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Faculty and Staff
Teaching With Primary Sources
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Campus Box 35, PO Box 173362
Denver, CO 80217-3362
Phone 303-352-4945 • Fax 303-352-4987
mscd-tpscolorado@mscd.edu
 Peggy
O’Neill-Jones
TPS-Colorado Director
303-352-4945 • oneilljp@mscd.edu
Director of TPS-Colorado, Professor Peggy
O'Neill-Jones has served as chair of Metropolitan State
College of Denver's Technical Communication Department and specializes
in DVD production, video production, multimedia production, presentation
graphics, scriptwriting, communication technology and other media-related
topics.
O'Neill-Jones has worked for more than 20 years
in public and academic administration, K-16 educational media, technology
development and training, and online and classroom instruction.
She is recognized for her technical, creative, organizational and
administrative accomplishments. She is the recipient of numerous
professional accolades, including her most recent award, the 2003
DVDA Excellence Award for her work on “WebDVD Demystified,”
a DVD project of examples from around the world that explains how
Web and DVD technologies can converge to create a powerful communication
medium.
O'Neill-Jones holds a bachelor's degree in Communication
from Loretto Heights College and a master's degree in Applied Communication
from the University of Denver. She is currently working on an Ed.D
in Instructional Technology from the University of Wyoming.
 Taylor
Kendal
Training and Media Developer
303-352-4428 • kendal@mscd.edu
Taylor Kendal is responsible for updating and maintaining the TPS website, re-creating
and coordinating orders and delivery of primary source material, and assisting the TPS-Colorado faculty and staff with digital
media development. Taylor graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2005 with
a B.S. in Technical Communication and a minor in Interactive Digital
Media from Metro State. In addition to working with TPS-Colorado,
Taylor is a freelance multimedia developer specializing in Flash.
He played Division II collegiate soccer for three years and maintains
a very active lifestyle.
 Diane
Watkins
Online Content Developer
303-352-4441 • watkindi@mscd.edu
Diane Watkins is an Online Content Developer for TPS-Colorado. She is currently responsible for updating their workshop materials and converting them into an XML format. Diane is a recent graduate of Metro State College of Denver's Technical Communications program. She also holds an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Computer Information Systems from Red Rocks Community College.
Diane has been working with computer technologies and multimedia development since the early 1990s. She developed computer-based training courseware for the Air Force while working at FlightSafety Services Corporation. Diane recently worked on a government grant designed to explore how military training can be enhanced and learner motivation increased by adding gaming aspects to computer-based training courseware.
Keith Patterson
Training and Media Developer
303-352-4945 • patterke@mscd.edu
Keith Patterson is a media developer for TPS-Colorado. His list of accolades is too vast for a single web page. If you must know, ask him yourself.
MSCD
Faculty
Susan
Joseph
Visiting Assistant Professor, Teacher Education
303-556-4847 • josephs@mscd.edu
Professor Sue Joseph assists TPS-Colorado
with workshop development and training. She has one year experience
in curriculum development and online and classroom instruction for
Educational Technology courses at Metropolitan State College of
Denver. She has also provided instruction of various technology
courses in both online and classroom settings at Front Range Community
College and Regis University over the past four years.
Joseph holds a bachelor’s degree in computer
management science from Metropolitan State College and a master’s
degree in business administration from Regis University in Denver.
She has also taken post-graduate courses in technology through Regis
University.
Laura
McCall
Professor of History
303-556-4664 • mccalll@mscd.edu
Laura McCall is Professor of History
and member of the honors faculty at Metropolitan State College of
Denver. She holds the Ph.D. in American History and a Masters' Degree
in French History from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and
a Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University, where she graduated
Phi Beta Kappa. Other academic honors include Phi Alpha Theta Historians'
Honorary, Alpha Lambda Delta Scholastic Honorary, and Delta Kappa
Gamma Women's Education Honorary. She is the recipient of a National
Endowment for the Humanities Grant and a Newberry Library Fellowship.
The Golden Key National Honor Society awarded her Professor of the
Year for Metropolitan State College in 1996 and as the Outstanding
Researcher/Scholar in 2001.
Dr. McCall is a dedicated teacher who believes ongoing
research enhances a scholar's pedagogical skills. She has co-edited
A Shared Experience: Men, Women and The History of Gender
(New York University Press, 1998) as well as Across The Great
Divide: Cultures of Manhood in the American West (Routledge,
2001) and has published extensively in women's history, American
family history, and the history of the American frontier. She has
twice served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Early
Republic as well as its Advisory Board. As of this printing,
McCall has presented over fifty papers at professional conferences
throughout the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Primarily
a cultural and intellectual historian, Dr. McCall seeks to understand
how ideas influence behavior and how events shape thought.
Kathleen
Milligan
Chair, Teacher Education
303-556-3691 • milligak@mscd.edu
Dr. Kathleen Milligan, Metro State’s
Teacher Education Chair, is enthusiastic about Metro State’s
recent grant award to participate in the TPS-Colorado program. She
feels that the program offers a wonderful opportunity for faculty,
staff, and students to make connections with primary source content
in a variety of subjects, as well as personal connections with their
own family backgrounds.
