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In her role as interim dean of the Honors College at Montgomery College, Fiona brings together all Honors College programs under a single umbrella: Early College Honors, Macklin Business Institute, Montgomery Scholars, Phi Theta Kappa International College Honors Society, Renaissance Scholars, Scholars Circle, and STEM Scholars.

Fiona started her career in higher education more than twenty years ago. Since joining the Montgomery College community six years ago, she has served as interim Campus Dean of Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus; led the department of English Language for Academic Purposes, Communication Studies, and Linguistics; and directed the Paul Peck Humanities Institute. She previously served as Assistant Provost at the University of Baltimore, and prior to that as Associate Professor and Vice Chair at the California State University, Sacramento, where she taught undergraduate composition and writing-in-the-disciplines courses as well as graduate courses in the theory and practice of composition, rhetoric, second language reading and writing, and pedagogy.

A first-generation college student and immigrant to the United States, Fiona earned her A.A. in English from Antelope Valley Community College; her B.A. in English from the University of California at Santa Barbara; and her M.A. and her Ph.D., with distinction, in Rhetoric and Composition from Washington State University. Based on her own experiences, Dean Glade believes passionately in the capacity of higher education to be transformative, and she is proud to join students, faculty, and staff at MC where her highest priority is to contribute to the college’s commitment to academic excellence and lifelong learning, and to support students’ achievement of the goals they have set for their own education pathways.

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A Professor of English at MC and an Outstanding Faculty Award recipient (2020), Jamie has been closely involved in PPHI initiatives for several years in myriad capacities. She co-coordinates the Digital Storytelling Internship, having contributed to the development of a strong partnership with University of Maryland, Baltimore County to expand the internship after winning - as a co-author - an MC Innovation Grant as well as a Hrabowski Innovation Grant and a Jodi Crandall Fellowship at UMBC. Jamie has continued to design workshops, give presentations, and publish in education and digital storytelling, and in June 2023 she co-chaired the 11th International Digital Storytelling Conference which was co-hosted at MC’s Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus. Jamie has also contributed to the Global Humanities Institute, and served on the Global Humanities Institute (GHI) steering board. In addition, after participating in 2015 as a Smithsonian Faculty Fellow, Jamie now combines museum education with digital storytelling in her own classes.

In addition to teaching writing, research, and literature, Jamie has published several articles and has also supervised the Critical Reading, Writing, and Research course. Prior to joining MC, she taught at Trident Technical College, University of Tampa, and St. Petersburg College (Florida). She earned a B.S. in Education at University of Central Florida and an M.A. in literature from College of Charleston. Currently, she is a candidate in the Language, Literacy, and Culture doctoral program at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where her research focuses on collaborative storywork in higher education.

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B.S. Management Information Systems, University of Maryland
A.A.S Health Information Management, Montgomery College

Associate Professor of English, Montgomery College

MC-Smithsonian Faculty Fellowships

Professor, Education and Social Sciences (Psychology)

MC-Smithsonian Faculty Fellowships

Professor of English and Reading

Digital Storytelling Internships

Professor of English and Reading

Digital Storytelling Internships

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Professor of Art History; Gallery Director, Sarah Silberman Art Gallery, Rockville Campus
Dr. Ken Jassie is a professor of Art History teaching on the Rockville Campus since 1995.  He has participated in the activities of the PPHI beginning in 2000 and became involved with the Portraits of Life: Holocaust Survivors of Montgomery County exhibition in 2005. As the Holocaust Education Coordinator, he conducts outreach with Montgomery County Public Schools as well organizing annual events at the College, such as the Holocaust Commemoration and the Bella Mischkinsky Memorial Lecture.

Portraits of Life

Associate Professor of English and Reading

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Professor of History and Political Science

Paul Peck Humanities Institute Internships