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Curriculum Vitae
Education Ph.D. Indiana University, 1976: English Professional Experience Purdue University, 1981-present
Tennessee Technological University, 1979-1981 Assistant Professor of English and English Lab Co-director Illinois State University, 1977-1979 Assistant Professor of English University of Louisville, 1976-1977 Lecturer in Composition Indiana University, 1972-1976 Associate Instructor, Department of English Awards, Honors, and Leaves at Purdue 2000: School of Liberal Arts Educational Excellence Award1998: Departmental Excellence in Teaching Award 1997: Departmental Excellence in Teaching Award 1995/96: Lilly Endowment Faculty Open Fellowship for the study of critical and student-centered pedagogy 1995/96: Purdue University Sabbatical Leave 1994: Departmental Excellence in Teaching Award 1993: Departmental Excellence in Teaching Award 1993: Center for Undergraduate Instructional Excellence, Purdue University School of Liberal Arts (for Spring 1994) 1989: Purdue University Sabbatical Leave 1983: Purdue University Summer XL Grant Professional Memberships Council of Writing Program AdministratorsNational Council of Teachers of English Conference of College Composition and Communication Head, Department of English, July 1, 2002-present Programs Administered at Purdue 1998-2002 & 1986-95: Director of Composition, administering English 100, 101, 102, 103, and 304 Curriculum and Course Development
Committee Leadership and Membership School of Liberal Arts Committees
Department of English Committees
Courses Taught at Purdue Undergraduate Courses: English 100: Developmental Writing Graduate Courses: English 502D: Practicum in Teaching Developmental Writing Service on Ph.D. Committees: Service as Chair
Patricia M. Jenkins "A Pedagogy for Basic Writing" 1998
Service on M.A. Thesis Committees Wladyslaw Chlopicki, M.A. in Linguistics, 1987 Publications Books In Progress: Academic Writing and Research: Strategies for Inquiry and Argument. Under contract. Mcgraw-Hill/Mayfield Publishers. A first-year composition textbook. Expected publication: 2004. In Print: The Writing Program Administrator as Theorist: Making Knowledge Work. A co-edited collection of new essays articulating the relationships between writing program administration and theory. Co-edited with Shirley K Rose. Heinemann, 2002. The Writing Program Administrator as Researcher: Inquiry in Action and Reflection. A co-edited collection of new essays defining the intellectual work and research methods of writing program administrators. Co-edited with Shirley K Rose. Heinemann, 1999. Situating Portfolios: Four Perspectives. A co-edited collection of new essays on portfolios at all educational levels. Co-edited with Kathleen Blake Yancey. Utah State University Press, 1997. Writing: An Introduction. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman: 1989 Language and Writing: Applications of Linguistics to Rhetoric and Composition. With Victor Raskin. Norwood, N.J. Ablex: 1987. Index of American Periodical Verse. With Sander Zulauf. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press: annually 1971-1977. Book Chapters "Theorizing Writing Program Theorizing." With Shirley K Rose. In The Writing Program Administrator as Theorist, ed. Shirley K Rose and Irwin Weiser. Heinemann, 2002, 183-195. "Introduction." The Writing Program Administrator as Theorist, ed. Shirley K Rose and Irwin Weiser. Co-authored with Shirley K Rose. Heinemann, 2002, 1-6. "WPA as Researcher and Archivist." With Shirley K Rose. In The Writing Program Administrator's Resource: A Guide to Reflective Institutional Practice , ed. Stuart Brown and Theresa Enos. Erlbaum, 2002, 275-290. "When Teaching Assistants Teach Teaching Assistants to Teach: An Historical View of a Teacher Preparation Program." In Preparing Teachers of College Writing: Histories, Theories, Programs, Practices, ed. Betty Pytlik and Sarah Liggett. Oxford UP, 2002. 40-49. "Academic Dishonesty is not Tolerated in Chem. 110." With Jeffrey Jablonski. In Writing Making Learning: Cross-Curricular Scenes for Reflection and Faculty Development, ed. Chris M. Anson. Oxford UP, 2002, 189-194. "Self-Assessment, Reflection, and the New Teacher of Writing." In Self-Assessment and Development in Writing, ed. Kathleen Blake Yancey and Jane Smith. Hampton Press, 2000. 139-156. "Local Research and Curriculum Development: Using Surveys to Learn About Writing Assignments in the Disciplines," in The Writing Program Administrator as Researcher, ed. Shirley K Rose and Irwin Weiser. Heinemann, 1999. 95-106. "Introduction," The Writing Program Administrator as Researcher, ed. by Shirley K Rose and Irwin Weiser. Co-authored with Shirley K Rose. Heinemann, 1999. v-xi. "Revising Our Practices: How Portfolios Help Teachers Learn," in Situating Portfolios: Four Perspectives, ed. Kathleen Blake Yancey and Irwin Weiser. Utah State University Press, 1997. 