Gloria Hochstein
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Gloria Hochstein came to the Department in 1977 almost fresh off a Minnesota farm, via Augustana College for a B.A., three years as director of a group home for "troubled teens," the University of Arizona (Tucson) for her M.A., and UW-Madison for work on a Ph.D.
She expresses her passion for teaching and her love of reading and writing of the English language in her classes of basic and advanced composition, English Grammar and Usage, women mystery writers, and science fiction of all kinds, including women in science fiction and science of science fiction. She wants her students to discover the joy of using the English language well: to find both pleasure and significance in reading literature, and to learn to use a variety of tools and skills to make the writing process effective, creative, and satisfying. Her overall educational goal is to provide a classroom atmosphere in which students actively demonstrate that they have taken responsibility for their own learning.
Gloria Hochstein enjoys working closely with students in the classroom, and enjoys serving as the advisor for Sigma Tau Delta , Theta Zeta chapter, and as advisor for the English Festival. Gloria Hochstein is also an advisor to Alpha Phi Omega, the service organization, and to the Alpine Ski Team. In 2001, she received the Student Organization Advisor Award from UWEC. In 2006, she received the Outstanding Regional Sponsor award from the national Sigma Tau Delta organization. Recently, Professor Hochstein was elected to the national Board of Directors of Sigma Tau Delta and will be serving as the Midwestern Regent for the next four years. In 2006, she received the O.W.L. Award from the nontraditional students at UWEC.
Outside the classroom, Gloria Hochstein reads all kinds of fiction and reads non-fiction scientific literature for fun. She also reads, writes, and talks about science fiction (novel and short stories and film) and served as the national chair of the science fiction section for the Popular Culture Association for several years. She has given numerous presentations on science fiction, critical and analytical reading skills, basic writing, and other basic college skills, and for many years designed and directed pre-college programs for minority and first generation students. She has enjoyed being part of the Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild for many years and recently returned to the stage in January of 2006, playing Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. She loves the outdoors, has been a National Ski Patroller, and is an avid traveler, skier, camper, gardener, motorcyclist, hiker, and animal lover. Her current obsessions are MacIver (her bearded collie dog), her Arctic Cat snowmobile, her purple Harley Davidson Softail Classic, and her old but steady 23 foot motor home.
