Sharon Prince
Department Head and 
Instructor of English
Wharton County Junior College
Fort Bend Technical Center
5333 FM 1640
Richmond, TX 77469
Ph: (281) 239-1574
Email:  sharonp@wcjc.edu

URL: http://facultyweb.wcjc.edu/sprince/

Pamela Armentrout began teaching full-time at Wharton County Junior College in 1993. Before moving to Wharton, she taught at McCullough High School, Burbank Middle School, and Texas A & M University. Her composition courses utilize computer-aided instruction and educational technology. 

Rick Bush has taught English and German at the high school and college levels.  He has published one of his poems and a journal article on teaching.  Prior to coming to WCJC, Bush worked as a technical writer and a translator of documents written in German.  He is currently a researcher for folk and music historian Robert "Mack" McCormick's forthcoming book An Almost Savage Joy.

Angela Kocurek has taught for two years as Instructor of English at WCJC. She teaches Composition and Literature courses at the main campus.

Angela Kocurek is completing her Ph.D. in English and American Literature, with a specialization in British Literature from 1798 to 1832, from the University of Houston. Trained in nineteenth-century poetry and fiction, she also writes on philosophies of beauty and art, ethical criticism, and popular culture.

URL: http://facultyweb.wcjc.edu/KLescure/

Karen Lescure graduated with her Master’s degree in English in 1997 and teaches English for Wharton County Junior College at the Sugar Land campus.  She has been full-time faculty member since the fall of 2004.  In addition to teaching English, Karen also enjoys writing in her spare time and has published a narrative in the Houston Chronicle's Texas Magazine.

B.A., Prairie View A&M
M.A., Texas A&M University
Ph.D, Texas A&M University

In 1991, Dr. Nealy graduated from Prairie View A&M University with a B.A. in English.  In the same year, she began working toward her M.A. in English at Texas A&M University.  Upon completion of her M.A., she began work on her Ph.D. in education at Texas A&M.  In August 1994, she became a full-time instructor in the Department of English at Prairie View A&M University.  In the summer of 2000, Dr. Nealy finished the Prentice Hall TASP Writing Guide, which she co-authored with Karen Hackley, a Houston Community College instructor.  Dr. Nealy completed her service at Prairie View A&M University in 2001 and began teaching English full-time at Wharton County Junior College in 2002. 

Hello!  My name is Scott Stripling.  After teaching four years as an Adjunct Instructor at WCJC, I transitioned to full-time status in August of 2009. In the past, I taught at UT Brownsville, International Bible College, Belhaven College, and University of Phoenix.  I attended five different universities, and my degrees include: BS (English/Physical Education), MA (English), MA (Biblical Literature), and DMin (Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology).  I am currently writing the dissertation for my PhD in Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology on the topic of “What happened to the lost City of Livias?”.   love teaching literature and the writing process, and my passion is Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology (focused on Israel and Jordan).  At WCJC, I teach all of the writing and literature courses as well as Humanities.

Adjunct Instructors

William Albritton has been teaching for fifteen years, beginning as a graduate assistant at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He later taught at South Arkansas Community College, and has been teaching online Philosophy for WCJC since 2009.

Mr. Autry has been teaching for 36 years, including stints at the University of New Orleans, Lamar University in Beaumont, and ten years now at WCJC. He received his B.A. in English from the University of North Carolina, and his master’s degree from East Carolina University. In 2009 Mr. Autry received a grant for study at Oxford University in the English Language Seminar.

Richard Cutrer earned his MA in English from the University of Houston and is nearing completion of an MFA degree in Creative Writing from Goddard College in Vermont. He has taught composition and literature at Wharton County Junior College for over a decade, as well as at Houston Community College and University of Houston-Downtown. Having published several freelance articles in Texas magazines, he has en extensive background in corporate communications. He is also a health care and nonprofit copywriter.

Ms. Davidson received her B.S. degree in English from Stephen F. Austin State University, and her M.A. and an M.L.S. there as well. Prior to her teaching at WCJC, she taught at Alvin Community College and Sam Houston State University. Ms. Davidson teaches English Composition at the Richmond and Sugar Land campuses.

Martha Taylor Harrison is a graduate of Wharton County Junior College and Texas A & M University-Kingsville, with a B. A. in English/Speech and an M.A. in English/Education. Retired from forty years of public school instruction at Port Arthur ISD and Alief ISD, Ms. Harrison has taught the English Composition courses at WCJC since 2007.

