CCU Spotlights

Susan Spear

Instructor of English
School of Humanities and Sciences

• M.F.A. Creative Writing/Poetry (Western State Colorado University)
• M.A. Mass Communications (Denver University)
• B.A. English (Geneva College)

Email: sspear@ccu.edu

Phone: 303-963-3154

Publications:

• Poetry: Academic Questions, The Lyric, Relief, Mezzo Cammin, Don’t Just Sit There, Verse Wisconsin, Raintown Review, The Nervous Breakdown, Poetic Inventory of the Rocky Mountain National Park
• Reviews: Don’t Just Sit There, Verse Wisconsin, Raintown Review

Professional Accomplishments:

• English Department Chair, Chatfield Senior High School
• Instructional Coach, Chatfield Senior High School
• Implemented the Writers in the Schools Program at CSH.
• Implemented Poetry Outloud national recitation contest at CSH.
• Member: Articulation area Vertical Team and Response to Intervention Committee at CSH.

Professional Training:

• Teaching the Bible as Literature (Concordia University)
• Adaptive Schools Training
• Cognitive Coaching
• Denver Writing Project Fellow

Honors:

• Honorable Mention: “The Lovers’ Knot” in the Denver Women’s Press Club Unknown Writers Contest, 2009.