[CBW_Exec] New EB members?

[Kathleen Baca]

Shannon and all, my only concern would be having three board members from
one institution.  Did I read it correctly that they are both at Texas
A&M-Commerce?  kb

> They sound perfect to me.
>
> Thanks, from cold (but not snowy!) Flagstaff,
>
>
>
> gg
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> Greg Glau
> Director, University Writing Program
> Department of English
> Northern Arizona University
> Liberal Arts Building 18, Room 140
> PO Box 6032
> Flagstaff, AZ 86011
> Office: 928 523 6713     FAX: 928 523 7074
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> From: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu
> [mailto:cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu] On Behalf Of tamu commerce
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:59 PM
> To: cbw_exec at tamu-commerce.edu
> Subject: [CBW_Exec] New EB members?
>
> Hi, all--
>
> I just wanted to put forward two more names for possible inclusion on our
> Executive Board.
>
> The first is my colleague and regular collaborator Donna Dunbar-Odom. She
> came to composition studies by way of basic writing in the field. She
> taught basic writing and directed the writing center at a regional campus
> in Indiana in the 1980s. She knew there had to be something more to
> teaching basic writing than grammar drills and sentence-to-paragraph
> exercises. So she attended CCCC and ended up at a panel on basic
> writing/reading connections with Mariolina Salvatore, David Bartholmoe,
> and Anthony Petrosky. She was wowed, as you can imagine.
>
> So she chose to enter the PhD program at Pitt to study with Barthomae and
> Salvatore, both of whom ended up on her dissertation committee.
>
> As she put it when I asked if she'd be interested in throwing her hat in
> on this, "Absolutely! I'd be honored. Them's my roots!"
>
> More on Donna can be found  at
> http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/litlang/dunbar-odom.asp?menuName=people&pageName=faculty
>
> The other is our new Director of the Writing Center and the Basic Writing
> Program (beginning Fall 2009): Tabetha Adkins. She's doing some
> fascinating work in new media and, especially, Amish literacies (the
> subject of her dissertation). Lots of really exciting work on ethics in
> ethnography and fabulously interesting ways to integrate the student's
> lived experiences into the composition classroom. At University of
> Louisville, she studied basic writing with Bruce Horner and Min Zhan-Lu.
> She'll have tons to add as well, especially as she takes over our basic
> writing program here at A&M-Commerce.
>
> Her vita is available online at
> http://tabethaadkins.com/main/page_curriculum_vitae.html
>
> What cha think? Can we add these two members to our crew? Not only are
> they both wicked smart and committed to at-risk students. They are both SO
> much fun!
>
> Thanks!
> Shannon
>
> Shannon Carter
> Associate Professor of English
> Texas A&M-Commerce
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Kathleen A. Baca
English and Communication Department
Doña Ana Community College
MSC 3DA
PO Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003
575-527-7626
kbaca at nmsu.edu