Education

• Ph.D. (ABD), Education–Instructional Technology, Composition & Rhetoric, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
• Workshops, The Institute of Writing and Thinking, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, and Lärarhögskolan (Teachers’ Training College), Stockholm, Sweden
• M.A., English (Linguistics), George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
• TESL Certification, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
• B.A., English (Language and Literature), Marymount University, Arlington, VA

Employment History

March 1996 to present
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Term Instructor, English (1/07 to present)
Acting Director of Composition, English (Summer/Fall 2006)
Associate Director of Composition, English (1/06 to 12/06)
Assistant Director of Composition, English (8/03 to 1/06)
Visiting Instructor, English Department and School of Management (8/01 to 8/03)
Composition & Literature Instructor, English Department (8/97 to 8/01)
Comp. & Elective Instructor, Tutor, English Language Institute (6/96 to 8/99)
ESL Writing Specialist, University Writing Center (3/96 to 8/98)

August 1998 to August 2001
American University, Washington, DC

Writing Instructor, Department of Literature

August 1995 to February 1996
Czech Management Centre, Celákovice, Czech Republic

Instructor, Business English

January 1995 to May 1995
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Teaching Assistant, Lecturer in Composition, Department of English

August 1994 to May 1995
Marymount University, Arlington, VA

Intern, Lecturer in ESL, Intensive English Department

January 1993 to August 1995
St. Thomas’ Parish, Washington, DC

Office Manager

January 1993 to May 1993
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA

Intern, Lecturer in English, Department of Humanities

June 1991 to April 1992
Mobil Corporation, Fairfax, VA

Free Lance Systems Designer and Technical Writer

May 1987 to October 1990
National Geographic Society, Washington, DC

Systems Administrator, NGS Kids Network, Educational Media
Systems Development Specialist, Computer Applications

December 1980 to September 1986
MCI Telecommunications Corporation, Arlington, VA and Rancho Cordova, CA

Technical Training Specialist, Systems Training & Development
Staff Administrator, West Coast Billing Center
Staff Positions, Revenue Systems & Billing

Publications & Presentations

• "Mapping F2F Practice to Online/Hybrid Practice—And Vice Versa" to be presented at Thomas Watson Conference, Louisville, KY, October 2008
• "Exploring the Humanities in an Online Environment" presented at E-Learn 2007, Quebec City, October 2007.
• “E-Tools for Self-Regulated Learning” (co-authored) presented at the American Education Research Association Annual Conference, Chicago, April 2007.
• "Virtual Support for Instructors" presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication Annual Convention, Chicago, March 2006.
• “E-Tools for Self-Regulated Learning: Retaining 'NetGen' Freshmen Using Technology” (co-authored) presented at E-Learn 2005, Vancouver, October 2005.
• “L2 to L1.x: Guiding all students to successful discourse practices” presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication Annual Convention, San Francisco, March 2005.
• “E-Learning the Business of the Olympic Games” presented at E-Learn 2004, Washington, DC, November 2004.
• “Up With Which I Will Not Put” in Writing@Center, 7:2, Spring 2004.
• “’It sucked to be alive back then’: Critical Analysis, Interpretation, and Writing About Data” in Writing@Center, 7:1, Fall 2003.
• “Developing a Communications-Based Introductory Course in a Business School” presented at the 3rd Annual Symposium on Communication and Communication Instruction, Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute, Baruch College (CUNY), New York, October 11, 2002.
• “Mason Well Represented at WAC Conference” in Writing@Center, 5:2, Spring 2002.
• “Writing Intensive Emphasis in School of Management” co-presented at the Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Rice University, Houston, March 2002.
• Online Companion to Literature for Composition, 6e (Barnet et al), Longman
  http://www.ablongman.com/barnetlfc6e/index.html
• Online Companion Internet Exercises to Types of Drama, 8e, (Barnet et al), Longman
  http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/barnettod_abl/index.html
• Online Companion to The Short Guide Series, Longman
  http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/shortguides_awl/medialib/intro.html
• “Staging Composition” co-presented at the Learning Communities and Collaboration Conference, Delta College, Frankenmuth, MI, November 2000.
• Online Companion to Exploring Language, 9e, (Goshgarian), Longman. http://occ.awlonline.com/bookbind/pubbooks/goshgarian2_awl/index.html
• “Constructing Composition and Critical Thinking” presented at IV Global Conversations on Language and Literacy, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, August 2000.
• “Staging Composition: Performing Arts and Writing” presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication Annual Convention, Minneapolis, April 2000.
• “Literacy and Listservs: ESL/EFL Students in Conversation” presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communications Annual Convention, Chicago, April 1998.
• “‘I Don’t Understand’: Non-native English Writers and i+12” presented at the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, October 1997.
• “Accounting and Trust: Visibility and Invisibility” co-authored with B. Catasús, co-presented at 17th International Strategic Management Society Conference, Barcelona, Spain, October 1997. Refereed.
• “Technology and the ESL Student” in Writing at Center, April 1997.
• “MOOing in the Classroom” presented at E-MAIL, the WEB, and MOOs: Developing the Writing Skills of University Students in Cyberspace, George Washington University, Washington, February 1997.

