Carlisle Hall - Rm 203E

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Education:

Ph.D with distinction, Texas Christian University, 2003

B.A., University of California at Davis, 1995

Current Research:

Dr. Lowry’s research interests include GTA training, integrating common reading texts into FYE courses, and using literacy narratives in FYE courses. She is also currently working on research and creative nonfiction projects on Ruth Millett, a nationally syndicated columnist who wrote from 1938-1968.

Recent Publications:

Articles in Refereed Journals:

“Pretty and Therefore ‘Pink’:  Helen Gahagan Douglas and the Rhetorical Constraints of U.S. Political Discourse.”  Rhetoric Review 22.3 (2003):  282-99.

Commentaries:

"In Politics, the Motto Can Be 'All Together Now." Fort Worth Star-Telegram.  5 Apr 2008.

"Keep Pumping Out Those Questions." Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 5 Jan 2008.

"It Takes More Than a Village to Raise a Child." Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 4 Oct. 2008.

"Ready, on Your Mark, Sweat, Go!" Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 5 Jul. 2008.

"Family-Leave Rules Leave Much to Be Desired." Fort Worth Star-Telegram." 13 May 2007.

“Confessions of a Guadalupana.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 December 2006.

“The Gift of Thrift.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 September 2006.

“Naming, Explaining Have Great Power.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2006.

“A Precious Tie to the Past—and the Present.”  Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 March 2006.

“Stitching Together Community.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 November 2005.

Short Bibliographic Works:

“Bookshelf: A Bibliography of Current Scholarship in the Field.” Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers 19.2 (2002):  269-79.

“Bookshelf: A Bibliography of Current Scholarship in the Field.” Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers 18.2 (2001):  253-60.

“Bookshelf: A Bibliography of Current Scholarship in the Field.” Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers 18.1 (2001):  121-33.

Professional Pedagogical Materials (Collaborative Projects):

Assessment for Learning: Using Rubrics to Improve Student Writing, 1st Grade.  Co-authors Sally Hampton and Sandra Murphy. Rev. Ed. International Reading Association/New Standards, 2009.

Assessment for Learning: Using Rubrics to Improve Student Writing, 2nd Grade.  Co-authors Sally Hampton and Sandra Murphy.  Rev. Ed. International Reading Association/New Standards, 2009.

Assessment for Learning: Using Rubrics to Improve Student Writing, 3rd Grade.  Co-authors Sally Hampton and Sandra Murphy.  New Standards, 2004.

Assessment for Learning: Using Rubrics to Improve Student Writing, 4th Grade.  Co-authors Sally Hampton and Sandra Murphy.  Rev. Ed. International Reading Association/New Standards, 2009.

Assessment for Learning: Using Rubrics to Improve Student Writing, 5th Grade.  Co-authors Sally Hampton and Sandra Murphy.  Rev. Ed. International Reading Association/New Standards, 2009.

Assessment for Learning: Using Rubrics to Improve Student Writing, Kindergarten.  Co-authors Sally Hampton and Sandra Murphy.  Rev. Ed. International Reading Association/New Standards, 2009.

 

Professional Memberships:

Modern Language Association
National Council of Teachers of English
Council of Writing Program Administrators
Society for the Study of American Women Writers
American Association of University Women

 

 

 

 

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