293-301. "Portfolios and the New Teaching Assistant" in New Directions in Portfolio Assessment, ed. Jeffrey Sommers, et. al., Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann-Boynton/Cook, 1994. 219-229. "Teaching Assistants as Collaborators in Their Preparation and Evaluation" in Evaluating Teachers of Writing, ed. Christine Hult, Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1994.133-146. "The CCCC's 'Statement of Principles and Standards for the Postsecondary Teaching of Writing': Implications for Writing Program Administrators and Teaching Assistants." With Karen Dwyer. The TA Experience: Preparing for Multiple Roles. ed. Karron Lewis. Stillwater, OK: New Forums P, 1993. 19-24. "Portfolio Practice and Assessment for Collegiate Basic Writers," in Portfolios in the Writing Classroom: An Introduction, ed. Kathleen Blake Yancey, Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1992. 89-101. Articles "Linguistics" in Encyclopedia of Rhetoric, ed. Theresa Enos. Garland Publishing, 1996: 386-91. "Coherence." in Encyclopedia of English Studies and Language Arts, ed. Alan C. Purvis, New York: Scholastic, 1994. 205-207. "Resemblance and Similitude in Academic Writing." Journal of Teaching Writing 11 (1994), 177-85. "Ideological Implications of Social-Epistemic Pedagogy." Composition Studies 20 (Fall 1992), 29-35. "Surveying New Teaching Assistants: Who They Are, What They Know, and What They Want to Know." WPA: Journal of the Council of Writing Program Administrators 14 (Fall/Winter 1990), 63-71. "The Relationship Between Theory and Practice." Journal of Teaching Writing 7 (Spring/Summer 1988), 1-8. "Better Writing Through Rhetorically Based Assignments." Journal of Teaching Writing 6 (Spring 1987), 41-48. "Developing a Basic Writing Program: Addressing Error Individually." Arizona English Bulletin 29 (Spring 1987), 42-47. "John Barth's Sabbatical." The Explicator 42 (Winter 1984), 22-23. "Standardized Tests of Writing Abilities: Some Additional Thoughts." Freshman English News 12 (Spring 1983), 15-16. "The Prose Paraphrase: Integrating Poetry and Composition." The English Record 32 (Winter 1981), 13-14. Rpt. in Instructor's Manual to Accompany An Introduction to Poetry, 5th. ed., X. J. and Dorothy Kennedy (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1982), 192-95. "Reading and Writing: Teaching Poetry and Composition in Six Weeks." F.E.R.N. (Freshman English Resource Notes) (Fall 1981), 8-13. "Dickens' Great Expectations." The Explicator 39 (Summer 1981), 14-15. "Dickens' Hearthless Hero: The Failure of Home and Family in Great Expectations." Illinois Quarterly 43 (Winter 1980), 28-39. "Imitation in the Basic Writing Class." Arizona English Bulletin 22 (Feb. 1980), 139-43. Rpt. in Writing Projects, ed. Margaret Fleming (Urbana, IL: NCTE, 1981). "Sentence Combining for Diction and Detail Improvement." F.E.R.N. (Spr/Sum 1979), 8-9, 12. See also "(Inter)textuality, Semantics, and Coherence," "A Cross-Disciplinary Survey," and "Interpreting Diagnostic Essays" under Papers and Lectures, published in ERIC. Reviews "Review of the 1981 issues of The Journal of Basic Writing," The Rhetoric Society Quarterly 12 (Summer 1982), 167-72. Papers and Lectures National " Supporting Future WPAs Through Administrative Apprenticeships." CCCC, Denver, CO, March 2001."How Being a WPA Has Made Me a New Abolitionist." WPA, Charlotte, NC, July 2000. "Preserving Our Culture: Writing Programs’ Responses to Extra-Curricular and Cross-Disciplinary Initiatives." CCCC, Minneapolis, MN, April 2000. "George S. Wykoff’s ‘Toward Achieving the Objectives of Freshman Composition:’ A Rereading." CCCC, Atlanta, GA, March, 1999. "Learning to Reflect on the Self-as-Teacher." CCCC, Chicago, IL, April 1998. Session chair and presenter. "Multiple Responsibilities, Constituencies, and Loyalites of the WPA." WPA (Writing Program Administrators), Houghton, MI, July, 1997. "Connecting Assessment and Reflective Practice in the Preparation of New Teachers of Writing," NCTE Conference on Assessment and the Teaching of English, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June, 1997. Featured speaker. "Not Just Administering Programs: The WPA as Tightrope Walker," CCCC, Phoenix, AZ, March, 1997. "Strategies for Encouraging Reflective Practice among New Teachers of Writing," WPA (Writing Program Administrators), Oxford, OH, August, 1996. "Curriculum Planning and Conceptions of Literacies in the Liberal Arts," CCCC, Washington, D.C., March 1995. "Portfolios in the Academic Writing Class," (Roundtable), CCCC, Washington, D.C., March 1995. "Beginning With Portfolios." Portfolios, Writing Across the Curriculum, and Program Assessment: National Portfolio Conference Series, Phoenix, June 1994. "Revising Our Practices: How Portfolios Help Teachers Learn." Portfolios for Learning and Beyond: National Portfolio