Meet your Writing Coaches
Erik Juergensmeyer
Phone: 970-247-7098
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Erik Juergensmeyer is a professor of English at Fort Lewis College. He joined the College in 2007. Erik's writing courses focus on how rhetoric and writing can improve communication for the public good. His interests include argumentation, community-based learning and research, and conflict resolution. Erik is also coordinator of the Peace and Conflict Studies minor. When he's not reading, teaching, and writing, Erik enjoys spending time outdoors camping, climbing, fishing, and skiing.
Jenny Mason
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Jenny Mason is an award-winning children's author of over 20 nonfiction books. She received an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and an M.Phil from Trinity College Dublin. Jenny is every student's guide-on-the-side for writing, researching, study skills, and time management.
Candace Nadon
Phone: 970-247-7031
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Candace Nadon teaches in the English Department at Fort Lewis College. She is a Fort Lewis alum and received an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Southern Maine and a PhD in English with creative concentration from Georgia State University. In addition to teaching at the Fort, she writes and publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry and is writing her first novel. She has written the instructor manual for a composition textbook and also works as an editor. Candace looks forward to working with the Teacher Education students and is available to assist in all stages of the writing process, from planning to polishing.
Michelle Bonanno
Phone: 970-247-7183
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Michelle Bonanno began teaching at FLC in 2005 and has taught Composition, Honors, and Freshman Seminar courses. She is an FLC alumna and earned an MA in Communication from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2004. Michelle is also the Director of the FLC Writing Center where she has the privilege of learning from (and supervising) insightful, passionate peer educators.