Cynthia L. Bair Van Dam October 2015
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Cynthia L. Bair Van Dam October 2015 4519NebraskaAve,NWWashington,DC20016 202-364-6764(h)202-236-6606(c)cbair@american.edu Education THEAMERICANUNIVERSITY WASHINGTON,D.C. September1991-May1993 M.A.inLiterature;focusonnineteenthcenturyBritishliterarytraditionsofthenoveland FeministTheory;additionalcoursesontheTeachingofWriting,ContemporaryLiteraryTheory, theGenreoftheFantastic,andOralNarrativeTheory. THEUNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKA LINCOLN,NE. September1987-May1991 B.A.,majorinEnglish,minorinSociology. Employment History AMERICANUNIVERSITY WASHINGTON,D.C. August1995-present HurstSeniorProfessorialLecturer.CollegeWriting,CollegeWritingSeminar,HonorsEnglishI, HonorsEnglishII,AdvancedCompositionWorkshop,andIssues,Ideas,andWords,serviceon severaluniversityanddepartmentalcommittees,advising,andmentoring. HOWARDUNIVERSITY WASHINGTON,D.C. August1993-August1995 InstructorofExpositoryandArgumentwritingcourses,serviceinWritingCenter,serviceon severaldepartmentalcommittees. THEAMERICANUNIVERSITY WASHINGTON,D.C. January1992-May1993 AdjunctInstructorofCollegeWritingandCollegeWritingSeminar. THEUNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKA LINCOLN,NE. September1988-December1989 CoordinatorofTeachingAssistantsforcourseinInterpersonalCommunication. Honors AmericanUniversityHonorsProgramOutstandingProfessorAward,2003-2004 Publications PAPERSPRESENTEDATPROFESSIONALMEETINGS § Presenter(refereed),EqualityorExploitation?:QuestioningtheRisksandRewardsof ContingentFacultyService","ConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication, March2015 § Presenter(refereed),“TheWalkingDead:MotivatingMillennialsasPragmaticIdealists,” ConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication,March2014 Bair Van Dam CV October 2015 § § § § § § § § § § Presenter(refereed),DidNotAttend.“LifeintheFastLane:WhyStudentsareSpeeding ThroughResearch,ReadingandWriting,”ConferenceonCollegeCompositionand Communication,March2013 Presenter(refereed),“TheEfficiencyGeneration:UnderstandingWhyStudentsMakeOdd ChoicesWhenTheyResearchandWrite,”ConferenceonCollegeCompositionand Communication,March2012 Presenter(refereed),“Didyouheartheoneabout…?PlagiarismNarratives,”Conferenceon CollegeCompositionandCommunication,March2010 Chair(refereed),“RemixingReading,Writing,Responding,”ConferenceonCollege CompositionandCommunication,March2010 Presenter(refereed),"TeachingStudentstoGradeBetweentheLines:aContemporary EvolutionofPeerResponse,”NationalCouncilofTeachersofEnglishConference, November,2009 Presenter(refereed),“TheLimitationsoftheSupervisor-as-Mentor:aThree-tierSolution,” ConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication,April2008 InvitedPresenter(refereed),“InventingtheAcademicWriter:TeachingStrategiesfor ComplicatingtheMiddle-ClassWriter-Identity,”HawaiiConferenceonArtsandHumanities, 2007. Presenter(refereed),“ConsentingAdults:PeerGradingbyConsensus,”Conferenceon CollegeCompositionandCommunication,March2004 Presenter(refereed),“ApocalypseNow?ApocalypseNot!:CreatingCollegialityamong ContingentWritingFaculty,”ConferenceonCollegeCompositionandCommunication, March2003 Presenter(refereed),“StrategiesforCreatingInformationLiterateWriters,”Conferenceon CollegeCompositionandCommunication,March2002 INVITEDLECTURES § Panelist,CASTermFacultyTaskForceAdvocacyPanel,September2015 § Presenter,“AssessingAssessment:LessonsLearnedfromGeneralEducation,”AnnFerren TeachingConference,January2015 § Speaker,“TransitioningfromHighSchooltoCollegeWriting,”IntensiveJournalisticWriting Institute,Washington,D.C.,July8,2011 § Speaker,“TransitioningfromHighSchooltoCollegeWriting,”IntensiveJournalisticWriting Institute,Washington,D.C.,July11,2009 § Speaker,“TransitioningfromHighSchooltoCollegeWriting,”IntensiveJournalisticWriting Institute,Washington,D.C.,July2008 § Speaker,CASHonors101Reception,September2007. § Speaker,CASHonors101Reception,September2006. § Speaker,“EvaluatingWriting:AHolisticApproach.”GreenbergSeminar,October2005. § Presenter.“AUEnglish—TheVoiceofAuthority/TheLanguageofEvaluation.”CASMellon Colloquium,April2005 § Presenter.“We’reAllTeachersofWriting.”AnnFerrenTeachingConference,January2005 § Lecturer,“CollaborativeLearning,”TheTeachingofWriting,October2000-2005. § Lecturer,InterpretingLiterature,“SusanGlaspell:MultipleJuries/MultipleInterpretations,” March2001. Bair Van Dam CV October 2015 OTHER § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § § Presenter,“TheEfficiencyGeneration,”CollegeWritingProgramTeachingRoundTable, October2012. Presenter,“NotesfromCCCC’s,”CollegeWritingProgramTeachingRoundTable,April2012. Presenter,“ParticiplesandPredicaments:GrammarintheCompositionClassroom,”College WritingProgramTeachingRoundTable,March2012. Presenter,“MakingtheTransitionfrom100to101,”CollegeWritingProgramTeaching RoundTable,December2011. Presenter,“TheTheoryofAssignmentDesign,”CollegeWritingProgramTeachingRound Table,October2011. Presenter,“CCCCRedux,”CollegeWritingProgramTeachingRoundTable,April2011 Presenter,“OneCoolThing:CCCCRedux,”CollegeWritingProgramTeachingRoundTable, April2010 Presenter,“GradeNorming,”CollegeWritingProgramJanuaryColloquium,January2010 Co-presenterandco-organizer,“What’stheDifferenceBetween100and101?,”College WritingProgramMentoringWorkshop,December2009 Co-presenter,“GettingReadyforFinalExams,”CollegeWritingProgramMentoring Workshop,November2009 Co-presenter,“CraftingAssignments,”CollegeWritingProgramMentoringWorkshop, September2009 Co-presenterandco-organizer,“HowtoTeachAcademicWritingatAU,”CollegeWriting ProgramWorkshop,August2009 Panelist,“TheStateoftheField:NewIdeasfortheTeachingofWriting,”CollegeWriting ProgramTeachingRoundTable,March2009 Co-presenter,“ProsandConsofUsingBibliographySoftwareintheClassroom,”College WritingProgramTeachingRoundTable,November2008 Co-presenter,“AllHailRisk:IsRiskTakingReallyGoodPedagogy?,”CollegeWriting Program’sTheArt&ScienceofTeachingWritingConference,October2008 Presenter,“GradeNorming:WorkingTowardConsistentGradingintheCollegeWriting Program,”CollegeWritingProgramMentoringWorkshop,February2008 Presenterandco-organizer,“CommentingasaGenre.”CollegeWritingProgram’s2007 ConferenceontheArtandScienceofTeaching,October2007. Presenter,“GradingWorkshop,”CollegeWritingProgramMentoringWorkshop,October 2007 Co-presenter,“CommentingWorkshop,”CollegeWritingProgramMentoringWorkshop, March2007 Presenterandorganizer,“AMid-YearTeachingConversation.”CollegeWritingProgram LunchforNewFaculty,December2006. Presenter,“WindingUpInsteadofWindingDown:SwappingIdeasaboutHowtoEndthe SemesteronaHighNote.”CollegeWritingProgramTeachingRoundtable,November2006. Presenter,“’Students,takeupyourpens,pencils,andstyli’:In-classEssaysandTheir Discontents.”CollegeWritingProgramTeachingRoundTable,AmericanUniversity,October 2005. Presenter,“CCCCRedux:IdeasfromSanFrancisco.”CollegeWritingProgramTeaching RoundTable,March2005. Presenter,“TheScienceandArtofRespondingtoStudentWriting.”CollegeWritingProgram