Present
Appointment
Associate Professor of English (Writing
& Rhetoric), Director of Lower-Division Writing
North
Dakota State University Fargo,
ND
Education
Ph.D.
in English (Composition and Rhetoric), May
2002
Texas
Christian University Fort
Worth, TX
•
Awarded
a University Fellowship (1996-97)
•
Qualifying
examination, May 2000: Composition Pedagogy, Community
Service Learning, 20th
Century
Multi-ethnic Women’s Literature
B.A.
in English and German, May
1995
University
of St. Thomas St.
Paul, MN
Universität
Trier Trier,
Germany 1993-94
•
Graduated
Summa Cum Laude, Honors, Sigma Tau Delta (English Honor
Society)
Research
Books
A
Guide to Composition Pedagogies. New
York: Oxford UP, 2001. (Co-edited with Gary Tate and Kurt
Schick).
Textbooks
Research
Matters.
McGraw-Hill, January 2010 (with Rebecca Moore Howard).
Editing
Guest
Edited a Special Issue on “Rewriting Community Writing and
Rhetoric Courses.” Reflections:
Writing, Service-Learning and Community
Literacy 5
(Spring 2006). (With H. Brooke Hessler).
Peer
Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters
“Tensions
with Authorship and Evaluation in Community
Writing.” Michigan
Journal of Community Service Learning
13
(Spring 2007): pages 53-64.
“Stasis
and the
Reflective Practitioner: Experienced Teacher-Scholars
Sustain Community Pedagogy.” Reflections:
Writing, Service-Learning, and Community
Literacy 5
(Spring 2006): 153-72. (With H. Brooke Hessler).
“Pentadic Critique for Assessing and Sustaining
Service-Learning Programs.” Reflections:
A Journal of Writing, Service-Learning, and Community
Literacy. Special
Issue on Professional Writing and Service-Learning 4. Eds.
Jim Dubinsky and Melody Bowdon. (Winter
2005). 78-102.
"Reciprocal
Expertise: Community Service and the Writing Group."
By
Any Other Name: Writing Groups Inside and Outside the
Classroom. Eds.
Beverly J. Moss, Nels P. Highberg, and Melissa Nicolas.
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004. 95-112. (With H. Brooke
Hessler).
“The
Community Writing Sequence.” Teaching
Ideas for University English: What Really
Works. Eds.
Patricia M. Gantt and Lynn Langer Meeks. Norwood, MA:
Christopher Gordon, 2004. 55-68.
“What
Are Styles and Why Are We Saying Such Terrific Things about
Them?” Teaching
Writing: Landmarks and Horizons. Eds.
Christina McDonald and Rob McDonald. Carbondale: Southern
Illinois UP, 2002. 214-227. (With Rebecca Moore Howard, et
al.)
"Scholarly
Transdiscursivity: The Author-Function of 'Star' Citation."
In "The Citation-Functions: Literary Production and
Reception." Kairos
3.1.
(March 1998). Online. Internet. Available. .
Reviews
Review
of Untenured
Faculty as Writing Program Administrators.
Composition
Studies 36.2
(Fall 2008).
CCCC 2005 Conference Review of Chair’s Address—“Who Owns
Writing?” Across
the Disciplines (March
24, 2005). Online available
CCCC 2005 Conference Review of Session D01—“Across the
Drafts: Responding to Student Writing—A Longitudinal
Perspective.” Across
the Disciplines (March
24, 2005). Online available
Review
of Writing
Partnerships: Service-Learning in Composition.
Composition
Studies 31.2
(Fall 2003): 138-42.
Review
of Building
Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies
for the Online Classroom. Kairos
7.1
(2002). Online available (With H. Brooke Hessler).
Teaching Resources
“Plagiarism
and Using Sources.” Online multimedia module. McGraw/Hill.
(With Rebecca Moore Howard).
“Writing in Business and as a Citizen.”
Writing
Matters.
Rebecca Moore Howard, primary handbook author. New York:
McGraw/Hill. (2009).
The
Call to Write: Instructor's Resource
Manual. New
York: Longman, 1999. (With Rebecca Moore Howard, et al).
Reference
“Langston
Hughes.” The
Modern Age, 1900-2000: A Biographical Dictionary of Western
Culture. Ed. Joe
Nordgren. EBSCO (forthcoming).
