher exploring the limits and the power of language for the creation and revelation of reality. Elliott writes fiction and poetry. She taught in the philosophy department at California State University, Chico for nine years. The instructor teaches in the arts and literature area of concentration.

Melissa Estelle, B.A., Michigan State University; B.A., The Evergreen State College; M.A., The University of Wales, Lampeter; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Melissa Estelle has a wide range of experiences working in higher education, from being a faculty member, academic advisor and writing tutor to working in financial aid and student support. She is currently working on her Ph.D., researching the lives and experiences of Irish-born people in Washington State and British Columbia, Canada, blending her interests in meeting people, fieldwork and travel. The instructor teaches in the prior learning curriculum.

Jay Gabriel, B.A., University of North Texas; M.A., Ph.D., Temple University, adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Jay Gabriel is a cultural anthropologist who has conducted ethnographic research on journalists and news production in North America. His doctoral dissertation is a study of journalistic objectivity as a speaking strategy. His current research interests include media anthropology, globalization of news and media and the representation of "traditional" anthropological subjects.

John E. Galvin, B.A., Maryknoll College; M.A., Maryknoll College; Ph.D., Saybrook Institute; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. A licensed psychologist in Washington state, John Galvin practices as an independent human resources professional, business psychologist and existential psychotherapist. Galvin works with a variety of public and private organizations on a long- and short-term basis while engaged in private coaching and counseling work. Galvin has twenty years of work experience in Asia and speaks fluently in Cantonese and basic PutungWah.

Sue Grant, B.A., Antioch University Seattle; M.A.P., Seattle University; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Sue Grant has had extensive experience in the area of watercolor painting, which she taught at the School of Color & Design in Sydney, Australia. She was a member of Quartermaster Press/Vashon for a number of years, developing and showing water-based and collaged print works both with the group and in private shows. She co-founded and developed the Millennium Artshow at the Blue Heron on Vashon Island, which was designed to encourage and explore a larger vision of art as a source of healing for both artist and viewer. She has also worked in the areas of death and dying, grieving, isolation and loss, and founded a program of healing arts targeted at isolated hospice patients in Seattle. Currently, Grant is a practicing psychotherapist and artist working in the Seattle area. The instructor teaches in the arts and literature area of concentration.

Gin Hammond, M.F.A., American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University / Moscow Art Theatre School; affiliate faculty, liberal studies. A native of San Diego, Gin Hammond has worked steadily across the country at theatres such as The Guthrie, Arena Stage, The Longwharf Theatre, ACT, The Pasadena Playhouse, ART, The Berkshire Theatre Festival and The Studio Theatre. She has also performed internationally at the Moscow Art Theatre and the Roadside Theatre in Heidelberg, Germany. Additionally, Hammond is a grant recipient of the Ford Mellon Foundation for her work on a multi-cultural anthology of plays, under the auspices of Ms. Ruby Dee.

Hilary Hart, B.A., Yale University; M.A., The University of Colorado at Boulder; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Hart works as a writer, lecturer and guardian of a small retreat center on Whidbey Island. Her work addresses our culture's deep and urgent need to recognize and experience the divine presence within life. Particularly, she focuses on the role of feminine mystical consciousness in individual and global spiritual transformation. She practiced Tibetan Buddhism for a number of years before meeting and working with her teacher, a Sheikh from the Naqshbandi Sufi tradition. Her in-depth experience in both traditions supports a unique understanding of the challenge and grace threading through many spiritual paths. The instructor teaches in the spiritual studies area of concentration.

Talal S. Hattar, B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.A., University of Washington; M.A., Georgetown University; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Talal Hattar is presently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington. His dissertation deals with violent identity conflict in the Levant. He has extensive background in political economy.

Alexandra Hepburn, B.A., Sara Lawrence College; M.Ed., Columbia University, Teachers College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; adjunct faculty, psychology. Alexandra Hepburn has extensive experience in the area of death, dying, loss and grief, and founded a hospice program in the 1980s. Her private therapy practice focuses on such themes as identity, loss, life transition and psycho-spiritual growth and incorporates EMDR and hypnotherapy. She leads workshops and groups that center on her passion for exploring the interconnections of spirituality, psychology and transformation. The instructor teaches in the psychology and the spiritual studies areas of concentration.

Blythe Horman, B.A., Harvard University, M.A., Antioch University. Blythe Horman's professional experience included teaching at the Center for Creative Change, the University of Washington's Writer's Program and Edmonds Community College's Organizational Development and Employee Training Office. She believes that teaching and learning are co-creative and collaborative processes in which instructors and students engage in mutual inquiry and meaning making. The instructor teaches in the leadership and organizational studies area of concentration.

