Andrew Cognard-Black
Phone: (240) 895-2213
Email: ajcognardblack@smcm.edu

Andrew J. Cognard-Black is a liberal arts associate and adjunct assistant professor of the liberal arts and has taught a First Year Seminar on A World of Work. He joined the faculty at St. Mary's in 2003, where he has taught courses in social statistics, social stratification, gender, family, and work, as well as introductory courses in both sociology and English composition. Primarily trained as a sociologist (Ph.D., M.A., Ohio State University), Cognard-Black also has a master's degrees in English language and literature from Iowa State University. He has served continuously for the past ten years on the editorial staff for the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, and he has been involved in one way or another in writing across the curriculum for the past decade. A native Nebraskan, Cognard-Black appreciates sunsets, but not long walks on the beach, and he eagerly anticipates the return of the NCAA national football championship trophy to Lincoln, where it feels most comfortable.

Brandi Stanton
Phone: (240) 895-2214
Email: bstanton@smcm.edu

Brandi Stanton is a liberal arts associate and adjunct assistant professor of the liberal arts and has taught a First Year Seminar called "Totally Awesome" American Literature of the 1980s. She came to the college as a Visiting Instructor of English in 2007 and will receive her Ph.D. in English from Indiana University this academic year. Her teaching interests include 20th and 21st century American poetry and fiction, postmodernism, hybrid genres, feminist theory, and composition. Originally from Phoenix, Brandi likes sunshine, thinks 50 degrees is too cold, and only tolerates the winters here because her cat will snuggle with her for warmth. She's most content on a beach somewhere, reading.