Barbara Bell, Secretary

Barbara Bell teaches in the English Department at Santa Barbara City College, a position she has held since moving to the area in 1997. Her previous college teaching experience includes five years at Francis Marion University and four years at Texas A&M University. Although she has taught a variety of courses in both composition and literature, Barbara has a special interest in working with struggling, under-prepared writers. Thus the educational outreach arm of Speaking of Stories is what first attracted her to the organization. As the primary liaison between City College and Speaking of Stories, Barbara wants to convert students into lovers of good literature while helping them improve their reading and writing skills. She believes that exposure to Speaking of Stories, both in the classroom and in the theater, can impress upon students the power of the written—and  spoken—word.

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