Ebba Stedillie, a full time Casper College faculty member since 1990, initially taught ENGL 1010 and ENGL 1020 Composition courses in the English Department before moving to the Communication Department, where she has spent the majority of her Casper College career.

She is a past Communication department chair, a 1998 recipient of the Rosenthal Outstanding Instructor award, and the 2009 recipient of the Academic Excellence award. In addition to teaching various Communication courses each semester, Ebba is dedicated to fostering a dynamic learning environment for all students by serving as the Director of the Learning Communities program by participating on several committees and advisory boards, such as the Mentoring Committee, the Casper Mountain Science School Advisory Board, the Center for Excellence Advisory Committee, and the Oral History Cooperative. Volunteering in the Oral Communication Lab and serving as an academic advisor are two additional professional activities.

Prior to teaching at the college level, Ebba taught students in English, Public Speaking, and Drama at the secondary level in public schools, as well as coached high school forensics teams and directed high school theatre productions.

She is a member of the National Communication Association, the Western States Communication Association, Phi Delta Kappa, the National Education Association, the Wyoming Education Association, and the Casper College Education Association. In addition to earning her Master's degree from Chadron State College in 1983, she has taken post-graduate courses in Communication, Pedagogy, the Brain & Learning, Cultural Diversity in the Classroom, Cross-disciplinary Teaching, and Educational Psychology from the University of Wyoming, Adams State College, Nova Southeast University, and Norwich University.

Courses Taught:

• CO/M 1000 Introduction to Mass Media is a survey course exploring media history in American society, discussing the mutually interactive influences of the media, technology, political & historical events, and society. Students explore how media influences on our thinking as well as our daily behavior. Media studied include books, newspapers, magazines, advertising, radio, television, film, music, and the Internet, as well as emerging media.
• CO/M 1030 Interpersonal Communication focuses on the theories and behaviors essential to understanding effective communication in our relationships in all contexts--personal, work, and social. Areas of study include communication theories relevant to interpersonal situations, self concept, perception, communicating emotions, listening behaviors, nonverbal communication, communication used in developing and disintegrating relationships, dealing with conflict, and computer-mediated communication.
• CO/M 2125 Family Communication further pursues exploration of interpersonal communication theories and behaviors in the specific relational context of the family. The communication influences on our concept of family, and how those concepts affect our behaviors throughout the stages of family life are studied. In addition, our responses toward other family situations are explored. Family of origin communication patterns, emotional currencies, cultural influences, roles & rules, family histories and family stories are at the center of course.
• CO/M 2260 Interviewing is a theory and skills course in which the balance of interpersonal relationship with task achievement in the unique communication situation of the interview is explored. Students learn not only the foundational concepts of effective interviewing, but will also have multiple opportunities to practice the application of interview skills based on those concepts in role playing situations. Students also analyze & discuss interviewer as well as interviewee behavior in sample interviews as well as in role-played interviews.
• CO/M 2380 Cinema History, an honors course team taught with Media Program director Pete Van Houten, explores the history of film from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Students will investigate the people, technologies, and political movements that influence the film industry, as well as how the film industry developed into a major influence in American culture. Students will also develop criteria for judging a film's significance, through the comparative study of film genres, styles, techniques, use of technologies and important actors, writers, & directors.

Family:
Michael Stedillie, theatre teacher "extraordinaire" and artistic director of Kelly Walsh Theatre
Son Tony Stedillie, his wife Jenn Stedillie, and grandson Victor Stedillie (Chicago)
Daughter Alaina Stedillie & fiancé Seth Foster (Casper)

Other Interests:
Our pet "family", reading and photography, literature, oral histories & storytelling, film and local / regional theatre, hiking & backpacking , bicycling & canoeing, birds & gardening, wildlife & travel, art, music, natural science, & Nordic skiing.