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CHERYL L. JOHNSON |
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Tenured Senior Instructor, Emeritis cherylj@uidaho.edu http://www.class.uidaho.edu/cherylj/
EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL: Degrees: M.A., English, June 1989, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. Thesis: “A Door Ajar: Dickinson’s Threshold Language.” B.A., English, June 1970, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. EXPERIENCE: Teaching and Research Appointments: August 1989-2008, English Department, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. Fall 1988-Spring 1989, Teaching Assistant, English Department, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. Taught freshman composition, both English 103 and 104. 1983-87, Secondary Teacher, Lewiston High School, Lewiston, Idaho. Taught 10th and 11th grade composition, literature, and creative writing. Edited The Flowing Pen, the creative writing magazine, developed and established remedial English program (including Young Adult Literature), and served on various curricular committees. Served as business manager for the Idaho English Journal, 1985-86. 1977-78, Secondary Teacher, Father Lopez High School, Daytona Beach, Florida. Taught elementary and intermediate French, 9th and 12th grade honors composition and literature. 1976, Winter Term Instructor, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida. Taught Introduction to Hinduism. TEACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Courses Taught: English 101-102, Freshman Composition English 207, Persuasive Writing English 208, Personal and Exploratory Writing English 209, Inquiry-Based Writing English 257, World Literature English 257H, Literature of Western Literature in a World Context English 258, Literature of Western Literature in a World Context English 309, Advanced Prose Writing English 499, Directed Study in Advanced Writing English 498, Directed Internship for English 257H, English 208, English 205 Materials Developed: Teaching materials for the multi-voiced argument project. Coursepacks for all courses taught. Class Web sites for English 257, English 258, English 207, English 208, English 209, and English 309. The site for English 257, Fall 1998, was also the “cyber-home” for Dr. Jayne Moneysmith’s world literature class at Kent State University at Stark in Canton, Ohio. Web links for my advisees, focused on sources available on campus and on sources available at other universities for exploring careers for English majors (http://www.class.uidaho.edu/cherylj/ ) Courses Developed: English 207, Persuasive writing course with service-learning component and an extensive multi-voiced argument approach and project. English 208, Personal and Exploratory writing course with service-learning component. English 209, Inquiry-based writing course with service-learning component and an extensive multi-voiced argument approach and project. Also focused one section on images of teaching with Candida Gillis, January 1997, an on-going teacher-research project that led to a NCTE conference proposal and acceptance and a published article in the English Journal. English 309, Advanced Prose writing course focused on multigenre-reading and multi-voiced writing. English 257 and 258 courses, adding multicultural components from literatures of India, China, Japan, Egypt, and Guatemala to our traditional offerings and at least one multi-voiced argument project. English 175, Introduction to Literature, currently developing my approach to this newly assigned course. Students Advised Undergraduate Students: advisor for twenty-eight students in English with a literature emphasis Honors and Awards:
Recipient of Alumni Award for Excellence (nominated by Scott McNeill), April 2005. Recipient of the University of Idaho’s Top Annual Award for Teaching Excellence, May 2005. Nominated for University of Idaho’s Award for Advising Excellence, December 2004. Faculty Fellowship in Academic Service-Learning, January 2001. Lillian White Grant for a five-day drama workshop entitled “Shakespeare in the Classroom,” at the Ashland Drama Festival, June 22-27, 1999. Recipient of the Navy ROTC “Faculty Excellence Award,” May 1998. Idaho Commission on the Arts Grant to attend a Fishtrap Gathering Fiction Workshop, led by Sandra Scofield, Summer 1994. Nominated for two teaching awards: The James A. Barnes Memorial Award and the Outstanding Faculty Award, March 1992. Nixon Fellowship, University of Idaho, Summer 1989. Nixon Grant for Northwest Inland Writing Project, four-week course, Summer 1985.
