Acker, Charles

Chuck holds a PhD in Clinical and Physiological Psychology from UCLA to help him in his understanding of belief systems and mind-body relationships. He worked with key UMA personnel to bring Senior College to Augusta.

Baker, Barbara Helen

Ms. Baker has a B.S. from Northwestern and an M.A. from the University of Maine at Orono.  In 2009 she completed the Master Acting Teacher Workshop in New York City studying with such notables as Ron Van Lieu, Christopher Bayes, both from Yale and Slava Dolgachev, Director of the New Moscow Art Theatre.  She is a member of Actors Equity and AFTRA as well as an Adjudicator for the Texas Educational Theatre Association and Troop Leader for the International Thespian Society.  She brings a rich background of theater and acting to her classes at Senior College.

Bamforth, Richard

Richard is a Bowdoin alumnus with graduate degrees from Berkeley Divinity School at Yale and Boston University School of Education.  A retired pastor and teacher, he has offered nine different UMASC courses on Russian art and literature, Scottish lore, 20th century history, Christian art and spirituality, Memoir writing, and History of the Bible.

Barter, Julie

Julie is an Edward Jones Financial Advisor.  She offers a wide range of topics to learners such as investment perspective, retirement planning and charitable gifting.  On a more personal level she discusses family matters as it relates to long-term care and estate planning.  She will also give you information about the stock market and tax-free investing.

Bazinet, Suzanne

Suzanne, a Maine Licensed and nationally Registered Dietitian, has both education and experience in nutrition and food science. She completed a B.S. degree at the University of Maine, Orono, and a Masters at the University of Florida. Her professional experiences include hospital, university, and state government settings.  She has operated a private consulting business, Bazinet Enterprise, PLLC for five years.

Blanchard, Ellen

Ellen is a self-taught naturalist.  She has explored many places in both Central and Northern Maine.  She was a teacher in the Maranacook School District.  Her goal, five years ago, was to learn and identify "every flowering species" in Maine.  Her ambition has paid off with a truly fascinating and information-filled offering.

Bond, Robert

Bob is a former professor of forestry economics and forest policy.  He has a Ph.D. in forestry economics from SUNY, College of Forestry at Syracuse University.  He taught at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, for 21 years and then became the Director of the School of Forest Resources at Penn State University in 1978.  Following retirement in 1988, he returned to manage forestland in Massachusetts, in which he held a half interest since 1956.  He and his wife moved to Maine in 2000.  In spring 2008 and 2004 he taught courses at Senior College.

Bookey, Ruth

Ruth brings her wealth of experience in drawing and painting along with her classroom teaching skills to move "beginners" to aspiring artists very quickly.

Bookey, Ted

Ted is published in many literary journals and is the author of five collections of poems, including a translation of the German poet Erich Kastner in collaboration with Ruth Bookey.  He has also published many book reviews of poetry. Ted edited the anthology, How Many Cars Have We Been Married, a collection of UMA Senior College student poets.  He taught English Literature at Long Island University and has conducted poetry workshops for students of all ages.

Clark, Loyd

Loyd is a self-taught wood carver who has been "sharpening" his craft for 20 years.  Ten years ago, Loyd began taking classes to expand his gift.  He is a member of the Maine Wood Carvers Assocation, serving on the Board of Directors and as President at one time.  He also belongs to the National Wood Carving Association of New England.  His long association with many similar organizations helped him start the Capital Carvers Club of Windsor.  He has given seminars for carving clubs at the YMCA and taught soap carving to youngers at the Y.  For the past two summers Loyd has taught woodcarving at a boy's summer camp, ages 8 to 16.

Day, Chet

Chet has degrees in math, physics, EE and computer science, and business administration.  He retired in 1995 from computer communications research for the Bell System to Fayette, Maine.  He is Chair of the Finance Committee and Co-chair of the Arts and Presentations Committee of UMA Senior College (UMASC), volunteers who do a monthly concert series sponsored by UMASC and UMA College of Arts and Sciences.  He is a member of the UMASC Board of Directors.  He and Deena have four grandchildren. 

