Faculty Advisor Program

The MyWritingLab Faculty Advisor Program is a peer-to-peer mentoring program that partners experienced MyWritingLab users with new and potential users to further enhance their knowledge, skill and understanding of how to successfully integrate MyWritingLab in the classroom. Our Faculty Advisors (FAs) are committed to advancing the support for online learning and sharing their best practices with the MyWritingLab community.

Meet Our Faculty Advisors

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  Elizabeth Andrews

  Professor, Developmental Writing
  South Florida Community College
  MyWritingLab

  Elizabeth has worked at South Florida Community College since 2006 teaching developmental writing, Freshmen Comp I, and Freshman Comp II. Elizabeth has 10 years experience working with middle and high school students as a teacher and a literacy coach. She is certified in developmental education by the National Center or Developmental Education (Kellogg Institute) at Appalachian State University.

  Elizabeth's education includes: B.A. English, University of South Florida; M.A. Ed, English Education, University of South Florida; M. Ed, Education Leadership.

  Courses taught: Level 1 Developmental Writing (Writing for Success) Level 2 Developmental Writing (Fundamentals of Writing)

  Course format: Hybrid

  Book in use: Biays and Wershoven, Along These Lines, Sentences to Paragraphs; Biays and Wershoven, Along These Lines, Paragraphs to Essays

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  Olivia Andrews-Beard

  Adjunct English Instructor
  Southern Crescent Technical College, GA
  MyWritingLab

  Mrs. Olivia Andrews-Beard is an Adjunct English Instructor at Southern Crescent Technical College in Griffin, GA and is known for "thinking outside of the box" in order to reach her students. She believes in creating a stress-free, collaborative learning environment where adult students can overcome their "fear" of the English language. Mrs. Andrews-Beard graduated from North Carolina State University with a Masters of Education degree in Adult & Community College Teaching (2005) and from Tuskegee University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English (1996). Before teaching at Southern Crescent, she taught in North Carolina at Durham Technical College (Adult Education Department) and Johnston Community College (Developmental courses), respectively.

  For the last 18 months, she has used MyWritingLab as a supplemental component in all of her English courses at Southern Crescent and feels it has enhanced the learning experience within the classroom. She states, "I have made MyWritingLab a required element of all my classes and students (those that consistently complete the weekly assignments) have really found it to be "the missing link." Their writing skills have drastically improved. I truly believe MyWritingLab helped the majority of my Learning Support students pass their Compass Exit Exams the first time, and currently gives my English Fundamental Hybrid and Online students the immediate feedback they need to recognize their individual writing strengths and weaknesses. MyWritingLab.com is my students' 'stress-free' learning environment online, and I look forward to using it in all my English courses in the future."

  In addition to encouraging students to use MyWritingLab, Mrs. Andrews-Beard continues to share her uses and knowledge of MyWritingLab with fellow co-workers in campus workshops and individual tutoring.

  Courses taught: English 098 (Developmental); English 1010 (Fundamentals of English)

  Course format: Currently teaches Hybrid & Online classes; previously taught Traditional.

  Book in use: The Writer's World: Paragraphs and Essays

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  Dawn Bailey-Cable

  Program Director for Department of Developmental English
  Eastern Gateway Community College
  MyWritingLab

  Dawn Bailey-Cable is an adjunct faculty member and Chief GED Examiner at Eastern Gateway Community College in Steubenville, OH. Once a high school English teacher, Dawn has been teaching remedial English and Reading courses since 2006. During a curriculum re-design, she worked to integrate four reading and writing courses into two course and added MyWritingLab to each. Her traditional, yet hands-on, classroom that utilizes cooperative learning has seen remarkable improvements in student attendance, success, and retention. MyWritingLab was the missing link!

  She earned her B.S. in Comprehensive Communications Education from Ohio University in Athens, OH. Currently she is completing her Reading Endorsement and Master's degree in Education Administration (almost finished, whew!) from Franciscan University of Steubenville.

