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SERVICE TO THE STATE: Coordinating Board Committee Appointments
Chair, Texas Academic Skills Council, 1994-1996. Member 1989-1994. Member, Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) Reading Committee, February 1993. TASP Implementation Committee, Co-Chair 1989-1990, Chair 1990-present.
Compiler, with Clyde Moneyhun, "An Annotated Bibliography for Critical Thinking," TASP Clearinghouse Catalog, Vol. 1, 1991, pp. 62-67. SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION: Judging. One of the invited judges of the most outstanding article in the 1992 volume of the Journal of Development Education. Fall 1993. Elected Offices: Secretary and member of Executive Board, National Association of Developmental Education, 1990-1992. President, Texas Association of Developmental Education, 1988-1989. President-elect and Program Chair, Annual Conference on Academic Support Programs, El Paso, TX, 1988. Appointed Offices: Member, Advisory Council, National Association of Developmental Education, 1988- 1989, Regional Representative, Texas Association of Developmental Education (TADE), 1986- 1987. Membership Chair, TADE, 1986-1987. Coordinator of Chairpersons for National Conference of College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA), 1985. Mentor in "Lunch with a Mentor Program" at two CRLA conferences, 1985 and 1987. SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY: (University of Texas at Arlington): Treasurer, Phi Beta Delta, 1995. Chair, University Undergraduate Programs and Curriculum Committee, 1994-1995. Member, Institutional Review Board, 1994-present. Member, Summer Session Committee, 1994-1995. Member, University Curriculum Committee, 1994. Member, Liberal Arts Council of Chairs, 1991-1996. Member, Organization of Academic Department Chairs, 1993-1996. Member, Graduate Humanities Committee, 1990-1993 Full Member, Graduate Faculty, 1989-present Member, University TASP Implementation Committee, 1989-1990, and 1993. Member, Strategic Planning Task Force on Academic Support Services, 1990-1991. Representative, Faculty Senate, 1989-1990. English Department Committees (Fall 1989 through Fall 1990) Chair, Implementation Committee for Freshman English, 1989-1990 Chair, Freshman English Committee, 1989-1990. Chair, GTA Committee, 1989-1990. Member, REP Committee, GSC Committee and Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1989 - 1991. SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY: (University of Texas at El Paso): Chair, Screening Committee for Assistant Dean of Students, 1988. Chair, Division Planning and Advisory Committee, Division of Student Affairs, 1988. Member, 1986-present. Member, Lyceum Ad Hoc Committee, 1988. Member, M.Ed. in Developmental Education Committee, College of Education, 1988. Speaker, Legislative hearing on dropouts - Senator Barrientos, 1988. Chair, Reading Competencies Committee (TASP), 1988. Member, Academic Skills Development Committee (TASP), 1988. Member, TASP Implementation Committee, 1988. Member, panel on Hirsch's Cultural Literacy. Invited speech by Western Cultural Heritage Committee, 1988. Member, Academic Skills (TASP) Ad Hoc Committee, 1988. Member, Distinguished Achievement Award Committee. Chair, subcommittee on Service Awards, 1988. Member, Retention Council, 1987-1989. Member, University Strategic Planning Committee, 1987-1989. Member, Vice President for Academic Affairs Advising Center Planning Committee, 1985-1986. Member, Vice President for Academic Affairs Retention Task Force, 1985-1986. Member, University Women's Network. Chair, President's Advisory Committee on Women, 1985-1987. UIL judge, 1981-1985. Speaker, New Horizons for Women, 1984-1987. Speaker, Teaching Effectiveness Committee program on classroom lecturing and using audio-visual aids, April, 1987. Provisional student advisor, 1981-1986. Administered all provisional student advising, 1985-1986. Member, Distinguished Achievement Award Committee, Spring 1985. Member, Financial Aid Internal Review Committee, 1984-1989. Participant, Title III Proposal Writing Project, 1984. Chair, University Women's Center Advisory Committee, 1984-1985. Member, Instructional Support Committee for Southern Association Self-Study, 1984- 1985. Member, Committee to plan test preparation for Pre-professional Skills Test for College of Education, 1983. Set up Test Preparation Workshop for P.P.S.T., Spring, 1984. Participant in Freshman and Provisional Student Orientations, 1973-1989. Member, University Service Award Committee, 1983-1987. Conducted Study Skills workshops for Honors Orientation, 1982-1983. Conducted Study Skills workshops for Junior Scholars Orientation, 1982-1984. Member, Honors Orientation Committee, Spring, 1982 and 1983. Member, Executive Council, Provisional Student Advising and Retention Program, Fall, 1981-Fall 1986. Member, Search Committee for Director of Computer Center, 1979. SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY:(Arlington, TX): ³Argumentation Workshop² for full-time and part-time English faculty of Northlake College, Dallas, February 1996. ³Critical Reading Seminars.