Day, Deena

Deena majored in English Literature with a graduate degree in Library Science. She retired in 1996 from Pequannock Township Public Library in New Jersey and moved to Fayette, Maine where she served as the volunteer school librarian in the Fayette Central School for five years. She is Co-chair of the Arts and Presentations Committee of UMA Senior College (UMASC), volunteers who present a monthly concert series sponsored by UMASC and UMA College of Arts and Sciences. She is a member of the UMASC Board of Directors. She and Chet have four grandchildren.

Erdman, John

John holds a Ph.D. in chemistry and worked for DuPont in R&D and Manufacturing of synthetic rubber and plastics.  Taking advantage of an early retirement program, he moved to Orono, Maine where he operated an engineering/machining company that designed and built specialty machinery and scientific equipment.  Computer aided drafting and design programs were routine tools used in the business.  In retirement, in the course of designing furniture and home shop projects he discovered the world of 3D design using Google's free software SketchUp and has become experienced in its use.  Other interests include: computers and technology, digital photography, Cape Breton fiddling, and hand building Windsor chairs.

Ezzy, Peter

Peter is an early supporter of Maine Senior Colleges and currently serves on the UMA Senior College Board of Directors.  He recently retired from State service after working in the human services program area for over thirty-three years.  He also served as a reserve officer with the Maine Emergency Management Agency.  After completing undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Maine at Orono, he served proudly in the USAF.  He is also active with the Maine Association of Retirees.  He is an avid gardener and outdoorsman.

Feagin, Tom

After a stint in the US Public Health Service, Tom Feagin practiced in Augusta, New Orleans and Memphis, gradually shifting from internal medicine to geriatrics to hospice care. He became progressively more interested in doctor-patient communication and end-of-life decision-making over a period of 33 years, and is proud to have founded the Mid-south Center for Biomedical Ethics.  He retired in 2004, moved back to Maine, and is concerned about the future of our health-care system.

Gagnon, Arlene

Hallee, E. Roger

For his foray in teaching at Senior College, Roger is teaching a Conversational French class.  But French instruction is but a small part of what he can and has taught.  He has taught English, Latin, Algebra, Chemistry, Biology and Music.  He has taken courses through Bates, Colby, Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and the University of California, Berkeley, CA.  He obtained his Masters in Secondary Administration from Orono, which he put to use and Kennebec Valley Technical College, Fairfield, ME.  He has also been an instructor for the University of Maine at Augusta, teaching two semesters of Russian.  His hobbies include choir singing, Boy Scouts Master, Soccer Official and a Lacrosse Official.  He volunteers for Meals on Wheels and does Hospice work.

Hartzler, Phyllis

Moving from Chadds Ford, PA, Phyllis became a full-time resident of Winthrop, ME in 2008.  She was educated at the University of Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago, and at many workshops and by private teachers.  Phyllis enjoys plain-air painting in oils, pastels and watercolor.  Her abstract expressions in watercolor have received recognition at the Maine Art Gallery's juried exhibit in 2009, and at the Kennebec Valley Art Association's juried exhibit in 2008.  Receiving eleven awards for her paintings, she has been accepted in many juried shows over many years including the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, the Philadelphia Sketch Club, and the DE Art Museum.  Her paintings are in many public and private collections. 

Ladd, Lincoln

After studying at Brown, the University of Virginia and Duke, Lincoln taught English at North Carolina State and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  He moved to Maine, where he served as the first Team Leader of the English and Foreign Language Departments at Maranacook Community School for eleven years.  He taught part-time for three years at the University of Maine at Farmington and co-taught a two-semester literature course with Byron Skinner, who was then President of UMA.

