Current Position

· Director of First-Year Composition

· Associate Professor of English Education

Education

· Ph.D., English Education, The University of

Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. August 1996

· M.A. English, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, 1990 (two summers at BreadLoaf School of English, Vermont; 60% of course work at Lincoln College, Oxford University, Oxford, England)

· M.S. Journalism and Mass Communications, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1984

· B.S.E. English Education, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, Missouri, 1973

Research

Research Interests

· mentoring beginning teachers

· young adult literature

· composition pedagogy

Recent Publications

Mentoring Across Boundaries: Helpi ng Beginning Teachers Succeed in Challenging Situations. Stenhouse, 2003. (coauthors Jean Boreen and Mary K. Johnson)

Mentoring: Guiding, Coaching, and Sustaining Beginning Teachers. Two-part videotape series. Stenhouse, 2003. (coauthor Jean Boreen)

Mentoring the Beginning Teacher: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching. Stenhouse, 2000. (coauthors Jean Boreen, Mary K. Johnson, Joe Potts)

Publication Awards

· Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Book Title, Choice, Association of College and

Research Libraries, 2000.

· International Scholarship for Dissertation Research, Delta Kappa Gamma International, 1995.

Teaching

Teaching Courses

· First-Year Composition (English 104, English 105)

· Teaching the Reading of Young Adult Literature (English 394)

· Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing in the Secondary School (English 392)

· Practice and Theory of Teaching Literature in the Secondary School (English 494)

· Student Teaching (English 417)

· Teaching Literature and the Literature Curriculum (English 521)

Teaching Experience

· Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1996-2004.

· The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1993-1996.

· Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1994-1996.

· Belmond-Klemme Community High School, Belmond, Iowa, 1978-1993.

· Manson Community Middle School, Manson, Iowa, 1973-1978.

Teaching Awards

Iowa State University Foundation Award for Early Achievement in Teaching, 2002

Outstanding Young Educator Award, Belmond Community, Belmond, Iowa, 1981

Service

Current Service

· Committee Member, ISU English Department, Administrative Committee

· Chair, ISU English Department, Chair of First-Year Composition

· President, Iowa Consortium of Educators

· State Liaison to NCTE Board of Directors (former president, Iowa Council of Teachers of English, 1991-1992)

· Secretary, state chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, womenπs educational group

· Co-chair, Iowa Content Reading Network, Iowa Department of Education

· Advisory Board Member, Iowa Writing Project

Service Awards

Distinguished Service Award, Iowa Council of Teachers of English, 1994

Distinguished Service Award, Belmond Community, Belmond, Iowa, 1987