  Courses taught: Integrated Reading and Writing I and II; both courses are remedial courses

  Course format: Hybrid, but closer to Traditional

  Book in use: Flachmann, Mosaics: Reading and Writing Paragraphs; Flachmann, Mosaics: Reading and Writing Essays

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  Randi Brummett

  Lecturer
  California State University, Bakersfield
  MyWritingLab

  Randi Brummett joined the English faculty at CSU, Bakersfield teaching Composition in 2004. She has experience teaching developmental writing courses, such as Basic Skills and Writing and Critical Thinking, as well as Writing and Research, and Advanced Composition. Randi has incorporated technology into her teaching at each level. She has used a variety of programs and websites in order to engage students and increase learning opportunities.

  Courses taught: We use MWL in two Developmental English courses: English 80, Reading and Writing, and English 100, Critical Thinking and Writing. We also use MWL in a online grammar course, Humanities and Behavioral Sciences 277/477.

  Course format: Online and Hybrid

  Book in use: Mosaics by Flachmann, Quick Access Compact by Troyka, and English Simplified by Ellsworth

  View Randi's Syllabi

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  Donna Butler

  Academic Readiness Coordinator
  Owensboro Community & Technical College, Owensboro, KY
  MyWritingLab, MyFoundationsLab

  Donna is the College & Career Readiness Coordinator at Owensboro Community & Technical College. She works closely with the dual credit program with partnering high schools and is an adjunct instructor of Developmental Writing. Donna utilizes MyWritingLab and MyFoundationsLab in the classroom and in the College & Career Readiness Camps offered at OCTC.

  Courses taught: MyWritingLab:  ENC091 (Developmental English - 2nd level); MyFoundationsLab: College Readiness

  Course format: hybrid and traditional

  Book in use: Arlov, A Guide to College Writing (used with MyWritingLab)

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  Ash Carter

  Student Center Support Manager
  San Joaquin Valley College
  MyWritingLab

  After attending Pepperdine University I began my career working in the college setting by serving in the Residential Life Department of small college in Wyoming. Upon my return to California I took a position as a Professional Development trainer for Tulare County Employees. After some time I transferred into other business ventures and eventually landed as a business instructor with SJVC. I was quickly promoted into the Student Center Coordinator position and managed early retention and student success for one of the campuses in the SJVC family. After only 6 months of success in that position I was promoted into the Student Center Support Manager role where I provide vision and support for all 11 student centers in the SJVC family. On a personal note, I have been married for nearly 6 years and have two beautiful daughters (Maddie and Eva, ages 3 and 2) and another child on the way. When I'm not working or playing with my children I am usually watching hockey or football on TV!

  I have been using MML and MWL in an instructor capacity since December of 2009. I have been using MML and MWL in an administrator capacity since March of 2010. I have been using MyLabsPlus in an administrator capacity since June of 2010.

  Courses taught: Developmental English 0300 and 0310 English Composition I and II Technical Writing

  Course format: Our Math121 course uses the MyMathLab software extensively and I assist instructors in creating, importing, and fully utilizing the labs for course use. My institution uses MML and MWL (and thus MyLabsPlus) for all of our developmental education courses. All incoming students are required to assess in the MyMathLab and MyWritingLab systems and then complete the subsequent study plans (thus fulfilling their developmental education commitment). I have used both stand alone MyMathLab and MyWritingLab courses as well as MyLabsPlus integrated versions of both platforms.

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  Jason M. Cowan

  Instructor, Transitional Writing, Composition, Literature
  Three Rivers Community College, MO
  MyCompLab, MyWritingLab

  Since 2010, Jason has taught Transitional Writing 1 and 2, College Writing and Advanced College Writing, and American Literature at Three Rivers in Poplar Bluff, MO. Since joining the English Faculty on a Title III Grant, Jason has assisted the faculty, staff, and administration in a fundamental redesign of the remedial writing program into a series of transitional courses which feature MyWritingLab as the primary method of instruction for 50% of the time in course. This hybrid of traditional classroom instruction using Along These Lines as an eText and computer lab individual work in MyWritingLab's Path Builder debuted in the Fall of 2012 and moved institution-wide in Summer 2013. Jason earned a B.S. in Secondary Education and an M. A. in English Literature from Southeast Missouri State University.

