Selected Presentations

Conferences and Presentations

• Presented "Reading and Re-Reading for Writing." NCTE 2008
• Presented "Inscribing Stone Tablest: Struggling Writers and Timed Writing Tests." NCTE 2007.
• Presented "Leveling the Playing Field: Test Prep as Social Justice." NCTE 2007
• Presented "Successul On-Demand Writers: What teachers Can Learn from Them." NCTE 2006
• Chaired a session at CCCC 2006
• Presented “What to Expect When Expected to Write.” NCTE 2005
• Presented “Writing on Demand” Project CRISS Conference 2005
• Delivered a speech on “Development of a Teacher Identity” for Kappa Delta Pi 2005
• Chaired a session at CCCC 2005
• Presented on High School to College Transition at NCTE 2004
• Presented a paper on media literacy at NCTE 1997
• Presented “Teaching undergraduate composition.” CCCC 1996
• Presented on “Deep Viewing ”CUNY Writing Center Conference 1996
• Presented “Writers in the Community” at CCCC 1994

Workshops for Teachers

• South Lyon Intermediate School District. Michigan. August 2006.
• Red River Valley Writing Project Conference. Grand Forks, ND. July 2006.
• Conference for Illinois Teachers of English. Bloomington, IL. March 2006.
• Community High School District 117. Chicago, Illinois. February 2006.
• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Regional Writing Workshops: Ann Arbor, MI. August 2005. Houston, TX. October 2005.
• North Hollywood High School Language Arts Retreat (Los Angeles Unified School District) Oxnard, CA. September 2005.
• Presented several 2-day Project CRISS workshops for elementary, middle and secondary school teachers in Fairbanks North Star Borough School District 1999-2003.