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Name: Margaret Jane Kantz Rank: Associate Professor

Tenured: Yes First Year of Current Rank: 1994

Prior Faculty Experience (in reverse chronological order): Date Institution Title Full or Part Time? 1989+ University of Central Missouri Assistant/Associate Professor Full 1988-89 Texas Christian University Staff Full 1987-88 Cleveland State University Visiting Assistant Professor Full 1982-97 Carnegie Mellon University Graduate Assistant Part 1968-82 Monroe Community College Assistant/Associate Professor Full

Earned Degrees (in reverse chronological order): Degree Date Institution Major or Concentration Ph.D. 1987 Carnegie Mellon University Rhetoric M.S. 1982 University of Rochester Education M.A. 1968 Ohio University English B.A. 1966 University of Arizona English

Primary Area(s) of Teaching and Scholarship: Composition, Rhetoric, English Education

Course Responsibilities (courses ordinarily taught)

Prefix Number S. Hours Title Typical Enrollment ENG 3040 3 Advanced Rhetoric 15/section ENG 4840 3 Composition and Evaluation 18/section ENG 1030 3 Composition II 23/section ENG 1020 3 Composition I 23/section ENG 2200 3 American Literature to 1865 33/section ENG 2210 3 American Literature 1865 to Present 33/section ENG 2220 3 World Literature 33/section

Other Responsibilities Directing English Writing Assessment (1995 - 2001) Directing Freshman Composition (1993-95) Coordinating Writing Across the Curriculum (1991-93)

Record of Scholarly, Creative, and Research Accomplishments in the Past Five Years Books and Monographs The report Results of the Survey of Faculty Responses to Common and Highly Irritating Errors in Student Writing, co-authored with Bob Yates, was published by the University (sponsored by Writing Across the Curriculum) in 1996.

Journal Articles “On the Road Again.” With Mary Winters. Unpublished ms. “Developmental Education: Challenges and Answers.” With Diana Gladfelter. Unpublished ms. “Redefining the Issue: A Strategy for Creating Original Researched Arguments.” Arizona Educational Bulletin. 2004. “Helping students create persuasive researched analyses” (1990. College English, 52 (1), 74-91. refereed ] has been reprinted twice: *Reprinted in Blalock, ed. The Bedford handbook for writers. 4th ed. Boston: St. Martin’s Press, 1994. *Reprinted in McDonald, J, ed. An anthology/coursebook for college writing teachers. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 1995. It is scheduled for reprint again in the forthcoming edition (1998).

Chapters in Books “Promises of Coherence, Weak Content, and Strong Organization: An Analysis of the Students’ Texts.” Flower, Stein, Ackerman, Kantz, McCormick, and Peck. Reading to Write: Exploring a Cognitive and Social Process. New York: Oxford UP, 1990. 76-95.

. Conference Proceedings “Effective Writing Conferences: Teaching and Learning, One to One.” with Mary Ragland and Virginia Young. Selected Proceedings of the National Association of Developmental Educators, 1994. “Central or Marginal at Central (Missouri State University)?” with Ginger Young, Mary Ragland, Mary Haydu, Davie Davis, and Sharon Brause. Selected Proceedings of the Midwest Writing Centers Association. Fall,1994. ___. Published in the 1994 MWCA Gopher Proceedings, Creighton University. (bluejay.creighton.edu)

Other Publications “Assessing Dual-Credit English.” CWA Newsletter. May 1997.

Sound/Video Recordings, Musical Scores The videotape Effective Student Conferences, made with Ginger Young and Mary Ragland, wascompleted in 1995; I have shown it to interested department faculty, graduate assistants, and students in ENG 4040, Advanced Rhetoric and ENG 3030, Composition and Evaluation. I revised the videotape Effective Student Conferences to a 60-minute format - 1997.

Presentations at Professional Meetings Annual reports on English Assessment Activities at CMSU - given at Conference on Writing Assessment - 1997, 1995, 1994, 1993 “Macro Concerns: WAC and Writing Assessment.” October 18, 1997. Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Denver, CO. “Feminist Pedagogy: Really?” Missouri Philological Association, Springfield, MO, March 16, 1996. “Using Autobiography to teach Persuasive Problem Analysis in Freshman Composition.” National Council of Teachers of English, Chicago IL, November 21, 1996. “Affinities of Writing Assessment at Central with Action Research and the National Writing Program.” Seventh International Symposium for Action Research. Kansas City, April 14, 1997. “The Rhetoric of Citation.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Milwaukee, WI, March 30, 1996. “Central or Marginal at Central?” (panel discussion). With Virginia Young, Mary Ragland, Mary Haydu, Davie Davis, and Sharon Brause. Presented at the Midwest Writing Center Association, Kansas City, Oct. 7, 1994. (juried) “Whose Judgments? A Survey of Faculty Responses to Common and Highly Irritating Writing Errors”, with Robert Yates. Presented at the Wyoming Conference on Writing, University of Wyoming, Laramie, June 22, 1994. (juried) ___. Presented at the Association of Teachers of English Grammar, University of Southern Illinois, Normal IL, August 12, 1994. “The Rhetoric and Pedagogy of the First Person in Students’ Researched Persuasive Writing.” Paper Presented at the Wyoming Conference on Writing, University of Wyoming, Laramie, June 24, 1994. [juried] “Whose Judgments? A Survey of Faculty Responses to Common and Highly Irritating Writing Errors”, with Robert Yates: presented at the Penn State Conference on Rhetoric & Composition, July 8, 1993 (juried); to the CMSU faculty on January 27, 1994. Also presented at Missouri Philological Association, March 5, 1994 (juried). “Effective Writing Conferences: Teaching and Learning, One to One,” with Mary Ragland and Ginger Young, presented at the National Association for Developmental Education, March 4, 1994, Kansas City (juried).