  Courses taught:Transition College Writing, College Writing, Advance College Writing, Transitional College Reading, American Literature to 1870, American Literature from 1870, Introduction to Literature, and Honors Seminar: The Sociology of Baseball.

  Course format: Traditional, Hybrid (lab + traditional), online, ITV, Dual-Enrollment

  Books in use: Along These Lines by Biays, Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond by Faigley

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  Kennette Crockett

  Instructor
  Harold Washington College
  MyCompLab, MySkillsLab, MyWritingLab

  “We are working for understanding and not knowledge.” This is one of Professor Kennette Crockett's favorite quotes; it was spoken by her former professor Sister J.F. Crowley of Mundelein College. Professor Crockett keeps this at the heart of her instruction. She received her B.A. in English Literature from Mundelein College where she graduated Cum Laude; she later received her Masters in English Literature from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. She teaches English Composition 100 and 101 along with journalism 151 at Malcolm X College which is one of the City Colleges of Chicago. Professor Crockett was selected by the City Colleges to be part of the Master Faculty Program. She is currently a member of the Malcolm X College Learning Community program. This fall 2008, Malcolm X College plans to offer Mathlish which combines English 100 and Math 098. Professor Terry Paterson and Professor Crockett will co-teach this course. Professor Crockett is a former freelance journalist whose writing has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and various newspapers, magazines, and anthologies. Currently she is relaunching Malcolm X College’s news and literary magazine, Passport which will feature writings from students, faculty and staff of the college.

  Courses taught: English 101/197, English 101, International Communications 100, Basic Writing 100

  Course format: Traditional classes that are lab-based in computer labs

  Book in use: McWhorter, Expressways with MyWritingLab for Basic Writing 100 / English 101/197: The DK Handbook with MyWritinglab / English 101: MyCompLab

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  Mandy Davis

  Instructional Specialist/Adjunct Faculty
  Somerset Community College
  MyWritingLab, MyReadingLab

  I attended Friedrich-Alexander University in Germany and received a Masters in Germanic Linguistic. Upon my arrival in the United States in October 1984, I dedicated my time to raising my children. After having been out of academia for so long, I returned to an American university to receive a Bachelors of Arts in English. I have been employed with Somerset Community College for the last 10 years as a Reading & Writing Instructional Specialist and also teach transitional writing online, as well as in the traditional class room, as adjunct faculty. In my capacity as an Instructional Specialist I provide supplemental instruction and structured tutoring to students across the English curriculum.

  Courses taught: ENC 91 (This is the second and last writing course in our transitional English courses)

  Course format: Online and Traditional

  Book in use: Marcie Sims' The Write Stuff - Thinking Through Essays

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  Melissa Dennis

  Adjunct Faculty
  Lone Star College-Montgomery
  MyReadingLab, MyWritingLab

  I am currently an adjunct faculty member at Lone Star College-Montgomery in The Woodlands, Texas. Over the past twenty years, I have served as full-time faculty, adjunct faculty, tutor, and consultant in developmental education for the Lone Star System. I have a passion for helping students succeed and encouraging them to reach their full potential.

  My education includes a B.S. in psychology from Texas A&M University and a M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration with a specialization in English from University of Houston.

  Courses taught: Developmental Reading I and II, Developmental Writing I and II, Study Skills

  Course format: Face-to-face

  Book in use: Developmental I: Get Writing

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  Carlton Downey

  Professor, English Studies
  Houston Community College-Southeast
  MyWritingLab, MyCompLab, MyTechcommLab

  I am currently a full-time Professor in the Language and Humanities Department at Houston Community College. I am currently teaching Developmental English, Freshman Comp I & II, and Technical Writing. I received my Bachelor's Degree from The Louisiana Scholars' College and my Master's degree in English from Northwestern State University. I am currently a doctorial candidate finishing my dissertation (almost done!!) at Louisiana State University. I serve as the Discipline Chair for Developmental English and have recently served as a Faculty Senator and as Program Director for our Summer Bridge Program.

