English, Literature, and Modern Languages Faculty Presentations

 

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Presentations from 2010

TA Training: New Approaches to Building Community, Isaac J. Mayeux

Saturday Seminar, Julie L. Moore

When Nurse Meets Bookworm: Designing and Using Tutor Guides to Enhance Effectiveness Across Disciplines, Julie L. Moore

Shakespeare's Comic Vision: Gratuity and Grace in the Late Romances, Stephen J. Schuler

Get Them Talking! Keep Them Talking!, Annis N. Shaver

Traveling with German Students K-16: A World of Choices and Possibilities, Annis N. Shaver

Collaborative Reading, Helena Sullivan

Negotiating the Geography of Mother-Daughter Relationships in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club, Michelle M. Wood

Presentations from 2009

Pedagogy of the Depressed: Student Resistance to Working-Class Texts, Melissa S. Faulkner

Using Multi-Genre Writing Assignments to Prepare Students for WAC, Melissa S. Faulkner

Generic End Comments: The Use of Teachers' End Comments in Portfolio-based Classes, Heather N. Hill

The Inclusive Teacher, Barbara L. Loach

The Delight and Design of Gardens: Examining the Parallel between Author and Gardener, Mary E. McCulley

Writing Better Annual Reports, Julie L. Moore

Bowling on a Train, Helena Sullivan

Presentations from 2008

The Professional Portfolio, Melissa S. Faulkner

Writing in the Ether: Moving English Composition Online, Melissa S. Faulkner

Conference Presentation, Kevin Heath

Gender Wars: Little Women and the Feminine Civil War Text, Heather N. Hill

The Inspirational Gardens of Kent: Connecting Literary Theme Through Physical Place, Mary E. McCulley

Creating and Using Tutor Guides as Special Demographic and Cross-Disciplinary Outreach, Julie L. Moore, Adam B. Evans, Sarah Matney, and Julie Morris

Paths to Curricular Development in German, Annis N. Shaver

The Language Learning Community, Annis N. Shaver

Presentations from 2007

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Affectionately Yours, Screwtape: The Devil and C.S. Lewis, Scott D. Calhoun

Jack and Bono: On the Move in the 21st Century, Scott D. Calhoun

Up Against the Wall: Dealing with Administration at Church Schools, Scott D. Calhoun

Helping Students Re-vision Revision: Using Workshops in the Classroom, Melissa S. Faulkner

Crafting Meaning in the Classroom, Kevin Heath

Creating and Using Tutor Guides as Continuing Education and Cross-Disciplinary Outreach, Julie L. Moore and Julie Morris

The Icarus Collective Reading, Helena Sullivan

Contextualizing Language Teaching, Andrew S. Wiseman

Critical Learning: Implications for Students, Teachers and Educational Systems, Andrew S. Wiseman

The Importance of Study Abroad, Andrew S. Wiseman

Presentations from 2006

Practicing What We Preach: An Authentic, Standards-based Assessment Model for Teacher Education, M. A. Avalos, Annis N. Shaver, A. Pazos-Rego, S. Massey, and P. Cuevas

Carol Shield's The Stone Diaries: Richard Rorty and the Failure of Postmodernism, Donald L. Deardorff

Teaching Values in a Skeptical Age: Lessons from 17th Century England, Donald L. Deardorff

Using WAC Programs as Facilitators of Long-Term Assessment Projects, Melissa S. Faulkner

Beyond the Bubble: Preparing Your Students to Work and Minister in a Multi-cultural World, Barbara L. Loach

Discipline-Specific Guides for Tutor Usage, Julie L. Moore

Poetry Reading at Cedarville University, Julie L. Moore

Poetry Readings, Helena Sullivan

Multigenre Writing as Literary Analysis, Michelle M. Wood

Multigenre Writing: Some Implications for Composition Teachers, Michelle M. Wood

Presentations from 2005

Roundtable on Gender, Sport and Christianity, Donald L. Deardorff

Curriculum (Re)Assessment Through WAC: A Year-Long Project Between a WPA and a Comparative Religion Department, Melissa S. Faulkner

Working Through Writing and Writing Through Working: Using Work Memoirs and Social-Class Narratives as Learning Tools for Working-Class Students, Melissa S. Faulkner

Assessment Workshop, Julie L. Moore

Talk Art, Helena Sullivan

Presentations from 2004

Lessons in the White Noise: Don DeLillo, Postmodernity and Christian Hope, Donald L. Deardorff

Why Johnny Doesn't Read: A Look into the Literacy Practices of Adolescent Males, Melissa S. Faulkner

Comprehensive Exam, Portfolio, or Both? Graduate Teachers' Perceptions of Teacher Candidate Assessment, J. E. Hart, Annis N. Shaver, and M. A. Avalos

