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Dr. Cooley taught English at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ from 2008 to 2020 and served as the Department Chair as well as the Director of the Literature Concentration during her tenure.  Dr. Cooley advised senior projects in the Writing Concentration and was active on the Gurian Writing Awards committee. She taught classes for the Honors Program as well as the Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Department. Dr. Cooley led several study abroad programs for students of literature and creative writing such as Literary London, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ in Ireland, and the Florence program. Her scholarship and teaching centered on 20th century British Literature, literature for young adults, creative writing, and feminism. Her wider university service included efforts on the Sexual Assault Response Team, for Act Six Scholars, Italian Studies Advisory Board, Admissions Committe, and much more. She was active with the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association committee for Literature for Children & Young Adults as well as the Society for Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. Dr. Cooley was widely published in both academic and creative writing journals, including scholarly work in The Reader's Guide to Women's Studies, South Atlantic Review, and Contemporary Literary Criticism. Her creative work was published in numerous journals and reviews, such as the Wisconsin Review, the Mid-Atlantic Review, Carolina Quarterly, Cascadia Review, The Longleaf Pine, and Poetry Quarterly. She published two novels for young adults: Shelter (Random House, 2006), and Ostrich Eye (Random House, 2004). Her essay, "Colleville-Montgomery" was selected as a Notable Essay & Literary Nonfiction in 2015. Dr. Cooley was an advocate of women's writing and volunteered as a writing mentor at the St. Margaret's Shelter for Women and Children, Spokane, Washington. She also volunteered at regional events including the Spokane River Writers Workshop. Writers' Tour of Rural Schools, Writers-in-Schools, and literacy programs.