"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. "
Sir Richard Steele
Office Hours
Monday and Wednesday: 12:30-1:30
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 9:30-10:30
Classes Taught
CRE101: Critical and Evalutative Reading
CRE111: Critical Reading for Business and Technology
RDG078: Spelling Improvement
RDG079: Vocabulary Development
RDG081: Reading Improvement
RDG091: College Reading
Professional Information
Education
Ph.D. Higher and Adult Education, Arizona State University, 1982
Graduate Fellow, 1980
M.A.T. Reading, Harvard University, 1971
B.A. Psychology, Brandeis University, 1970. Magna Cum Laude.
Certification
Arizona Community College Certificates in Reading, Psychology, and Education.
Teaching Experience
Residential Faculty Member. Liberal Arts Division. GateWay Community College. Phoenix, Arizona. 1989 to Present.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Higher and Adult Education, Arizona State University; Tempe, Arizona. 1981-1985.
Staff Developer, Adult Education Program, Phoenix Indian Center. 1976-1978.
Reading Specialist, Belmont Public Schools, Belmont, Massachusetts. 1974-1976.
Reading Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Havasupai Indian Reservation, Arizona. 1971-74.
Research Experience
Team Member. Solving Problems, developing a problem-based AAS degree for a technical field. Funded by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
Site Lead Contact. Dissemination Project on Learning Communities carried out by Evergreen State College and funded by FIPSE.1997-1999.
Coordinating Team Member. Integrated Learning Communities, an internal grant project. Maricopa Community Colleges. 1994-1996.
Director. English Training in the Workplace, Arizona State University. 1984-1986.
Faculty Research Associate. National Center for Postsecondary Governance and Finance, Research Center at Arizona State University. 1986 to 1989.
Research Associate. Literacy Development in the Community College. NIE funded project. Department of Higher and Adult Education, Arizona State University. 1978-1981.
Publications
Learning Communities: Getting Started with Geri Rasmussen. Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction, May 1997.
"Service-Learning in an Integrated Learning Community Program" with Geri Rasmussen. In Disciplinary Pathways to Service Learning. Edited by David Droge. Campus Compact National Center for Community Colleges. November 1996.
"Using Service Learning for Structure and Theme in an Integrated Learning Community" with Geri Rasmussen. In Expanding Boundaries, volume II. Spring 1997.
Achieving Quality and Diversity with Richard C. Richardson. Macmillan 1991.
Please visit the Liberal Arts Division for more information.