Degrees

• Master of Arts in English (May 1995)

• Bachelor of Arts in English, Single Subjects Credential Option (May 1987)

Teaching
 

Lecturer, Humboldt State University

• English 40: Writing Confidence—Intensive Learning, Spring 2001.

• English 100: First-Year Reading and Composition, Fall 1994—2009.

• English 100: Composing Mathematics as a Liberal Art, Spring 1999, 2000.

• English 104: Accelerated Reading and Composition, Fall 2012—present.

• English 100I/A: First-Year Reading and Composition—Intensive, Spring 1999—2009.

• English 101: Critical Writing, Summer 1996, Spring 1997, Spring 2002—present.

• English 105: Introduction to Literature, Summer 1995.

• English 200: Academic Writing and Revision Workshop, Spring 1997—Spring 2000.

• English 280: Information Literacy and Writers Seminar, Fall 2012—present.

• English 481: Internship in the Teaching of Writing or Literature, Spring 1999, Spring 2007.

• English 682: Internship in the Teaching of Writing, Spring 1996—present.

• Sociology 102: Critical Thinking about Research, Spring 1996.

Adjunct Faculty, College of the Redwoods

• English 1A: College Composition, Spring 1994, 1996.

• English 1B: Composition and Critical Thinking, Fall 1997—Fall 2002.

• English 150: College Reading and Writing, Fall 1993—Fall 2000.

• English 152: English Lab, Fall 1995—Fall 2000.

Pre-Professional Positions, Humboldt State University

• Graduate Teaching Associate, English 100: First-Year Reading and Composition, Fall 1993—Spring 1994.

• Mentor Tutor, Basic Writing Lab, Fall 1992—Fall 1993, Spring 1995.

• Academic Mentor, English 699: Practicum in Teaching English Syntax, Fall 1993.

• Internship, English 320: Practical Criticism, Spring 1993.

Holistic Scoring

• Humboldt State University

  • English 100 Challenge Exams, Fall 1993—Spring 1998.

  • Graduate Writing Proficiency Exams, Spring 2000—present.

  • English 100i/100/200 Assessment Portfolios, Fall 1993—present.

• Educational Testing Service

  • Reader: California State University English Placement Test, May 1997—August 2011.

  • Reader: Diagnostic Writing Service essays, January 2000—June 2003.

• College of the Redwoods English 150 Competency Exams, Fall 1993—Fall 2000.

Professional Affiliations

• College Composition and Communication, 1992—present.

• Master's in Writing Consortium, Fall 2006—present.

• National Council of Teachers of English, 1992—present.

• National Writing Project, 1999—present.

• Redwood Writing Project, 1999—present.

Service to the Department

• Acting Director of Composition, Humboldt State University, Fall 2006—Spring 2012.

• Assistant Director of Composition, Humboldt State University, Fall 2002—Spring 2006.

• Assisting the Director of Composition, Humboldt State University, Fall 1995—Summer 2002.

• English Department Liaison to the Freshman Interest Group Program, Humboldt State University, Fall 2001—present.

• Curriculum Committee, English Department, Humboldt State University, Fall 2007—present.

• Graduate Committee, English Department, Humboldt State University, Fall 1997—Spring 2001, Fall 2007—Spring 2008.

• Budget Committee, English Department, Humboldt State University, Fall 2003—Spring 2004, Fall 2006—Spring 2007.

• Search Committee, English Department, Humboldt State University, Fall 2001—Spring 2003, Fall 2005, Fall 2007, Spring 2013.

• Representative, CSU Meeting on Student Learning Outcomes in English, Cal Poly Pomona, Spring 1999.

Service to the University

• Search Committee, Assistant Director for New Student Programs, Humboldt State University, Spring 1999.

• Search Committee, Living and Learning Program Director, Humboldt State University, Fall 1996.

• Selection Committee, Al Elpusan Award for Student Activism, Humboldt State University, Spring 1997.

• Teaching Staff, Freshman Interest Group Program, Humboldt State University, Fall 1995—Fall 2006.

Service to the Profession

• Redwood Writing Project Technology Programs Director, Spring 2008—Fall 2011.

• National Writing Project Technology Liaison Network Leadership Team Member, Fall 2008—Summer 2011.

• Redwood Writing Project Technology Co-Director, Fall 2005—Fall 2007.

• Redwood Writing Project Leadership Team Member, Fall 2004—Fall 2006.

• English Department Liaison to the Humboldt State University / Eureka Senior High School Advanced Placement English Program, Fall 2001—Spring 2010.

• Web Team member, California Writing Project's Teacher to Teacher Website, Spring 2003—Spring 2005.