SCHOLARSHIP ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Publications and Presentations: Refereed/Adjudicated: Multiple Genres, Multiple Voices: Teaching Argument in Composition and Literature, Co-written with Dr Jayne A. Moneysmith. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann, March 2005. “Metaphor as Renewal: Re-imagining Our Professional Selves.” Co-written article with Dr. Candida Gillis. English Journal. July 2002. Peer Reviewed/Evaluated: “Inquiring Voices: Multigenre Research.” in The Subject is Research. Ed. Wendy Bishop and Pavel Zemliansky. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Boynton/Cook, 2001. 178-192. Other: “A Honeymoon Cabin for Lovers: Bed and Breakfast at Three Rivers, Idaho.” Palouse Journal, Fall 1992. “Visiting the New Age: Alternative Spiritual Traditions in the Interior Northwest.” Palouse Journal, Holiday 1992. Professional Meeting Papers and Workshops: NIWP Spring Conference, February 4, 2006, Spokane, Washington. “Writing Persuasively and Creatively.” Oregon Council of Teachers of English (OCTE), March 4-7, 2006, Portland, Oregon. “Bridging Genres: Reading and Writing Multigenre Texts.” Co-presenter along with Dr. Candida Gillis. NCTE Fall Conference, November 17-20, 2005. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Co-presented, along with Dr. Jayne A. Moneysmith, a workshop entitled, “Finding Common Ground: Teaching Argument through Multiple Voices and Genres.” INCTE Fall Conference, October 6, 2005, Moscow, Idaho. Co-presented a workshop with Brendan A. Johnson, entitled, “Using Multiple Genres in Persuasive Writing.” Orientation for New Faculty, August 15, 2005. Sponsored by the Teaching Enhancement Committee. Presented a workshop entitled, “What It Takes to be Successful in the Classroom.” CCCC Convention, March 16-19, 2005, San Francisco, California, “Multigenre Arguments: Giving Students Access to Success” for a session entitled, “Redefining Success in Argumentative Writing: Helping Students Find Their Voice in Open-Access Universities.” CCCC Convention, March 16-19, 2005, San Francisco, California, “Good Girls Fight Fair: First-Generation Females in the Composition Classroom” for an all-day session entitled, “Out of the Margins: Empowering Female Writers in the Composition Classroom.” Co-presenter along with Dr. Jayne A. Moneysmith. Lewis Clark State College’s Service-Learning Luncheon and Orientation for Faculty, January 27, 2005. “Designing Service Learning Projects in Our Classrooms.” Co-presenter, along with U of I graduate student in English, Melinda White. NCTE Fall Conference, November 20-25, 2003. San Francisco, California. Co-presented, along with Dr. Candida Gillis, a workshop entitled, “Partnerships: Reading and Writing Multigenre Texts.” CCCC Convention, March 18-22, 2003, New York City, New York. Presenter and one of the lead speakers for an all-day workshop, entitled, “Feminist Narratives of Connection and Displacement: Painful Transformations,” My presentation title was: “Identity at Risk: Co-Authors and Multivoiced Texts.” CCCC Convention, March 18-22, 2003, New York City, New York. Presenter for a concurrent session and along with Dr. Jayne A. Moneysmith, delivered a multigenre paper, entitled, “Are Two Heads Better Than One? Coauthoring and Collaboration in Scholarship and Teaching.” Another co-authoring pair (Donna N. Sewell, Writing Center Director, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia and James A. Inman, Department of English, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida) presented a paper, entitled, “From ‘I’ to ‘We’: Enacting Collaborative Writing. Institute on Academic Service-Learning: Connecting K-12, Communities, and Higher Education, Feb. 8-9, 2002, Ypsilanti, Michigan. Presented a workshop entitled, “Breaking Through: Hope, Text and Community.” CCCC Convention, March 14, 2001, Denver, Colorado, Co-chair, co-organizer with Dr. Jayne A. Moneysmith, Kent State at Stark, and presenter at an all-day, pre-convention workshop entitled, “Alternatives in Research Writing: Multivoiced, Multigenre Assignments, and New Twists on Argument.” CCCC Convention, April 12-15, 2000, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Presented a workshop entitled, “Recipe for Change: Genre Experiments in Argumentative Writing” for a session entitled, “Re-imagining the Argumentative Essay: Perspectives from Professors and Students.” Dr. Jayne A. Moneysmith from Kent State at Stark, Elinor Michel from the University of Idaho, and two of Jayne’s students, David Duvall and Cynthia Lewis were also on this workshop panel. NCTE Fall Conference, November 18-21, 1999. Denver, Colorado. Co-presented a workshop with Candida Gillis entitled, “Reimagining Our Professional Selves.” INCTE Fall Conference, October 7, 1999, Lewiston, Idaho. Co-presented a workshop with Candida Gillis entitled, “Reimagining Our Professional Selves." Orientation for New Faculty, October 20, 1998, Sponsored by the Teaching