Professional activities of faculty and staff
ELI faculty and administrators served their profession and community this year through their presentations, publications and service.
Walt Babich, Faculty
Presentation:
"Identifying Themes: Using Poetry in Advanced ESL Composition Classes."
PennTESOL-East Spring Conference, Newark, DE, May 8, 1999.
Leslie Criston, Faculty
Presentations:
"Virtual Travel through Newsletters." PennTESOL-East Spring
Conference, Newark, DE, May 8, 1999.
"Virtual Travel through Newsletters" (with Susan Barone, Vanderbilt University), TESOL Thirty-Third Annual Convention, New York, March 9-13, 1999.
Publication:
"Ten Tips for New-techies," PTE Voices, Winter 1998, Vol. 20,
No. 3.
Leadership position:
Co-editor, PTE Voices, PennTESOL-East, 1999-2001.
Jo Gielow, Faculty
Presentations:
"Using Independent Study Centers for Multi-Level Classes." PennTESOL-East
Spring Conference, Newark, DE, May 8, 1999.
"Independent Study Centers for Multi-Level Classes," TESOL Thirty-Third Annual Convention, New York, March 9-13, 1999.
Barbara Gillette, Faculty
Publication:
"Review of The Regions of France: A Reference Guide to History
and Culture by Wayne Northcutt," The Modern Language Journal,
Vol. 82:1, 1998.
Lisa Grimsley, Faculty
Presentation:
"Teaching Grammar Communicatively Through Popular Films"
(with Grant Wolf), PennTESOL-East Spring Conference, Newark, DE, May 8,
1999.
Ricka Grollitsch, Faculty
Presentation:
"Listen Up: Criteria for Developing Curriculum for a Listening Lab,"
PennTESOL-East Spring Conference, Newark, DE, May 8, 1999.
Ruth Jackson, Faculty
Presentations: "
Avenues to Advanced-level Writing Success," Post-convention Institute
TESOL Thirty-Third Annual Convention, New York, March 9-13, 1999.
"Gashing Gold-Vermilion: Rhetorical Devices and Advanced-Level Writing Success," PennTESOL-East Spring Conference, Newark, DE, May 8, 1999.
Leadership Positions:
A&S Faculty Senate Admissions and Standing Committee, 1998-2000.
AAUP Steering Committee 1998.
Russ Mason, Faculty
Presentation:
"Speaking Skills through Storytelling," PennTESOL-East Spring
Conference, Newark, DE, May 8, 1999.
Publication:
"Review of Culture in Second Language Teaching and Learning,
Edited by Eli Hinkel," PTE Voices, Fall/Winter 1999, Vol.
21, No.1.
Naomi Migliacci, Faculty
Presentation: "Getting the Most Out of Video" and "Holding the Advanced Class Discussion Using Authentic Texts," Peru-TESOL 8th Annual Convention, Lima, Peru, July 31 - August 2, 1999.
Leadership positions:
President, PennTESOL-East, 1999-2000.
First Vice President, PennTESOL-East, 1998-1999.
Mary McCloskey, Faculty
Presentation:
"Reading's Ups and Downs," PennTESOL-East Spring Conference,
Newark, DE, May 8, 1999.
Leadership position:
Treasurer, Penn TESOL-East, 1999-2002.
Barbara Morris, Faculty
Presentations: "Personalize your Newsletter with Profiles"
and "Video Production Techniques that Work," TESOL Thirty-Third
Annual Convention, New York, March 9-13, 1999.
"Student-Produced Reading Materials as Authentic Outside Reading
Tasks," PennTESOL-East Spring Conference, Newark, DE, May 8, 1999.
Publications: "Marilyn Funk, Veteran Teacher," PTE
Voices, Spring/Summer 1999, vol. 20, no. 4.
In The News Journal: Drawing on a pro's experience, Jan. 14;
Talented and proud, Feb. 11; English class leaps the language
barrier, Feb. 11; Generations meet on the dance floor, Feb.
18; Student inventions are practical solutions, Feb. 25; 100
join in William Penn's Music Man, Feb. 25; The Can-Do spirit,
March 4; Scientific Methods, March 18; From helped to helper,
young man gives back, March 18; The spirit and the blood, April
1; Student ambassadors learning to say 'g' day', April 8; A
little word magic, April 15; Jump-start to fitness, April 22;
Marsh treasures, April 29; A blast from the past, May 20;
Helping himself and others, May 27; Database system is the newest
teaching tool, July 15; Field hockey hustle, July 29; Let's
get together for lunch, Aug. 5; Responsibility. Discipline. Respect,
Sept. 2; Let's hear it for the girls, Sept. 16; Colonial spirit,
Oct. 7.
David Quayle, Orientation Coordinator
Leadership position: Co-editor, PTE Voices, PennTESOL-East, 1999-2001.
Lowell Riethmuller, Faculty
Presentations: "Connecting Students to the Real Business
World Using the Internet" (with James Slater), PennTESOL-East Fall
Conference, Beaver College, PA, October 1998.
"Designing Integrative Lessons with Authoring Software at the Elementary
Level" (with Kathy Vodvarka), PennTESOL-East Spring Conference, Newark,
DE, May 8, 1999.
"Strategies for Connecting the Reading Lab to the Classroom"
(with Kathy Vodvarka), PennTESOL-East Fall Conference, Philadelphia, PA,
October 23, 1999.
Publication: "Review of Purdue Online Writing Lab," PTE Voices, Fall 1998, Vol. 20, No. 3.
James Slater, Faculty
Presentation: "Connecting Students to the Real Business World Using the Internet" (with Lowell Riethmuller), PennTESOL-East Fall Conference, Beaver College, PA, October 1998.
Scott Stevens, Director
Presentation: "Making your Intensive English Program Indispensable" (co-presented), Association of International Educators (NAFSA) 51st Annual Conference, Denver, CO, May 25, 1999.
Publication: "Recruitment for intensive English language programs," (co-authored) in Guide to Ethical International Student Recruitment, Maria O'Hara ed., NAFSA publication, in press.
Kathy Vodvarka, Faculty
Presentations: "Designing Integrative Lessons with Authoring
Software at the Elementary Level" (with Lowell Riethmuller), PennTESOL-East
Spring Conference, Newark, DE, May 8, 1999.
"Strategies for Connecting the Reading Lab to the Classroom"
(with Lowell Riethmuller), PennTESOL-East Fall Conference, Philadelphia,
PA, October 23, 1999.
Grant Wolf, Faculty
Presentation: "Teaching Grammar Communicatively through Popular Films" (with Lisa Grimsley), PennTESOL-East Spring Conference, Newark, DE, May 8, 1999.
Publications: "Birth, Death, and Diversity," PTE
Voices, Spring/Summer 1999, Vol. 20, No. 4.
"Our Futures: Simple, Progressive, and Perfect!" TESOL Journal,
Autumn, 1999, Vol. 8, No. 3.
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