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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  Erik Armstrong

  Instructor
  Modesto Junior College
  MyWritingLab, MyCompLab

  Erik Armstrong is an adjunct professor of English at Modesto Junior College. He enjoys teaching composition and creative writing classes, and he has been a Faculty Advisor for the last year. In addition to helping faculty with some of Pearson's MyLab products, he is the site administrator for MJC's MyLabsPlus campus.

  Courses taught: English 49, English 50, English 101

  Course format: Traditional

  Book in use: Jensen, My English Book; Custom Mercury Readers: Writing and the Wild Places, The Art of War, and Sports Talk; McWhorter and Aaron, The Successful Writer's Handbook

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  Adon Arnett

  Instructor
  Portland Community College
  MyWritingLab, MyReadingLab

  I have been teaching at Portland Community College since 2003. I am a full-time faculty member in the College Success Skills Department where I teach pre-college level Reading and Writing courses. I currently use MyLabs in all of my courses.

  Courses taught: Writing 90, Reading 90, and Reading 115

  Course format: Online and Traditional

  Book in use: Arlov, Wordsmith; Henry, The Effective Reader; Smith, Bridging the Gap

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  Susan Austin

  Instructor and Director of Academic Enrichment
  Johnston Community College
  MyWritingLab

  As a self-professed “former worst student,” Susan enjoys helping her students find their comfort zone as they achieve their educational goals. She remembers how it felt to struggle as a college student; therefore, she strives to develop innovative classroom experiences and she enjoys developing programs to help students achieve academic success. One of her most successful programs is the “Wise Up Workshop.” Her department also offers “Grammar to Go” and “Math to Go” mini workshops which offer quick lessons on basic concepts. In the classroom, Susan believes in layered learning which means she tries to incorporate all learning strategies such as visual, verbal and tactile methods, and she thinks that textbook technology such as MyWritingLab only strengthens the student’s opportunity to learn the concepts of her English course. Susan holds a BS in Communication/Broadcast News Concentration and an MA in English/Technical and Professional Communication from East Carolina University in Greenville, NC.

  Courses taught: I use MyWritingLab in English 090/090A (lab online), and our school uses it for English 080 and 070.

  Course format: Traditional, Online and Hybrid

  Book in use: Biays, Along These Lines

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  Dawn Bailey-Cable

  Adjunct Faculty
  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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  Carla Bradley

  Coordinator of Online Instructional Development
  Ozarks Technical Community College
  MyReadingLab, MyWritingLab

  Carla began her career at OTC as an adjunct instructor in 2004. In 2009, she took the position of Instructional Designer for Online Teaching and Learning, which changed to Coordinator of Online Instructional Development in 2010.

  Carla coordinates online faculty development opportunities, the online review process and master shell course development. Overseeing the online faculty certification program, she leads faculty members in the design, development and delivery of pedagogically and visually sound online instruction. She identifies, evaluates and responds to online faculty development and training needs to promote best practices and build online community. She also coordinates and assists in the mentoring of online faculty as well as the implementation of continuous quality improvement initiatives in online teaching and learning. Collaborating with online faculty, she develops and refines guidelines for evaluating online course development and course delivery processes with reviewers, Lead Online Instructors and respective departments. Carla is a 2010 recipient of a Blackboard Catalyst Exemplary Course Award and has completed the Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Teaching and Learning through the Sloan Consortium.

  Carla has taught at the Springfield campus, the Lebanon Education Center, and online where she has developed multiple online courses. Her previous experience includes working as a part-time writer and editor in forensics and serving as a graduate teaching assistant at Missouri State University while completing her master's in English Education. She has also taught English, speech, and theatre at the secondary level.

  Courses taught: Introduction to College Reading, Introductory Composition I and II, Composition I, Composition II

  Course format: Online

  Book in use: Hennings, Reading with Meaning; Gaetz, The Writer's World; Arlov, Wordsmith

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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

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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, 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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  Amy Casey

  Adjunct Instructor
  Central Georgia Technical College & Oconee Fall Line Technical College
  MyCompLab, MyWritingLab

  Amy Casey's love of teaching and learning is evidenced by her own educational achievements including three earned MA degrees in the fields of: English (Northern Arizona University), Teaching English as a Second Language (Northern Arizona University), and International Education (New York University). She has a wide range of experience teaching in both face to face and online environments.