Dr. Milligan believes that educators who participate
in the TPS-Colorado program will build a bank of resources and tools
they can use in their classrooms, and that the program will help
participants more easily gather artifacts. She feels that participation
in the program will stimulate creativity and spark imagination,
creating motivation in both educators and their students. She also
sees potential in connecting pre-service teachers with those already
teaching in classrooms.
Dr. Milligan earned her B.A. in History from Tufts
University, and her M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Educational Administration
from the University of South Carolina. Dr. Milligan, a classroom
teacher for 12 years and an administrator for 14 years, has taught
at Metro since 2001.
Kevin
Rucker
Adjunct Professor of History
303-556-3211• ruckerk@mscd.edu
Kevin Rucker was born in Clarinda, Iowa (the birthplace
of the 1940s Big Band leader Glen Miller), and moved to Colorado
with his family as a toddler. He possesses a Bachelor of Science
degree from Metropolitan State College, Bachelor of Arts and Master
of Arts in History from the University of Colorado at Denver, and
completed two years of coursework towards a Ph.D. at the Graduate
School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado at Denver.
Rucker was the recipient of the Golden Key International
Society's Award for Academic Excellence in Teaching in 2005 at Metropolitan
State College of Denver and the Ward Family Prize for Outstanding
Contributions to Public History in 2003 by the University of Colorado
at Denver Alumni. His published books include "Where Time Stands
Still: The History of the Dome Lake Club" (2001), "Colorado
Givers: A History of Philanthropic Heroes" (1998), and "Eaton
Metal Products: The First 80 Years - A Story of Vision and Commitment"
(1998). Rucker and his wife Darcey, an environmental technician,
reside in Arvada and have three children, ages 9, 8, and 5 years
old.
Consultants
Sherrie Galloway - TPS Colorado Fellow
Teacher Librarian
sherrieg@mesa.k12.co.us
Mary Johnson - TPS Colorado Fellow
Education Consultant
johnsonmaryj@mac.com
Mary Johnson is a Library of Congress American Memory Fellow, TPS-Colorado Alumnus, and education consultant. She is a regular presenter at regional and national conferences, and she has consulted and conducted workshops for the Collaborative Digitization Program and Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection. Mary was formerly a Library Media Specialist and Technology Coordinator at Eagleview Middle School, Colorado Springs, Academy School District 20. She has also taught in Iowa and Germany (Munich International School).
Mary has a B. S. in French from Iowa State University and a Master of Library Science degree from Emporia State University. She is the author of Primary Sources in the Library: A Collaboration Guide for Library Media Specialists, and she writes regularly for professional publications. She serves on the Advisory Board of Linworth Publishing, Inc. and has worked as a project manager for Linworth. Mary is a past recipient of the Colorado Exemplary School Library Program award and the Eagleview Middle School Teacher of the Year award.
Donna Levene - TPS Colorado Fellow
Library Media Specialist
dblevene33@ecentral.com
Donna B. Levene recently retired from
her position as library media specialist at Overland High School
in the Cherry Creek School District. She also worked in the district
as an elementary library media specialist. In 1999 she participated
in the Library of Congress American Memory Fellows Institute and
in 2002 she helped plan and present the "Teaching with Colorado's
Heritage" Educator Institute for the Colorado Digitization
Project.
Donna has a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in piano
from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Masters in Library
Science from the University of Denver. Her publications include
Music through Children's Literature: Theme and Variations
and American Musicians Making History. Both are written
for educators, and the latter includes lesson ideas for using digitized
music resources in the teaching of American history.
Michelle
Pearson - TPS Colorado Fellow
History and Language Arts Teacher
303-465-3959
• kpear12@aol.com
Michelle Pearson is A Social Studies teacher at Hulstrom Options School in the Adams 12 school district. She is the recipient of several fellowships which have focused on the design of primary source lessons for PBS, Walden Family Playhouse, NEH, the White House Historical Association, and the National Consortium of Teaching Asia. She was recognized as the 2007 Colorado Technology Teacher of the Year, the 2008 Elgin Heinz Award Winner in Humanities, and received a Colorado State Honors Award for excellence in Historic Preservation in 2008.
She designs lessons as a volunteer for the White House Historical Association, National Park Service, and the Smithsonian Institution while working with educators across the state to infuse hands-on teaching of history into the curriculum with the use of primary sources and technology. She is committed to the Preserve America program and works to bring preservation education and activities to the classroom on a regular basis.
Michelle has a B.A. in History, Geography, and Historic Preservation from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Her publications and projects include a lesson collection based on the journal White House History, two books on the history of Denver entitled Historic Sacred Landmarks of Denver, and Historic Denver Landmarks for Children and Families, and several American history articles for Cobblestone Magazine and other local history and preservation journals. She has three boys who are active Junior Rangers and love the presidents as much as she does and is married to a husband who tolerates history but lives for technology.
Cindy Stout - TPS Colorado Fellow
Project Director for Teaching American History Grant
ckstout@earthlink.net
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