Tyler Junior College - Changing Lives

English Language Studies Faculty Member
	Dr. Lethan Alan Barnes Professor, English Jenkins Hall, 137 (903)510-2778 abar@tjc.edu http://english.tjc.edu/abar/ Cell: 903-330-1279 Home: 903-894-6757
Education	BS, Secondary Education, Texas A & M University at College Station MA, English, Texas A & M University at College Station EdD, Supervision, Curriculum and Instruction, Texas A & M Commerce
Courses Offered	All English courses taught at Tyler Junior College
Areas of Interest	Most people tell me that I love my work too much to truly enjoy my hobbies of golfing and recquetball, so I prefer to talk about those areas of service/interest. I began my career at Tyler Junior College as an Instructor of English in September of 1969 and served in that capacity until I became a counselor in 1976 and began to pursuit my interests in Counseling and Psychology. During that time I served as Senator to the Texas Counseling Association (TCA) for 18 years, representing the Piney Woods Counselors of East Texas. I was President of the Piney Woods Counseling Association in 1981 before becoming very active with the Texas Counseling Association. With that organization (TCA) I served as Chair of the Human Rights Committee, the Publications Committee, the Finance Committee, and the Awards Committee before being elected State Treasurer in 1998. I subsequentially received the prestigious TCA Presidential Award in 2000. I returned to my first love of the teaching of English on a full-time basis in the year 2000 in order to devote more time to my ailing wife who passed away in December of 2003. From 2004 through 2006, I served as Managing Director, English Language Studies on an Interim basis. In May of 2005, I married the lovely Nan Connally Poole, who is a former teacher at Rice Elementary School, and we are now continuing our life's journey together. I have taught a Sunday School class at Green Acres Baptist Church during the past twenty-five years while helping to raise four children.
Awards and Distinctions	The awards Dr. Barnes has received for his involvement with campus organizations and activities include the Zelda Boucher Service Award (in 1997 and in 2000), recognition as a Campus Mentor (1995-1998), sponsor for the English Honor Society, sponsor for Sigma Phi Epsilon, sponsor for Phi Theta Kappa, and three separate terms as Faculty Senator. In 2002 he was selected as the President-Elect of the Faculty Senate of Tyler Junior College, and his term as Senate President is for the 2004-2005 school year. The awards he has received include the Phi Theta Kappa Distinguished Advisor Award in 2001 and the Horizon Award for the Texas Region for his 2002-03 involvement with Phi Theta Kappa. He received the Mattie Alice Scroggin Baker Excellence in Teaching Award in 2002 and the Piper Professor Award in 2004. The Piper award is given to a total of thirty professors in Texas each year, and most are from senior colleges and universities, so it is rare for a junior college teacher to receive the award. Off campus organizations he has been involved with include the Association for Retarded Citizens (President in 1999), the Baptist Student Union (coordinated efforts for building the new BSU in 1987), the East Texas Communities Foundation (Scholarship Selection Committee, 1999-present), United Way volunteer, and teacher of Sunday School classes for over 25 years. He was awarded the Someone Special Volunteer Award in 2003 by KTBB for his Outstanding Service to the local community. He has served as Chair of the Benevolence Committee for Green Acres Baptist Church for several years.
Favorite Quotation	"April 1 is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four." ~Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar