Professional Service

• Roundtable Discussion Leader. Graduate Research Network at annual meeting of CCCC, 2007, 2005.
• NCTE Cosponsored Speakers Program: Member December 2004–2005.
• External consultant for Kentucky Statewide High Schools re online tutoring as preparations for proficiency testing.  Worked with Dr. Gail Summerskill to develop coding and assessment plan for online tutoring provided to Kentucky High School students preparing for English exit portfolios and exams.
• Participant. Alliance of Rhetoric Societies. Northwestern University. Evanston, Illinois. September 11-14, 2003.
• Peer Reviewer. Language Learning and Technology. Online Peer-reviewed Journal.
• Panel Chair. NCTE Convention. Baltimore, MD 2001.
• Reader. English Language Advanced Placement Exams.  College Board, ETS. June 2001.
• Participant.  The Quality in Undergraduate Education (QUE) project. The Education Trust. Purpose: To identify outcomes and to articulate standards between two- and four-year education for the English Major, in conjunction with national K-16 initiative.  August 1999–June 2001.
• Participant. Professional discussion on Academic Integrity.  Price Waterhouse Coopers and Knowledge Ventures, Inc.  February 2001.
• Peer Reviewer for writing-related articles.  Journal of Architectural Education. 2000.
• Panel Reviewer. American Studies, Rhetoric, and Communication.  National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).  August 1999.
• Reviewer. Keys for Writers: A Brief Handbook. Ann Raimes. (NY: Houghton, 1999).
• Reviewer. Mosaics Series.  Kim Flachmann. (NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998).
• Trainer. CCBC Essex and Dundalk Campuses, in uses of Daedalus Integrated Writing Environment (DIWE) for Advanced and Novice users.  August 1999.
• Reviewer. Writing Essentials. Dawn Rodriguez & Myron Tuman. (NY: Norton, 1996).
• Workshop Facilitator.  Developed workshop for new foreign language teachers regarding CMC in language-based classrooms. The Catholic University of America (CUA).  April 1997.
• Editorial Assistant. Newsletter of the International Society for the History of Rhetoric (ISHR). 1995–1997.
• Workshop Leader. “Small Group Problem Solving”; CUA TA Orientations.  1994, 1995.

Honors and Memberships

• The Argonauts, 1978 (Western Maryland College equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa)
• Lambda Iota Tau, 1976
• National Council of Teachers of English
• American Society for the History of Rhetoric
• Alliance of Rhetoric Societies

Continuing Education and Training

• Course Objective Setting and Syllabus Writing. PSU, August 2002.
• Human Subjects Research, Basic Training, July 2001.
• Teaching Writing to Hearing Impaired College Students. CCBC Catonsville.  January 2000.
• Teaching Writing to College Students with Learning Disabilities and ADD/ADHD. George Washington University.  Fall 1999.
• Teacher’s Learning Computers.  CCBC Essex.  Spring 1999.
• Daedalus Site Leader Training.  Daedalus Winter Institute.  Austin, TX.  January 1999.
• Learning Communities Seminar.  CCBC Essex.  Fall 1998.