Enhancement Committee. Co-presented an advising workshop with James B. “Ding” Johnson entitled, “Building Relationships and Knowing When to Refer.” CCCC Convention, April 1-4, 1998, Chicago, Illinois. Presented a paper entitled, “Multigenre Research: Identity and Discovery” for a session entitled, “Facing Facts and Knowledge, Identity and the Student Researcher.” Bruce Ballenger from Boise State University and Brian Sutton from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay were also on this panel. NCTE Spring Conference, March 19-21, 1998, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Co-presented a workshop entitled, “Metaphor: A Voice for Self-Reflection,” with Candida Gillis. INCTE Fall Conference, October 2, 1997, Lewiston, Idaho. Co-presented a workshop for 50 participants with Georgia Toppe, an English teacher from Mead High School in Spokane. Workshop titled, “The Research Paper: Dinosaur or Phoenix?” NIWP Administrator’s Appreciation Day, March 13, 1997, University of Idaho. Presented a workshop on “Peer Review” for area teachers/administrators and Richard Sterling, executive director of the National Writing Project. NCTE Conference, March 1-4, 1997, Portland, Oregon. Co-presented a workshop to 60 participants with Georgia Toppe, an English teacher from Mead High School in Spokane. Workshop titled, “Teaching the Multigenre Research Paper. North Idaho Student Writers’ Conference, November 16, 1996, Lake City High School. Presented workshop to 30 participants, entitled, “Drawing and Writing: Pictures into Words.” English 505, November 1996, University of Idaho. Presented a workshop to Teaching Assistants, entitled, “On Teaching the Research Paper.” Orientation for Graduate Students, August l996, University of Idaho, English Department. Presented a workshop on “Coaching the Writing Process.” Writing Across the Curriculum Seminar, May 1996, University of Idaho. Presented a workshop on “Scaffolding Assignments.” INCTE Conference, May 1995, Spokane, Washington. Presented workshop to 50 participants, entitled, “The Multigenre Research Paper and Argument.” NIWP’s Administrators’ Appreciation Day, University of Idaho, February 1994 and April 1993. Conducted a day workshop for area principals and teachers on writing. Grangeville Workshop for Teachers, Grangeville High School, December 1991. Conducted workshops on revision for 20 participants. Continuing Education course on memoir writing, University of Idaho, October 1991. Designed and conducted a four week workshop for 10 participants. Writing Workshop at Moscow High School, May 1991. Co-taught a two-day workshop on what high school seniors can expect in freshman composition at the college level. Writing workshop at INCTE conference in Lewiston, Idaho, Fall 1989. Writing Workshop at St. Maries High School, September 1988. Conducted a workshop on teaching a writing-intensive literature class. Peer Reviewed Conference Proposals/Evaluated (scheduled but not attended): “Argument as Pow-wow: The Multigenre Approach.” Proposal for Feminist Workshop. CCCC Convention, March 2002, Chicago. Co-presenting with Dr. Jayne A. Moneysmith, Kent State University at Stark. (I opted for full funding for my accepted service-learning workshop, February 8-9, 2002, Ypsilanti, Michigan.) “The Multigenre Research Paper and Argument: Critical Inquiry and Creative Discovery.” NCTE Professional Development Conference, April 1997, Sonoma, California (I did not attend due to lack of departmental funds) SERVICE: Major Committee Assignments: University: Disability Studies Advisory Committee, Spring 2007 Diversity Dialogues Sub-Committee, Fall 2002- Juntura, Fall 2002-Spring 2004 Task Force Committee for Academic Service-Learning, 2001-02 Teaching Enhancement Committee, Fall 1998-Spring 2002; Fall 2007-Spring 2008 UI ACADA, Marketing and Publicity Committee, Fall 2005 Department: Assessment Committee, Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Spring 2007 Chair Search Committee, Spring 1997 Curriculum Committee, 1994-95, 2000-01, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2007-08 Executive Committee, 1995-96, 1997-98, 2003-04 Hiring Committee for the Rhetoric/Composition Faculty Position, 2003-04 Rhetoric and Composition Committee, Fall 1994-Spring 1996, 1997-98 Scholarships Committee, Spring 2004, Spring 2005 Task Force Committee for Assessment (along with Dr. Candida Gillis and Dr. Kerry McKeever), English Department, Fall 2002-Spring 2004 Task Force Committee for English 207, 208 and 209, Chair, Spring 2001, Spring 2004 Tenure Recommendation Committee, Fall 2002 (for Phil Druker and Joy Passanante) Writing Proficiency Committee, 1990-91, 1993-94, 1996-97, Fall 2000-Spring 2002, Spring 2003-Spring 2005 Departmental Service: Evaluator for Banks Awards, Fall 2006 Faculty Evaluator for Ronald McNair Applications, Spring 2004 Freshman Call-Back, October 2001, April 2001, October 2000. Called several students to check up on their progress and needs.