• Redwood Writing Project Technology and Communications Liaison, Fall 2001—Fall 2005.

• Planning Team, California Writing Project Leadership Institute for Technology, Fall 2000—Spring 2001.

Service to the Community

• Adopt-a-Brother Pelican Bay State Prison Pen-Pal Program Coordinator/Advisor, Fall 2003—Spring 2007.

• Humboldt County Fair Poetry Contest Judge, Summer 1999—Summer 2006.

• High School Writing Contest Judge: Literary Criticism, Spring 1998.

• California Association of Teachers of English High School Writing Contest Judge, Spring 1995.

Publications and Professional Papers

“Things That Stand Still in the Night.” Teaching Powerful Writing: 25 Short Read-Alouds That Motivate Students to Use Literary Elements in Their Writing. Ed.  Robert Sizoo.  NY: Scholastic, 2001.  38-41

"Hang Him High or Let Him Walk?  Plagiarism Court as a Method for Introducing Audience Awareness, Plagiarism, and Support Issues."  Points of Development: Lessons and Exercises for Beginning Writing and Literature Instructors.  Eds. Daena Smith et al.  Arcata, CA: Humboldt State University English Department, 1999. 19-25.

"The Game's the Thing: The Wheel of Punctuation and Back-Door Grammar Instruction"  Points of Development: Lessons and Exercises for Beginning Writing and Literature Instructors.  Eds. Daena Smith et al.  Arcata, CA: Humboldt State University English Department, 1999. 47-52.

"The Pendulum Rests: The Effects of Student Investigation and Collaboration on Formal Grammar Instruction in the Composition Classroom."  MATW Project, Humboldt State University.  May 1995.

"An Invitation to the Dream: A Prose Explication of William Blake's The Four Zoas."  M.A. Literature Project, Humboldt State University.  February 1995.

"Collaborative Learning: Some Thoughts from a Yet-to-be Teacher."  California English 29.2 (1993): 19+.

Presentations and Workshops

• Co-Presenter, "eTools for Teaching: Blog Platforms for Pedagogy and Publishing."  Redwood Writing Project Spring Conference, Arcata, CA, April 26, 2008.

• Co-Presenter, "Common Threads: The Story of Four TLs Networking Globally to Build Locally."  National Writing Project Annual Meeting, New York, NY, November 16, 2007.

• Co-Presenter, "Keep on Blogging in the Real World."  Redwood Writing Project's Invitational Summer Institute, Eureka, CA, July 27, 2007.

• Director, Advancing Technology: Redwood Writing Project's Advanced Technology Institute, Arcata and Eureka, CA, 2007-2008, 2008-2009.

• Presenter, "Sharing Discourses: Repurposing 'Forms of Judgment' and Recovering Rubrics."  Northcoast Education Summit, Arcata, CA, February 3, 2006; Fall English Studies Conference, Arcata, CA, October 2005; and Redwood Writing Project Summer Invitational Institute, Arcata, CA, Summer 2005.

• Co-Presenter, "Making the First Year Matter: Content Connections, Power(lessness), and Service Learning in a First-Year Experience Program."  Conference on College Composition and Communication's Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX, Spring 2004.

• Co-Presenter, “(Re)packaging Response: Multiple Texts, Multiple Responses, and the Transformation of Delivery," Conference on College Composition and Communication's Annual Convention, New York, NY, Spring 2003.

• Presenter, “Excel for Teachers,” guest workshop for Dr. David Stacey’s section of English 480/580: Teaching Writing with Technology, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, Fall 2001.

• Presenter, “Confessions of a Control Freak (Or: Allowing Students to Take Control of Their Own Learning),” Redwood Writing Project Summer Invitational Institute, Arcata, CA, Summer 2001.

• Presenter, “Integrating Redwood Writing Project Concepts at College of the Redwoods,” English Department Faculty Development Workshop, College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA, Spring 2001.

• Co-presenter, “Students Find Their Voices through Stories from Their Community,” American Association for Higher Education’s Spring 2001 Conference, Washington, D.C. and Humboldt State University’s Service-Learning Conference, Arcata, CA, Spring 2001.

• Co-presenter, “Summer Institute Basics: Coaching,” National Writing Project’s Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, Fall 2000.

• Co-Presenter, “Defining the Center: Resituating the Locus of Learning,” Redwood Writing Project Invitational Institute, Arcata, CA, Summer 1999.

• Presenter, “The Pendulum Rests: Making Room for Student Expertise in Grammar Instruction,” Redwood Writing Project Invitational Institute, Arcata, CA, Summer 1999.

• Co-Presenter, “The Promise and the Threat: Investigating Rubrics, Scoring Guides, and Matrices,” Redwood Writing Project Invitational Institute, Arcata, CA, Summer 1999.

