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Academic Experience:

University of Texas at Arlington

May-July l997Visiting Scholar, Cambridge University
June l996-presentProfessor, English Department

September 1994-
May l996		Professor and Chair of the English Department
September 1993-
August 1994		Associate Professor and Chair of the English Department
January 1992-
August 1993		Associate Professor, Chair of the English Department, and Director of Freshman English
December 1991-
January 1991		Associate Professor, Acting Chair of the English Department, and Director of Freshman English
September 1989-
December 1990		Associate Professor, Director of Freshman English

University of Texas at El Paso

1973-1989Founder and Director, Study Skills and Tutorial Services. Major areas of responsibility: program design, administration, staff development:
    - Administered learning assistance program that employed five professional staff, two secretaries, seven teaching assistants, and 100 peer tutors who tutored and taught more than 11,500 students per year.

    - Trained and supervised seven-ten instructors who taught eight- weeks, non-credit study skills classes (30 sections, 1000 students per year). This class was a full-semester credit class from 1973- 1978 during which time I regularly taught it. Designed both versions of this class.

    - Trained and supervised instructors who taught eight-weeks, non- credit college reading classes (11 sections, 300 students per year). Designed and occasionally taught this class.

    - Hired, trained, and supervised the professional staff coordinators who directed the tutoring in the Learning Assistance Lab, Microcomputer Learning Lab, and the Math, Science, Writing, Language, Nursing, and Business Tutoring rooms.

    - Prepared and managed the budget and reported program results.

    - Created liaison between tutoring program and faculty.
1980-1981Director, Study Skills and Tutorial Services - half-time

Lecturer, English Department - half-time
    - Taught basic reading and writing classes and directed the work of teaching assistants (three semesters).
1972-1973Study Skills Counselor in Freshman Services Office.
1968-1972 Instructor, Upward Bound Program.
    - Taught reading, study skills, writing, speech, and the history of western civilization.

Rutgers University

1963-1964 Member of Editorial Staff, Partisan Review Magazine, New Brunswick, NJ.


Cornell University

1960 Practice taught and received permanent certification to teach English in high school in New York state.


Summers

1959, 60, 61 Instructor - Cornell University. Co-designer and instructor in communications skills course for college-bound students.

1958-1962 Teaching Assistant - Cornell Reading and Study Skills Program. Taught reading and study skills. Counseled students with study problems. Directed reading laboratory work for groups of businessmen and labor union leaders.