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Oral History

Ruth Wilmot and Jim Baucom discuss the early days of Landmark College.

 

 

Christie Herbert and Jill Hinckley reflect upon their histories as Landmark College faculty.

 

 

Geoff Burgess is a long-time faculty member and currently serves as Dean of Professional Studies and Science, and Associate Professor in the Communications Department. Jan Thompson is a long-time faculty member and Associate Professor of Education at Landmark. Her areas of academic interest include research instruction, composition, as well as multimodal experiential learning.Recorded March 10, 2009.

 

 

Dan Toomey is a founding faculty member and Associate Professor of English at Landmark. His areas of academic interest include research instruction, composition, and 19th and 20th century American literature with a particular research focus on Robert Frost.

 

 

Charles Strauch, Landmark College Trustee, discusses the college's fascinating origins and development.

 

 

Robert Hunt Rhodes holds a unique position in Landmark’s history, being both the library director at Windham College and the founding library director at Landmark. He is an author of All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes.

 

 

Judy and John Bagge reminisce about the early days of Landmark College, including some fascinating stories of the creation of the institution.

 

 

Landmark College founding faculty members Kathy D’Alessio and Dorothy Osterholt interview each other as part of the Landmark College Oral History Project. Professors D’Alessio and Osterholt discuss the College’s founding in 1985 as the first institution of higher learning to serve students with language-based learning disabilities (LD). Today, Landmark College serves students with LD (including dyslexia), ADHD, autism 

 

 

Landmark College founding faculty member Dorothy Osterholt interviews student Arabella Devine about the experiences of an LC student. Landmark College was founded in 1985 and today serves students with language-based learning disabilities (including dyslexia), ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, executive function and attention challenges, and gifted LD. This interview was recorded May 26, 2016.

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