² for full-time and part-time English, Reading and ESL faculty of Richland College, Dallas, at Richland College. Invited April, 1995. "Critical Reading Strategies Seminar" with Ann Faulkner. All-day workshop for reading faculty of Weatherford College and English teachers from Weatherford High School. At Weatherford College. Invited, July, 1993. "Preparing Students to Pass TASP." Inservice for Arlington Independent School District, November 1, 1990. SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY:(El Paso, TX): "Stimulating Critical Thinking in the Classroom." Inservice for H.E. Charles Middle School, August 30, 1988. "Monitoring Basic Skills, How Parents Can Help." Speech for the State P.T.A. Conference, April, 1988. "Creating an Effective Test Taking Environment." Inservice for faculty of South Loop Elementary School, Y.I.S.D., January 8, 1988. "Home Study Skills." Videotape for Ysleta Independent School District for parent- teacher conferences, November, 1985. "Combining Study Skills with Counseling." Workshop for El Paso Community College Counselors, September, 1985. "Creating an Optimal Test Taking Environment for the TABS Test." Inservice presentation for principals and counselors of eight Ysleta System high schools, November, 1983. Repeated this inservice for the California Achievement Test for Ysleta System seventh and eighth grade counselors, November, 1983. Repeated for all secondary English teachers, grades 7-12, in Ysleta System for the Standard District Test, January, 1984. Repeated for all elementary principals in the Ysleta System for the TABS and CAT tests, January, 1984 and January, 1985. Repeated for faculty of Crosby Elementary School, El Paso Independent School District, January, 1987. "Combining Study Skills with Subject Matter Instruction." Half-day inservice workshops given at Irvin High School, January, 1983 and Andress High School, August, 1983. All-day workshops given at Region XIX for the counselors of the Ysleta Independent School System, June, 1983; Ysleta Jr. High, June, 1984. Half-day version repeated in both Ysleta and El Paso School Districts for elementary, middle school, and high school faculty in November, 1984 (two workshops), January, 1985, April 1985 (three workshops), January, 1987 (two workshops). With Coronado High School P.T.A. Board, set up S.A.T. Test Preparation Workshop for Coronado High School students, 1983. "Improving Gifted Children's Study Skills." Speech for the El Paso Association of the Gifted and Talented, September, 1983. "The Study Skills and Tutorial Services at U.T. El Paso." Speech for the Matrix Society Executive Committee Luncheon, June, 1982. Consultant for University Presbyterian Church. Helped plan after-school tutoring program and hire director. Summer, Fall, Spring, 1981-82. Consulted with members of Ysleta Independent School District and advised on development of after-school tutoring program. Conducted training workshops for tutors, October and November, 1981. Repeated training workshops, September, 1983 and 1984. "Training Tutors to Become Study Skills Counselors." WCRA Texas Newsletter, Fall, 1980. Study Skills Workshop for faculty at Father Yermo High School, Spring, 1979. "Tutorial Services at UTEP." Speech for the El Paso Kiwanis Club, April 25, 1978. "Taking Lecture Notes in College." Speech for the Seminar for the Talented and Gifted from El Paso County Schools, February 1978. Repeated December, 1979 and February, 1982. "Some Suggestions for Developing a Peer Tutoring Program in Public Schools." Unpublished paper, originally distributed to Socorro Elementary School. Subsequently distributed to other area elementary and secondary schools, 1978. "Developing a High School Peer Tutoring Program." Speech for the faculty of Lydia Patterson Institute, November, 1977. REVIEWING AND CONSULTING: Consultant, Southwest Texas Junior College. Conducted week-long, 40-hour workshop entitled "Reading Across the Curriculum." Uvalde, TX, May, 1989. Consultant, Texas Southern University. Conducted half-day workshop for faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences entitled "Integrating Study Skills with Classroom Instruction," Houston, TX, January, 1989. Reading consultant for Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP). Speaker, "Testing & Remediating Reading" at TASP Content Advisory Committee Meeting, Dallas, TX, November 30, 1987. Reading faculty and consultant for National Project for College Assessment Program Evaluation, (CAPE Institute), CUNY, NY, June, 1985-1987. Participated in consultant training June, 1985 and June, 1986. Spoke about reading tests and facilitated group work at CAPE conference for college administrators, Austin, TX, June, 1987. Consultant for U.T. System Institute of Higher Education on "Management of Student Learning", Spring and Summer, 1984. Reader of Commission XVI program proposals for the American College Personnel Association Convention, Baltimore, MD, April, 1984. Consultant for CAMP Migrant Workers' Program at Adams State College, Alamosa, CO. Conducted a one-day basic skills and tutor training workshop, October, 1979. Consultant for Texas Educational Foundation to monitor and improve basic skills instruction in Job Corps Centers in Texas:
b. Educational Consultant for Gary Job Corps Center in San Marcos, TX, June- July, 1979, November 1979, and December, 1980. Objective: improve instruction and student life. c. Designed and Directed Staff Training Workshops for Gary Job Corps Center personnel, August 6-10 and August 13-17, 1979. Held in El Paso, TX. Presented workshop paper on "Improving Reading, Writing, and Speaking Skills". d. Basic Skills Consultant for McKinney, Texas Job Corps Center, August, 1980. Objective: improve basic skills instruction. e. Basic education and vocational education consultant, Gary Job Corps Center, San Marcos, TX, October and December, 1980. Objective: national review. f. Consulted on integrating computer assisted instruction with classroom instruction, El Paso Job Corps Center, October, 1982. Reviewer for Scott, Foresman and Co, two reading textbooks, 1979. Reviewer for Random House, two reading textbooks, 1979-1980, one reading and writing textbook, 1980, and one writing textbook, 1988. Consultant for Harcourt, Brace, a media project in basic education skills, 1976. Reviewer for Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, eleven books: three in reading, one on study skills, three on writing, three on reading and writing, and one on vocabulary, 1972-1980. EDITORIAL BOARDS: Editorial Board, Reading Education in Texas, 1986-1990. Editorial Board, Journal of College Reading and Learning, 1985-1990. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: Association of Departments of English Modern Language Association Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference of College Teachers of English of Texas National Council of Teachers of English International Reading Association National Reading Conference National Association of Developmental Education Texas Association of Developmental Education College Reading and Learning Association National Academic Advising Association, honorary member GRADUATE STUDENT COMMITTEES: (UTA, 1989-present): Degrees completed:
Chair, Carla Sly, MA Humanities Chair, Sam Buckmeyer, MA English Member, Deborah Reese, MA Humanities Member, Eric Ewen, MA English Member, Matt Sims, MA English Member, Tony Dulaney, MA English Member, Bruce Terry, Ph.D. Humanities Member, Anindyo Roy, Ph.D. Humanities Member, Peggy Kulesz, MA English Member Rebecca Rios, MA English Member, Aprille Walker, MA Humanities Member, Lois Agnew, MA English Member, Lee Hartmann, MA Interdisciplinary Studies Member, Lynn Atkinson, MA English Member, Joshua Kretchmar, MA Humanities Member, Audrey Wick, PhD Humanities
Member, Sara Orr, MA English Member, Deborah Reese, Ph.D. Humanities Member, Jo Suzuki, Ph.D. Humanities Member, Cheryl Brown, Ph.D. Humanities Member, Cecelia Wenk, Ph.D. Humanities Member, Irene Deutsch, Ph.D. Humanities Member, Martha Warren, Ph.D. Humanities Member, Brandon Ridgeway, Ph.D. Humanities Member, Margaret Mitchell, Ph.D. Humanities Member, Corrie Wells, Ph.D. Humanities Member, Tom Eckman, Ph.D. Humanities Member, J.T. Martin, Ph.D. Humanities Member, Dani Day, MA English Member, Adrianne Berry, MA English |