TeachingRoundTable,AmericanUniversity,October2004, Presenter,“TeachingGrammar.”DepartmentofLiteratureRoundTable,Spring2004. Bair Van Dam CV October 2015 § § § § § § Presenter,“WhattoDoBeforeIt’sDue.”CollegeWritingProgramTeachingRoundTable, AmericanUniversity,October2003. Presenter,“Style:RevisingattheSentenceLevel.”CollegeWritingProgramTeachingRound Table,AmericanUniversity,October2002. Presenter,“ProfessionalDevelopment.”CollegeWritingProgramTeachingRoundTable, AmericanUniversity,April2001. Panelist,“ApplyingforCompositionJobs.”CollegeWritingProgramTeachingRoundTable, AmericanUniversity,March1999. Presenter,“Fromthe4Cs:HotNewIdeas.”CollegeWritingProgramTeachingRoundTable, AmericanUniversity,April1999. Presenter,“GroupBehaviorandDynamics.”CollegeWritingProgramTeachingRoundTable, AmericanUniversity,February1999. Sponsored Research § MellonGrantfor“TheEfficiencyGeneration:UnderstandingWhyStudentsMakeOdd ChoicesWhenTheyResearchandWrite,”March2012,$500 § MellonGrantfor“TheLimitationsoftheSupervisor-as-Mentor:aThree-tierSolution,” Spring2008,$2582(withLaceyWootton-Don) § MellonGrantfor“ConsentingAdults:PeerGradingbyConsensus,”Spring2004,$2775(with LaceyWootton-Don) § MellonGrantfor“ApocalypseNow?ApocalypseNot?:CreatingCollegialityamong ContingentWritingFaculty,”Spring2003,$5100(withthreecolleagues) § MellonGrantfor“StrategiesforCreatingInformationLiterateWriters,”Spring2002,$1900 Teaching Responsibilities COURSES WRTG-100CollegeWriting WRTG-101CollegeWritingSeminar WRTG-106CollegeWriting,Intensive LIT-130HonorsEnglish LIT-131HonorsEnglishII LIT-132HonorsEnglish,Intensive LIT-205Issues,Ideas,andWords LIT-301AdvancedCompositionWorkshop HNRS-300AdvancedWriting:TheArtoftheEssay CriticalThinkingandtheEffectiveCommunicationofIdeas SUPERVISIONOFTHESES UndergraduateThesissecondreader;DoryIsaacs,2011 UndergraduateThesissecondreader;ShannonMcMahaon,2011 HonorsCapstoneAdvisor;MichaelWagner,2007 MFAThesisCommittee;GeorgeGonzales;Spring2006 MFAThesisCommittee;DonnaObeid;Spring1998 MFAThesisCommittee;AnthonyGancarski;Fall1998 SUPERVISIONOFINTERNSHIPS CollegeWritingInternship;MickieTencza,Spring2006 Bair Van Dam CV October 2015 CollegeWritingInternship;JenniferBerry,Spring2005 CollegeWritingInternship;SamanthaHubbardShanley;Spring2003 CollegeWritingInternship;MeaghanMountford;Spring2002 CollegeWritingInternship;CatherineMcEaddy;Spring2001 CollegeWritingInternship;TriciaReicher;Spring2000 CollegeWritingInternship;JodyGerbig;Fall1999-Spring2000 CollegeWritingInternship;JeanetteFast;Fall1997-Spring1998 CollegeWritingInternship;JaelMcHenry;Fall1996-Spring1997 CollegeWritingInternship;AliinaHirschoff;Spring1996-Summer1996 CollegeWritingInternship;MarilynBorkin;Spring1996 Curriculum Development CollegeWritingProgramFacultyMentoringPrograms,RoundtablesandWorkshops CollegeWritingProgramGradingRubric DepartmentofLiteratureGeneralEducationCurriculum CollegeWriting/HonorsEnglish,IntensiveCourseProposal CollegeWritingProgramFacultyHandbook AdvancedCompositionCourseProposal ExperimentalCollege:InformationLiteracyPairingwithLibrarian CriticalThinkingandtheEffectiveCommunicationofIdeas:HousingandUrbanDevelopment TrainingSession Issues,Ideas,andWords:AdultEducationCurriculum ExperimentalCollege:LinkedCourseswithEconomics,Music,andInternationalStudies Year-LongCollegeWritingExperiment:Two-SemesterSequencePilot TextSelectionCommittee WritingAcrosstheCurriculumCommittee,Howard PilotedHumanitiesCurriculum,Howard Department and University Service/Activities UNIVERSITYANDCOLLEGE UniversityGeneralEducationCommittee,Chair,2015-present