  Her lifelong goal is to help students learn to value their educational opportunities, gain confidence in their own abilities, and ultimately be successful in their lives and careers. For over 15 years, Amy has taught English (including reading, writing, grammar, and literature), and English as a Second Language to students from many cultural and linguistic backgrounds. She has worked with students of all ages in a variety of different educational settings including: public schools, colleges and universities, private language schools and test prep centers, tutoring programs, community based literacy programs, and online colleges/universities.

  She currently teaches online English courses for two colleges in the Technical College System of Georgia where she resides with her husband, toddler son, and two dogs.

  Courses taught: I use MyWritingLab in ENGL 098- English III (Learning Support/Developmental Writing) I use MyCompLab in ENGL 1101- Composition and Rhetoric

  Course format: Currently- Online courses. Previously- Traditional, Online, and Hybrid

  Book in use: Arlov, Wordsmith: Guide to Paragraphs with MyWritingLab; Biays and Wershoven, Along These Lines with MyWritingLab; Nadell, The Longman Reader: Brief Edition with MyCompLab; Nadell, The Longman Writer with MyCompLab

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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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• Kathy Daily

  Tulsa Community College
  MyWritingLab

  Courses taught: Coming soon

  Course format: Coming soon

  Book in use: Coming soon

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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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  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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  Jennifer Dunkel

  Ozark Technical College
  MyWritingLab

  Jennifer Dunkel is the Lead Instructor for Developmental English at Ozarks Technical Community College. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Truman State University and a Master of Arts in Writing (with a Composition and Rhetoric emphasis) from Missouri State University. She has been teaching and researching developmental writing for the past seven years. Jennifer has incorporated MyWritingLab into her developmental writing classes for the past four years.

  Jennifer is actively involved in the National Association for Developmental Education (NADE), the Midwest Regional Association for Developmental Education (MRADE), and the Missouri Developmental Education Consortium (MoDEC) – all professional organizations that provide strong support for teachers of developmental education.

  Courses taught: Introductory Composition I, Introductory Composition II, Composition I, Composition II, and Technical Writing

  Course format: Traditional

  Book in use: (Developmental Levels): Wordsmith (Introductory Composition I) and Writer's World (Introductory Composition II)

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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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  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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  Cynthia Galvan

  Milwaukee Area Technical College
  MyReadingLab

  As a full-time faculty member of the English & Reading Departments at Milwaukee Area Technical College, Galvan aims to demonstrate excellent teaching skills to help her students succeed. She teaches reading and English courses at multiple levels, and enjoys working with the college's under-prepared learner initiative, where Galvan teaches first-semester English both face-to-face and online. Furthermore, she uses her bilingual abilities and strategies to teach Introduction to Reading and Introduction to College Writing to first semester/year bilingual college students.

  She is committed to integrating the use of technology in all of the courses she teaches. Her dedication for the use of technology in the classroom has spread to helping fellow colleagues understand and integrate the use of technology to their courses.

  Galvan first attended Milwaukee Area Technical College and graduated with her associate's degree in Liberal Arts. Galvan later completed a bachelor's degree in Spanish Literature from University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

  It was Galvan's bilingual abilities that allowed her to first find employment at MATC in 1998 as an educational assistant for the Bilingual Program. In 1999, Galvan was hired as a part-time Spanish instructor at the College. She continued her education earning a Master of Science degree in education from University of Wisconsin-Platteville in 2001 and later attended Viterbo University to complete her reading specialist certification. Later, Galvan completed a Master of Arts degree in English with a Creative Writing emphasis from Mount Mary College. All told, under the Wisconsin Technical College System, Galvan holds certifications to teach in Reading, English, Communications, English as a second language, Career Education, College Success Strategies and Spanish/Foreign Language.

  Today she takes pride in developing new teaching strategies that integrate the use of technology in her classroom. She continues to teach a wide range of courses.