“Maya Angelou.” The
Modern Age, 1900-2000: A Biographical Dictionary of Western
Culture. Ed. Joe
Nordgren. EBSCO (forthcoming).
“Toni Morrison.” The
Modern Age, 1900-2000: A Biographical Dictionary of Western
Culture. Ed. Joe
Nordgren. EBSCO (forthcoming).
Non-Peer
Reviewed Publications
“Teaching
Problem Solving through Community-based Writing.”
e-proceedings. China-US Conference on Literacy. Beijing,
China. 2007.
“Introduction: Why We Revise.” Reflections:
Writing, Service-Learning, and Community
Literacy 5
(Spring 2006): 3-6. (With H. Brooke Hessler).
Presentations
“Diffusing
Tension Doesn’t Mean Critical Reflection.” Conference on
College Composition and Communication. March 2010.
Louisville, KY.
“Returning to the Limen: Building Coalitions as a Writing
Program Administrator.” Feminisms and Rhetorics. October
2009. East Lansing, MI.
“Collaboration 2.0: Using Google Documents for Scholarship
and Teaching.” Computer Connection. Conference on College
Composition and Communication. March 2009. San Francisco,
CA. (With H. Brooke Hessler).
“Building
a Literacy Center in the Fargo-Moorhead Community.”
Rotary.
March 2009. Fargo, ND. (With Kevin Brooks and Andrew Mara).
“What We’re Doing When We Say We’re Doing ‘Critical
Reflection.’” National CASTL (Carnegie Academy for the
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) Institute: Developing
Scholars of Teaching and Learning. Omaha, NE. June 2008.
(With H. Brooke Hessler).
“Lessons Learned: Using TA Feedback to Shape Fall Teacher
Training.” Session on Surveying Current and Former TAs:
Lessons Learned about TA Training. Writing Program
Administrators Conference. Denver, CO. July 2008. (Read by
Margaret Lowry)
“Plagiarism Detection Services: Writing Studies
Professionals’ Recommendations.” Cosgrove Seminar on
SafeAssign. NDSU. October 2008.
“Remembering Discourse Communities: Declared Dead Too
Soon?” Linguistic Circle of Manitoba and North Dakota.
Fargo, ND. September 2007.
“Teaching Problem Solving Through Community-Based Writing.”
China-US Conference on Literacy. Beijing, People’s Republic
of China. July 2007.
“Assessing Your Program or Project.” All-day workshop on
Service Learning, Community Literacy, and Civic Engagement:
Developing Teaching and Research (Sponsored by the Service
Learning and Community Literacy Special Interest Group).
Conference on College Composition and Communication.
Chicago, IL. March 2007.
“The Third-Year Writing Requirement.” NDSU Pedagogical
Luncheon. November 2006. (With Elizabeth Birmingham, Dale
Sullivan, and Eunice Johnston).
“And You Were with the Little Guy? Reinventing First Year
Writing.” Conference on College Composition and
Communication. Chicago, IL. March 2006.
“Reflective Practice & Praxis: Literacy Experts in
Community Engagement Share Their Insights.” Research
Network Forum. Conference on College Composition and
Communication. Chicago, IL. March 2006.
“Best
Practices in Service-Learning.” NDSU Service-Learning
Faculty Development Workshop. Fargo, ND. October 2005.
(Invited).
“Why Do I Feel Guilty When a Student Plagiarizes? Dealing
with Academic Dishonesty.” NDSU Graduate Teaching Assistant
Organization Workshop Series. Fargo, ND. January 2005.
(Invited).
“Advocates for Sustainability: Service-Learning Advisory
Boards and Cross-College Consortia.” Conference on College
Composition and Communication. Service Learning Special
Interest Group. San Francisco, CA. March 2005.
“Connecting Campus to Community: Service Learning in
Student Affairs and Beyond.” NASPA Region IV-W Conference.
Fargo, ND. October 2004.
“Reciprocity in Community Engagement? Children’s Writing as
Public/Published Works.” Conference on College Composition
and Communication. San Antonio, TX. March 2004.
“A Man at the Forefront, A Woman Nearby: Gender &
Rhetorical Space in the Leadership Rhetoric of W. E. B. Du
Bois and Jessie Fauset.” Rhetoric’s Road Trips and
Horizons. Penn State U. State College, PA. July 2003.