Fellowships, Grants, and Honors

• Summer 2008, Dissertation Completion Fellowship, College of Education and Human Development
• 2007-08, Graduate Fellowship, College of Education and Human Development
• Summer 2007, Technology Across the Curriculum Grant, to integrate blogging into Advanced Composition Curriculum
• 2006-07, Graduate Fellowship, College of Education and Human Development
• Summer 2006, Technology Across the Curriculum Grant, $25,000 (shared) to integrate technology into Advanced Composition Curriculum
• 2005-06, Graduate Fellowship, College of Education and Human Development
• Fall 2004, Technology Across the Curriculum Grant, to integrate image manipulation into advanced composition assignments
• Spring 2004, Technology Across the Curriculum Grant, $6,000 (shared) to integrate EndNote into advanced composition curricula
• Fall 2002 - Spring 2004, Graduate Fellowship, Character Education in Middle and Secondary Schools (with Prof. Mary Williams)
• Fall 2002, Provost’s and Dean’s Grant, $11,000 (shared) to conduct preliminary research on writing needs of pre-professional, non-native speakers of English enrolled in Advanced Composition (Business)
• Spring 2002, Technology Across the Curriculum Grant, to develop database assignment
• Finalist for 2001-02 George Mason University Teaching Excellence Award
• 2000-01, Faculty Development Grant, to develop video on linked course project
• 2000-01, Faculty Development Grant, to continue linked course project
• 1999-2000, Faculty Development Grant, to develop linked course project

Consulting Activities

• Corporate University Enterprise, Inc., Instructional Design Consultant
• Online Writing Guide development, GMU Writing Across the Curriculum
  • School of Management Online Guide
  • School of Information Technology and Engineering Online Guide
• Content developer, Longman
• Developed and coordinated Prepare for Success, a three-week language and orientation program for incoming foreign graduate students, George Mason University
• New Teacher Mentor, NCTE
• Graduate Field Mentor, The Institute for Educational Studies, Endicott College

Courses Taught

George Mason University

Advanced Composition (Technology, Business, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Distance Learning), Technical/Report Writing, Mason Topics, Contemporary British Drama, Western Literary Masterworks I, Reading and Writing about Texts, Composition, Composition for Non-Native Speakers, Business Models: A Communications Approach

American University

College Writing; College Writing Seminar; Honors English I; Honors English II; Issues, Ideas, and Words

Czech Management Centre

Business English, Business Writing, Business Communication, Business Ethics

Marymount University, Intensive English

Beginning Grammar & Speaking, Intermediate Reading, Advanced Writing, Introduction to Literature

Northern Virginia Community College

Composition, Introduction to Literature

Departmental and University Service/Activities

2006-07 (George Mason University)

• Composition Committee (English Department)
• New Media Group in English (Department)
• Chair's Advisory Committee (Department)
• Writing Across the Curriculum Committee ex officio (University)
• MA-PWE Thesis Committee

2005-06 (George Mason University)

• Composition Committee (English Department)
• New Media Group in English (Department)
• Chair, Faculty Senate Committee on Non-Traditional, Interdisciplinary, and Adult Learning (University)
• Bachelor of Individualized Studies Advisor

2004-05 (George Mason University)

• Composition Committee (English Department)
• Technology Across the Curriculum Advisory Committee (University)
• Elected Representative to Faculty Senate Committee on Non-Traditional, Interdisciplinary, and Adult Learning (University)
• MA-PWE Thesis Committee
• Bachelor of Individualized Studies Advisor

2003-04 (George Mason University)

• Composition Committee (English Department)
• Technology Across the Curriculum Advisory Committee (University)
• GSE Structure Task Force (Graduate School of Education)
• MA-PWE Thesis Committee
• Bachelor of Individualized Studies Advisor
• Attended Safe Zone Program Training, Office of Diversity Programs & Services

2002-03 (George Mason University)

• Composition Committee (English Department)
• Writing Across the Curriculum Committee ex officio (University)
• Technology Across the Curriculum Advisory Committee (University)
• Dean's Advisory Council (Graduate School of Education)
• Bachelor of Individualized Studies Advisor
• Co-Facilitator: Plagiarism in Academics: What To Do? (English Department/University)

2001-02 (George Mason University)

• Composition Committee (English Department)
• Writing Across the Curriculum Committee ex officio (University)
• Facilitator for Presentation of Revised ENGL-302B Curriculum (Dec 2001)
• Coordinator for Revised ENGL-302B Curriculum Workshop (May 2002)
• IT Competency Assessment Panel (University)
• Coordinator for School of Management Writing Criteria Assessment

2000-01 (American University)

• Elected representative to College Writing Committee
• Coordinator, Faculty Panel for Writer as Witness Program
• Member of EPC Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Sub-Committee
• MFA Thesis Committee
• Graduate Internship Mentor
• Panelist for Center for Teaching Excellence: Controversial Topics in the Classroom
• Judge to choose College of Arts and Sciences Commencement Speaker
• Elected representative to Undergraduate Admissions, Scholarships, and Financial Aid Committee

1999-2000 (American University)

• Attended Sexual Harassment Prevention Seminar
• Writing Instructor Hiring Committee
• Writing Instructors' Merit Committee
• Faculty Advisor, Men's Hockey Club

1998-99 (American University)

• Graduate Internship Mentor
• Faculty Advisor, Men's Hockey Club

1997-98 (George Mason University)

• Coordinator, Prepare for Success, English Language Institute
• Elected Representative, Adjunct Faculty Committee, English Department

Membership in Professional Organizations

NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English)
CCCC (College Composition, Communication, and Computing)
AACE (Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education)
AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology)
AERA (American Education Research Association)
TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)

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