Conference Series, Baltimore, April 1994. Featured speaker. "Portfolios as Extensions of Process Pedagogy in the Preparation of Teaching Assistants." CCCC, San Diego, April 1993. "Portfolios and the New Teaching Assistant." New Directions in Portfolio Assessment, Oxford, OH, October 1992. "Why I Wrote a Textbook and Why I (May) Want to Write Another." CCCC, Cincinnati, March 1992. "The CCCC's 'Statement of Principles and Standards for the Postsecondary Teaching of Writing': Implications for Writing Program Administrators." The TA Experience: Third National Conference on the Training and Employment of Teaching Assistants, Austin, TX, November 1991. "Ideological Implications of Social-Epistemic Rhetoric." CCCC, Chicago, March 1990. "Soliciting New TA's Concerns: Using Survey Responses to Plan an Orientation Program for Writing Teachers." Preparing the Professoriate of Tomorrow for Teaching: Second National Conference on the Training and Employment of Teaching Assistants, Seattle, November 1989. "Addressing New Teaching Assistants' Concerns." WPA (Writing Program Administrators) Summer Conference, Miami University, Oxford, OH, July 1989. "Publishing in WPA: Writing Program Administration." Roundtable discussion, WPA Summer Conference, Miami University, Oxford, OH, July 1989. "Exploring Concepts of Writing: Theory Development in Advanced Composition Courses." Third Miami Conference on the Teaching of Writing, October 1988. "(Inter)textuality, Semantics, and Coherence." CCCC, St. Louis, March 1988. Subsequently published in ERIC, Resources in Education, September 1988. "Linguistic Applications to the Study of Coherence." CCCC, Atlanta, March 19, 1987. "When Students Write About Writing," CCCC, New Orleans, March 13, 1986. "Research Opportunities for the Composition Instructor," CCCC, Minneapolis, March 21, 1985. "The Relationship Between Theory and Pedagogy: Problems and an Alternative Model," CCCC, New York, March 1984. "Experimental Studies and the Teaching of Writing: What Sentence-Combining Research Has Taught Us," Second Miami University Conference on Sentence-Combining and the Teaching of Writing, Oxford, OH, October, 1983. "A Cross-Disciplinary Survey of Writing Expectations," CCCC, San Francisco, March 1982. Subsequently published in ERIC, Resources in Education, August 1985. "Interpreting Diagnostic Essays: Basic Writer or Composition Student?" CCCC, Dallas, March 1981. Subsequently published in ERIC, Resources in Education, June 1982. "Using Sentence Combining to Teach Diction and Detail Improvement," The Miami University Sentence-Combining Workshop, October, 1978. Regional and Local "Resemblance and Similitude in Academic Writing," Indiana College English Association, South Bend, September 29, 1991. "Social Theories of Rhetoric," Miami University Department of English, March 1989. "Writing About Writing: What Our Students Teach Us," Indiana Teachers of Writing, Indianapolis, September 28, 1986. "Imitation Techniques in the Writing Class," Fifth Purdue English Workshop, West Lafayette, November 1, 1985. "Preparing High School Students for College Writing Courses," Mid-America Conference on Composition, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN, April 19, 1985. "The Value of Doing Research in Your Own Classroom," Indiana Teachers of Writing, Indianapolis, September 29, 1984. "Establishing Priorities in Introductory Composition," Set It Right Conference, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, April 1978. Workshops "The Intellectual Work of the WPA." Pre-convention Workshop at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, March 20, 2002. Co-leader. Designing Writing Assignments to Support Course Goals, a three-day workshop for faculty from all disciplines. Carleton College, December 10-12, 2001. Leader. Developing Writing Intensive Courses, a week-long faculty workshop sponsored by the School of Liberal Arts, May 1998, repeated May 2000, May 2001, May 2002. Co-leader and presenter. "Writing and Learning," a two-week faculty workshop sponsored by the School of Liberal Arts, May 1995. Co-leader and presenter. "Portfolios and Writing Across the Curriculum," Nazareth College, Rochester NY, May 11, 1994. Co-leader and presenter. "Evaluating Teachers of Writing," CCCC, Boston, March 1991. Co-leader and presenter. "What Are We Doing as a Research Community," CCCC, St. Louis, March 1988. Presenter. "Teaching Basic Writing," University of Alabama at Birmingham, September 9-11, 1985. Leader and presenter. "Sentence Combining and the Teaching of Writing," Lilly Foundation Workshop, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN, August 12, 1983. Leader and presenter. Repeated by invitation, August 31, 1984. "Using Statistical Data in Composition Research," CCCC, Detroit, March 1983. Co-leader and presenter. Related Professional Activities
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