Ron Hobbs, B.A., New College of California; N.D., Bastyr University; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Ron Hobbs is a naturopathic physician and educator. For much of his career Hobbs has worked to recruit and train the next generation of naturopathic physicians. He is currently Public Programs Assistant at the Museum of Flight. Hobbs is a Solar system Ambassador for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Hobbs has taught, lectured, and written on topics as diverse as herbal medicine, public health, astronomy, and mountaineering. He is co-author of Treating Arthritis in The Natural Pharmacist Series.

Bette R. Joram, M.Ed., University of Washington; Ph.D. Pacifica Graduate Institute; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Bette Joram has been an adjunct faculty member at Antioch University Seattle since 1989. Joram has taught Jungian Psychology and independent study courses for Bastyr University and has lectured at Edmonds Community College and the C. G. Jung Society, Seattle. She is a past President of the C. G. Jung Society, Seattle. A Washington State Certified Mental Health Counselor, Joram has a Jungian-oriented psychotherapy practice in Seattle. The instructor teaches in the psychology and spiritual studies areas of concentration.

Adeluisa 'Dely' Judal, B.A., California State University, San Diego; M.Ed., Fort Wright College of the Holy Names; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Dely Judal has over fifteen years consulting and training experience in organizational and human development. Judal has expertise in grant compliance training, retreat/group facilitation, communication skills, customer service, cultural competency, case management, mediation, strategic planning, project evaluation, employee-administrative relations, and grant compliance reviews, proposal writing, editing and evaluation. Judal hosts international visiting scholars and students, reads, hikes, travels, and enjoys music, gardening, research, and entertaining.

Marya Sea Kaminski, B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.F.A., University of Washington; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Marya Sea Kaminski is a performer, writer and director based in Seattle. As an actor, Kaminski has been seen at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT, ConWorks and Rebar, as well as Lincoln Center and La Mama ETC in New York. She has created over twenty original solo performances and has premiered her solo work at venues such as the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia, PS122 in New York, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland, and most recently, at the Seattle Foundation's 60th Anniversary Celebration. Her directing credits include: Finer Noble Gases at WET, Springtime at the Harold Prince Theatre and Luck at the Richard Hugo House. She is a Founding Member and Co-Artistic Director of the Washington Ensemble Theatre and has worked as a teaching artist at the University of Washington, the Tacoma Museum of Glass, Freehold Studios, Seattle Center Academy, Coyote Central, Arts Corps, Seattle Academy and Eastside Preparatory School. The instructor teaches in the arts and Literature area of concentration.

Carson Marshall, B.A., M.A., Antioch University Seattle; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Carson Marshall's current interests include designing and facilitating adult, experiential and transformational learning, teaching toward wholeness and guiding large-scale whole system change. He is drawn to helping people create meaningful lives. The instructor teaches in the core curriculum.

Rodger Meinz, B.A., University of Missouri; Ph.D., Texas Tech University; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Rodger Meinz is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Edmonds. He has lectured broadly in Alaska, Hawaii, Washington and Oregon on a variety of issues related to vocational rehabilitation and has self-published a book entitled Employment Counseling with Personality Disorders. In addition to being trained in western clinical psychology, he has studied the transforming properties of other disciplines, including those of the ancient Greeks, the Desert Fathers, the Christian Mystics, Krishnamurti, Zen and Chan Buddhism and Vipassana and Abhidharma Buddhism for well over 30 years. He has also self-published a book entitled Visual Awareness: Releasing the Mind from the Grip of Thought. The instructor teaches in the spiritual studies area of concentration.

Charles Morrison, B.A., M.A., University of Missouri; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. He taught classes in the history of ideas for six years at the Kansas City Art Institute, then became a "hippie in the woods" for six years and attended Antioch Seattle for a year. He has seven children. Morrison teaches and practices Hatha yoga and Buddhist meditation, is a professional speaker and does training in speaking and presentations. He is currently a Human Resources Development Specialist at Blue Cross of Washington and Alaska. The instructor teaches in the core curriculum.

Dickey Nesenger, B.S., School of Journalism, University of Florida; M.F.A., Goddard College; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Dickey Nesenger worked in the film business for 17 years first as an editor and then script supervisor on numerous television commercials, music videos, television series and full-length features. Also a playwright, her works have been staged at The Producer's Club, Looking Glass and American Globe Theatres in New York; The Met Theatre and City Theater in Los Angeles; New Jersey Repertory; Ashland; Minneapolis Playwrights' Center; Boston's Theatre Works and throughout Washington state. She was awarded an individual artist grant from Seattle Arts Commission and was nominated for the Heideman Award for best short play from The Actor's Theatre of Louisville. The instructor teaches in the arts and literature area of concentration.