Lepoff, Jonathan

Jonathan is the Senior College's sage of meditation. This semester he will be teaching a course in mindfulness based stress reduction. He hopes to take the "mystery" out of meditation and look at how it relates to the conscious and unconscious mind. Meditation is a way of quieting the brain in order to look at your own mind and how it functions. His work experience includes Staff Development Coordinator for the Maine Department of Labor Bureau and Labor Standards. For 10 years he was Visiting Scholar Harvard School of Public Health. He also taught courses in ergonomics and occupational health and safety at the Central Maine Technical College.

Lindsley, James 

Jim resides in Boston but comes to Maine to share his insights into a wide range of psychological issues.  At the present time he is a member of The Center for Integrative Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Weston, Massachusetts.  He is also a Clinical Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School and supervises trainees in the Behavioral Medicine Program at Cambridge Hospital at Cambridge, Massachusetts.  He is currently in private practice working with adults and couples on many psychological issues.  He contributes to a number of publications such as The Boston Globe, The Behavior Therapist, and The Journal of Cognitive Psychology as well as being an international presenter.

Littlefield, Jacqueline

Jacqueline is a highly respected educator in Maine, and joined the Holocaust and Human Rights Center of Maine as Education Coordinator in 2000, after twenty-nine years as a language arts and literacy specialist in public education.  Challenged to create a nine-week literature-based unit on the Holocaust for her 8th grade class, Jackie gathered resources and developed curricula now put to use by teachers throughout the state.  Honored as Maine's Holocaust Educator of the Year in 1999, Jackie was named a Museum fellow by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.  She has been awarded the Joseph Zola Fellowship from the Maurice Greensberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford, and was recognized as an Alfred Lerner Fellow by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous in 2009.  To deepen her understanding of the Holocaust, Jackie has journeyed to historic sites in Germany, Poland, and Israel.  She lives in Saco, Maine with her husband and three golden retrievers.  

Mahoney, Gerry

Gerry is a retired Special Agent of the FBI with a B.A. in Philosophy and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. He has always been interested in history and its impact on today's events. He is a member of the Kennebec Historical Society in Augusta and Row House, Inc. in Hallowell. He is chairperson of the Hallowell Riverfront Development Committee and Vice-Chair of the Hallowell Conservation Commission. His writings include "Ardent Spirits" - The Franklin Debating Society and A Social History of Hallowell, ME, In The Early 19th Century. He and his wife, Wendy, reside in Hallowell.

Mayer, Barbara

After mostly retiring from clinical and consulting work, Barbara went back to school in 2005 and added an Associate's degree in computer science to her much earlier Bachelor's in psychology and Master's in counseling.  In 2009 she started Never Too Late Computing to offer the generations raised without computers a comfortable way to develop the skills necessary in our technological age.  In addition to computer coaching and limited psychotherapy practice, Barbara serves on the Board of Directors of MaineGeneral Health.

Mermey, Akiba 

Akiba has a M.Ed. and a M.A. in Counseling Psychology with extensive training and practice in mediation and conflict resolution.  Among the things he enjoys are: nature, skiing, basketball, mediating, humor, learning about the practical, life-enhacing applications of neuroscience and putting them into practice.  Akiba is currently program developer for The Transformative Arts.

Mermey, Maryam 

Maryam is an expressive artist and trainer who uses the transforming power of the arts to inspire individuals and groups to discover, explore, and share their gifts.  She has used her passion for the arts in working as a creative arts and grief therapist, educator, and trainer for over 30 years on both the East and West coasts and abroad.  Maryam offers "Transforming the Bullying Cycle Through Expressive Arts Programs, Workshops, and Trainings" for students, educators, counselors/therapists, families, health care and grief workers.  Maryam has a new, photographic bully prevention book called "New to the Forests of Selay: Witnesses Transforming Into Heroes" for elementary students with a Teacher's Guide.  She is currently working on her Ph.D. in the Expressive Arts at the European Graduate School University, Saas Fee, Switzerland.

Miller, Dorcas

In her wide and varied career, Dorcas has been a teacher, Outward Bound instructor, (river rafting) Maine Guide, environmental advocate, book editor, and free-lance writer.  She is the author of four natural history identification guides, as well as eight other books about nature and outdoor adventure.  In their spare time, she and her husband are rock climbers.

