Ralph L. Wahlstrom Professor of English State University College at Buffalo 1300 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, New York 14222 (716) 878-5417 wahlstrl@buffalostate.edu EDUCATION Ph.D.in Rhetoric and Technical Communication, May 1996, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. M.A. in English, Dec. 1981, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan. B.A. in English with minors in French and Music, June 1978, Northern Michigan University. Journalism certification, 1972, Defense Information School, Indianapolis, Indiana. EXPERIENCE May 2007- May 2013: Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York. Chair, English Department. Professor of English: Responsible for budgets, scheduling, personnel, alumni and all other related administrative and academic concerns. September 1997 – present: Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York. English Department faculty member. Teach undergraduate and graduate courses: Rhetorical Theory, Professional and Technical Writing, Teaching and Evaluating Writing, Advanced Composition, Creative Writing, Freshman Writing, Peer Tutoring, Humanities Capstone. September 2000 – June 2006: Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York. Director of College Writing: Responsible for establishing the College Writing Program, coordinating program activities including faculty hiring, supervision, training, and assessment; Scheduled freshman writing courses; Developed and supervised the Writing Center and English Computer Lab. January 1990 - August 1997: University of Wisconsin-Superior, Superior, Wisconsin. Director of the Office of Support Services and the Writing Center: Managed TRIO Support Services Project, supervised staff, wrote federal and state grants, reports and budgets, oversaw the tutoring center; Supervised Writing Center staff; advised, tutored, taught English and writing skills. Coordinated and authored the Americans With Disabilities Act Self-study. Completed certification in interactive distance education. September 1996 - June 1997: University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota. Evening Instructor: Taught computer-intensive composition. September 1993 - June 1994: Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. Composition teacher: Taught 2 computer-intensive sections per quarter of Freshman Writing 101 and 102. August 1985 - January 1990: Mount Senario College, Ladysmith, Wisconsin. Director of Student Support Services and ESL: Managed Federal TRIO Project, supervised staff; responsible for grants, reports, budgets; coordinated and authored NCA Self-Study; Taught Wahlstrom developmental writing, creative writing, ESL, and reading and study skills. January - August 1985: Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan. Instructor: Taught composition, developmental writing, literature, and technical writing with NMU's extension program; supervised a five-part career planning program in NMU's Marquette Branch Prison College Program. August 1983 - June 1984: Daqing Petroleum Institute, Anda, Heilongjiang, China. ESL Instructor: Taught English language, composition, and technical writing to Chinese engineers and teachers; advised students slated to study abroad. July 1980 - August 1983: Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan. Instructor: Taught composition, developmental English, and American and world literature. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Strategic Planning Committee Chair, English Assessment Committee 2013-present Personnel Committee, 2013-present Chair, TFA Personnel Committee, Fall 2013 MSCHE Accreditation Evaluator October 2013-present; Served on accreditation visiting team, April 2014. Chair, Department of English, 2007 – June 2013 Co-chair Middle States Accreditation Steering Committee, 2011- 2013 Co-Chair Middle States Accreditation Working Group 4, Institutional Assessment College Senate Intellectual Foundations Oversight Committee (SIFOC), 2011 Recruitment Committee: Vice President for Campus Equity and Diversity, 2012 Planning Committee, Anne Frank Project, 2009, 2010, 201, 2012, 2013 Anne Frank Fellow, 2012 SUNY Learning Network program for online instruction & course development, fall 2010 Writing Oversight Committee , 2010-2011 Received Diversity Award, 2008 Presented MS ACCESS introduction to Department Chairs and Coordinators, fall, 2008 Served on President’s Budget Oversight Committee 2009-2010 Participated in the Achieving Success Through Leadership Cohort, 2008-2009 Member of the Planning Committee and Facilitator, Conference on Understanding, Cooperation and Peace, 2002-2006 Chaired the BSC Writing Oversight Committee; the Freshman Writing Committee and the Chair Assessment Committee Served on Arts & Humanities Budget Allocation Committee Served on Board, International Studies Served on Strategic Planning Task Force II: Active and Collaborative Learning Served on English Faculty Recruitment Committee and Chair's Advisory Committee Served on Search Committees for VP for Academic Support Services, Assistant Dean for Intellectual Foundations, three English Tenure-track positions (2005) Annual judge for Estelle Engle Student Writing Award 2003-2006 Annual volunteer presenter for Sister to Sister workshops, 2000-2004 Member of NCTE, AEPL, AWP RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS Wahlstrom Dissertation: The Literacy Dilemma: The Ambivalent Futures of Literacy in America. Presentations: “Be Here Now: Women’s War Diaries and the Power of Intention.” The Anne Frank Project Conference, September 11, 2009, Buffalo State College. “The Believing Game and Writing in Flow.” Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning Conference (AEPL), August 2009, Estes Park, Colorado. “Writing At Work.” A four-day business writing seminar for Erie County Department of Social Services, sponsored by CDHS, January, 2009, Buffalo, NY. “Imagining Peace through Writing: A Peace-Shedding Writing Workshop.” Conference on Peace Education, November, 2008, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Writing Toward Peace: Using the Power of Writing to Promote Nonviolence.” Fifth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, July, 2007, American University of Paris, Paris, France. “Writing Peace: The Role of Writing in Creating an Awareness of Nonviolent Alternatives.” Conference on Peace Education, November, 2006, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. “The Tao of Writing.” Research and Creativity Day, Buffalo State College, 2005. “Reviewing Directed Self Placement for Writing Programs.” WPA Conference, University of Delaware, July 2004. “Writing Peace: A United Nations Project at Buffalo State College.” April, 2004. Writing and Institutions. 18th Annual SUNY Council on Writing Conference. Adirondack Community College, Queensbury, NY . "Approaching the Rhetorical Paideia: an Advanced Composition Model." Computers & Writing, May 2002. "Freire in the Writing Center: Fostering Transitive Consciousness Through Writing Center Practice." National Peer Tutoring Association Conference, November, 1998. "Writing to Learn: Promoting Effective Communication in Economics." Midwestern Writing Centers Association, November, 1997. "The Bell Curve: If This is the Answer, What is the Question?" CCCC, March, 1996. "Literacy, Technology, and the Writing Classroom." National Association of Developmental Educators Conference, February, 1995. Presented a paper, "The Dialogic InterChange: A Comparison Between Conventional and Computer Mediated Classrooms." Conference on Computers and Composition, May, 1994. Professional Publications: “Be Here Now: Young Women’s War Diaries and the Practice of Intentionality.” English Journal: The Journal of the Secondary Section of NCTE. November 2012. “Believing and Flow in Writing: Beyond the Game.” International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. Vol. 1, No. 13, September 2011. Writing at Work: A Writing Text and Workbook., Erie County Department of Social Services, January, 2009 The Tao of Writing. Boston: Adams Media Publications, January 2006. “Approaching The Paideia: an Advanced Composition Model,” Kairos, Vol. 8, No. 2, Fall 2003. "A Gorilla in the Writing Center," The Writing Lab, April 2002. "Teaching the Proposal in the Professional Writing Class," The Journal of Technical Wahlstrom Communication, Vol. 49, No. 1, Feb. 2002. (81-88). "Catching Our Tail: A Writer Center in Transition," in Kitchen Cooks, Plate Twirlers, and Troubadours: Writing Administrators Tell Their Stories. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 1998. "The Bell Curve And the Future of Literacy: If This is the Answer, What is the Question?" Enculturation : Cultural Theories and Rhetorics, Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 1997. http://www.uta.edu/huma/enculturation/1_2/wahlstrom.html. "Damned Foucault," Computers and Composition, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1996. Popular Publications: Kesh, a children’s/teen novel (Genre Fiction). Wild Child Publishing, 2013 “Black Cat” (audio fiction) In Stereo Press, March 2013. “Immunity” Anthologized in The Flashing Type Issue #1, 2012 “Immunity,” (fiction) Free Flash Fiction, Oct. 2012. “Kycero’s Dream,” (fiction) The Rose & Thorn, Summer 2010 “Here,” (fiction) Voices From the Herd, Buffalo Writers Anthology, 2010. “A New Suit,” (fiction) Glossolalia, April 2009. “Wind,” (fiction) The Café Irreal, May 2008. “Budget Motel,” (fiction) Denver Syntax,” No. 10, Jan. 2007. "Getting Burned," (fiction) Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Feb. 1994. "Howie Bursen: Dancing the Banjo," (nonfiction) Frets: The Magazine for Acoustic String Musicians, 1986. "The Keening Woods,"(fiction) Above the Bridge. 1986. "Ostroushko on the Prairie," (nonfiction) Frets: The Magazine for Acoustic String Musicians . Vol. 6, No.8, Aug. 1984. Other Writing: Writer, Middle States Accreditation Report, spring 2013; Successful English Department Self-Study, 2008; Successful Writing Major Program Application, 2007; Successful Proposals through the Office of College Equity and Diversity, 2007, 2008; Auxiliary Services (writers series), 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011; Writing Program Administrators, 2004; CDHS 2000, 2003, 2009; Research and Creativity Day 2003. In Progress: Technical writing minor Textbook on writing fiction Second YA novel COURSES DEVELOPED English 201: Craft of Writing (co-author) English 245: Writing about the Arts English 247: Nature Writing English 266: The Personal Essay English 307: Peer Tutoring English 308: Peer Tutoring Practicum English 320: Autobiography and Memoir Wahlstrom English 325: Creative Nonfiction English 410: Composition and Rhetorical Theory (co-author) In Progress: Introduction to Technical Writing Writing Proposals and Grants COURSES TAUGHT Undergraduate Courses BSC 101 English 101 and English 102 (Now CWP) English 201 English 300W: Writing for the Professions (most recently online) English 301W: Advanced Composition English 305W: Creative Writing – narrative English 307: Peer Tutoring English 308: Peer Tutoring Practicum English 309W: Teaching and Evaluating Writing English 402W: Advanced Creative Writing – narrative English 410: Composition and Rhetorical Theory Humanities 490: Arts & Letters Capstone Course Graduate Courses English 644: Ideology and Literature English 692: Teaching Writing English 695: The Master’s Thesis Wahlstrom