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William H. Thelin 1285 Winhurst Dr. Akron, OH 44313 (330) 865-5779 [email protected] Curriculum Vita Education: Ph. D. in English (Rhetoric and Linguistics option) at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Completed in November of 1996. M. A. in English (Creative Writing/Composition option) from California State University at Northridge. Completed in August of 1990. B. A. in English (Creative Writing option) from California State University at Northridge. Completed in June of 1986. Doctoral Dissertation: A Participant Observation Study of a Classroom Using Politicized Readings as a Corpus for Student Writing Assignments. This study focuses on describing a "politicized," social-epistemic composition classroom and analyzing the effects of such a pedagogy on student writers, especially in regards to the claims that politicized material can stifle creativity, confuse the students, and force them to mimic the instructor's opinion on the topic at hand. Director: Michael Williamson Master's Thesis: Effects of Teacher Commentary on Student Revision. The study compares two methods of responding to drafts of student papers, focusing on how and why students use instructor comments during revision. Director: Cherryl Armstrong. Administrative Experience: 2001-2009 Director of Composition, University of Akron 2000-2001 Coordinator of Writing Center, University of Cincinnati 1998-2001 Director of Peer Tutors, University of Cincinnati Teaching Experience: 2011-present: Professor, University of Akron Working-Class Culture and Critical Pedagogy Research Methods in Composition Theory and Teaching of Basic Writing Fiction Appreciation English Composition II 2001-2011: Associate Professor, University of Akron TA Practicum on the Teaching of Writing Theory of Rhetoric Working-Class Culture and Critical Pedagogy Theory and Teaching of Basic Writing Research Methods in Composition Contemporary Reading Theory Composition and Rhetoric The New Rhetorics Fiction Appreciation English Composition I English Composition II 1994-2001: Assistant/Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati English Composition 101, 102, & 103 English for Effective Communication Advanced Composition Training Seminar for Peer Tutors Strategic Reading and Writing I & II Basic Technical Writing Developmental Writing Orientation to Learning Sophomore Literature Contemporary Short Story 1994 (Summer): Faculty, Mount Aloysius College English Composition 1992-1994: Teaching Associate, Indiana University of Pennsylvania College Writing Research Writing Humanities Literature 1987-1990: Teaching Associate, California State University at Northridge Freshman Composition Additional Academic Positions: 2008-present University of Akron Departmental Liaison for AAUP 2001-2009: University of Akron Director of English Department Computer Labs 1994-2001: University of Cincinnati Mentoring of Teaching Associates working in the Developmental Writing Program Training of Practicum Students for Dept. of Education Rating Incoming Freshman Placement Essays 1990-1994: Indiana University of Pennsylvania Rating Incoming Freshman Placement Essays Research Assistant 1988-1990: California State University at Northridge Writing Center Writing Across the Curriculum Rating English Exit Exams Teaching Assistant, Basic Writing (2 summer sessions) Books: Thelin, William H. Writing without Formulas. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. Tassoni, John P., and William H. Thelin (Eds.). Blundering for a Change: Errors and Expectations in Critical Pedagogy. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Heinemann, 2000. Journal Articles and Book Chapters: Thelin, William. “Memos, Email, and Reports: Writing to and Being Written by Adjunct Faculty.” Open Words: Access and English Studies 6.1 (2012): 33-53. Thelin, William. “Beyond Advertisement Assignments.” Negotiating a Meta-Pedagogy: Learning from Other Disciplines. Eds. Emily Golson and Toni Glover. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009. 10-20. Taczak, Kara, and William H. Thelin. “(Re)Envisioning the Divide: The Impact of College Courses on High School Students.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College 37.1 (2009): 7-22. Thelin, William H. “Editor’s Introduction: The Peculiar Relationship to Reading in College Curriculum.” Open Words: Access and English Studies 3.1 (2009): 1-4. Thelin, William. “Afterword: Success and the Status Quo.” Closing the Gap: English Educators Address the Tensions between Teacher Preparation and Teaching Writing in Secondary Schools. Eds. Karen Keaton Jackson and Sandra Vavra. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, 2007. 165-72. Thelin, William H., and Kara Taczak. “Generative Themes and At-Risk Students.