Morison, Lisa

Lisa, a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor is the Bereavement Coordinator for Beacon Hospice in the Augusta and Lewiston areas.  She is responsible for the development and implementation of the bereavement program encompassing 13 months for the hospice patient's caregiver and/or designated survivors.  Lisa participates in interdisciplinary team meetings and works collaboratively with cross disciplines.  She provides education and service to nursing facilities and surrounding communities through in-services and support group offerings.  Additionally, Lisa maintains a part-time private psychotherapy practice treating adolescents and adults with specialities in grief and loss issues, trauma recovery and eating disorder recovery.

Nason, Tim

Tim is a graphic designer for the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, and has volunteered on the board of Friends of Merrymeeting Bay and his town’s conservation commission. In 2008 he ran for the Maine Legislature. He began attending Vermont College at the age of 40, earning BA and an MFA degrees in Writing, and has nearly finished an MA degree in American and New England Studies at the University of Southern Maine. His interest in writing began in high school and he has worked on many stories and several novels since that time, always learning new things about the stories and about writing.

Pelletier, Bob

Bob began his career as an educator and superintendent but his abiding passion has been family genealogy.  For 40 years Bob has been hard at work teaching himself the skills of research of genealogy.  He works hard to keep the cost of researching minimal and his class is taught using everyday language with careful definitions of terms.

Perry, Katy

Former "Our Towns" T.V. hostess, Katy Perry, is a true "Mainer". Her writing career began as a widow while living in Whitefield raising four sons. She started her broadcasting profession at station WRDO in Augusta where she did a daily interview show. She is author of both children's and nonfiction books and continues writing for weekly area newspapers. Besides her writing and interviewing, Katy enjoys teaching, bringing the joy of living to people of all ages.

Prugh, Duane

Duane is a semi-retired professional, an electrical engineer and computer consultant by trade. He loves the outdoors and has for many years been interested in the technical aspects of lighthouses, their history, how they were built, what materials were used, and how these pillars of the past have stood for a hundred years or more.

Ray, Art

Art is a graduate of the University of Maine in electrical engineering and retired after 35 years at CMP Co. He has taken courses at UMASC since Fall 2003 and is a member of the Brown Bag subcommittee, the Curriculum and the Finance Committees. He has done various PowerPoint programs on art, Maine & local history related subjects at the Granite Hill lecture series & at the Brown Bag programs.  His interests are cars, sports and history and he enjoys skiing, hiking, and biking.

Reinsborough, Elizabeth

Elizabeth was born in Northern Ireland.  She has a B.Sc. from Queens University, Belfast, an M.Sc. in Conservation from London University and teaching credentials from the University of Maine at Orono.  She has worked in a plant breeding program in Tanzania and taught Biology in Maine for 20 years.  She has traveled extensively and has been interested in the National Park System for many years.  She enjoys hiking and is a maintainer on the Appalachian Trail in the 100 mile wilderness. 

Rosenberg, Peter

Peter is a graduate of Poughkeepsie High School, Princeton University Magna cum laude, and Tufts Medical School. After completing his training in Otolaryngology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC, he served two years at Fort Bragg. He then had a private practice in Ear, Nose and Throat in Norwich, Connecticut from 1972 until 2004. Now he is a part-time Otolaryngologist at the Togus Veterans Administration Hospital. Peter joined the Norwich Rotary Club in 1975 and is now a member of the Winthrop Rotary Club. His interests include piano, magic, history, stained glass, radio-controlled model boats, golf, tennis, travel and food.

