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Experience & Education

Kay grew up in Helena. She has loved living, working, playing, and raising her three kids in the Helena community, with her spouse, Timothy Meloy. She treasures the many opportunities afforded by living here, including excellent public education plus an array of wonderful opportunities — enjoying sports (mostly as a sidelines fan), appreciating our vibrant arts community, and recreating in all kinds of ways in our beautiful Montana outdoors.  

Carroll College

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
  • Professor of English, 1992 – Present

  • Department Chair, 2012 – 2018

  • Associate Vice-President of Academic Affairs, 2007–2010

  • Director, Alpha Seminar, 2000 – 2010

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Carroll College

TEACHING & LEARNING

Literature

  • 19th & 20th Century British Lit

  • The Family in Literature

  • Literature and Empathy

 

Writing

  • College Composition

  • Expository Writing

  • Senior Capstone for Majors

 

Education

  • Teaching Secondary English
     

 

Outstanding Teacher Award, 2001

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Carroll College

COMMITTEES
  • NWCCU Accreditation

  • Strategic Planning

  • Master Planning 

  • Faculty Council

  • Core Curriculum

  • Rank and Tenure

  • Spiritual Vitality 

COMMUNITY SERVICE
 
  • Helena Public Schools Trustee

  • Lewis & Clark Library Foundation
    Board Member

  • Jerry Metcalf Foundation
    Board Member

  • Helena Education Foundation
    Conversation Leader

  • Central School, Helena Middle School, and Helena High Volunteer

  • Helena Area Montessori Association

A BIG FAN OF...

Sports: Baseball, Soccer, Hockey, Tennis

 

Performance: Grandstreet Theater, Irish Dance, Recitals​

 

Joys: Walking, Hiking, Floating, Camping, Skiing, Skating, Reading, Family, Friends

FORMAL EDUCATION
  • Helena High School, 1974

  • Carroll College, BA
    English Literature and English for Secondary Education, 1978

  • Boston College, MA
    English Literature, 1981

  • UMass-Amherst, PhD English Literature, 1998

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