  My lovely bride, Kim, and I have been married for 11 years and have two daughters, seven and three, who keep us very busy.

  Courses taught: Developmental English 0300 and 0310 English Composition I and II Technical Writing

  Course format: Traditional, Hybrid and Online

  Book in use: Fowler, Little, Brown Handbook; Alfano, Envision in Depth; Lannon, Technical Communication, 11e; Goshgarian, The Contemporary Reader

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  Bobbie Egloff

  Adjunct Faculty
  Ivy Tech Community College
  MyWritingLab, MyReadingLab

  I am an adjunct English instructor at Ivy Tech Community College in Kokomo, IN. I have a B.S. in Elementary Education from Indiana State University and a M.S from Indiana University. I have presented at both NADE and INADE on 'Students “Accelerating” to Success in Developmental English'. This was part of project based on a grant funded by the Lily foundation.

  Courses taught: Reading I & II; Writing I

  Course format: Hybrid and Lab-Based

  Book in use: Smith, Brenda D. Bridging the Gap; Smith, Brenda D. Breaking Through; Pladke, Gaetz S. Writer's World

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  Meribeth Fields

  College of Central Florida
  MyReadingLab, MyWritingLab, MyFoundationsLab

  Meribeth Fields is the Department Chair for Academic Foundations and an assistant professor of Developmental Reading at the College of Central Florida. Meribeth has been actively working in the fields of reading for seven years. Beginning in Fall 2008, Meribeth and fellow colleagues began redesigning the developmental course structure and curriculum offered at CF. Meribeth led a full implementation of redesigned courses in Fall 2011. Since the implementation of these course, student success rates have dramatically increased while providing students a more rigorous and difficult curriculum.

  In addition to actively working on developmental redesign, Meribeth has been actively working with the Division of Florida Colleges through various workgroups. Developmental Education Competencies, PERT Cut Scores, and PERT exemplar reviews were among the topics discussed at these various workgroups. Last, but not least, Meribeth received an Endowed Chair grant from the College of Central Florida Foundation to create and implement a PERT preparation institute at CF. Although the program is in its infancy, success in the program is being demonstrated.

  Meribeth is passionate about Developmental Education students and strives to incorporate new and innovative strategies throughout her course. She believes all students have the potential to be successful as long as they are given the necessary tools.

  Courses taught: Developmental Reading; Developmental Writing; Developmental Mathematics

  Course format: Lab-based; Flipped Classroom

  Book in use: Making Reading Real by Snyder; Custom Materials

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  Janice Filer

  Reading/English Coordinator
  Shelton State Community College
  MyReadingLab, MyWritingLab, MyCompLab

  I am currently a full-time instructor at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. I am currently teaching Developmental English, and Developmental Reading. Currently we are in the process of developing an ESL program which I am very involved in that process. I received my Bachelor's Degree from Tougaloo College and a Master's degree from the University of Alabama. I am currently a doctorial student at Walden University. I have served as Chair for English and Reading at Shelton State and have recently taken on the task of heading up the development of an ESL program for our college.

  My husband, Walter and I have been married for 26 years and are the proud parents of two children – McLain (15) and Mari (13).

  Courses taught: Developmental Reading, Developmental Writing, English Composition, Critical Reading

  Course format: Hybrid

  Book in use: Developmental Reading: Troyka, Structured Reading / Developmental Writing: Long, Resources for Writers, Sentence Resources for Writers / Critical Reading: McGrath. Building Strategies for College Reading / English Composition: Nadell, Longman Writer

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  Curtis Harrell

  Coordinator, Academic Skills Reading and Writing
  Northwest Arkansas Community College
  MyCompLab, MyReadingLab, MySkillsLab, MyWritingLab

  I have been involved with using online supplements in the classroom since the mid-nineties when I developed a website for my classes by hand-coding HTML in SimpleText on my Mac Performa 475. Four megabytes of memory cost $200 down at the local Sears. I have been very glad to see textbook publishers take up the challenge of providing robust online environments for students since then, especially the MyLabs.