Professional and Scholarly Service: Inland Northwest Council of Teachers of English, Member National Council of Teachers of English, Member Northwest Inland Writing Project, Member Northwest Inland Writing Project, Board Member, 1997-2001 University of Idaho Academic Advising Association, Member Business Manager, Idaho English Journal, 1985-86 Reviewer: Robert L. Root and Michael Steinberg’s revised edition of The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction, Longman, September 2005. Robert Davis and Mark Shadle’s textbook, Building a Mystery: Inquiry in Writing Across Genres, Media, Disciplines, and Cultures, Longman, April 2003. Peter Elbow and Pat Belanoff’s revised edition of Writing with Pleasure: A Brief Edition of a Community of Writers, McGraw-Hill, July 2001. Guest Lecturer: Presented on Discussion Strategies for Alton Campbell’s College Teaching class EDTE 516, entitled “Teaching with your Mouth Shut.” February 21, 2006. Outreach Service: Writing and Sense of Place, September 23, 2003. Co-organized, along with Dr. Walter Hesford, a Fall 2003 Colloquium featuring local writers (Kim Barnes, Mary Blew, Ron McFarland, Joy Passanante, and Bob Wrigley). Twenty-five students and faculty in attendance. Writing about Place, April 6-7, 2001, Kooskia, Idaho. Co-presented a two-day workshop with Bill Johnson, Idaho Writer-in-residence, for Writing Our World Writers’ Workshop Series, sponsored by Communities Creating Connections, Upper Clearwater Arts and the Friends of the Kooskia Library, and partially funded by a USFS/Nat’l Endowment for the Arts Grant. Community Service: Advisory Council member for the Lewiston Morning Tribune, Fall 2001-November 2003.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Advising: Workshop Participant: Advising Symposium. October 13, 2006 “Developmental Advising.” Spring 2004. Center for Academic Advising.
Meetings Attended on Career Development for English Majors:
Dan Blanco, Career Services,
Developing Career Teaching: Workshop Participant: Creativity Workshop in Hania, Crete, “Creative Writing, Art and Memoir.” June 16-26, 2006 Participated in a 10-day workshop on developing and practicing story-writing strategies (3 1/2 hours each day). Since I teach creative nonfiction techniques in several courses, all the strategies I learned I am applying in English 208, 209 and 257H. Service-Learning Meeting, November 2005. Shared current projects with participants. Won $600 in door prizes and gave that money to Sigma Tau Delta for their Literacy Project. Service-Learning Luncheon and Workshop, March 9, 2005. Shared current projects in a round-table discussion. “The Literature Workshop: New Approaches to Old Problems in Teaching Literature.” One-day workshop, Sheridan Blau, NCTE Conference. San Francisco, California. November 24, 2003. “Indigenizing the Curriculum on the U of I campus,” November 4-6, 2003. Three evening workshops: Pedagogy and methodology, Content issues, and Indian Student Experience and the Curriculum (a Student Workshop). Sense of Place 2002-2003 Humanities Seminar, Fall 2002-present, led by Kenton Bird, Mary DuPree, and Rodney Frey. Co-organized, along with Dr. Walter Hesford, a Fall 2003 Colloquium, focused on Writing and Sense of Place (September 23, 2003); Attended a five-day Seattle Seminar, May 20-25, 2003; Attended a three-day Schitsu’umsh Seminar, October 25-27, 2002 at the Coeur d’Alene Casino.; Attended a one-day Palouse Seminar, September 24, 2002 at the Blaine Schoolhouse; “Living Together Into The Future: Treaty Rights and Sovereignty Issues,” One-day workshop, sponsored by the