Meet the Faculty

​​​​​​​​ District Chairs

Group Leaders

  • Lindsay Simpson - Ankeny Campus
  • Krystal Cox - Boone Campus
  • Bethany Sweeney - Carroll Campus
  • Matt Alberhasky - Urban Campus
  • Beth Baker-Brodersen - West Des Moines Campus
  • Tiffany Lauer - Southridge Campus

Program/Event  Coordinators

  • The Blue Book - Sarah Waddle
  • Celebration of Literary Arts - Marc Dickinson​
  • Creative Writing Contest - Marc Dickinson​
  • Expressions Literary Magazine - Michael Bryant
  • Distance Learning Liaison - Nicole Vogler
  • One Book, One College - Rebecca Funke
  • MESH Conference - Tiffany Lauer
  • Writing Placement and Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) - Krystal Cox and Heather Tisdale

 

Full-Time Faculty

Matthew Alberhasky, English Professor, Urban Campus
515-248-7221 • mjalberhasky@dmacc.edu

Beth Baker-Brodersen, English Professor, West Des Moines Campus
515-633-2418 • bmbakerbrodersen@dmacc.edu

Cody Chesmore, Faculty, Carroll Campus
712-792-8321 • cmchesmore@dmacc.edu​

Maria Cochran, English Professor, Ankeny Campus
515-964-6482 • mecochran@dmacc.edu

Krystal Cox, English Professor, Boone Campus
515-433-5212 • kncox@dmacc.edu

Marc Dickinson, English Professor, Ankeny Campus
515-964-6221 • madickinson@dmacc.edu

Abigail Hightower​, Developmental English/AAC Associate Professor, Urban Campus
515-​697-7795 • ​arhightower@dmacc.edu ​​

Colin Hogan, English Professor, Ankeny Campus
515-964-6870 • ​cphogan@dmacc.edu​

​Alan Hutchison, English Professor, Ankeny Campus
515-964-6455 • ajhutchison@dmacc.edu​​​

Katie Kalagher, English Instructor, Ankeny Campus
515-964-6519 • kdkalagher@dmacc.edu  

Ann Kiesel, Developmental English/AAC Professor, Boone Campus
515-433-5095 • amkiesel@dmacc.edu​

Tiffany Lauer, English ​Professor, Southridge Center
515-287-8722 • tklauer@dmacc.edu

Ann McBee, English Professor​​, West Des Moines Campus
515-332-2446 • amcbee@dmacc.edu

Sam Miller, English Professor, Urban Campus
515-697-7718 • sdmiller@dmacc.edu

Maura Nelson, English/French Professor, Ankeny Campus
515-965-7032 • mgnelson@dmacc.edu

Meridith Nelson, Developmental English/AAC Professor, Urban Campus
(515) 697-7786 • mmnelson@dmacc.edu​

​Eden Pearson, English Professor, Ankeny Campus
515-964-6577 • efpearson@dmacc.edu ​

Dan Platt, English Professor, Ankeny Campus
515-964-6637 • ​djplatt1@dmacc.edu​

Allison Pugh​, Developmental Reading/AAC Professor, Ankeny Campus​
515-965-7112 • afpugh@dmacc.edu​​

​​Lindsay Simpson, English Professor​, Ankeny Campus
​515-964-6535 •​ lasimpson@dmacc.edu

Bethany Sweeney, English/History Professor, Carroll Campus
712-792-8319 • besweeney@dmacc.edu​​

Jessica Robinson-Rabon​, English Professor, Urban Campus
515-248-7247 •​ jmrobinsonrabon@dmacc.edu​

Dennis Thompson, English Professor, Boone Campus
515-433-5210 • dethompson@dmacc.edu

Heather Tisdale, English Instructor, Ankeny Campus
515-964-6399 • htisdale@dmacc.edu

Rose Marie Toubes, English/Journalism Professor, Ankeny Campus
515-964-6362 • rhtoubes@dmacc.edu

Nicole Vogler, English Professor, Urban Campus
515-248-7233 • mnvogler@dmacc.edu

Sarah Waddle, English Professor​, Boone Campus
515-433-5091 • stwaddle@dmacc.edu​

William Zhang, English Professor, Ankeny Campus
515-964-6342 • wwzhang@dmacc.edu

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