  Today I coordinate the developmental reading and writing courses at my college and support the faculty here who use the online supplements as real-time diagnostics to customize the instruction in their classrooms. I work hard to keep current with trends, seeking to combine the instruction of reading and writing, and I share my work at both state and national conferences.

  I received a BFA in Creative Writing from Arkansas Tech University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arkansas, and, in my free time, I enjoy playing and building banjos and riding my antique Harley. In the summers I am a guide at War Eagle Cavern, the coolest job a person can have in Arkansas in June and July.

  Courses taught: Preparing for College Reading; Beginning Writing; Intermediate Writing; Reading and Writing Basics II; Composition I

  Course format: Traditional; Fully Online; Hybrid

  Book in use: Making Reading Matter by Snyders; Along These Lines: Sentences and Paragraphs by Biays; Along These Lines, Paragraphs and Essays by Biays; Crossroads by Dusenberry; Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond by Faigley

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  Leslie Harris

  Adjunct Professor of English/Humanities, Instructional Assistant
  Florida State College at Jacksonville
  MyWritingLab

  Leslie R. Harris is an Adjunct Instructor English/Humanities and an Instructional Assistant in the ASC/LLC at Florida State College of Jacksonville-North Campus. Leslie has used MyWritingLab in ENC0015 and ENC0025 Developmental English for two years and feels that the program has helped her students be successful in the course and on the state exit test. Most recently, she was an English/Reading teacher at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts where she also served as the Response to Intervention Facilitator. She has been an School Instructional Coach, an Implementation Consultant for Scholastic's READ180 program, a charter school Co-Founder/Co-Principal, and private school director. She received her BA in Language and Literature in 1999 from Mount Vernon College (affiliate of George Washington University) and a MA in Arts and Humanities Education from New York University in 2000. She has studied in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and Paris, France. Additionally, she completed graduate study in Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University. She has been an adjunct faculty member at Jacksonville University, St. John's River Community College, and Jones College.

  "MyWritingLab has definitely helped my students in the Essentials in Writing courses, which are developmental classes. The students who put in the time and take the lab assignments seriously do better in the class overall. In addition, I feel the importance I place on the MyWritingLab contributed to the majority of my students passing the grammar exit test on the first attempt."

  Courses taught: ENC0015- Essentials in Writing I; ENC0025- Essentials in Writing II

  Course format: Traditional and Lab-Based

  Book in use: Biays and Wershoven, Along These Lines: Writing Paragraphs and Essays (e-text); Levine-Brown, Hughes, Ciez-Volz, The Prentice Hall Florida Exit Test Study Guide for Writing

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  Brooke Hughes

  English Instructor
  California State University, Bakersfield
  MyWritingLab

  Brooke Hughes received her BA from Western Illinois University in 2003 and her MA from CSU, Bakersfield in 2005, where she has been teaching since 2004. She has taught varying levels of composition, including two levels of Developmental Composition, Freshman Composition, and Advanced Composition. She and Randi Brummett de Leon are the co-coordinators of MyWritingLabPlus at CSUB. Together, they spearheaded the course redesign of a one-unit course, as well as all composition courses. They have also instituted use of the program in non-English courses as part of Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum. Lastly, in 2012, they opened the MyWritingLabPlus Headquarters, a lab where students can get help from assistants.

  Courses taught: English 50: Hybrid; English 80: Hybrid; English 99: Hybrid; Humanities 207 & 407: Online; Non-English Courses: Varies

  Course format: Online and Hybrid

  Book in use: English 50: none; English 80: Mosaics Focusing on Essays, Flachmann; English 99: Quick Access, Troyka; Humanities 207 & 407: none; Non-English Courses: Varies

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  Anne Homan

  English Instructor
  State Fair Community College
  MyWritingLab, MyCompLab

  Anne Homan is an English instructor at State Fair Community College where she also serves as the division chair of math, English, and developmental studies. She earned her BA in English at Southwestern College and her MA in English and EdSpec in curriculum and instruction from the University of Central Missouri.