Poetry Reading at The University of Dayton, Julie L. Moore

The Assimilation Bridge, Annis N. Shaver

Graduate Students' Perceptions of Electronic Portfolio Assessment, Annis N. Shaver and M. A. Avalos

The Representation of Christopher Columbus in High School American History Textbooks, Annis N. Shaver and M. Bello

Scholarships and Financial Aid for Foreign Students, Andrew S. Wiseman

Writing for Significance: The Multigenre Project in the Literature Classroom, Michelle M. Wood

Presentations from 2003

The Image of Columbus in U.S. History Textbooks, M. Bello and Annis N. Shaver

Common Grace: A Shared Perspective for J. R. R. Tolkien and Flannery O’Connor, Scott D. Calhoun

Using Multi-Genre Writing Projects to Prepare Students for Writing-Across-The-Curriculum, Melissa S. Faulkner

A Christian Response to Multicultural Education, Barbara L. Loach

Directors and Tutors ‘Writing Back’: Implementing a Vision for a Campus-Friendly Writing Center, Julie L. Moore, Cindy Rich, and Nate Andrews

Electronic Portfolios as M.A. TESOL Evaluation, Annis N. Shaver, M. A. Avalos, and L. Bertot

Non-native Speaking Teachers Teaching English Pragmatics: The Speech Act of Requests, Annis N. Shaver, M. A. Avalos, and L. Bertot

Building Relationships and Practical Advice for Short‐Term Service Learning, Andrew S. Wiseman

Presentations from 2002

Teaching Abroad, Daniel D. Clark

Electronic Portfolio as Evaluation in Graduate Level TESOL Programs, J. E. Hart, Annis N. Shaver, and M. A. Avalos

Hispanic Ministry, Barbara L. Loach

Poetry Reading at The University of Dayton, Julie L. Moore

Promoting Paperless Portfolios as Assessment in Graduate Level TESOL Programs, Annis N. Shaver and M. A. Avalos

Poetry Readings (CMU), Helena Sullivan

Science Fiction and Language/Culture Learning, Andrew S. Wiseman

Presentations from 2001

Dancing in the Dark: American Literature and the Quest for American Manhood, Donald L. Deardorff

In the Shadow of the Patriarch: Amanda Labarca Hubertson's Views on North American/Latin American Relations, Barbara L. Loach

Presentations from 2000

Means and Ends: Loving the Word in The Lost Tools of Learning, Scott D. Calhoun

Endo Shusaku, Daniel D. Clark

Japan: A Case Study, Daniel D. Clark

Invited Lecture, Kevin Heath

Addressing the Needs of Divergent Learning Styles, Barbara L. Loach

Innovative Writing Assignments for Literature Courses, Julie L. Moore

Presentations from 1999

Re-Tooling the Trivium: Reviving an Old Educational Curriculum for New Uses, Scott D. Calhoun

Promise Keepers, the Men's Movement and Male Resistance, Donald L. Deardorff

Presentations from 1998

Deconstructing Dads: A "Postmodern" Analysis of the Representation of Fathers on Television, Donald L. Deardorff

Landscape, Men and Identity in Don DeLillo's End Zone, Donald L. Deardorff

Reaching Common Ground: Men, Race and Resistance, Donald L. Deardorff

Stuck in a Holding Pattern: Teaching Writing in Senior Literature Seminars, Donald L. Deardorff

The First-Year Research Paper: Writing for Identity, Michelle M. Wood

Presentations from 1996

Mantrap: The Objectification of the Athletic Hero in Modern Football Films, Donald L. Deardorff

Perspectives on Language, Culture and World Views, Barbara L. Loach

Presentations from 1995

Better Health Through Fishing: The Consolatory, Christian Discourse of Angling in Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler, Donald L. Deardorff

Social Constructions of Contemporary Masculinity: The Language and Tradition of Games in Don DeLillo's End Zone, Donald L. Deardorff

World Views and a View of the World, Barbara L. Loach

Presentations from 1994

Sonia González, Tejedora de Palabras, Barbara L. Loach

Presentations from 1992

A Quien Corresponda:' Elena Poniatowska y la Narrativa Epistolar, Barbara L. Loach

Narrative as Performance in Cuentos de Eva Luna, Barbara L. Loach

Presentations from 1991

Diamela Eltit y el Discurso de la Resistencia, Barbara L. Loach

Presentations from 1990

Julieta Kirkwood and Chilean Feminism (1945-1985), Barbara L. Loach

Presentations from 1989

Writing the Wrongs in Chile: Four Contemporary Women Authors, Barbara L. Loach

Student Perceptions of Teacher Comments, Julie L. Moore