“Integrating
Service-Learning Research and Pedagogy.” Tri-College
Academic Service-Learning Brown Bag Session. NDSU. Fargo,
ND. October 2002.
“Solving Application and ‘Pseudo-Transaction’ Problems in
Writing Classes through Community Engagement.” English
Department Seminar. NDSU. Fargo, ND. October 2002.
“From Mission to Curriculum: The Uneasy Marriage of
Religion and Service Learning.” Conference on College
Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. March 2002.
“Arrangement for Invention.” Workshop on "Using Rhetoric to
Teach Writing." Conference on College Composition and
Communication. Chicago, IL. March 2002.
“Introduction to Community Engagement Pedagogy.” Graduate
Instructor Training Workshop. TCU. Fort Worth. August 2001.
(Invited).
“The Container and the Thing Contained: Local and
Institutional Scenes Shape Service Learning.” Conference on
College Composition and Communication. Denver, CO. March
2001. (Panel Organizer).
“That
Group Work Thing: Collaboration in the Composition
Classroom.” Graduate
Instructor Training Workshop. TCU. Fort Worth. Spring 2001.
(Invited).
“One or Many? The Problem of Authorship and Evaluation in
Service Learning.” Writing Program Administrators
Conference. Charlotte, NC. July 2000.
“The
Community Engagement Continuum for Composition.” Graduate
Instructor Training Workshop. TCU. Fort Worth. Spring 2000.
(Invited).
"The Question of Motive: A Dramatistic Analysis of Service
Learning." Conference on College Composition and
Communication. Minneapolis, MN. April 2000.
"Surveying the American Dream: Gender & Class in the
Shopping Mall." Pre-Convention Workshop on "Using Popular
Culture in the Writing Class." Conference on College
Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA. March 1999.
"Citation-Functions: Literary Production and Reception."
The Sociomaterial Turn: Excavating Modernism. University of
Tulsa Twelfth Annual Comparative Literature Symposium.
Tulsa, OK. March 1998.
"Midwifing the Harlem Renaissance: The Nonfiction Essays of
Jessie Redmon Fauset." American Women Writers of Color
Conference. Ocean City, MD. Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 1997.
"Classical to Modern: Can Stasis Theory Be Adapted to the
Composition Classroom?" American Society for the History of
Rhetoric. Speech Communication Association. Chicago, IL.
November 1997.
"Sethe: Beloved’s
Goddess of Grain." Sigma Tau Delta National Conference. St.
Louis, MO. Spring 1995.
Teaching
Experience
North
Dakota State University Fargo,
ND
August 2002 to Present
College
Composition I.
Emphasized literacy. Integrated the Intercollegiate
E-Democracy Project into coursework.
College
Composition II.
Emphasized leadership. Service-learning partnership with
Ben Franklin Middle School. College students entered into
writing relationship with middle school students.
Alternate
model uses music as common theme with new media emphasis
(playlist profile, PowerPoint video commentaries).
Honors Composition II. Topic
focus: Peace and Conflict. An interdisciplinary approach to
reading and writing, drawing on rhetoric, literature,
history, film, and philosophy.
Introduction to Writing Studies. Offers
English majors and writing minors insight into the field of
writing studies, including reading and writing creative,
academic, public, and professional pieces, as well as
researching issues central to writing studies.
Intermediate Writing, now
titled Writing
in the Humanities and Social
Sciences.
Emphasizes taking a variety of critical stances and generic
responses in relation to popular culture. Whole-class
workshops are a central component.
Advanced
Writing Workshop.
Focuses on style and research, moving from traditional
academic styles and research to alternative styles and
research.
Literacy,
Culture, and Identity.
Explores varied types of literacy in a global age,
exploding myths and oversimplified representations of
literacy. Community-based literacy project enriches theory.
Classroom
Strategies for TAs. Teacher
training course for graduate students teaching first-year
writing. Includes basic writing theory, practical classroom
applications, and professionalization.
Composition Studies: Seminar on Community
Engagement.
Masters-level course on the theory, research, and
pedagogies of community engagement in composition.
Community engagement includes internships, cooperative
education, service learning, participant action research,
and activist research.
Composition
and Rhetoric: Seminar on Authorship.
Masters/Ph.D. level course on the theory, research, and
pedagogies of authorship in English Studies, particularly
composition and rhetoric.
Composition
Theory. Masters/Ph.D.
level course on writing theories with some implications for
application.
