English, Literature, and Modern Languages Faculty Presentations
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
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