Curriculum Vitae
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Ph.D. in Rhetoric & Linguistics, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, 1996.
Dissertation: Back to School in the Virtual Age: Reentry Women Students Take Computer-Assisted Basic Writing at an Urban Community College. Directed by Dr. Bennett A. Rafoth. Committee Members: Dr. Michael M. Williamson, Dr. David B. Downing.
Comprehensive examination areas: computers & learning, composition theory, literary theory. Coursework in linguistics, quantitative and qualitative research methodology, composition theory, rhetoric, cross-cultural communication, computers and writing, literary theory.
M.A. in English (Literature), Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1979. Coursework in Old & Middle English, Chaucer, Renaissance Literature, 17th Century Poetry & Prose, Milton, British Novel.
B.A. in English with Philosophy minor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1971.
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top of page.TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA. 1997-present.
Community College of Allegheny County, Allegheny Campus and North Campus, Pittsburgh, PA. 1987-1997.
American Language Institute, Indiana, PA. 1995.
Robert Morris College, Coraopolis, PA. 1989-1990.
Butler County Community College, Butler, PA. 1989-1990.
Community College of Beaver County, Monaca, PA. 1984-1989.
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top of page.2008 Recipient of the Martha B. Thornton Faculty Recognition Award, Bridgewater College.
"Putting Writing at the Center of the Curriculum: Critical Reflection and the Liberal Arts." Teaching Writing in the Liberal Arts: Unique Opportunities, Special Challenges, edited by Joanna Castner and James Inman. Forthcoming, Hampton Press.
Thematic Guide to Young Adult Literature. Greenwood Press, 2006.
"Organizing Ideas: Focus Is the Key." In A Tutor's Guide: Helping Writers One-to-One, edited by Bennett A. Rafoth (Heinemann/Boynton Cook, 2000; 2nd ed. 2005)
"Nick Carbo"; "Diana Chang"; "Marilyn Chin"; "Jessica Hagedorn"; "Shirley Geok-lin Lim"; "Janice Mirikitani"; "James Masao Mitsui" [1500-word bio-bibliographical-critical essays]. In Contemporary American Ethnic Poets, edited by Linda Cullum (Greenwood Press, 2003). Section Editor, Asian American Poets.
"Reentry Women Students' Online Collaboration Patterns: Synchronous Conferencing in a Basic Writing Class." In Electronic Collaboration in the Humanities: Issues and Options, edited by James A. Inman, Cheryl Reed, and Peter Sands (Lawrence Erlbaum, 2003).
"Promoting Social Justice in the Young Adult Literature Class: Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Choose Multicultural Texts." In Just Literacy: Promoting Justice through Language and Learning, edited by John Harmon (NYSEC Monograph 2002).
"Academic Literacy in a Wired World: Redefining Genres for College Writing Courses." Kairos 7.x (Summer 2002). Hypertext revision of "Academic Literacy in a Wired World." The Writing Instructor Spring 1999. Excerpt rpt. in The World Wide Reader by Janice Neuleib and Maurice Scharton (Addison-Wesley, Fall 2002).
Review of Living Language by Alleen Pace Nilsen. BWe, Basic Writing e-Journal Fall 1999.
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & ACTIVITIES
Affiliations:
Philomathes Society of Bridgewater College, honorary society; President 2001-2002; Vice President 2000-01
International Writing Centers Association
Southeastern Writing Centers Association
National Council of Teachers of English
Conference on College of Composition and Communication
Virginia Association of Teachers of English Inc.
Activities:
Edited Philomathean, Bridgewater College's journal of student writing, 2007-2008
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Living at the Margin:
From Full-Time Adjunct to Small College
Writing Specialist; panel title,
(Un)changing Realities: Grounding Our Narratives of the Profession in the
Realities of Women's Lives at the Margins.
