Instruction Department  Tags: library_instruction information_literacy library_assignments visiting_schools  

Biographical and contact information.   Scroll down the box to browse or click on the name below to link to the bio section to the right. 

Questions? Please call:

Mary Dodge at 303-556-3526
Lorrie Evans at 303-556-6776

Index:

Eric Baker

Gayle Bradbeer

Mary K. Dodge

Lorrie Evans

Ignacio Ferrer-Vinent

Nikki McCaslin

Karen Sobel

Tobey Stein

Bill Tietjen

Linda Tietjen

Louise Treff-Gangler

Diane Turner

Philosophy, Humanities, Law

Eric Baker is our resident anarchist studies librarian, with interests in social deviance, piratology & malt beverages. He received his MLS at IU-Bloomington in 1996 after an epic struggle to obtain an undergraduate degree in History here at Metro.  In his spare time he enjoys hiking, winter sports (especially the biathlon), & dabbles in birding.
contact: Eric.Baker at ucdenver dot edu

Distance Support Librarian

Gayle's involvement with Distance Education often places her in the role of virtual library instructor.  She develops guides for online classes, visits and conducts workshops for faculty on using library resources in their course shell and visits satellite campuses. Gayle is also the person to troubleshoot your library access problems that may be due to technical problems. She received an MLS from Emporia State University in 1993, an MS in Hydrology from the University of Arizona in 1978 and a BA in Geology in 1975 from Rice University.  She believes the first hurdle and key to understanding and contributing to any field of endeavor is to understand the vocabulary of that field.  Placing yourself in the suspended state known as 'reading' about the subject and actively communicating with people more knowledgeable on the topic than yourself will pay off in the end. 

contact: Gayle.Bradbeer at ucdenver dot edu

Mary Dodge as recently made a career change and now loves working in the Reference/Instruction department.  She coordinates the classroom scheduling, demonstrates Library resources, and give tours of the Library.  Mary's degree is in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

 contact: MaryK.Dodge at ucdenver dot edu

Head of Library Instruction Services
Social  and Behavioral Sciences

Assistant Professor
Sciences

Ignacio has his MLIS from the University of Denver, MS and Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Miami. He teaches library research classes in the areas of biology, chemistry, environmental sciences, science, STEP(science), and nursing.

contact: Ignacio.Ferrer-Vinent at ucdenver dot edu

 Humanities Reference and Instruction

Nikki enjoys reference and teaching a variety of classes.  She has a background in literature, languages, social work (especially foster care and adoption), and culinary arts.  She earned a master’s degree in librarianship and information management from the University of Denver and a master’s degree in English Literature from University of Colorado at Denver. 

 contact: Nikki.McCaslin at ucdenver dot edu

Assistant Professor
Humanities and Social Sciences                                                               

Karen particularly enjoys working with freshman composition, ESL, and English literature classes.  She also creates many online instructional materials for the Library.  She earned an MA in English literature and an MS in library science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  While there, she also adopted the word “y’all” into her speech.

contact: Karen.Sobel at ucdenver dot edu

Humanities, Social Sciences,
First Year/First Generation Programs, Teacher Education

Tobey teaches a diverse set of library classes that include English Composition, courses in the Humanities, Social Sciences, programs for the 1st year student and the 1st generation college student.

She has an M.Ed from the University of Colorado.

contact: Tobey.Stein at ucdenver dot edu

Business and Professional Studies

Bill Tietjen is our resident business, economics and customer relations expert. He is certified in Records Management, and specializes in organizational, archival, historical and genealogical matters (he knows where many things are buried). He has been a CRM since 1995. He received his MBA from BoiseState Univ. & studied Archives Admin under David Duniway at the Univ. of Oregon. He is a former Behind for the Denver Blue Stockings (Colo. Terr.) 

contact: Bill.Tietjen at ucdenver dot edu

Senior Instructor
Arts and Architecture Bibliographer

Linda teaches classes in art, art history, fine arts, music, architecture & planning, and various other subjects.  She team-teaches a 3-credit graduate course, “Introduction to Research,” with Lorrie Evans each fall. 

Linda’s undergraduate degree, from MSCD, is in History; she also earned an MA in Librarianship and Information Management from the University of Denver.  Linda has ventured into social networking to expand her learning vistas and can be found on Facebook, Twitter, and del.icio.us.  She learns almost as much as she teaches from faculty and students, which gratifies her Libra moon.
contact: Linda.Tietjen at ucdenver dot edu

Head of Reference/Research Consultancy and Government Information. 

Louise teaches research classes in the areas of international business;
political science; public affairs; social work; or any other class utilizing
government information. 

contact: Louise.Treff at ucdenver dot edu

Sciences and Social Sciences; English Composition

A hands- on, people-oriented, generalist librarian that believes you need to build on the basics to do library research well.
MLS from the University of Pittsburgh, BS Metropolitan State College, USAF veteran
Diane teaches a wide range of classes from introductory to upper division in biology, communication, education, nutrition and sports physiology

contact: Diane.Turner at ucdenver dot edu