   

  Courses taught: Introduction to College Reading

  Course format: Face-to-face

  Book in use: McWhorter, College Reading and Study Skills; Henry, The Effective Reader

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  Susan Gronert

  Associate Professor
  Daytona State College
  MyWritingLab

  I graduated from the State University of New York at Oswego with a degree in Education/English. I then moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida and taught high school English in the Broward County School System. While there, I was a department chair, an Exceptional Education Specialist, served on many textbook adoption committees, and wrote the curriculum for adult education classes that I also taught. I received my Masters degree in Reading from Barry University in Miami, Florida. My husband and I moved to Flagler Beach, Florida in 2005 and I was an adjunct professor at Daytona State College until 2007. In August of 2007, I became a full time professor in the School of Humanities and Communication. I teach developmental reading and writing at the Flagler/Palm Coast campus of DSC.

  Courses taught: ENC0001 and ENC0002-(Writing I and II)

  Course format: Traditional

  Book in use: Sims, The Write Stuff

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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 California State University, Bakersfield in 2005, where she has been teaching ever since. She has taught varying levels of composition, including developmental English, Freshman Composition, and Upper Division Writing. She and a colleague, Randi Brummett de Leon, also are the coordinators of MyWritingLab on the California State University, Bakersfield campus. Together they have spearheaded the course redesign of a one-unit tutoring course, as well as all developmental and freshman composition courses. They have also instituted use of the program in non-English courses as part of "Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum" on campus.

  Courses taught: English 50: Hybrid; English 80: Hybrid; English 100: Hybrid; Humanities & Behavioral Sciences 277 & 477: Online

  Course format: Online and Hybrid

  Book in use: English 50: none; English 80: Mosaics Focusing on Essays, Flachmann; English 100: Quick Access, Troyka; Humanities & Behavioral Sciences 277 & 477: English Simplified, Ellsworth & Higgins

  View Brooke's Syllabi

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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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  Pam Huntington

  English / Reading Professor
  Merced College
  MyWritingLab, MyReadingLab

  My name is Pamela Huntington and I am an English Professor at Merced College where I specialize in teaching developmental reading and writing to a diverse population of students. Beyond my BA in English, I also hold an MA in Education, a TESOL certification, reading certification, and a California Teaching Credential. During my tenure, I have presented at many conferences and staff development workshops in regards to teaching strategies to struggling readers, and I specialize in approaches that emphasize vocabulary acquisition techniques.

  Courses taught: Reading courses two and three levels below transfer; Writing course one level below transfer

  Course format: Lab-Based

  Book in use: Reading two levels below transfer: Read to Succeed; Reading three levels below transfer: The Effective Reader; Writing one level below transfer: Backpack Writing; Labs two and three levels below transfer: The Traveler and the Explorer

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• Bonnie Intihar-Colemire

  Assistant Professor
  Lindenwood University
  MyCompLab, MyWritingLab

  Courses taught: Coming soon

  Course format: Coming soon

  Book in use: Coming soon

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  Maria Johnson

  Faculty
  DeKalb Technical College
  MyWritingLab, MyCompLab, MyLiteratureLab

  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.

  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)

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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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  Rosalind Manning

  Chair of Learning Support/English Instructor
  Atlanta Technical College, Atlanta, GA
  MyWritingLab, MyReadingLab, MyMathLab

  While attending Milwaukee Area Technical College, I worked as a community newspaper reporter. At that time, I was studying broadcasting and went on to attend Marquette University. When I moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1996, I completed my bachelor's degree at Georgia State University in advanced composition. I have always worked with technology in and outside the studio; when I worked for Delta Airlines before starting my teaching position in 2004, I completed a master's degree in Technical Operations Management in 2001. I completed studies at Agnes Scot College in English education, and I always incorporate technology within the classroom when I find it necessary. Currently, I work as an English instructor for Atlanta Technical College and am chair of the Learning Support department.

  Courses taught: traditional and lab-based

  Course format: English, reading, and math classes

  Book in use:McWhorter, Pathways: Writing Scenarios; Phadke, Suneeti, Gaetz, Lynne, The Writer's World; Langan, Ten Steps to Building College Reading Skills;  Henry, D. J., The Effective Reader; Smith, Brenda, Bridging The Gap; Beecher,J Bittinger, Developmental Mathematics Custom

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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 earned her Master's in English. After a move to Rockford, Illinois where she worked in the Rockford Schools and raised three children, she returned to Ohio and began teaching part-time at both Kent State University and the University of Akron.

