Learning and Teaching Cooperative

Faculty & Tutors

Anne Maxham, Director of Writing at Antioch University Seattle, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Idaho. Her research interests include adult learning and writing apprehension, writing communities, and qualitative research methodology.

Bryan Tomasovich, faculty coordinator of the LT Coop, holds an M.A. from New York University and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His areas of interest are composition and rhetoric, modern and postmodern American literature, poetry and playwriting and publishing. Before teaching at Antioch, he was an assistant professor of English and environmental studies at the University of Puget Sound. In addition to a book of poetry published in spring, 2005, Ouisconsin: The Dead in Our Clouds, his writing has appeared in journals such as ISLE, the Massachusetts Review, Nimrod, Jubilat, DIAGRAM and 5 Trope. In addition to teaching, he has worked in fields such as advertising and journalism.

Angie Lead has a B.A. in American Ethnic Studies from the University of Washington and a master's in Second and Foreign Language Education with a concentration in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from Soka University of America. Angie has six years experience teaching English to junior and senior high school students in Japan. Angie is now working on her M.A. in Education and is enrolled in the First People's program at the Muckleshoot Tribal College through Antioch’s Graduate Teacher Preparation program. She expects to complete her M.A. in Education and receive her teaching certification in 2008. After graduation Angie aspires to work as a middle school social studies teacher in one of the tribal schools in Washington state.

Andrea Nash (Lily) has a B.A. in Visual and Theater Arts from the Evergreen State College. Lily has devoted much of her life to the studying and teaching of writing. She worked as a tutor at the Pratt Institute in New York for four years and has taught at the preschool level, at inner-city community centers and as an ESL/ELL teacher abroad as well. Lily loves to make art, theater and music. She loves to read student writing and to assist with clarification of vision and expression. Her very favorite tutoring and teaching activity is the recognition that she has made herself irrelevant through the empowerment of her students. Lily is a graduate student in the Environment and Community program within the Center for Creative Change.

Sheria Rosenthal holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Hilo and is currently working on her master's in Education at Antioch. Upon completion of an M.Ed., and earning a K-8 teaching certificate, she plans to teach middle school math and science in the Seattle community. Sheria has two years experience as a substitute teacher for pre-K through 12th grade. When she is not busy with academics, her passion for dance keeps her busy. She was a member of the University of Hawaii at Hilo Dance Ensemble and has trained in ballet, jazz, modern and musical theater. Sheria continues to perform as a dancer in Seattle and is pursuing an additional teaching endorsement in dance.

Mark Rozema holds a B.S. in English from Northern Arizona University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. His academic interests include environmental writing, literature of the American West and poetry. Before entering the Environment and Community program in Antioch's Center for Creative Change, Mark worked as a community college instructor, a commercial fisherman and the co-manager of a group home for developmentally disabled adults. He writes poetry and fiction.