Field
Experience. Masters/Ph.D.
level course structured like an internship with regular
reading, writing, and final project.
Texas Christian University Fort
Worth, TX
Graduate Instructor, 1997 to 2001
Introductory
Composition:
Introduced academic writing, leading to formal argument.
Emphasis on rhetorical strategies for reading and writing.
Intermediate
Composition:
Genre-based course intended to stretch students beyond the
academic essay, with a continued emphasis on rhetorical
strategies for reading and writing. Integrated several
models of community engagement into teaching this course.
Advanced
Composition:
"Writing about Pop Culture" (with Gary Tate). Featured
advanced rhetorical analysis of news media, film, popular
music, and television.
Literature:
“Multi-Ethnic
Literature”
(with
Australia Tarver). Web discuss board available:
http://www2.tcu.edu/depts/english/discuss/
(See
S99
ENGL 3693-030 - Multi-Ethnic
Literature).
Distance
Learning: TIPS
Partnership On-line Writing Consultant (through Texas Tech
University).
Teaching
Interests
Undergraduate
Rhetoric & Composition: Introductory,
Intermediate, and Advanced Writing and Rhetoric Courses,
including Introduction to Writing Studies; Writing in the
Humanities and Social Sciences; Literacy, Culture, and
Identity; Professional Writing; Writing Grants and
Proposals; The Teaching of Writing; Introduction to
Rhetoric; Persuasion & Social Movements; Rhetorical
Criticism; Advanced Writing Workshop
Undergraduate
Literature: Multi-Ethnic
Literature, Women’s Literature, Harlem Renaissance
Graduate
Rhetoric & Composition: Composition
Theory, Composition Pedagogy, History of Composition
Studies, Theories of Authorship, Community Engagement in
Composition Studies, Literacy Studies
Administrative
Experience
North
Dakota State University, Fargo,
ND
Director of First-year writing. (Spring 2008-present):
Train new cohort of TAs in fall. Run professional
development workshops. Plan and facilitate program
assessment. The writing program involves approximately 40
total instructors in the fall and 25-30 in the spring.
Texas Christian University, Fort
Worth, TX
Assistant
Director of the William L. Adams Writing Center
(Fall
2000-Spring 2002): Assisted in the administration of a
large writing center with 6 full-time staff members and
approximately 10 peer consultants and serving 7,000
graduate and undergraduate students. Improved tutor
training through the use of blackboard.com and formal
training sessions. Began formal compilation of data
concerning online writing labs; reconceived delivery of
web-based services. Consulted with students on a weekly
basis.
Assistant
to the Undergraduate and Graduate Directors
(Fall
1999): Assisted in directing both the graduate (M.A. &
Ph.D.) and undergraduate (major and minor) programs,
including assigning faculty advisors, planning and
coordinating events for majors, and contributing to
graduate program improvement through reassessment.
Associate Director of Composition Studies
(Fall
1998/Spring 1999): Assisted in administering a composition
program that included approximately 50 sections of
introductory and intermediate composition per semester.
Participated in major revision of the introductory and
intermediate course requirements.
March
of Dimes, Fargo,
ND
Vice
Chair (2008-2009): Assumed
chair responsibilities in chair’s absence, including
planning meeting agendas, delegating
tasks.
Board Member and
Member of the Communications Committee
(Spring
2004-2009): Contributed to board efforts including
planning, fundraising, approving and developing
programs.
Write
to Succeed, Inc., Fort
Worth, TX (Now contributing remotely from Fargo)
Advisory
Board Member (Fall
2004-present)
Continue
to foster and direct Write to Succeed programs such as
Writing Partners in Fargo-Moorhead. Attend online meetings
and contribute to vision of organization.
Co-founding Board Member and Director of Research and
Development (Summer
1997-Summer 2004): Helped develop and maintain the
nonprofit organization and its programs: Writing Partners,
which pairs elementary and college students in reciprocal
writing relationship; Reading Partners, which involves
having college students read to and with elementary
students.
Grants
and Awards
Ambassador
Choice Teaching Award. (Student
nominated, Spring 2008).
Recognized
in Who’s
Who Among Executives and Professionals,
2008-2009.
Vogel Teaching Award,
(Student nominated, Spring 2006).
Recognized in Who’s
Who of American Women, 2007 (Nominated
Spring 2006).
