Education:
Doctor of Education, University of Massachusetts (Emphases: English Education, Applied Linguistics, Teaching Writing) Degree conferred, June, 1985.
Fifth Year Certification Program, equivalent but prior to the M.A.T. Program in English, University of California, Berkeley, 1967.
Graduate course work in English. New York University, Fall, 1966.
Bachelor of Science, Saint Lawrence University, Canton, New York. Major: Psychology, 1966.
Teaching Experience:
Secondary Teacher:
Assistant Professor of English: University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1985-1990
Associate Professor of English: University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1990-1996
Professor of English: University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1996-Present
Teaching Awards:
College of Liberal Arts Teaching Award, 1992
Horace T. Morse Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1999, University-wide award
Courses Taught:
Reading in the Secondary School, Literature for Adolescents, Cooperative Groups in the Language Arts Classroom, Memoir, Composition for Teachers, Introduction to Linguistics, Coming of Age, Teaching the Language Arts, Current Trends in Teaching English
Publications Related to Teaching:
Books:
Collected Wisdom: American Indian Education. With Thomas Peacock. Allyn and Bacon, 1998.
D.C. Heath Literacy Series, 24 theme-centered, project based books for the middle school student, writing consultant/author for the series. The series includes student and teachers'editions, assessment manuals, and The Communication Hand book, 1994.
Childrens Voices: Children Speak About Literacy. Edited with Sally Hudson-Ross, University of Georgia, Athens and Mara Casey, University of California, Riverside, Heinemann Educational Books, 1992.
Linguistics for Teachers. An edited collection of readings in linguistics for prospective and practicing teachers. Edited with Michael Linn, McGraw Hill, 1992.
From the Other Side of the Desk: Students Speak Out About Writing. Boynton/Cook of Heinemann Educational Books, 1991.
Selected Articles Related to Teaching:
"More Questions than Answers: Issues of Indigenous Literacy," submitted to Harvard Educational Review, presented at the International Literacy Conference, Bordeaux, France, July, 1998.
Collected Wisdom: Reporting Research to Teachers and Educational Practitioners, with Thomas Peacock. The Journal of American Indian Education, January, 1999.
"Ways of Learning: Teachers' Perspectives on American Indian Learning Styles." With Thomas Peacock, Journal of American Indian Higher Education, Winter, 1997.
"'I Think I Know What My Teachers Want from Me Now'" : Gender and Writing Motivation," The English Journal, 85.1, January, 1996.
"Alice Childress: Narrative by Monologue" in Writers for Young Adults. Charles Scribner's and Sons, 1996.
"I Think I Know What They Want from Me Now": Gender and Writing Motivation." The English Journal, 85.3, March, 1996.
"Affect and Cognition in the Writing Process of Eleventh Graders: A Study of Concentration and Motivation." Written Communication. 8.4, 1991.
"'I've Almost Always Done What They Wanted': A Profile of Chris." Minnesota English Journal.. Fall, 1992.
"Katherine: She's an Enigma." In Children's Voices: Children Speak About Literacy, 1992, see above.
"Hobbes: 'I Push Rewind Through the Pictures in My Mind." In Children's Voices: Children Speak About Literacy, 1992, see above.
"In-Depth Interviewing in the Preparation of Writing Teachers." With Earl Seidman. College Composition and Communication, in press, 41.4, 1990.
"The Fragile Inclination to Write: Praise and Criticism in the Writing Classroom." English Journal. 79.2, 1990.
"The Presence of Peers" and "The Adolescent Peer Mirror" sections of Cooperative Learning: Critical Thinking and Collaboration Across the Curriculum. Dennis M. Adams and Mary E. Hamm. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1990.