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Instructor: Diane Rzeszewski

Main area of instruction at COD: Speech Communication

Collateral areas of instruction at COD: Political Science, History, Humanities

Years at COD: 27

Occupation: College teacher

Best decisions I ever made:

1. to marry Ted, an brilliant electrical engineer
2. to finish my master's degree
3. to get involved in CODAA and to serve as president this year

Worst decisions I ever made:

1. to try to run my children's lives after they are all grown up
2. to not finish my doctorate when I was on page 103 in my dissertation.
3. to hesitate in working with CODAA

Strengths as a teacher:

1. my classes are fun
2. my classes are personally enriching
3. my classes are intellectually stimulating

Shortcomings as a teacher:

1. assuming students know things they don't
2. patience runs thin sometimes
3. not firm on due dates

What am I proud of in my life:

1. Worked for civil rights, women's rights, environmental rights, union rights
2. Reduced significantly the number of potato chips in the world
3. Built confidence and skills in students who lacked them

What do I want to accomplish in the future:

1. Grow CODAA
2. Get thin
3. Get a full time job

Where else do I teach ?

1. at a private, for profit university
2. at two private, not-for-profit, Catholic universities
3. at a private, not-for-profit, secular university

What kind of students do I teach ?

1. adults who are returning to finish their degrees--a joy to teach
2. young adults who are bright, educated and talented--a pleasure to teach
3. young adults who are unmotivated, unskilled, and undereducated--a challenge to teach

What is the range of compensation I receive for teaching a course ?

1. low end, about $1200.00 for one course (24 contact hours), averaging $50.00 per hour in the classroom
2. high end, about $1900.00 for one course (24 contact hours), averaging $79.00 per hour in the classroom
3. COD, about $2200.00 for one course (55 contact hours), averaging $40.00 per hour in the classroom

How can you reach me ? rzeszews@xnet.com

Instructor: Laurie Steele
Division:Liberal Arts
Classes Taught:Art 274, 275, 276: Intro to Printmaking, Intaglio/Etching, Lithography.
Description: Printmaker, photographer, educator

Concurrent positions: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Printmedia Department; Elmhurst College, Art Department.

Awards:I have won several grants and awards for my work, I have work in private collections in the United States Europe, Korea, and Japan.

Interesting Facts: My homestate is Iowa, my hometown is on the Mississippi. I transferred from Iowa State ( Go Clones ! ) to SAIC and received my BFA and MFA there.
My dog's name is Rusty (Boomer) and I have two parakeets who sing all day long.

Instructor: James T. Durkin
Division: Liberal Arts / Fast Track
Classes Taught: American Politics 101

Recent Accomplishments: Author of "In My Dreams".   ( Book is available at the College of DuPage bookstore for $15.00 (plus tax) until December 5th ).
Contact me for further information.

Interesting Facts: Decided in graduate school to give charitable time to change how we fund our public schools in Illinois. (Sadly, cannot say we have been successful.)
Have had number of letters published on this complex policy in Illinois Issues, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and many other newspapers in our state.

Instructor: Susan Dreghorn
Division: Liberal Arts
Classes taught: Classes taught (in classroom and CIL): English 101, 102, 103, 105, 130;
Writing Center Consultant;
Writing Placement Evaluator
Affiliations: NCTE Study Group on Working Conditions at COD, 1997-1998

Awards:

• Outstanding PT Faculty Award (English) 1998
• Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 1998;1999

CODAA endeavors:
CODAA Interim Co-Chair, 1998-1999
CODAA Treasurer, 1999-2000
CODAA Newsletter Editor & Membership, 2000-2001

Background: M.A. English, Western Connecticut State University
Secondary Certification in New York and Illinois;
7 years at COD

Instructor: Vicki T. Root
Division: Liberal Arts and CIL ( Lead instructor in anthropology in the CIL )
Classes taught: Anthropology 100, 105, 120, 125, 130
Affiliations: President, CODAA 2001

Awards: Outstanding PT faculty awards, 1991 and 2001

Projects: In process of writing a book on working in restaurants and the restaurant subculture

CODAA endeavors: Working to pass HB 1720; attempting to get CODAA recognized by the Board of Trustees

Interesting Facts: Proud owner of an extroverted macaw that disassembles computer keyboards, removes knobs from audio equipment, tries to answer the telephone, and deletes computer files

Instructor: Oleh Sydor
Division: Liberal Arts
Classes Taught: Computer Art 266, 267, 268

Recent Accomplishments:

• This Website
• Currently producing a multimedia portfolio on CD-ROM as a showcase for my images, video clips, interactive animations and music.
• ( Work in progress ): Currently writing a book on HTML / Web Design. It is aimed at the beginning-to-intermediate Web designers and covers basic syntax, text formatting, images and optimization, tables, forms, frames, stylesheets, audio / video on Web pages, JavaScript, design considerations, and legal aspects of Web design.
• Ongoing : Running my own Web design / computer graphics business.