Dr. Eleanor Sumpter-Latham
CURRICULUM VITAE
Telephone: 541-383-7545 Email: elatham@cocc.edu
LANGUAGES: Reading knowledge of French, Latin, and Old English
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. University of Washington. 1993. Dissertation: "The Fantastic Versus the Merely Extraordinary in Medieval English Literature." (Contemporary theory applied to apparently unrealistic elements in Anglo-Saxon and Middle English literature.)
Candidacy Examinations in Renaissance Prose Fiction, Anglo-Saxon period, History of Literary/Critical Theory, Spenser, Fielding, Austen.
M.A. University of Victoria. 1985. Thesis: "Analogues and Sources for the Non-human Characters in C.S. Lewis's Planetary Romances and Narnia Chronicles."
M.A. University of British Columbia. 1978. Thesis: "Authority Figures in Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia."
B.A. (Hons.) University of British Columbia. 1975. Graduating Essay: "The Problem of Evil in Wuthering Heights.
WORKSHOPS, COURSES, AND TRAINING
2006. Presenter in an 8 week training session on teaching integrated developmental reading and writing courses.
2002-2003. Leadership Training Seminars and Workshops.
2002. Flash-MX Training Workshop. Three day workshop on Flash-MX (for web-page design).
2002. Assessment Training Workshop. Two day workshop on college, program, and course assessment methods.
2002. Development Reading & Writing workshop (Chicago CCCC). One day workshop on methods of teaching developmental reading and writing.
2002. On-line Instruction Workshop (Chicago CCCC). Half day workshop on various approaches to teaching on-line.
2001. “Dealing with Difficult Situations” seminar.
2000-2001. Leadership Training Seminars and Workshops. One day each month on leadership styles and methods.
1997. Graduate Course on Learning Disabilities (Univ. of Connecticut). (Completed with a 4.0 grade).
1997. Great Teachers’ Seminar. Five day seminar and workshops on effective teaching methods.
1996. Distance Education workshop. Three day workshop on principles and practice of teaching televised and on-line courses.
1996. On-line course (Make the Link) on teaching on-line. (Ten week course.)
1996. Bridge programs workshop (Sunriver, OR). One day workshop on coordinating development studies programs (reading, writing, & math).
1995. Teaching Development Writing Workshop (Portland, OR). One day workshop on experimental approaches to teaching developmental writing.
1990. National Testing Network in Writing Conference, New York. One day work shop on pre-testing methods and procedures.
1989. University of Winnipeg, Writing Program. One month seminars and workshops on cognitive development and composition theory.
1987, 1988. University of Washington, Educational Opportunities Program. One week intensive training each year for modifying freshman composition courses for special populations (ESL, LD, ethnic groups).
1986. University of Washington. English Department. Three day workshop with Donald Murray on invention techniques and group work as a pedagogical method.
1985. University of Washington. English Department. One week of intensive training and one term of weekly 3 hour classes on pedagogical theory.
1978. Vancouver, B.C. Two-day workshop on adult learning disabilities.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1994-present. Professor of Humanities, Central Oregon Community College. I teach Basic English (WR 60, WR 65, WR 75 & WR 95), WR 121, WR 122, WR 123, WR 227 (technical writing), ENG 204 & ENG 205 (British Literature); ENG 105 (drama) ENG 106 (poetry), Science Fiction (HUM 261), American Western, and the Western World Literature sequence (ENG 107, 108, 109). I have taught Basic Writing, WR 121, WR 122, WR 227, Popular Culture: Science Fiction and Survey of British Literature as part of our open campus/distance education offerings. As part of the Bachelors Degree in Education previously offered at COCC through EOSC, I taught sophomore courses in Argumentation (WR 225); Applied Discourse Theory (WR 206) and Methods of Tutoring (WR 220) and a Junior level Technical Writing course. In the summers, I teach various Humanities Department courses.
1989-1994 Assistant Professor (tenured). University of Winnipeg.
Courses: honors seminars in Medieval language and literature (Old English language; Middle English Dialects; Women in Middle English Language and Literature [cross-listed, English and Women's Studies Departments]), sophomore Tutoring Writing and Junior Writing Centre Administration (both cross-listed, English and Education Departments), sophomore Writing Across the Disciplines, and freshman literature survey.
Specialist in developmental writing, freshman composition, and computer-aided composition.
Guest lectures and team teaching in sophomore pre-honors literary theory and honours Anglo-Saxon literature course (feminist approaches and/or feminist linguistic theory).
1985-1989. Teaching Assistant. University of Washington. Freshman and sophomore composition and literature, some with computer-aided instruction.
1987-1988. Private instruction in Anglo-Saxon language and literature.
1986-1988. Summers. Reader, Univ. of Washington for a junior fantasy course and a sophomore popular fiction course.
1984-1985. Teaching Assistant. Univ. of Victoria. Advisor in the Writing Centre.
1981-1984. Sessional Lecturer. Univ. of Alberta. Freshman and sophomore literature survey courses, basic, freshman and advanced composition.
1979-1981. Sessional Lecturer. Univ. of British Columbia. Freshman literature survey courses, freshman and junior composition.
1979. Part-time Instructor. Trinity Western College. Freshman composition and literature.
1978. Part-time Instructor. B.C. Institute of Technology. & U.B.C. Continuing Education. Business and Technical Writing.
1976-1978. Teaching Assistant. U.B.C. Freshman literature and composition.
COUNSELING EXPERIENCE
1993-present Academic advising at COCC
1995-1997. In-take interviews for the Start Smart Bridge program.