Reports to Granting Agencies With Bob Yates, Kenn Cust, Debbie Abney, Cameron Thrall, and Ron Long, I co- authored a proposal to create two computer classrooms for our Department. I wrote significant parts of this proposal. Member, ad hoc Integrated Arts committee (chairs, Kathy Easter and Amy Levin), 1992- 93; Integrated Arts Summer Workshop grant proposal completed and submitted to the National Endowment for the Humanities (rejected in December, 1993).

Grants in Support of Research of Teaching CMSU General Services grant of $1000, with Robert Yates, on employers’ responses to errors in students’ writing.

Record of Professional Service I edited a 30-page ms., “Evaluating Land use Dynamics: The Case Study of Nepal’s Bara District (1973-2003) for Keshav Bhattarai. (January, 2005). I directed a McCap scholar project with Maggie McDermott, on Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as reflecting ideas and influences of Emerson in “Self Reliance” and “The American Scholar.” (2004). I directed what would be called a Master’s Thesis if it were not tied to the Academic Enrichment Department (ENGL 5920, Research Problems) for Diana Gladfelter. (2004) I have directed 6 completed Senior theses and have 3 in progress (Spring 2005). Member, FSUCC Curriculum Committee, 2003+ Member, Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, 2002+ Chair, English & Philosophy Curriculum Committee, 2002 + Member, FSUCC, General Education Committee, 1999 – 2002. Member, FSUCC, Assessment Committee (Chair, Mike Grelle), 1999 – 2002. Executive Secretary, Missouri Philological Association; 1996 – 2000. In Summer, 1997, I taught 3-credit independent studies projects (ENG 4490) for two students-- Carolyn Bickel and Terry Durnell. Both are secondary-level English teachers whose contractual obligations required them to take a summer school course in the pedagogy of writing. (I’ve done at least 3 more that I don’t recall and didn’t record anywhere.) Member, Main Street Promotions Committee, Main Street Promotions, Inc., City of Warrensburg, MO (Head, Janine Rann), 1997 I contributed to and helped sponsor a Sigma Tau Delta project to assist two classrooms of special education students in East St. Louis; Fall,1996. Rater, Optimist Club essay contest (1997, 1996) Rater for the PERS Assessment (November, 1994). Format editor for PMPA (Fall, 1994). Outside evaluator for Professor Lois Rubin’s application for tenure at Penn State University (Fall, 1994). With Don Melichar, I co-conduct numerous Full Admission to Teacher Education interviews. These are 1-hour interviews held with English Education majors to assess their readiness for directed teaching (2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993).

Arts and Sciences Assessment Committee (1997, 1996, 1995, 1994) English Education Committee (2004, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993) English Writing Assessment Committee (Chair 1997, 1996, 1995; member 1994, 1993) Freshman English Steering Committee (Chair, Barbara Rhodes;1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993; Chair, 1994, 93) Inservice/Outreach Subcommittee of the Mission Transition Committee (Chair, Sue Sundberg), 1997 Professional Education Faculty (1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993) Writing Across the Curriculum Committee (Chair, Ginger Young; 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994)

Current Academic and Professional Conference on Writing Assessment National Council of Teachers of English Missouri Association of Teachers of English Faculty Senate Elections Committee (2007+; chair 2008+) Faculty Senate University Curriculum Committee (2006 – 9) English Department English Education Committee (1994+) English Department Composition Committee (2008+) Workshops, Seminars and Conferences

Conference on Writing Assessment: 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993 Conference on College Composition and Communication, Milwaukee, WI; 1996 Missouri Philological Association, 1997, 1996, 1994, 1993 National Council of Teachers of English, November 21-24, 1996; Chicago, IL. National Writing Program’s Gateway Writing Project, UMSL, St. Louis, June 23-28,1997 Write to Learn (D.E.S.E. /Missouri Association of Teachers of English), February 21, 1997; Lake of the Ozarks, MO. Missouri Chapter, National Writing Project, February 22 - 23, Lake of the Ozarks. Missouri Chapter, National Writing Project, April 12-13, Kansas City, MO. Seventh International Symposium for Action Research. Kansas City, April 13-14, 1997. D.E.S.E. Area Workshop on MAP 2000 project, August 30, 1996; Warrensburg, MO Two-week Computers in Writing workshop at Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, June 17 - 29, 1996. Leader, Dr. Cynthia R. Selfe. One-day workshop for high school teachers of ENG 1020 for dual credit on August 4, 1994 (funded by Continuing Education). Wyoming Conference on English, June 22 - 24, 1994; University of Wyoming; Laramie, WY. Association of Teachers of English Grammar, University of Southern Illinois, Normal IL, August 12, 1994. Conference on Writing Assessment, October 20 - 22, 1994; SEMO, Cape Girardaux, Mo. Transfer and Articulation Conference, Feb. 27 - 28, 1995; Lodge of Four Seasons; Lake Ozark, MO. Midwest Modern Language Association, Minneapolis, Nov. 3 - 6, 1994.