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Dr. Mackintosh received a B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley where she majored in English. She is a student of psychoanalysis and has taught psychoanalytic theory in the Bay Area and edited several psychoanalytic journals. Her most reliable pleasures are opera, Italy and the New York Yankees.

The most valuable part of Mrs. Monahan’s education was at UC Berkeley, where she earned an M.A. in English, with emphasis on 17th century poetry and drama. After an initial assignment as an Instructional Specialist, she has taught at College of Marin for nearly two decades. Besides kayaking, her current interests include Renaissance music and dirt-cheap travel.

In her words: In a perfect world I would teach only elective courses, but our students in composition classes are consistently thoughtful, funny, and insightful as they work to master the strenuous art of writing. I believe that good writing is clear thought made visible, and that it enhances students' skills in every other subject. I'm not an easy grader; A's are not automatic. But every student who makes a genuine effort will certainly become a more powerful writer, and I consider it an honor to assist in that process.

Mr. Rollison received an A.A. from Ventura College and B.A. and M.A. from San Francisco State University. He began teaching at College of Marin in 1975 after teaching at Alan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California from 1969 - 1975. Mr. Rollison is a National Endowment of the Humanities grant recipient and a Josephine Mills fellow. He is the author of a book of poems, Outlaw Music, and founding editor of Tepesquet: A Magazine of the Arts 1969 – 72, 75.

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Mr. Sutherland received an M.A. and B.A. in English from the University of California at Berkeley. He began working in the College of Marin English Department as an Instructional Assistant in 1986. Within a few years, he began teaching part time in addition to continuing in his position as reader. Now a full time instructor, Mr. Sutherland teaches a full range of composition courses in the Department.

Mr. Tjernell graduated with a B.A. in Biology from Claremont McKenna College and an M.A. in English Literature from San Jose State University. He began teaching literature and composition at SJSU where he co-directed the university’s writing lab and developed tutoring programs for veterans and EOP students. Before coming to College of Marin, he worked as the associate coordinator for the Learning Resource Center at Foothill College. At COM, he has taught courses in business English, computer literacy, print production, and English composition.

Ms. Miller received a B.A. from UCSB, and an M.A. from San Francisco State University, where she also completed the Certificate in the Teaching of Composition.  She has been teaching part-time at the College of Marin since Fall 2000.  Ms. Miller decided to teach composition for three main reasons: 1) She loves to write, and wants to pass that on to others; 2) She loves to demystify composition and the writing process, give students concrete lessons that will help them think about, organize, develop and revise their writing; and 3) She wants to help students develop the writing skills that are so critical in their other classes and in the world beyond academia. 

Mr. Robertson, a life-time Alpha Gamma Sigma member and former College of Marin re-entry student, transferred to UC Berkeley where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1991 with a B.A. in English. The following year he earned an M.A. also in English at UC Berkeley, where he continued as a graduate assistant working closely with Maxine Hong Kingston in non fiction, Bharati Mukherjee in fiction and Hertha Wong and Genero Padilla in Autobiography and Ethnic American Literature. Under the guidance of Hong Kingston’s, he wrote a bicultural autobiographical novel and self analysis for his Masters thesis. His most recent publications include the following short stories: "Roachville Redemption" and “The Troll and the Trashman” for Dominican University’s award winning TUXEDO Magazine. He has over ten years experience teaching at College of Marin and Dominican University of California in the following subjects: Developmental English, Multicultural American Literature, TUXEDO’s Literary Magazine, College English and Creative Writing. Prior to his academic career, Mr. Robertson was a professional carpenter, guitar player and classical ballet dancer. Aside from professional performances, beginning in 1981, he taught Classical Ballet, specializing in Men's and Pas de Deux classes at public and private Bay Area institutions, including San Francisco State University, Ballet Theatre West and the Vallejo, Santa Rosa and Petaluma Ballet Schools.

Mrs. Salem received a B.A. in English from the University of California at Berkeley and an M.A. in Educational Technology from San Francisco State University. Prior teaching experience includes Peace Corps (Turkey), high school, and business writing workshops Her professional interests include argumentation and non-fiction.

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In his words: At UC Davis, my Ph.D. fields were 19th and 20th century British and American literature, and my dissertation was "Sacramental Moments in the Poetry of Kenneth Rexroth," discussing the transcendental and ecological insights of Rexroth's great love and nature poetry. I worked closely on my dissertation and on my poetry with pulitzer-prize winning poet, Gary Snyder. I have an M.A. in Creative Writing as well, from SFSU, my M.A. thesis being a book of my poetry.

I have taught composition, literature, and creative writing for twenty-two years, starting at UC Davis, where I became a full time Lecturer. After completing my doctoral qualifying exams at UCD, I was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship as an Exchange Lecturer, and taught at the University of Bordeaux, France. There for one year, I taught grammar, writing and literature and researched places Kenneth Rexroth wrote about. Since UC Davis, I taught as a full time literature generalist at a small Midwest liberal arts college, and now for over ten years, I have taught all levels of composition and literature, as well as creative writing, at community colleges in the Bay Area. For five years I also led the fiction workshops for the Writer's Center of Marin.

My professional interest is my writing of poetry and fiction, which I work on constantly.

Mrs. Allen graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in the History of Art. Her particular field of interest was the transformation of Buddhist imagery in its migration from India through China, Japan and S.E. Asia. She then spent several years traveling and working at a wide variety of jobs. After receiving an M.A. in Creative Writing/ English from SFSU, she wrote for various magazines and newspapers. She was Associate Editor of CommonKnowledge, the quarterly journal of the Commonwealth Institute and published a commercially successful cookbook with Ten Speed Press. Mrs. Allen has lived in Inverness for 28 years, where she and her husband built their own home. She has an extensive organic garden and raises fruits and vegetables for her family as well as supplies Manka's Restaurant. She lives with her husband, a teenage son, a black lab, and an amazing collection of tropical fish.

As a student of literature at the University at Chapel Hill where she obtained a B.A., Ms. Muilenburg studied with published Southern writers, Max Steele and Doris Betts. Since 1978, Ms. Muilenburg has worked as an Instructional Specialist. She is also experienced in tutoring students in A.P. classes and editing in the private sector. Her hobbies include composing music and studying Asian medicine.

Ms. Sheofsky received a B.A. in English from University of San Diego and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Literature and a Certificate in Teaching Composition at San Francisco State University. She worked in the Writing Center as a peer tutor while she was a student at USD. She has worked as an Instructional Specialist at College of Marin since 1996 and has been an editor for SFSU’s Graduate Literature Association journal, Interpretations, for the past two years.

Mr. Smith received a B.A. from UC Berkeley and an M.A. from the University of London (Royal Holloway). Rion has been an Instructional Specialist at College of Marin since 2000. Rion can be found in LC 110 or helping students.