1981-1984. Volunteer. Elizabeth Fry Society. Informal counseling in two prisons for women, and in a hospital for the criminally insane. Training included courses in counseling and workshops and conferences in criminal psychology.
1982-1984. Volunteer. Counseling, interviews and supervision in a teen shelter.
GRANTS AND HONOURS:
1999. OCCDEC On-Line Course Development Grant.
1986. Second Year Scholarship. Arts and Sciences. Univ. of Washington.
1985. Recruitment Fellowship. Graduate School, Univ. of Washington.
1985. Marie Riddell Prize. Dept. of English, Univ. of Victoria.
1971, 72, 73, 74. British Columbia Government Undergraduate Scholarships.
PUBLICATIONS and CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
Reading Writers: From Story to Essay. Joint authorship with Dr. Crystal McCage, Rise Quay, and Margaret Triplett. Pearson Publishers 2007.
Reading Writers: Across the Curriculum. Joint authorship with Dr. Crystal McCage, Rise Quay, and Margaret Triplett. Pearson Publishers 2007.
WR 60 Course Pack. Joint authorship with Dr. Crystal McCage, Rise Quay, and Margaret Triplett. In-house publication 1999; revised annually.
WR 65 Course Pack. Joint authorship with Dr. Crystal McCage, Rise Quay, and Margaret Triplett. In-house publication 1999; revised annually.
Writing Program Coursebook. Joint authorship with Writing Program faculty. University of Winnipeg In-house publication, 1989; revised, 1990 & 1992. (Process-based rhetoric textbook with usage section and sequenced assignments.)
"Crossing the Road: Reading Writers; Writing Readers." Joint presentation with Margaret Triplett at the CRLA (College Reading and Learning Assoc.) conference, October 2006.
“Rhetorical Designs for Reading and Writing Pedagogy.” Proposal accepted for a joint conference presentation with Rise Quay and Margaret Triplett at the CCCC, March 2004.
“Ranging Through an Integrated Curriculum.” Joint conference presentation with Margaret Triplett (COCC) and Crystal McCage (COCC) at the TYCA-PNW conference, October 2003.
"Rhetoric and Writing On-line: Weaving Distant Threads." Joint conference presentation with Dr. Beth Camp (Linn-Benton) at the TYCA conference, October 2001.
"Rhetorical Modes; Rhetorical Commodes." Joint conference presentations with Drs. Stacey Donohue and Jon Bouknight at the Rhetoric and Composition conference, April 2001.
"Teaching On-Line is Like a Box of Chocolates: Variants in WR 121 & WR 122." Conference presentation at the TYCA conference, April 2000.
"Humanity and the Humanities in Distance Education." Conference presentation at the CCHA conference, November 1998.
"Women's Voices in Anglo-Saxon Elegies: A Kristevian approach." Faculty Seminar, University of Winnipeg, January 1992.
"Expanding the Canon: Incorporating Women into Medieval and Renaissance Literature." Paper presented with Dr. Judith Kearns. Women-Focused Research Conference, University of Manitoba, November 1991.
"Women's Voices; Women's Writing." Panel discussion with University of Winnipeg Writing Program faculty. Women-Focused Research Conference, University of Manitoba, November 1991.
"Entrance and Exit Testing," Joint presentation with Dr. Jaque McLeod Rogers First National Writing Conference, Winnipeg, Nov. 1990.
"Structured Journals," Joint presentation with Prof. Sheila Page. Manitoba Association of Teachers of English Conference, Winnipeg, Oct. 1989.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
2001-present: Summer School Director
2005 Jan-June: Pro Tem Humanities Dept. Chair
1996-2003: OWL and Electronic Writing Lab "sys-op" and tutor, COCC
1996-2000: Writing Lab Director
1995-2000: Co-ordinator of the Developmental Writing Program, COCC
1997-1999: Co-ordinator of Summer Bridge Program (Start Smart) COCC
1993-1994. Acting Director of the Computer Writing Centre (joint appointment, internal competition, by Deans of Education and Arts & Science).
1990-1991. Member of Writing Program Co-ordinating Committee (three-person collaborative administration of the Writing Program--one-year elected position).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
2003-present. Executive Board Member for TYCA-PNW; 2005-present Secretary. 2005-2006 Chair, Nominating Committee for TYCA-PNW; 2003-2005 Member at large.
2005-present. Reviewer. TETYC (Teaching English in the Two-Year College) quarterly journal.
2000-2005. Editorial board member. TETYC (Teaching English in the Two-Year College) quarterly journal.
1999-2000. Editor. Human Dignity Coalition Newsletter.
1997-8. Steering Committee Member for 10th Annual Conference in Rhetoric and Composition.
1997. Volunteer Humanities Activities Support at the Juvenile Detention Center.
1996-2001. COCC representative on OWEAC (Oregon Writing and English Advisory Council).
1996. Volunteer ESL tutoring for COCC’s ABE program.
1995. Volunteer for SMART--a literacy program for children in kindergarten through second grade.
1991-1993. Steering Committee member for the Second National Writing and Literary Conference: "Building Bridges."
1991-1992. Participation in the meetings of the Society for Technological Communicators.
1992. Registration work for the Eighth International Congress of the New Chaucer Society.
1990. Introducing key-note speakers for the annual conference of the Manitoba Association of Teachers of English.
1989-1992. Westboine Housing Co-operative. Editor, Speakeasy
1982-1983. Editor, Cornerstone Counseling Society Newsletter.