SANDY WOODSON
EDUCATION_________________________________________________________
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
MA in Philosophy, 1999
Specialized in environmental ethics; completed a thesis on Hindu metaphysics as a
foundation for environmental ethics titled Callicott’s Criteria for Environmental Ethics
and Advaita Vedanta.
University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
MFA in Creative Writing, 1998
Specialized in creative nonfiction; completed a thesis comprised of a collection of essays
titled Tornadoes and Other Quarrels.
North Carolina State University
BA in Multi-Disciplinary Studies, 1990
Developed and completed a program of study titled “Global Futures” and minored in
Science, Technology and Society.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
Senior Lecturer and Writing Consultant, Undergraduate Advisor for
Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies, 2006-present
• Provide advising for undergraduate students, including transfer credit, course
substitution and LAIS requirements.
• Review coursework for transfer credit; review writing samples for placement
in core course (NHV); assess AP and IB equivalencies.
• Teach Introduction to Ethics, Environmental Ethics Senior Seminar, Nature
and Human Values.
• Facilitate the emerging Humanitarian Engineering Minor.
• Prepare assessment of LAIS senior semiars for accreditation examination.
Lecturer and Writing Consultant, Undergraduate Advisor for Division of
Liberal Arts and International Studies, 2003-2006
• Provide advising for all students on campus with questions about transfer
credit, course substitutions and LAIS requirements.
• Review coursework for transfer credit.
• Represent the Division at recruiting events, usually by giving oral
presentations about departmental offerings to students and their parents.
• Teach core course “Nature and Human Values,” as well as other upper level
courses in ethics or technical communication.
Lecturer and Writing Consultant, 1999-2003
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Taught core course “Nature and Human Values,” as well as other upper level
courses in ethics or technical communications.
Tutored in Campus Writing Center, often with graduate students.
Facilitated of writing workshops for Graduate School and revision of Thesis
Writer’s Manual (2000 & 2004).
Guest lectured in other CSM courses on Hinduism, Logical Fallacies.
Front Range Community College, Fort Collins, Colorado
Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy, 1995-1996
• Taught introductory level philosophy courses.
• Participated in development of course and departmental objectives.
• Tutored undergraduate students.
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Member of Student Literacy Corps, 1994
• Tutored adult learners preparing for General Equivalency Diploma;
instruction mathematics, reading and writing skills.
TEACHING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
Courses Taught
Colorado School of Mines
• Nature and Human Values (Recitation, Seminar and Shortform)
• Senior Seminar in Ethics
• Senior Seminar in Environmental Ethics
• Introduction to Ethics
• Senior Seminar in Science, Technology and Ethics (McBride Honors
Program)
• Environmental Engineering Field Session
• Freshman Success Seminar
• EPICS II
University of Montana
• Freshman Composition (as a graduate student)
• Creative Writing—Fiction and Nonfiction (as a graduate student)
Front Range Community College
• Introduction to Philosophy
• Logic
• Ethics (independent study)
Colorado State University
• Introduction to Philosophy (as a graduate student)
Writing Across the Curriculum (CSM)
Reading and assessing final reports for the EPICS program (2002 & 2003)
Instruction in technical communication for Environmental Engineering Field Session
(2001-2004).
Revision of Thesis Writers Manual and accompanying, annual Thesis Writer’s Workshop
(2000-present).
Course Development
Ethics—Introduction to Ethics
Senior Seminar in Environmental Ethics
Revision of curriculum for Nature and Human Values to include a Case Study Analysis
(2004).
Facilitated an ethics seminar to help Nature and Human Values faculty teach ethics
(2005).
Contributor to Nature and Human Values reading and assignment pool.
PUBLICATIONS
Creative Nonfiction
“Coming Down” in The Cimarron Review. Fall, 1998.
“A Pure and Lovely Flame” in The Bellevue Literary Review, Spring 2006.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Departmental
Liberal Arts and International Studies
Member of the Communications Committee (2002-present).
Member of the Scheduling Committee (2003-present).
Member of Curriculum Committee (2003-present).
Member of Kafadar Awards Committee (2003-present).
Member Search Committee for Assistant Professor in Writing Program (2004) and
Lecturer in Writing Program (2005).
Member of Assessment Committee (2005-present).
Represent LAIS at CSM recruiting functions: Discover, Explore, Preview (2003-present).
Undergraduate Advisor (2003-present).
Represent LAIS at seminars/meetings relevant to advising, e.g., the Colorado
Commission of Higher Education Faculty Forum on transfer credits, legal issues in
advising (2005).
Campus-wide
Faculty advisor for three student organizations: The Women’s Frisbee Team (since
2001), the Circle K Club (since 2001), and the Role-playing Club (since 2003).
Twice a faculty advisor for EPICS II teams (2003 & 2005)
Search committee for CSM Academic Advisor (2005)
AWARDS RECEIVED
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An alternate for the Jacob J. Javits Fellowship (1998).
Winner of the Associated Writing Programs (AWP) “Intro Award” for
new writers (1998).
Named Advising Champion (Colorado School of Mines) 2005.
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Named Outstanding CSM Faculty Member in Liberal Arts and
International Studies (Colorado School of Mines) 2005.
Winner Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty Award
annually since 2003.