GeneralEducationReformTaskForce,Co-chair,2015-present CommitteeonLearningAssessment,2015-present AnnFerrenTeachingConferencePlanningCommittee,2015-present CASDean’sAdvisoryCommittee,2013-2015 UniversityGeneralEducationCommittee,Area1Chair,2013-2015 UniversityWritingInitiative,2013-2014 FulbrightPanelist,2009-present CollegeWritingProgramTaskForce,2008-2009 “Honors101”FacultyMentor2007,2008,2010 LearningCommunitiesCommittee,2007 DepartmentofPhilosophyandReligionHiringCommittee,2004-2005 CASGraduationSpeakerSelectionCommittee2003,2005,2007-2010 AcademicIntegrityCodePanel;1996-2005,2008-2010 WriterasWitnessProgram;AddressedIncomingFreshmenatNSO1998-2000,2002 NSOWriterasWitness/CollegeWritingProgramPanelPlanningCommittee,2002 WriterasWitnessProgram;Co-AddressedStudentOrientationLeaders2000 CollegeWritingProgram–ELIAdvisoryPanel2000 Bair Van Dam CV October 2015 FacultyAdvisor,AnimeClub2007-2008 FacultyAdvisor,SigmaChiFraternity2005-2006 FacultyAdvisor;WashingtonYouthSummit2003 FacultyAdvisor;GirlScouts2001-2002 FacultyAdvisor;FencingClub1997-2001 InformationLiteracyCommittee1999 NewFacultyMentorProgram1998 HonorsEssayContestJudge1998 CASNewStudentOrientation;AddressedIncomingFreshmen1998 NSO(SOAR)StudentRegistration1996-1998 CASAcademicIntegrityCodeGrievanceCommittee1998,2001,2003 CASFacultyMentorProgram1996-1998 DEPARTMENT DepartmentCouncil1995-present CollegeWritingCouncil2001-present CollegeWritingReappointmentandPromotionCommittee2010-present CollegeWritingReappointmentandPromotionCommittee,Chair2013-2014CollegeWriting MeritCommittee2001,2003,2009,2015,2016 Tenure-lineMeritCommittee2001-2002,2006,2013 ReappointmentandTenureCommittee1999-2000,2003-2005,2008-2009 UndergraduateStudiesCommittee,2009-2012 ExecutiveCommittee2004-2006,2010-present Freshmanpreviewday,2010 ChairSearchCommittee2001-2002 JaneStanhopeAwardCommittee2001-2002 LouiseYoungEssayContestJudge2002-2008 CollegeWritingCommittee1997-1999;2000-2001 MFAThesisCommittee1997-1999,2006 MFAApplicationsPanel1999-2001,2006 CollegeWritingProgramHiringCommittee1996,1998,2001,2004 LettersofRecommendation1995-present UndergraduateAdvisor1995-1998 COLLEGEWRITINGPROGRAM AtriumCommittee,2013-2015 Chair,CollegeWritingProgramAdvocacyCommittee2011-2012 Co-chair,CollegeWritingProgramMentoringCommittee,2007-2008,2009-2010,2011-2012 CollegeWritingProgramWritingConcentrationCommittee,2009 CollegeWritingProgramNewCourseDevelopmentCommittee,2010-present AdHocNewCourseDesignCommittee,2012-present CollegeWritingProgramRubricCommittee,2010-2012 CollegeWritingProgramFacultyMentor,2007-2008,2009-2010 CollegeWritingProgramMentoringCommittee,2008-2009 CollegeWritingProgramAssessmentCommittee,2009-2010 WriterasWitnessEssayContestJudge,2010 CollegeWritingProgramFacultyHandbookCommittee2003-2004 CollegeWritingProgramStudentHandbookTextSelectionCommittee2004 EnglishCompetencyExamGradingPanel1995-present Bair Van Dam CV October 2015 HallwayProject,co-coordinator2001-2006 CollegeWritingFull-timeFacultyCouncil1995-2001 CollegeWritingProgramAdvancedCompositionCourseProposalCommittee2000 CollegeWritingProgramNewFacultyMentor1999-2000 CollegeWritingProgramAdjunctFacultyMentor1998-2000 CollegeWritingProgramNewFacultyMentor1999-2000 PlanningCommittee,TeachingDevelopmentMeeting1997-1998;2000-2006 StaffDevelopmentCommittee1996-1997 TextSelectionCommittee,Chair1995-1996 Membership and Professional Activities Member,NationalCouncilofTeachersofEnglish1993-present RegistrationCommitteeChair,ConferenceonCollegeCompositionand Communication,WashingtonDC,March1996
