Nicholas Dahl teaches communication courses at OSU-Cascades. Nick grew up in Redmond and graduated from Central Oregon Community College before attending Oregon State University in Corvallis, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Speech Communication and a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies. He holds a doctoral degree from The Pennsylvania State University, where his dissertation chronicled the denigration of liberal in American political discourse during the 20th century. Nick’s research interests lie at the intersection of discourse, politics, and hospitality.

Kyle Webb is an instructor with the energy systems engineering program. Prior to joining OSU-Cascades, he was an instructor in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Kyle spent eleven years as a R&D engineer at Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies, designing hardware and analog/mixed-signal integrated circuits for a wide range of oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.

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Rachael Schuetz is an associate professor of practice in the Master of Arts in Teaching and undergraduate teaching programs at OSU-Cascades. As a national board certified teacher, she enjoyed teaching in the primary grades over nine years, most of that spent in the Bend-La Pine Schools. In 2012, Rachael was honored as a finalist for the Bend-La Pine Schools Teacher of the Year award. Along with teaching and advising students in the elementary education programs, she continues her research in educational technology, teacher preparation, and elementary classrooms.

Dr. Bruce S. Seal completed his undergraduate and graduate education at the University of Nevada-Reno followed by post-doctoral studies at the UC San Diego School of Medicine and the Zoological Society of San Diego. The bulk of Dr. Seal’s research was in the animal health programs of the Agricultural Research Service of USDA at the National Animal Disease Center in Ames IA and the high containment facility for avian viral diseases in Athens GA.  During 2004 Dr.

Dr. Melinda Knapp is interested in student learning and its connection to teacher development. With 15 years of K-12 mathematics classroom teaching and instructional coaching experiences, Dr. Knapp is particularly interested in how novice and expert teachers attend to students’ mathematical thinking through discourse with other students. Her focus is on how teachers learn to orchestrate discussions that will support deeper understanding of mathematics for students.