Summer Research Stipend from the
English department (Summer 2005).
Development Foundation Libraries Fund
award
for $500 to develop NDSU library collections on literacy
and leadership. (April 2003).
Nominated
for membership and accepted by Delta Kappa
Gamma, a
distinguished women educator’s organization. (Spring 2003).
Fort Worth Women’s Wednesday Club Award
for
Essay Writing (2001).
TCU College of Arts and Humanities Dean’s Distinguished
Teaching Award (2000).
TCU Adams Writing Center Creative Writing Awards
Winner for
Writing about Rhetoric & Composition (2000) & about
Women/Feminism (1998).
TCU
University Fellowship (1996-97)
Professional
Writing & Research
National
Center on Education and the Economy Fort
Worth, TX. (2000-02, 2004).
•
Researched
and co-wrote 12 Reading and Writing Monographs intended as
foundational and practical guides for teachers, grades
K-10.
•
Copyedited
Author and Genre Studies directed toward the same audience.
Writing
Monograph Series
“Writing
Conferences.” 2000.
Reading
Monograph Series
“Vocabulary,
Secondary.” 2001.
“Book Discussion Groups, Secondary.” 2001.
“Shared Reading, Primary.” 2001.
“Independent Reading, Primary.” 2001.
“Reading Aloud, Primary.” 2001.
“Partner Reading, Primary.” 2001.
“Vocabulary, Primary.” 2001.
“Book Discussion Groups, Primary.” 2001.
“Rituals, Routines, and Artifacts in Readers Workshop,
Primary.” 2001.
“The Skill Block, Primary.” 2001.
“Reading Conferences, Primary.” 2001.
Development
Group Fort
Worth, TX. (1996-97).
•
Produced
grants, which involved research, project management,
copyediting, and formatting.
Service
Regional
& National
Member,
Editorial Board. Reflections:
A Journal of Writing, Service Learning, and Community
Literacy.
2007-present.
External Reviewer, Bentley
College tenure and promotion case. Summer 2008.
Session Chair. Concurrent
session on “Memory and Community.” Linguistic Circle of
Manitoba and North Dakota. Fargo, ND. September 2007.
Conference
Planning Committee Member. Linguistic
Circle of Manitoba and North Dakota 50th
Conference.
Fargo, ND Spring-Fall 2007.
Planner, Coordinator, Moderator, and
Facilitator. All day
workshop on Service Learning, Community Literacy, and Civic
Engagement: Developing Teaching and Research (Sponsored by
the Service Learning and Community Literacy Special
Interest Group). Conference on College Composition and
Communication. Chicago, IL. March 2007.
Coordinator
and Moderator. Special
Interest Group on Service Learning. Conference on College
Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL. March 2006.
Louisville, KY. March 2010.
Session Chair. Great
Plains Alliance for Computers and Writing. Fargo, ND. April
2004.
Moderator, Concurrent
Session on “Rhetoric,
Modernity, and Hermeneutics.” ”Rhetoric’s Road Trips:
Histories and Horizons,” Penn State Conference on Rhetoric.
State College, PA. July 2003.
Concurrent
Session Chair.
Conference on College Composition and Communication. New
York, NY. March 2003.
Session
Chair. Red
River Conference on World Literatures. Fargo, ND. April
2003.
Member, Action Group on
"Theories of Authorship and Pedagogy." Caucus on
Intellectual Property and Composition/Communication
Studies. Conference on College Composition and
Communication. Atlanta, GA. (Spring 1999).
North
Dakota State University Fargo, ND
President-Elect.
University
Senate. (Fall 2009-Spring 2010).
Member. Policy
Coordinating Committee. (Fall 2009-present).
Member. Senate
Executive Committee. (Fall 2009-present).
Member.
University Senate. (Fall 2008-2009).
Member,
Department
Paper Use Committee (Fall 2007).
Member,
English Department Scholarship Committee (Fall 2007-).
Member, AHSS
Faculty/Lecturer Recognition Committee (Fall 2007-Spring
2009).
Independent Study Teacher/Director:
Sean Johnson, “Creative Writing for the High School
Teacher.” (Spring 2007).
Member, Technical
Writing/English Education Hiring Committee. (Fall
2006-Spring 2007).
Member,
Administrative
Assistant Hiring Committee. (Fall 2007).
Reader,
Assessment
of Majors’ Portfolios. (Summer 2006, Summer 2007).