• Presenter, “The Pendulum Rests: Making Room for Student Expertise in Grammar Instruction,” Redwood Writing Project Invitational Institute, Arcata, CA, Summer 1999.

• Co-presenter, “Merging Disciplines: Composition for the 21^st Century,” English Council of California Two-Year Colleges’ Conference, Costa Mesa, CA, Fall 1999.

• Presenter, "From Facts to Fairy Tales—and Back: Writing That Invites Students to Envision Themselves as Writers," Conference on College Composition and Communication's Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA, Spring 1999.

• Presenter, “The Game’s the Thing and Other Approaches to Grammar Instruction,” Humboldt State University’s English Department Grammar Workshops, Arcata, CA, Fall 1998.

• Co-presenter, "Conversion Tactics: Making Sure the Cart Gets Behind the Horse," NCTE and CCCC Student Chapters' English Student Conference, Arcata, CA, Spring 1998.

• Co-presenter, "Living the Myth: Merging Student and Teacher Needs in Responding Effectively and Efficiently to Student Papers," English Council of California Two-Year College's Statewide Conference 1997, San Francisco, CA.  Also presented 09/01/99 and 01/20/00 for the Redwood Writing Project.

• Co-presenter, “Learning Logs and Journals,” a Redwood Writing Project Workshop designed for the Humboldt State University Sociology Department, Arcata, CA, Fall 1997.

• Co-presenter, “Living the Myth: Responding Effectively and Efficiently to Student Papers”: Inservice Workshop sponsored by the Humboldt County Office of Education (Eureka, CA) Fall 1996, HSU First-Year Composition Staff Workshop (Arcata, CA) Fall 1996 and Fall 1997, and Redwood Writing Project Summer Institute Workshop (Arcata, CA) Summer 1996.

• Presenter, "How to Teach Grammar / Whether to Teach Grammar," Conference on College Composition and Communication's Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., Spring 1995.

• Presenter, “Authority and Responsibility: Writing Comments on Student Papers,” Humboldt State University’s Literary Society, Spring 1994.

• Co-presenter, "A Design for a Graduate Seminar in the Teaching of Writing: A Collaborative Publishing Project," Conference on College Composition and Communication's Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, Spring 1993.

• Co-presenter, English 310 Challenge Exam Workshop, Humboldt State University, Spring 1993. 

National Conference Participation

• Panel Chair, “Opportunities for Collaboration,” Conference on College Composition and Communication’s Annual Convention, Denver, CO, Spring 2001.

• Panel Chair, “Theories of Story,” Conference on College Composition and Communication’s Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, Spring 1998.

• Panel Chair, “The Role of Personal Voice in First-Year Writing,” Conference on College Composition and Communication’s Annual Convention, Phoenix, AZ, Spring 1997.

• Recorder/Reactor, “How Accurate the Portrayal? The Teacher and the Student in Adolescent Literature,” National Council of Teachers of English’s Spring Convention, Portland, OR, Spring 1994.

Professional Development

• Participant, Humboldt State University's Faculty Accessibility Institute ("Universal Design for Learning," "Creating Accessible PowerPoints Using LecShare," and "Creating Accessible Word Documents"), Arcata, CA, May 28, 2008.

• Participant, National Writing Project's Annual Meeting and Conference, 2000—present.

• Participant, National Writing Project's Technology Matters 2006 Institute, Chico, CA, Summer 2006.

• Strand Group Leader Coordinator and Strand Group Leader, Redwood Writing Project, Arcata, CA, 2001-2002.

• Participant, California Writing Project’s Leadership Institute for Technology, San Diego, CA, Summer 2001.

• Service Learning Fellowship Program Participant, Humboldt State University, Fall 2000-Spring 2001.

• Strand Group Leader and Research Strand Member, Redwood Writing Project, Arcata, CA, 1999-2000.

• Participant, “Workshop on Writing Workshops,” Redwood Writing Project Series, Eureka, CA, Summer 1999.

• Coach/Participant, Redwood Writing Project's Summer Invitational Institutes, 1999 and 2001, Arcata, CA.

• Participant, "Partnerships: Interdisciplinary Workshop for Faculty in Art, Humanities, and Mathematics," Dartmouth College, NH, Summer 1998.

• Participant, Redwood Writing Project's Summer 1996 Invitational Institute, Arcata, CA.

Recognition, Honors, Awards

• Who's Who Among America's Teachers Honoree, 1998.

• Certificate of Appreciation for Exceptional Teaching and Dedication to Student Success, College of the Redwoods' Extended Opportunity Program and Services, Spring 1996.

Updated: 02.03.13