  Courses taught: MyCompLab is used in English Composition I MyWritingLab is used in Introduction to Writing

  Course format: Online and traditional

  Book in use:Gaetz, The Writer's World is used with MyWritingLab; Wysocki and Lynch, The DK Handbook is used with MyCompLab
  

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  Donna Howard

  Adjunct Faculty, English Instructor
  Madisonville Community College
  MyWritingLab

  My husband, Perry, and I live in Madisonville, Kentucky. We have one daughter, Tracey, a son-in-law, Robert, and four grandchildren. Our family has been such a blessing to us. My favorite pastime is reading, and my favorite author is Silas House. I was twenty-two years old when I stepped into my first classroom, and I fell in love with teaching. My favorite poet, Robert Frost, once stated that his object in life was to unite his avocation with his vocation. I too have been that fortunate; I have enjoyed a career of forty-three successful and rewarding years in the classroom.

  Courses taught: Developmental English 090, Developmental English 091

  Course format: Hybrid

  Book in use: Flachmann, Mosaics: Reading and Writing Essays
  

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  Maria Johnson

  Learning Support Redesign Specialist
  Georgia Piedmont Technical College (formerly DeKalb Technical College)
  MyWritingLab, MyCompLab, MyLiteratureLab, MyReadingLab, MyMathLab

  Maria Johnson has taught composition and literature for over 25 years. She enjoys teaching traditional and non-traditional students, and particularly likes the challenge of incorporating new technologies into the classroom. She is currently leading the learning support redesign initiative at the College, consulting, and writing about using Pearson platforms in this transition.

  Courses taught: Developmental Writing; Freshman Composition and Rhetoric; Literature

  Course format: Traditional, Hybrid, and Online

  Book in use: Student Book of College English (Skwire); Literature (Norton); Write Time, Write Place (Markus)

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  Amelia Lopez

  Assistant Professor
  Harold Washington College
  MyWritingLab, MyReadingLab, MySkillsLab

  Amelia Lopez is a Faculty Member of the English Department at Harold Washington College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago. She has taught developmental reading and writing, Composition I, Composition II, and Literature courses. Amelia has used MyReadingLab, MyWritingLab, and MySkillsLab, and has found them to be essential in increasing student engagement, retention, and success rates.

  Courses taught: English 100, Reading 125, English 101, English 101/197, and English 102

  Course format: Traditional and Hybrid

  Book in use: Little, Brown Essential Handbook, Prose Reader, DK Handbook

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  Samadhi Metta Bexar

  English Professor and English Department Coordinator
  Arizona Western College
  MyWritingLab

  Samadhi Metta Bexar is an English Professor and English Department Coordinator at Arizona Western College. She has a BA cum laude in English and History from St Mary's University, San Antonio, TX 1990; MA en passant in English, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 2000; PhD in English with emphasis on American Literature/Chicana Literature, University of Iowa, 2004. At present, she lives in Southwest Arizona where she teaches English, from developmental to literature, for Arizona Western College (since 2006).

  Courses taught: Basic Writing I

  Course format: Traditional

  Book in use: Fawcett, Grassroots

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  Bev Neiderman

  NTT
  Kent State University
  MyWritingLab

  Bev Neiderman received a Bachelor of Science Degree in English and Speech from Bowling Green State University. She taught for many years in the Ohio Public Schools as she earned her Master's in English.

  In 2000, Bev began teaching full-time at Kent State in literature and composition. She is currently the Distance Learning Coordinator for the Department of English and teaches five writing courses a semester. She has also been the Director of a number of Senior Writing Portfolios required for the Writing Minor.

  Presently, she teaches five writing courses a semester, including College Writing I Stretch (a 2-semester version of College Writing I for students with writing weaknesses), Honors Colloquium, College Writing II, Writing in the Public Sphere, and Advanced Business and Professional Writing. Literature courses she has taught include Great Books I and II, and Major Modern Writers – British and American. She has also been the Director of a number of Senior Writing Portfolios required for the Writing Minor.

  Her most recent work involves distance learning and service-learning. Kent has been active in developing online courses and programs, and Bev has created and shared her online course designs with others in her department. Her service-learning projects are also relevant at Kent State, as all Fall 2012 incoming freshmen will be required to have an experiential learning experience in order to graduate.