Member,
Upper
Division Writing Curriculum Committee. (Spring
2005-present).
NDSU Representative, Quad-College
Service Learning Consortium. (2004).
Writing Partners Program Coordinator.
Coordinated
5 NDSU classes and 5 Ben Franklin Junior High class
partnerships in spring 2003, 20 NDSU classes and 19 Ben
Franklin partnerships in spring 2004, 15 NDSU and 15 Ben
Franklin classes in spring 2005, 15 NDSU and 15 Ben
Franklin classes in spring 2006, 17 NDSU and 17 Ben
Franklin classes in spring 2007.
Member, Composition
and Rhetoric Working Group (2002-2005).
Member, Peace
and Conflict minor development committee. (Spring 2004).
Thesis Director: Kendra
Faiman. (2003-2005). Kelly Cameron (2004-2006), Carly Hearn
(2006-09), Seth Archer (2007-), Jennie Enger (2008-09),
Codi Austreim (2008).
Graduate
Field Experience Director: Codi
Schmitz (Spring 2004). Kristin Garaas-Johnson (Spring
2006). Beth Ecker (Fall 2006). Kathryn Dunlap (Fall 2007).
Landon Kafka (Summer 2008).
Dissertation Committee Member: Jon
Pike (2005-07). Melissa Vosen (2008-present).
Comprehensive
Exam Committee Member: Jon
Pike (2006),
Melissa
Vosen (2008).
Thesis Committee Member: Kim
Crowley, Suzanne Hagelstrom, Sybil Priebe, Katey Ehrenberg,
Bethany Eastvold, Melissa Vosen, Danielle Kvanvig, Marsha
Johansen, Seth Archer.
Action
Research Committee (School of Education, Masters
Program). Leah
Juelke (2007-).
Graduate
Portfolio Review Committee Member: Katey
Ehrenberg, Laura Stowe, Kendra Faiman, KrisAnn Norby,
Marcia Lundberg, Bethany Eastvold, Kelly Cameron, Melissa
Vosen, Josh Hernandez, Laure Seguela, Beth Ecker, Carly
Hearn, Jennie Enger, Seth Archer, Abi Gaugert (S10).
Undergraduate Capstone Project Director:
Carly
Hearn and Katie Murphy (F03), Jessica Herbold and Jamie
Skroch (F04). Zach Packineau and Jenny Wegner (F06). Eric
Vosika, Ryan Kahly, and Kathryn Dinneen (F07), Martha
Bartels (F09).
Faculty
representative. Sigma
Tau Delta. (2008-present).
Mentor,
Omega Project. Greg
Heller. (Spring 2008).
Faculty Advisor, Harvest
Field. (Fall 2003-Spring 2009).
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Representative. Service-Learning
Advisory Committee. (Fall 2003-Fall 2009).
Member, Composition
and Rhetoric Working Group. (2002-2005)
Member, First-year
English Committee.
(Fall
2002-Fall 2007). Chair
(Spring
2008-present).
Member,
Social,
Outreach, and Recognition Committee.
(Fall
2002-Fall 2004). Chair
(Fall
2004-Spring 2006).
Member, Curriculum Committee. (Fall
2002-Spring 2003).
Texas
Christian University
Member,
TCU Hiring Committee for
positions in Rhetoric and Composition (Fall 1999-Spring
2000).
Member,
Committee for Course Development: TCU
ENGL 2803 (Spring 1998).
Community
Board
Vice President. March of
Dimes. Fargo, ND Fall 2008-Fall 2009.
Board Member and Member of Communications
Committee. March
of Dimes.
Fargo,
ND. Fall 2003-Fall 2009.
Advisory
Board Member. Write to
Succeed, Inc. Fort Worth, TX. (2004-present).
Board Member and Director of Research and
Development. Write
to Succeed, Inc. Fort Worth, TX. (1997-2004).
Tutor/Mentor,
Cross-Age
Academic Mentoring Program sponsored
by Working Class Studies Special Interest Group at the
Conference on College Composition and Communication.
Atlanta, GA. (Spring 1999).
Full-time
Volunteer, Women’s Bean
Project, a women’s job- and life-skills training program.
Denver, CO. (1995-96).
Professional
Affiliations
•
Conference
on College Composition and Communication
•
National
Council of Teachers of English
•
Council
of Writing Program Administrators