 English Program
Faculty
Justus Ballard: jballar9@chemeketa.edu
Justus Ballard received his BA in English from UCLA and his MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University. He teaches composition, creative writing, and film, and he is the Managing Editor of Building 45, Chemeketa's online literary/arts journal. His novellette "The Cubist Infant" was published by Cloverfield Press in 2006. His heroes are Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett, and Thomas Pynchon, but apart from that he's a reasonably nice person. If you still find yourself yearning to know more about him, visit his faculty blog.
Donna Bernhisel: 503-365-4778, dbernhis@cp.chemeketa.edu
Sydney Darby: 503-315-4283, dars@chemeketa.edu
Kevin Dye: 503 399-6052, kdye2@chemeketa.edu
Marjorie Ferry: 503-399-5103, ferm@chemeketa.edu
I'm Marjorie Ferry, an instructor of writing and literature. I was educated at Bryn Mawr College (BA in Russian),
Yale University (PhD in Slavic Literature) and University of Oregon (MA in English). I've been teaching at Chemeketa
since 1981, and my specialties are WR121, ENG 107,108 and 109 World Literature, ENG250 Introduction to Mythology and
Folklore, ENG260 Literature by Women Writers, ENG261 Science Fiction, ENG104 Introduction to Fiction and ENG105
Introduction to Drama. In addition to teaching, I love travel, gardening, learning languages and reading mysteries,
science fiction and books about travel and life in other countries.
Tammy Jabin: 503-315-4282, tjabin@chemeketa.edu
Tammy Jabin, a former Chemeketa student, earned her BA in English and Spanish from Willamette University, and her MA in English from Portland State university. She has been teaching composition (mostly WR122 and WR123) and Literature (Intro to Fiction, Intro to Drama, Intro to Poetry, Latin American Literature, World Lit, Shakespeare) at Chemeketa since 2001. Tammy is currently serving as one of the coordinators of the College Writing Center, and is active in promoting Learning Communities at Chemeketa. Tammy's classes are challenging, but also interactive and fun. She has high expectations for her students, and strives for a classroom environment in which it is comfortable to ask questions and make mistakes. Tammy can't imagine a job she would like more--okay she can imagine a couple, but she really loves teaching, and helping students develop the tools that they need to be successful.
Bob LeRoy: 503-399-8697, lerb@chemeketa.edu
Eva Payne: 503-589-7827, epayne1@chemeketa.edu
After a varied work background that included being a waitress, truck driver, legal secretary, and professional firefighter, I went to
Oregon State as an older-than-average student and earned a B.A. in English, an M.A. in Rhetoric and Composition, and a Master's of Arts in
Teaching. My teaching style centers on active student participation. Active participation depends on regular, prepared attendance and is a critical
component of success. My classes often have a hybrid component: information will be available to you in person and on the Web. Typically I
teach WR227 (technical writing) and ENG106 (Poetry as Literature). Sometimes I get to teach WR115, WR121, and WR122. As
English Program chair, my time has been split between teaching and chair duties. As a firm believer in advising, please feel free to
contact me for any support I can offer you to help you meet your academic goals.
Steve Richardson: 503-399-6156, rics@chemeketa.edu
Jill Rupert: 503-399-2548, jrupert3@chemeketa.edu
I've been teaching writing and literature for 14 years, and I've been at Chemeketa since 2003. I teach WR 121, WR 122,
WR 199, Shakespeare, and English Literature and I'm one of the College Writing Center coordinators. I hold a B.A. from
Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Steve Slemenda: 503-399-6237, sles@chemeketa.edu
Jeremy Trabue: 503-399-6053, jtrabue@chemeketa.edu
I've been teaching English at the college level since January of 2000, just after completing my MA in English in December
1999. I started out teaching composition, rhetoric, and literature at the University of West Georgia, in Carrollton,
Georgia. After two years there, my wife and I joined the Peace Corps and I taught content-based English as a Second
Language at the National University of Moldova. After returning to the US and settling in Portland in February of 2003,
I began teaching at Chemeketa that summer. I achieved "regular status" at the end of Spring 2006. Currently,
I'm most interested in American poetry from Whitman to the post-WW2 era; I have a special affinity for the Beat writers
(Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, et al). At Chemeketa, I also teach EN 104 and 106 (Intro to Literature
and Intro to Poetry) and WR 241 and 242 (Imaginative Writing: Fiction and Poetry) in regular face-to-face format on the Salem
Campus. I also teach a WR 245: Imaginative Writing: Advanced Poetry course online.
Jan VanStavern: 503-365-4728, jvanstav@chemeketa.edu
Jan VanStavern has been teaching at Chemeketa since 2007, and received her M.A. and Ph.D. from University of California at Davis. She specializes in creative writing (poetry, creative non-fiction, and soon, Children's Literature writing), literature (poetry, fiction, Shakespeare), and composition. Her poetry chapbook Round New World is being released by Conflux Press in fall 2008--a series of lyric poems on adopting her daughter from China. Jan works as Coordinator for Chemeketa's guest writer series, "Chemeketa Writes," volunteers in the Chemeketa Writing Center, and serves on the "Chemeketa Reads" committee. She teaches both online and face to face classes, and is excited to help students feel at home in academia and learn to write with intelligence and style.
Don't see your instructor? Call the Humanities Department at 503-399-5184
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