  She first used MyWritingLab in 2003 as she began her study of technology and online learning. She continues to find success with it in her classroom and each semester has received positive feedback from her students who show improved writing skills as a result of their work in MWL. She has shared her research and practice at presentations at CCCC in San Francisco, Chicago, and Louisville, various Ohio colleges, and the Ohio Digital Commons for Education in Columbus, Ohio in addition to running many workshops at Kent State Campuses.

  Courses taught: College Writing I Stretch with MyWritingLab (a 2-semester version of College Writing I for students with writing weaknesses)

  Course format: Traditional, Face-to-Face course in a computer classroom and using an online course management system

  Book in use: Lunsford, St. Martin's Handbook

  Read Bev's Teaching Tips | View Bev's Syllabi

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  Allison Parker

  Residential Faculty
  South Mountain Community College, AZ
  MyLiteratureLab, MyWritingLab

  Allison Parker is originally from Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and she completed her Ph.D. in English Literature with an emphasis in African American Literature from Arizona State University in May 2010. Her dissertation was entitled, "Mammy Versus Mulatta: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Act of Passing and the Influence of Controlling Images in Fannie Hurst's Imitation of Life." She has been teaching since 2001, and she is currently employed as a Residential Faculty member in the English department of South Mountain Community where she teaches Developmental English, English Composition, Literature, Critical Reading, and Women's Studies.

  In addition to her work for SMCC, she teaches two different sections of African American Literature at Arizona State University (Pre and Post Harlem Renaissance). Most of her graduate work for my Master's degree focused on issues of power in the college classroom (her thesis was about the oppressive nature of the professor/pupil relationship), and her Ph.D. work, in addition to African American Literature, focused on feminist rhetoric, and more specifically, the feminist classroom.

  Courses taught: Language Skills: Speaking and Writing Standard English (ENG071), Basic Writing Skills (ENG081), Fundamentals of Writing (ENG091), First-Year Composition (ENG101)

  Course format: Traditional; Online

  Book in use: Henry, Writing for Life: Sentences & Paragraphs; Henry, Writing for Life: Paragraph & Essays; Flachmann, Mosaics: Reading & Writing Sentences; Pike, Literature: A World of Writing Stories, Poems, Plays, and Essays

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  Stephen Periodore

  Professor and Lead Faculty
  College of Southern Nevada, NV
  MyWritingLab

  Stephen Peridore has a Ph.D (A.B.D) in Second Language Acquisition & Teaching with an emphasis in Second Language Pedagogy & Program Administration from the University of Arizona, and an M.A. in French Linguistics from Arizona State University. He is currently an ESL professor and Lead Faculty in the Department of International Languages at the College of Southern Nevada where he has taught for the past 13 years. In his duel role as Lead Faculty and ESL professor, Professor Peridore has experience teaching all ESL skills at all levels in both live-session and on-line learning environments. In addition, his administrative experience includes college-level ESL program development, program assessment, CEA program accreditation, course scheduling, adjunct faculty supervision, and faculty professional development workshops and presentations.

  "MyWritingLab is a proven effective comprehensive pedagogical tool, particularly among English-as-a-Second Language students, whose written English language skills (e.g, grammar, mechanics, usage & style) are still on a continuum of development. Incorporating MyWritingLab into an ESL writing program frees up the ESL instructor from the often burdensome responsibility of teaching grammar, sentence structure, and mechanics so that the learning objectives of the writing course are justly refocused on the development of paragraph and essay rhetorical styles and patterns."

  Courses taught: Writing for International Students I, II, and III

  Course format: Traditional; Fully Online

  Book in use: Writer's World: Sentences & Paragraphs by Gaetz; Writer's World: Paragraphs & Essays by Gaetz; Writer's World: The Essay by Gaetz

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  Cheryl Hogue Smith

  Associate Professor of English
  Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York
  MyWritingLab

  Cheryl Hogue Smith is an English professor, a Faculty Co-Coordinator for the Opening Doors Learning Communities, and the Humanities Course Coordinator for the College Now program. She earned her Ph.D. in Language, Literacy, and Composition from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and focuses her research mainly on the teaching of basic writing. Recent publications include articles on developmental writing, academic reading, critical thinking, and Shakespeare in What is "College-Level" Writing? v. 2 (NCTE), The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, English Journal, California English, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, and Utah Shakespeare Festival's Midsummer Magazine.
  

