Linda Cohen, Seminar Participant

Linda Cohen (lcohen@massasoit.mass.edu) has been teaching as an adjunct English instructor at both Massasoit and Bridgewater State College since 1998. She has a family background that includes immigrant and WASP roots, various kinds of abuse, and experience with racial conflict, including “when neighbors called and threatened [them] not to sell [their] house in Sharon to a Negro family.” She loves teaching in environments that allow her to use all her varied experiences, including living in a suburban town that took part in the METCO program that bused about 20 inner city African-American students to her school. She had difficulty learning in school. Her grades were not very good and her parents made it clear that, as much as she wanted to go, it was obvious she was not college material. Years later, she proved them wrong when she graduated from Massasoit Community College with honors and went on to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Her hobbies--like riding her motorcycle with WOW, a women’s motorcycle group, as far as Alabama; belonging to and competing in the International Blade Fighters’ Guild; camping; SCUBA diving; and firewalking--all add to the diverse fabric of her relationships with students, colleagues, and life.

Reflections: Spring 2005 | Enriched Syllabus (in progress)

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