Satori Staff

• Mike Cantlon - Satori Camp cofounder and codirector. Mike is a teacher for the Spokane School District 81’s gifted education program. He is also an adjunct faculty member of the Education Department at Eastern Washington University.
• Dr. Bruce Mitchell - Satori Camp cofounder and codirector. Dr. Mitchell is a retired professor from Eastern Washington University’s Department of Education. He is a noted researcher and author in areas of creativity, gifted education and multicultural education.
• *Sara Maleki - Satori Camp assistant director. Sara has been with the camp for more than half of its years: first as a camper, then as a counselor and now as assistant director. She is working toward earning her Juris Doctorate at Gonzaga University School of Law.

Counselors

Satori Camp counselors are predominantly certified teachers and students currently in an education program. We also have several former campers who have worked their way into camp counsellor positions.

Instructors

Satori class instructors come from backgrounds as diverse as the classes they teach. Most are area professionals and experts in their field, as well as Junior and Senior High School teachers and Eastern Washington University professors.

Featured instructors include:

• *Matthew Buchholtz - A graduate from the University of Washington with a degree in Cinema Studies, now living in Los Angeles.
• *Tyler Burnet - A professional dance instructor, and an actor working in Chicago, Illinois.
• *Ashley Cantlon - Graduate of the University of Portland and works in Portland, OR, as an engineer.
• Jeanne Case – Professor Case has a Master of Science in Geology, she has worked in Mining, Hazardous Waste, Geographic Information Systems, and teaching at Eastern Washington University.
• *Dr. Marcus Collins - Graduate student in the Biophysics Group of the Physics Department at Cornell University.
• *Dr. Nathan Collins - Graduate student in political science at Stanford University.
• *Jen Hegel – Earned her BA in Psychology from Eastern Washington University with a Gender Studies Certificate. Currently studying Psychology as a graduate student.
• Brooks Holland – Law Professor at Gonzaga University School of Law and former public defender in New York City. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston University School of Law.
• Tammy Hovren - AP/Honors English teacher and diversity advisor in the East Valley School District. MA in curriculum development from Eastern Washington University.
• Pat Hagney – Art teacher at Sacajawea Junior High School.
• Dr. Sidney Kasuga - Professor of biology at Eastern Washington University and specialist in immunopathology and hematopathology.
• Jeff Kent - Art and yearbook teacher for White Swan High School, currently serving on the Spokane Arts Commission.
• *Olivia Knouff - Graduate of Arizona State University holding dual degrees in Biology and Biochemistry. She has fenced with ASU’s Salle Diablo Fencing Club for the past 4 years, during which she served as President, Vice President, and Women’s Sabre Team Captain.
• *Chris Mathieson - Museum Programmer at the Vancouver Police Centennial Museum. Also works as a science educator at the Choice School for Gifted Children and is vice president of the Gifted Children’s Association of British Columbia.
• Bruce McDavis - Sixth degree black belt in Gojuryu Karate and has been teaching karate since 1975 throughout the Inland Northwest.
• Cheryl-Anne Millsap - A columnist as well as the home and garden editor at The Spokesman- Review in Spokane, Washington. Her personal column, Home Planet, appears each Monday on the cover of the Today section and her column on antiques and collectibles appears in the Home section each Tuesday.
• Courtney Rowland - A student at Arizona State University, where she studies math education and Japanese. She traveled to Japan on a cultural exchange in 2003, and plans to live and teach there after graduating from college.
• Mark Tietjen - Director of orchestra and assistant director of bands in the Central Valley School District. BA in music education and MA in percussion performance from Eastern Washington University.
• Dr. Bill Williams - Professor of psychology at Eastern Washington University.
• Dr. Kimberly Voll – Faculty of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia. Specialist in language and artificial intelligence.

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