  Courses taught: Developmental English and English Composition I linked with Art History and Student Development, English Composition II, Shakespeare (writing intensive, hybrid, honors enrichment component), and Humanities I.

  Course format: Traditional, Hybrid, and Across-Curriculum Learning Communities

  Book in use: None, but currently in development for a Pearson online basic-writing "textbook" with Valerie Turner from California State University, Bakersfield.

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  BJ Sunnarborg

  Faculty/Adjunct
  Colorado Mesa University; Western Colorado Community College
  MyWritingLab

  I moved from Los Angles, California to Grand Junction, Colorado six years ago—Colorado is an incredible place to live! I have been using MyWritingLab since 2009 at Western Colorado Community College, under the umbrella of Colorado Mesa University.

  I absolutely love using MyWritingLab, because it uses so many options for my non-traditional students and my English Language Learners. The immediate feedback from the MyWritingLab really motivates them. Multimedia for my non-traditional students is great to fill the gap where they may be missing information or having difficulty comprehending English content. Some of my students have jumped 30 points from Pre-Test to Post-Test at the end of the semester. I strive for excellent education for my non-traditional students, and MyWritingLab provides one way to meet that goal.

  Courses taught: English Development; Writing Fundamentals; Basic Writing

  Course format: Lab-based

  Book in use: DJ Henry, Writing for Life: Paragraph to Essay

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  Donna Taylor

  Professor of Reading, English, and Psychology
  Arizona Western College, Yuma, AZ
  MyWritingLab, MyReadingLab

  I have a BA in General Studies—Biology, Psychology, and Chemistry/Math split—from the University of Arizona; a post-baccalaureate in secondary education from the University of Arizona; and, a MA—Public Relations in Community College Education with a Photojournalism emphasis—from Northern Arizona University.

  I have taught for over 20 years with 10 of them being at the community college level. I have been a full-time developmental reading instructor at Arizona Western College for a little over five years; and, I can say that I honestly LOVE my job! Recently, I was asked why I teach, "I was one of my students—one who thought she knew how to read, but really didn't have the comprehension strategies necessary to succeed in university courses. I don't want my students to be as I was; I want them to succeed and achieve their dreams and goals and have a leg-up. That is why I exist—I am a ladder rung for them to step on, use, learn from, and attain their goals by climbing onto my shoulders to the next instructor who will take them up a rung or two higher."

  My husband, Rick, and I have been married for 21 years; I have a son, Zane (14); three unofficial adopted Polynesian sons; and, a menagerie of animals including the "love of my life"—my Arabian Horse, Sunny.

  Courses taught: Reading Essentials, Reading Improvement, College Reading Skills, English 95, English 96, Psychology 101, and English as a Second Language Workshop I.

  Course format: Traditional with a creative twist

  Book in use:The Henry series: The Skilled Reader, The Effective Reader, and The Master Reader along with the accompanying Vocabulary Workbooks.
  

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  Michelle Zollars

  Associate Professor of Developmental English
  Patrick Henry Community College
  MyWritingLab

  I have been teaching developmental writing at Patrick Henry Community College since 1992. Prior to that, I taught middle and high school English for ten years. In addition to teaching, I am also the Accelerated Learning Program Coordinator for PHCC. I am currently finishing a grant through the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation entitled "Global Skills for College Completion," the intent of which is to raise pass rates for developmental students to 80 percent. I am also a member of the Virginia Community College System Developmental English Redesign Team. My education includes a B.A. in English from Averett University and Master's in English from Hollins University.

  Courses taught: ENG 03 - Preparing for College Writing II

  Course format: Accelerated Learning Course and Online

  Book in use: Arlov, Wordsmith
  

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