[CBW_Exec] New EB members?

Fri Mar 6 23:33:07 CST 2009

> Does anyone have any community college folks to recommend? And/or
> representation from Tribal Colleges and/or HBCUs?
> 
> We have a wonderful graduate serving as WPA at a very smart and progressive
> community college in the Dallas area (Collin College). I don¹t know if she¹s
> interested, but I suspect she would be quite interested. And she¹d have a lot
> to add. I don¹t know how involved she could be in future workshops,
> unfortunately. She¹s very involved with TYCA and so is usually tied up with
> workshops/sessions for that important organization.
> 
> Collin College is an atypical community college in some ways. It is very
> wealthy (very strong tax base). It¹s also pretty white. But it does serve
> large numbers of working students, non traditional students, and other
> populations so very well served by our excellent community colleges across the
> nation. 
> 
> Her name is Sonja Andrus.
> 
> Another graduate of ours is serving as WPA at Prairie View A&M. She¹s done
> some very good work with basic writing and was one of the best teachers our
> program has ever seen. She¹s deeply committed to working with at-risk writers
> and she¹s done some very interesting work on the subject. I don¹t know how
> often she¹s able to attend CCCC very often given their limited travel budgets,
> but a position on the EB might be helpful to her in securing funding.
> 
> Prairie View A&M is an HBCU. Tonya Scott an alumnus of PV and an African
> American herself. She¹s a former recipient of the Scholars for the Dream
> award. 
> 
> Best,
> Shannon
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu on behalf of Kathleen Baca
> Sent: Fri 3/6/2009 9:47 PM
> To: Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu
> Cc: cbw_exec at tamu-commerce.edu; Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu
> Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] New EB members?
>  
> 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 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > 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
>> > ________________________________
>> > 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=faculty
>> <http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/litlang/dunbar-odom.asp?menuName=people&pageNam
>> e=faculty> 
>> <http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/litlang/dunbar-odom.asp?menuName=people&amp;pag
>> eName=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 
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