Faculty
Campus Writing Program faculty come to the Colorado School of Mines from a variety of disciplines: Composition/Rhetoric; Cultural Studies; Education; Ethics and Philosophy; Law; and Literature and Poetry. This diversity adds a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds to the interdisciplinary first-year writing core course Nature and Human Values. Campus Writing Program faculty also teach a variety of upper-division courses, including Environmental Ethics, Introduction to Film Studies, Literature of the American West, Poetry, Writing Life Stories, and Writing Proposals for a Better World.


Toni Lefton
Senior Lecturer

Faculty Advisor for High Grade

Faculty Advisor for the Creative Arts Club

Faculty Advisor for Anonymous Right Brains
406 Stratton Hall
Golden, CO 80401
Office: 303-384-2332
Fax: 273-3751
tlefton@mines.edu
Toni Lefton Web page

Jon Leydens
Writing Program Administrator
420 Stratton Hall
Golden, CO 80401
Office: 303-273-3180
Fax: 273-3751
jleydens@mines.edu
Jon Leydens Web page

Rose Pass
Lecturer and Interim Writing Center Coordinator
408 Stratton Hall
Golden, CO 80401
Office: 303-273-3917
Fax: 273-3751
rpass@mines.edu
Rose Pass Web page


Jennifer Schneider

Assistant Professor and
Environmental Communications
415 Stratton Hall
Golden, CO 80401
Office: 303-273-3628
Fax: 273-3751
jjschnei@mines.edu
Jennifer Schneider Web page

Sue Tyburski
Lecturer and Coordinator of First Year Writing Initiative
407 Stratton Hall
Golden, CO 80401
Office: 303-273-3751
Fax: 273-3751
Email: stybursk@mines.edu
Sue Tyburski Web page

Sandy Woodson
Senior Lecturer
and LAIS Undergraduate Advisor
402 Stratton Hall
Golden, CO 80401
Office: 303-384-2335
Fax: 273-3751
Email: swoodson@mines.edu
Sandy Woodson Web page

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