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Social sciences would like to welcome our newest residential faculty member: Dr. Lillian Spencer (ASM). We also welcome the following new adjunct faculty members: Renee Barstack (EDU), Dr. Laura Bidner (ASM), Patrick Crowley (SOC), Jackie Davidson (SOC,SWU), Jon Flashnick (HIS), Dr. Bruce Kimzey (ECN), JoAnna Klinge (GCU), Shelby Manney (ASB), Alexandra Miller (ASB), Carolyn Miller (EDU), Dr. Penny Minturn (ASB), Jennifer Page (SWU), Dr. Vanessa Rector-Booker (EDU), and Kristie Smith (SOC).
Trying to contact a faculty member? Check the Department's faculty directory for email and phone numbers. Lost your syllabus or want to investigate a future class? See the syllabus page.
Department superstars: Congratulations to Dr. Linda Smith (Anthropology/Archaeology). Dr. Smith participated in the National Endowment for the Humanities' Andean Worlds Institute. Dr. Smith was chosen following a highly competitive national application process. 
Congratulations to Dr. Carol Jenkins (Sociology). Dr. Jenkins, Professor of Sociology here at Glendale Community College, is the recipient of this year's prestigious American Sociological Association's Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award. Her contributions to teaching about rural communities have been profound and she has been a champion of including issues of diversity in the curriculum. She is a leader in efforts at articulation of courses across institutional settings, an expert on student assessment and undergraduate curriculum transformation, has contributed to the scholarship on teaching and learning including valuable resource materials and has provided extensive organization leadership and training across institutional settings.
This is the highest national academic (teaching and learning) award given by the ASA and the first given to a Community College faculty member. The award will be given in Boston in August.
Have you heard Hannes Kvaran? Economics instructor Hannes Kvaran performs mostly self-composed extended stories on guitar and voice. These include his musical biographies of Galileo and Columbus, his allegorical histories of the U.S. and European philosophy, and his latest composition, a 13th century Icelandic saga. Check out his next gig!
So how much rain have we gotten? GCC's meteorologist Lynn Newman maintains the weather station which records it all, providing live data updates every minute. Have we broken any records lately? When did it rain last? Check it out.
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