  In 2000, she began teaching full-time at Kent State in literature and composition. She was the Assistant Writing Program Coordinator in AY 2003-04. Presently, she teaches five writing courses a semester. These courses include College Writing I Stretch (a 2-semester version of College Writing I for students with writing weaknesses), College Writing I, College Writing II, Advanced Expository Writing, and Advanced Business and Professional Writing. The literature courses she has taught are Great Books I, Great Books 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 technology and multi-modal composing. Since 2002, she has researched and piloted freshmen and sophomore courses as a member of a Provost's Committee which resulted in a new Kent State Tiered English Writing Program. She has also attended various classes and workshops on technology and multi-modal issues in composition such as Computers in the Writing Classroom (CIWIC) at Michigan Institute of Technology. The new program includes requirements in written, digital, and visual with options for audio and video composition.

  She is currently a member of a learning community which received a 2007-2008 Ohio Learning Network Grant to revision one of the Tier III courses, Expository Writing, into an online and service learning course. She has shared her research and practice at presentations at CCCC in San Francisco and Chicago , 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

  Course format: Lab-Based

  Book in use: Wysocki, DK Handbook

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

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  Sharon Rinkiewicz

  Adjunct Instructor
  Broward College, Central
  MyWritingLab Florida

  I was born and raised in New Jersey until I moved to Florida when I was fourteen years old. I struggled academically most of my life. When I started college, I had to take every single prep class in existence, and had there been more, I’d have been in those too. But I was bound and determined to succeed, no matter what it took. Years later, I graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s in English. Today, I teach the very course I started off in. It is my experience as a student that drives my passion to help other prep students. In many of my students, I see a part of me, so I work extra hard to make sure they learn the fundamental skills and prepare them for college level work.

  My hobbies include reading, writing, swimming, and watching movies.

  Courses taught: Eng 0021 College Prep Writing II

  Course format: Traditional

  Book in use: I no longer use a textbook edition since Florida MyWritingLab is now live.

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

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  Marilynn Schenk

  Professor English / Reading
  San Diego Mesa College
  MyWritingLab, MyReadingLab

  Professor Marilynn Schenk has taught college reading courses at San Diego Mesa College for ten years. She also has taught basic composition and ESOL courses. Before arriving at her current campus, she worked as a reading specialist at Truckee Meadows Community College in Nevada for four years. She has also taught three levels of college reading courses as an adjunct instructor at Santa Barbara City College and traveled to Japan where she worked as an ESOL instructor for one and a half years. She has served as the reading coordinator for the Basic Skills Initiative Committee at San Diego Mesa College and has attended and presented at many national and regional developmental education conferences, including NADE and CRLA. She has recently upgraded her teaching “toolbox” with online reading and writing instruction (MyWritingLab and MyWritingLab), and is an enthusiastic faculty advocate for MyWritingLab on her campus. Her current goal is to incorporate “clickers” into her classrooms this fall in order to eliminate paper quizzes and motivate passive students to participate more fully in critical thinking activities.

  Courses taught: College Reading & Study Skills I (with MWL); College Reading & Study Skills II (with MWL); Basic Composition (with MWL)

  Course format: Hybrid and Traditional

  Book in use: McWhorter, Guide to College Reading (used with MWL); McWhorter, Reading Across the Disciplines (MWL); Flachmann, Mosaics (used with MWL)

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  Patricia Stelter

  Developmental Writing Program Director
  Northeast Lakeview College
  MyWritingLab

  Patsy is one of the founding faculty members of Northeast Lakeview College, one of the Alamo Colleges in San Antonio, Texas, and serves as the lead developmental English instructor. With over seven years of teaching developmental English, Patsy has found most of her success with incorporating technology into the classroom with MyWritingLab. She is also the only faculty at NLC that teaches developmental English online. At NLC, Patsy serves as the chair of the learning communities advisory council and as the chair for the same district committee. She also serves as the chair of the Developmental Education Demonstration Project grant representing NLC at the district level. Outside of teaching and committee work, Patsy is an avid runner, hunter, and fisher.

  Courses taught: Developmental English 0301 and 1301; English 1301; and English 1302

  Course format: Traditional, Hybrid and Online

  Book in use: DJ Henry's, Writing for Life (0300 level); Marcie Sims's The Write Stuff (0301 level). Both courses are supplemented with MyWritingLab

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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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