Jane Place, B.F.A., M.F.A., University of Washington; adjunct faculty, liberal studies, psychology. Place is the Coordinator of Childhaven's Developmental and Creative Therapies Department. She has been an advocate for children, and the adults who work with them, for more than 20 years at the local, state and national levels. Her artwork has been purchased for private and corporate collections. The instructor teaches in the arts and literature area of concentration.

Leslie Rado, B.A., University of Colorado; M.S.W., University of Washington; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; adjunct faculty, liberal studies, psychology. Leslie Rado is currently a clinical social worker in private practice in Seattle. Before 1990, she was a career academic at Purdue and Yale Universities. She has taught workshops for the University of Washington Social Work's Department of Continuing Education and at both Fairhaven College and the Seattle branch of Western Washington University. The instructor teaches in the human services and the psychology areas of concentration.

Phoenix Raine, B.A., Fairhaven College, WWU; M.Ed., Antioch University Seattle, MA., Pacifica Graduate Institute; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Phoenix Raine's focus on intercultural and interdisciplinary education for the adult learner has led her to pursue a Depth/Liberation Psychological approach to equity issues regarding ethnicity, gender, spirituality and socio-economic status. In so doing she has recently approached adult learning though integrating the arts, dialogue and myth into the curriculum. Her dissertation will focus on the inspiration of the nine muses within a liberal arts education. The instructor teaches in the core curriculum.

Tilman Smith, B.A., University of Colorado; M.A., Pacific Oaks College; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Tilman Smith worked at Pacific Oaks College Northwest for many years serving as Student Services Coordinator, core adjunct and core faculty. As Director for Teacher Education at Pacific Oaks Northwest, Smith taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dedicated to anti-racism and anti-bias education, she brings a great deal of experience working with diverse populations. She utilizes her experience and training as an independent consultant to schools, universities and organizations in Washington state. The instructor teaches in the prior learning curriculum.

Annette Toutonghi, B.A., Middlebury College; M.F.A., University of Washington; affiliate faculty, liberal studies. Annette Toutonghi has been living, teaching and performing in the Northwest, on stage and in film, for the last 15 years. She performed with Megan Murphy and Company for the Theatre De La Villette at the National Center for Dance in Paris. She is a voice-over artist as well; credits include the Freddi Fish series, Pajama Sam and Sly Cooper: Honor Among Thieves. Toutonghi has six years experience teaching acting, theatre history and Introduction to Theatre through South Seattle Community College, University of Washington and at Freehold Theatre Studio Lab. The instructor teaches in the arts and literature area of concentration.

Ken Turner, A.A., Peninsula Community College; additional training at Kansas City Art Institute; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Ken Turner has been a professional potter for more than 25 years and has more than 30 years experience working with clay. He is also on the faculty at Bellevue Community College and teaches at Moshier Art Center, with more than nine years of teaching experience. He has exhibited nationally and his work is represented in private and corporate collections. While expansive in his work, he is most famous for his decorative ceramics with gold and platinum embellishments. The instructor teaches in the arts and literature area of concentration.

Kenneth O. Turner, B.S., Georgia Tech; M.Ed. University of Georgia, Athens; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Kenneth Turner has a wide range of science teaching experience, from health/physical education to Outward Bound, ropes courses and mountaineering. He is a member of National Ski Patrol, Seattle Mountain Rescue and the Association for Experiential Education. Turner's mission statement: "To impel my students, colleagues, friends and myself into challenging environments that are fun, safe and educational."

Mark Wicks, B.S.S.W., University of North Dakota, M.S.W., University of Washington School of Social Work; Ph.D., University of Washington College of Education; adjunct faculty, liberal studies. Mark Wicks works as a medical student counselor and as clinical faculty at the UW School of Medicine and the UW School of Social Work. He is an experienced therapist for persons facing loss associated with chronic illness, life-threatening illness, trauma and bereavement. His other interests include the integration of spirituality, cross-cultural awareness and personal death awareness. The instructor teaches in the psychology area of concentration.

Isadora Arévalo Wong, B.A., B.S., University of Texas at Austin; M.A., Antioch University Seattle. Wong has an extensive background in teaching and counseling. As a psychotherapist, her areas of interest include animal-assisted therapy, mind/body approaches, adolescent issues and the mental health concerns of people of color. She has taught numerous college-level classes in psychology, counseling and social justice topics. Wong is also an activist for environmental causes, animal rights and immigrant rights issues.