Historical Museum at St. Gertrude’s, the Nez Perce Tribe, and the National Park Service, June 12, 2003. “Editorial and Column Writing for Student Journalists,” One-day workshop, sponsored by the University of Idaho, School of Communication, the UI student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and the UI Student Media and the National Conference of Editorial Writers, April 5, 2003. “Nez Perce Country: A Symposium.” One-day workshop, sponsored by the Historical Museum at St. Gertrude’s, the Nez Perce Tribe, and the National Park Service, June 11, 2002. Gonzaga Summer Service-Learning Institute for Faculty. One-day workshop, featuring Dr. Edward Zlotkowski, June 1, 2001. Sam Byrd’s Diversity one-day workshop. University of Idaho campus, May 25, 2001. Academic Service-Learning Semester Seminar, Spring 2001. One of initial six Service-Learning Fellows. “Shakespeare in the Classroom.” Five-day workshop for teachers at the Ashland Drama Festival, June 22-27, 1999. Received a Lillian White grant. Rapid River Humanities Diversity Seminar. Three-day workshop, May 1998. Teaching with Technologies in the Humanities Seminar. Four-day workshop, May 1997, conducted by Kurt Olsson, Dean of Letters and Science. Attended two follow-up meetings, Fall 1997; Developed class Web sites for all classes that I teach. Computer-training workshops, Summer 1997. PowerPoint, June 2 and 3, Computer Services. Windows 95, June 23 and 24, Computer Services. FrontPage, August 21 and 23, ETS. Sandra Scofield’s three-day fiction workshop at the Fishtrap Gathering at Wallowa Lake, Oregon, Summer 1994. Received a $200 stipend from the Idaho Commission on the Arts to attend. Workshop Participat: Donald Murray’s Writing Workshop. One-day workshop at Boise State University, Summer 1986. Northwest Inland Writing Project Participant: Northwest Inland Writing Project Retreat, June 2000, Clark Fork, Idaho. Developed new course assignments for English 309. Northwest Inland Writing Project’s Publication Retreat, June 2000, Camp Larson on Coeur d’Alene Lake, with Art Peterson, Director of the National Writing Project. Worked on a draft of an article that I submitted Fall 2000 to the English Journal and it was accepted. Northwest Inland Writing Project Four-Day Retreat, June 1996, Clark Fork facility, conducted by Elinor Michel, Education Department. Poetry Alive! Evening Workshop, Fall 1994 and Fall 1996; Teaching Controversial and Multicultural Literature Evening Workshop, Spring 1995. Tom Romano’s Evening Workshop on the Multigenre Research Paper, sponsored by the Northwest Inland Writing Project, April 1994. Northwest Inland Writing Project’s four-week course, University of Idaho, 1985.
Writing Across The Curriculum Participant: One-day Refresher WAC Workshop, May 23, 2001. WAC Workshop on “On Leading Discussions,” January 13, 1997 WAC Training. Three-day workshop, conducted by Dene Thomas and Elinor Michel, May 22-25, 1995.
Lectures Attended on Teaching Methods and Strategies: James B. White’s presentation, “Sentence as Cultural Artifact,” in Doug Adams’ English 517 class. Also attended White’s public lecture, “The Humanities and the Law,” September 15, 1997. Fall Teaching Forum: “The Chilly Classroom Climate,” September 23, 1996. Dr. Betty Schmitz, keynote speaker. Bruce Ballenger, Director of Composition at BSU, “Ignite a Note Card Bonfire and Kindle the Spirit of Inquiry: How to Teach the Research Essay.” November 13, 1996, WSU English Department. Fall Teaching Forum on Multicultural Education: Teaching to Different Learning Styles and Teaching Native Americans, October 1995. |