Conference on College Composition and Communication,
Reading and Writing Academic Identities: Reflective Writing, Reading, and Academic Discourse in an FYC/FYS Learning Community, Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York City, March 22, 2007
Rhetoricians for Peace Workshop. Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio, TX, March 24, 2004
The Hero’s Progress: Harry Potter’s Discovery of Identity within J. K. Rowling’s Hierarchical World, Nimbus 2003: A Harry Potter Symposium, Orlando, FL, July 17-20, 2003
Writing Their Way to Authority: The School Writing Assignment in Young Adult Novels, Children's Literature Association Conference, Wyoming Seminary Preparatory School, Wilkes-Barre, PA, June 13-16, 2002
At the Center or on the Margins of Institutional Change? Establishing a New Writing Center amid Changes to General Education, a Student Portfolio Program, Institutional Self-Study, and More, Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association, Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, MD, April 27, 2002
Longitudinal Study of Students at a Small College: Ethical Questions, to be presented at Qualitative Research Network Forum (Special Interest Group), Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL, March 23, 2002
New Texts in Old Settings: Expanding Assessment Criteria to Fit Emerging Genres, Computers and Writing Conference, Ft. Worth, TX, May 26, 2000
The Whole College MOO, MOO Research Forum, Computers and Writing Conference, Ft. Worth, TX, May 27, 2000
The Impact of Technology on Student Writing Processes and Products, Teaching with Technology: Pedagogy & Assessment--sponsored by the Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, VA, May 16, 2000
"No Basic Writing Program Here!" Creating Alternatives to Bring Writers into the Mainstream, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Minneapolis, MN, April 13, 2000
How Many People Are in This MOO? Writing Personae in the Small College's Writing Center, with Heather Horner, Nathan McCann, and Jennifer Taylor, National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing, Pennsylvania State College, October 31, 1999
Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing in Face-to-Face and Electronic Peer Groups, with Linda Cullum of Westchester University, Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English Language Arts Annual State Conference, Millersburg University, October 8, 1999
Town Hall Participant, Computers and Writing Conference, Rapid City, SD, May 28, 1999
Whose Voice Am I Speaking With? Urban Reentry Women Students' Authority in a Networked Classroom, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, GA, March 26, 1999
Academic Literacy in a Wired World: What Should a "Literate" Student's Text Look Like?, Central New York Conference on Language and Literature, Cortland, NY, October 19, 1998
Whose Literacy Is This Anyway? Narrating Urban Community College Reentry Women Students' Experience in Basic Writing in the Computer Lab, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL, April 3, 1998
When Writing Teachers Teach Literature: Reshaping the Introductory College Literature Class through Portfolio Pedagogy, Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Language Arts, University Park, PA, October 24, 1997
Too Much of a Good Thing? A Two-topic Graduate Seminar in Asynchronous Conference, with Dr. Michael M. Williamson, Computers and Writing Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 8, 1997
Using the Internet for ESL Teaching, classroom presentation, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, March 11, 1997
Teaching Students to be Lifelong Learners with Technology (Panel presentation), Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English Language Arts conference, Erie, PA, October 18, 1996
The De-Professionalization of the Adjunct Composition Instructor: A Counter-Narrative of the Discipline, Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric, Louisville, KY, October 10, 1996
Using Listservs, Graduate English Forum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, July 19, 1996
Reentry Women Students and LANs: How Does the Networked Classroom Affect Basic Writing Instruction?, Computers and Writing Conference, Logan, UT, June 1, 1996
Re-Inventing the Governess: The Adjunct Composition Instructor in the Tidy House of Postsecondary Education, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Milwaukee, WI, March 29, 1996
Research Network Forum, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Milwaukee, WI, March 27, 1996
Why Use Computers to Teach ESOL?, Three Rivers TESOL, Indiana, PA, November 11, 1995
Basic Writers and InterChange: Using Synchronous Computer Conferencing in the Basic Writing Classroom, Northeast Regional Conference, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Portsmouth, NH, October 20, 1995
Community Building in the Computer Classroom: Challenges to Reentry Women Students, Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, State College, PA, July 14, 1995
Panel participant at American Association of Women in Colleges and Junior Colleges conference, Pittsburgh, PA, March, 1990
Updated July 14, 2004
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