Carol King earned her BA in English and Journalism and her MA in English from Sam Houston State University. She has taught at St. Louis (Missouri) Community College as well as in the public school system in Texas. Carol teaches Composition for WCJC on the Bay City campus.

Patrick LeClair received his B.S. from the University of Houston. Patrick also received the M.L.A, the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Liberal Arts from Houston Baptist University. Patrick LeClair teaches Humanities at WCJC and English and AP Art History full-time in Fort Bend ISD. He began teaching at Wharton in 2010.

Santiago Lopez earned his M.A. in English from New Mexico State University and has Bachelor Degrees in English and Psychology from the University of Houston. He has taught creative writing through Writers In The Schools in Las Cruces, NM and Houston. Lopez has poems in the premiere two issues of the New Mexico Poetry Review, and Palabra: A Magazine of Chicano and Latino Literary Art. His scholarly interests overlap his personal pursuits of poetry, music, and cinema.

David V. Mason received his B. A. in philosophy and literature in 1976 from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. His Master's degree was earned at Columbia University/Union Theo. Seminary in New York City in 1979. His doctoral degree was conferred in San Francisco, SFTS, in 1985. In the summer of 2010 he was a guest lecturer at Jesus College, Cambridge University in Cambridge, England. He is also the author of four novels for young adults and often speaks at local schools in the Houston area. He has taught literature, philosophy and composition at the university level for 28 years at several colleges.   (His website is www.davidvmason.com)

Melissa Morse earned her A.A. degree from WCJC in 1989 and graduated from Texas State University with a B.A. in English and Secondary Education in 1991. She taught high school English for South San Antonio ISD and Needville ISD and later took time off to stay home with her children. She received her M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies focusing on English and Education from the University of Houston Victoria in 2006 and returned to teaching English for Lamar Consolidated ISD at Foster High School. She has been teaching Dual Credit English for WCJC since 2007 and enjoys preparing high school seniors for college.

Jimidene Murphey fell in love with teaching as a graduate assistant and has been teaching for over 20 years. She earned her B.B.A and M.B.A. in marketing and management from Tarleton State University. Wanting a second teaching field, she completed her M.A. in composition/rhetoric and technical writing at Texas Tech University. She has taught at South Plains College, Clarendon College, Victoria College, and WCJC. To keep abreast of current pedagogy, she has prepared over 30 ancillaries for English and business textbooks and was a part of a grant to bring online student services to rural colleges. She has been teaching online classes for 12 years and dual credit for six.

Mr. Roberts received his B.A. in English from the University of Houston – Downtown and his M.A. from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. He has studied Native American and Latin American cultures, is bilingual, and has been at WCJ for two years.

Angelique Sakry received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, and her Master of Arts degree from the University of Houston – Victoria. Prior to her coming to WCJC in 2009 to teach Composition classes, Ms. Sakry taught Business English at Texas School of Business, and received an Honorable mention award for her poetry contribution to Atlantic Monthly Magazine.

David Glen Smith earned his B.A. in Graphic Design from Drake University, his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Vermont College-Norwich University, and his M.A. in English Literature from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. His writings and paintings have been published in various literary journals. Prior to teaching, he held diverse jobs in the publishing industry, developing both print and on-line publications as editor, designer, and illustrator. During the last six years he has taught both design related courses and English composition.

Jim Stanley teaches English and Humanities as an adjunct instructor. He was born and raised in California, but he has spent the last forty years in Texas. After a tour of duty in the U.S. Army, including a year in Viet Nam with the 101st Infantry Division, he enrolled at Texas A & I University (now Texas A & M Kingsville) where he received his B.A. in English and Drama, summa cum laude, in 1973. He returned to A & I for an M.A. in English in 1990. He has taught high school English and Theatre Arts since 1990. A lifelong musician, Jim sings and plays lead guitar with a Classic Rock/Country cover band and occasionally performs as a solo acoustic artist. He is a member of Mensa, where he met his wife Pam.

Janice Whitehead has taught English at the junior high, high school and college levels. She has written several articles for Texas Fisherman and Bassin' magazines and worked extensively on the website and newsletter for the Texas Joint Hurricane Task Force. Her degrees include an AA in Computer Science from Blinn College, a BS in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Houston Downtown (UHD), and a MS in Professional Writing and Technical Communications also from UHD.