Sacks, Julian

Julian has been drawing and painting most of his life. Since retiring from the practice of psychiatry, art has become his primary occupation. Through the years he has studied art in New York, California, Boston and Maine. His work has been exhibited in many places throughout Maine including the Kennebec Valley Medical Center and Miles Memorial Hospital, and several galleries including the Harlow Gallery, Saltwater Artist Gallery, and the New O'Farrell Gallery. Although he works predominantly in watercolor, his interest extends to oil painting, pastel drawing and printmaking. Recent subjects have been landscapes and seascapes in Maine, Alaska, Arizona and Italy. He usually works directly from the subject, which he feels helps him create a more immediate and spontaneous quality in his pictures. He lives in Whitefield with his wife Marie. He is not only a gifted watercolorist but a gifted teacher also.

Smith, Edna

Edna earned an Associate Degree from Boston University and her B.S. at UMA. After working at Central Maine Power Company for 25 years as an Accountant, Computer Analyst, their first Woman Manager and as Manager of Customer Operations, she decided to delve in the world of personal computers and digital cameras. She is a member of the Kennebec Valley Art Association and Camera Club. With her husband, the Reverend Roger Smith, she has traveled extensively, always with her camera.

Sturtevant, Mary

Mary has a B.A. degree in zoology from the University of Maine (Orono). For over twenty-five years she was employed as a chemist by the State of Maine Public Health Laboratory. She volunteers with the Kennebec Land Trust, and as a school tour guide at the Pine Tree State Arboretum. She enjoys gardening, participating in a book discussion group, and learning about the natural world.

Thomas, Ben 

Ben is a graduate of the University of Maine Orono (BA), and masters degree (ED).  He started writing in the 70's, completing three books on white water canoeing in Maine followed by Your Pocket Guide to the Maine Outdoors.  He published numerous articles in national magazines before launching into fiction.  His two recent books are on the market now, Code Breaker and Scuba Gold.  He is active in the outdoors, few airplanes for ten years, is currently a master Maine guide and amateur radio operator call sign K1BRT.

Todd, Jim

Jim practiced and taught psychiatry until his retirement in 1996.  Since then he has been exploring his creative side encouraged by Senior College classes.  He became interested in fractals and chaos theory a year ago.

Wagley, Sally

Sally is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Northeastern University School of Law. She moved to Maine from Washington D.C. in 1984 to start her legal career. She has over 22 years experience in the field of law and aging, as a legal aid lawyer, government lawyer and lobbyist, and now in private practice with the firm of Levey and Wagley, P.A. in Winthrop. She has participated in the development of Maine laws affecting older people and has published articles on these subjects. Her practice focuses on elder law, estate planning and estate administration.

Ward, John

John taught English literature and held administrative positions at Kenyon College in Ohio and Centre College in Kentucky for almost forty years.  He earned his A.B. from Amherst College and his PhD. from the University of Virginia, and went on to teach courses in eighteenth-century British literature and the history of the British novel.  He has published on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British works, and on two twentieth-century American poets, Vachel Lindsay and Robert Lowell.  He came to Kenyon in 1970, was promoted to professor and chair of the English department before leaving in 1990 to become Dean of the College at Centre.  Since his retirement in 2006, he has worked in his parish church, assisted his wife with extensive gardening projects, renewed an interest in modern fiction, helped restore an 1840's reverside house and rediscoved the game of tennis.  His current reading interests include naval fiction, detective novels, modern fiction, biography and cookbooks.

Ward, Maryanne

Maryanne comes from a very distinguished background in literature.  Her teaching areas are the British Nineteenth-century Literature, History of the Novel, Interdisciplinary Humanities, and Russian Nineteenth-century Literature.  She has been a Professor of  English at Centre College as well as the Chair for the English Program.  In 2006 She was Professor Emerita at Centre College.  She has received numerous grants and has been very busy with Administrative activities.  She became a Maine Master Gardener in 2008.  She brings a wealth of teaching experience to Senior College.

Watson, Allan

Allan is a Maine native from Saco and holds a MSEd degree from the University of Southern Maine.  He has served as a pastor for two churches and worked as a special education teacher and therapeutic foster parent for individuals with special needs for 36 years.  Allan has authored multiple books, including a 5 book series, The Ambassador Code.  He is also the editor of the monthly newsletter, Ambassador Advocate.