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New QVCC staff
DANIELSON --- Quinebaug Valley Community College welcomed two new members to the faculty for the fall 2010 semester—Instructor of Developmental English Jane Carey, Ed.D. and Instructor of Engineering Jakob Spjut.
Carey obtained her doctorate of education in 2009 from the Language, Literacy and Culture Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she also received her master’s degree in education. Her undergraduate degrees are from Cornell University and Tompkins Cortland Community College. Prior to her appointment at QVCC, she taught English and social science courses at Holyoke Community College. Dr. Carey’s research interests include social semiotics, visual and media literacies, and educational technology.
Spjut received a master’s degree in chemical engineering from University of California at Berkeley as well as a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, CA. This fall he is teaching a variety of courses including algebra, engineering, and manufacturing. In the spring he will teach Object-Oriented Programming in JAVA, a new computer science course offered at the Danielson campus.