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College 34.3 (2007): 295-304. Thelin, William H. “Student Investment in Political Topics.” College English 69.2 (2006): 142-49. Thelin, William H. “Response to Russel Durst.” College Composition and Communication 58.1 (2006): 114-18. Spidell, Cathy M., and William H. Thelin. “Not Ready to Let Go: A Study of Resistance to Grading Contracts.” Composition Studies 34.1 (2006): 35-68. Thelin, William H. “Understanding Problems in Critical Classrooms.” College Composition and Communication 57.1 (2005): 114-41. Beech, Jennifer, and William H. Thelin. “A Comment on Joseph Harris’s ‘Revision as Critical Practice.’” College English 66.5 (2004): 554-56. Thelin, William H., and Leann Bertoncini. “When Critical Pedagogy Becomes Bad Teaching: Blunders and Adjunct Review.” Tenured Bosses and Disposable Teachers: Writing Instruction in the Managed University . Eds. Marc Bousquet, Tony Scott, and Leo Parascondola. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004. 132-42. Thelin, William H. “Honoring Class: Working-Class Sensitivities in Honors Composition.” Composition Forum 14.2 (2003): 179-89. Thelin, William H. “Teaching Writing during the Cincinnati Riots: Blundering and Race.” JTASS 5.1 (2003): 23-58. Thelin, William H. "Advocating Language: An Ethical Approach to Politics in the Classroom." The Ethics of Writing Instruction: Issues in Theory and Practice. Ed. Michael Pemberton. Stamford, CT: Ablex, 2000. 35-64. Thelin, William H. “A Comment on the ‘Arts of Complicity.’” College English 62.1 (1999): 119-121. Thelin, William H. "The Connection Between Response Styles and Portfolio Assessment: Three Case Studies of Student Revision." New Directions in Portfolio Assessment: Reflective Practice, Critical Theory, and Large-Scale Scoring. Eds. Laurel Black, Donald Daiker, Jeffrey Sommers, and Gail Stygall. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook Heinemann, 1994. 113-25. Thelin, William H. "Responses to Maxine Hairston, 'Diversity, Ideology, and Teaching Writing'." College Composition and Communication 44.2 (1993): 248-255. Electronic Publications: Thelin, William. “Responding to Student Writing.” Instructors Resource Portal for English Composition. January 2008. McGraw-Hill Higher Education http://facultyservices.mhhe.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=393&Itemid=679 (link is no longer active) Thelin, William, and Wendy Carse. “Disrupting Fairy Tales and Unsettling Students.” CEA Forum Winter/Spring 2007 http://www2.widener.edu/%7Ecea/361thelincarse.htm. Thelin, William H. “Countering the Academic Bill of Rights.” Teaching Composition 6 September 2006. McGraw-Hill Higher Education. http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/english/tc/Thelin/thelin_module.html. Current Projects: This Is Critical Pedagogy. In development “Currents of Traditionalism” In development. Interviews (subject of): Fulwiler, Megan, and Jennifer Marlow. Dirs. Con Job: Stories of Adjunct and Contingent Labor. http://www.conjobdoc.com/Con_Job_Doc/The_Movie.html. Roeper, Pamela. “The Conflict with Class: An Interview with William Thelin.” Listening to Our Elders: Working and Writing for Change. Eds. Samantha Blackmon, Cristina Kirklighter, and Steve Parks. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2011. 175-88. Invited Speaker: “Critical Learning for Open-Access Students.” Keynote Address. Liberal Arts Network for Development Conference, Traverse City, MI, 18 February, 2012. “Combating Apathy and Pushing the Boundaries of Student-Centeredness.” TeamUp Faculty Workshop. Las Vegas, 18 November, 2010. “Style in Argument.” The College of Wooster, 17 February, 2010. “Inside Open Words: An Editor’s Comments on Building a Journal.” West Chester University (via distance technology), 4 November, 2010. “Teaching without Formulas.” Stark State College of Technology, 3 April, 2009. “Non-Formulaic Writing Instruction: Teaching Students to Think Rhetorically and Critically.” TeamUp Faculty Workshop on Teaching Today’s Writers. Charlotte, NC, 29 February 2008. “Non-Formulaic Writing Instruction: Theory and Practice.” Youngstown State University, 7 November, 2007. “Critical Pedagogy in the Composition Classroom.” John Carroll University, 9 November, 2006. “Re-Evaluating the Basics in Basic Writing.” University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, 20 February, 2004. “Blundering, Class, and Critical Pedagogy: Theory and Practice for Democratic Classrooms.” Nebraska Wesleyan University, 23 April, 2001. “Community Service and Service Learning: Negotiating with the Non-Academic World.” North Carolina Central University, 10 February, 2000. "At the Level of Language: Politics in the Composition Classroom." Miami University Middletown Faculty Workshop, 25 August, 1997. Conference Presentations: “Are We a Discipline?” Currents of Traditionalism. Conference on College Composition and Communication, St. Louis, 21 March, 2012. “The History of the Working-Class Culture and Pedagogy SIG.” NCTE Centennial