TPS Staff
Dr. Anne Ryan Bell Grant Director Anne Bell has spent the past seven years overseeing grant-funded professional development activities. She thoroughly enjoys supporting teachers with resources, tools and strategies, as well as exploring issues of 21st century learning. With degrees in English, Radio-TV-Film and Educational Technology, her varied background includes teaching at the high school and college level, as well as communication and training in the fields of education, television, health care, and child advocacy. She lives in the Denver area with her husband and their home-on-breaks college age son. Anne's favorite site on the LOC website is the collection Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century, including the Collection Connections resource materials for teachers. Contact: anne.bell@unco.edu Phone: 970.351.1523
Erin K. Hunt Instructional Designer Erin Hunt journeyed into the teaching world first through a PT3 grant and then as a middle and high school computer teacher. She got her feet more than wet in the exciting world of online learning for 3 years as the Program Manager of Online Learning at Centennial BOCES. Her Master's degree is in Educational Technology and she is currently working on obtaining her MLS (Master's of Library Science). She lives in Greeley with her husband (a special education coordinator for Poudre School District) and her two - almost three - children. They love music and generally spend their time playing in their music studio at home. Erin's favorite exhibit on the Library of Congress website is When They Were Young: A Photographic Retrospective of Childhood from the Library of Congress. Erin's favorite American Memory Collection is America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA and OWI. Contact: erin.hunt@unco.edu Phone: 970.351.1525 Visit Erin's personal blog
Kim Paxton Professional Development Coordinator
Kim Paxton is the newest addition to the Teaching With Primary Sources/Colorado Rural Partnership team. Even though her degree is in business, she has great passion for helping teachers help students. She is married to a teacher and has 3 school-aged children, so she has accumulated almost 14 years of volunteer classroom experience. Kim’s favorite LOC feature is the Children and Families section. This is an amazing resource for school projects at any grade level. Contact: kimberly.paxton@unco.edu Phone: 970.351.1555
Akio Yamanaka Graduate Assistant
Akio’s educational background began with an undergraduate degree in International and Intercultural Studies. Upon graduating, she moved to France where she began studying International Relations. During this time, she began to realize the positive impact educators had in developing a socially and culturally conscious society. She returned to the United States where she began her Masters’ studies in the field of Education. Akio’s professional experiences include working as a coordinator for numerous exchange programs as well as developing constructivist learning environments for students studying abroad. Most recently, she has begun her doctorate studies in Educational Technology, researching teachers’ metacognition in instructional objectives design and curriculum development. Her hobbies include watching films, snowboarding, eating exotic foods, video editing, and buying and breaking various electronic devices.
Jessica Ellis Student Employee
Jessica is a student employee at the Teaching with Primary Sources office. She is a freshman at UNC this year, majoring in Elementary Education with a Bilingual/Bicultural concentration. She is originally from Wray, Colorado, where she graduated high school this past May. She is currently living on campus in Greeley, but returns home often to visit her parents, younger brother and sister, and grandparents.
