D.R. Hammontree, Ph.D.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Purdue University North Central

Department of English & Modern Languages

1401 South U.S. Highway 421

Westville, IN 46391-9542

Office: TECH 321

Office phone: (219) 785-5346

e-mail

Education

8/02 to 8/07: Ph.D. English Studies, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.

Dissertation: “Teaching (the) Everyday: Social Cleavages, Cultural Attitudes, and Cognitive Dissonance in the Critical Classroom.” The dissertation explores critical pedagogical theory and practice through illustrations of student attitudes about socio-economic status. The examination is grounded in socio-cultural and rhetorical theory. Committee: Janice Neuleib, Gerald J. Savage, Christopher Breu

Emphasis: Cultural Rhetoric, Writing Studies, Pedagogy, and Critical Theory.

Exam Areas: Cultural Theory, Composition Pedagogy, English Studies.

8/01 to 5/03: M.A. Political Studies, University of Illinois, Springfield, IL. Emphasis: Comparative Politics and Critical Social Theory.

8/99 to 8/01: M.S. English, Illinois State University, Normal, IL. Emphasis: Victorian Literature and Composition Pedagogy.

6/97 to 5/99: B.A. Political Studies (English Minor), University of Illinois, Springfield, IL.

6/94 to 5/97: A.A. Liberal Arts, Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL.

Academic Employment

Purdue University North Central, Westville, IN.

8/07 to date: Assistant Professor of English Composition and Rhetoric. Department of English and Modern Languages. Duties include teaching courses in the department including first-year composition and upper-level courses in Business Writing and Composition/Rhetoric.

8/07 to date: Coordinator of First-Year Composition. Administrative responsibilities involving the operational functions of the first-year composition courses including (but not limited to) curriculum development and revision; training, supervision, administrative support to the Department Chair; and teaching in the program.

Illinois State University, Normal, IL.

8/99 to 5/01

8/02 to 5/07: Graduate Instructor (Assistantship). Department of English. Duties included teaching courses in the Writing Program and the General Education (Interdisciplinary Studies) Program.

8/03 to 5/07: Operational Assistant. Writing Assessment Reading – University Writing Exam. Duties included reader calibration and group assessment of university-wide writing exit examination. Lead Reader by 8/04.

Eureka College, Eureka, IL.

1/07 to 5/07: Lecturer in English. Humanities Division. Duties included teaching a second semester sequence of first-year writing.

Lincoln College, Normal, IL.

6/04 to 8/05: Adjunct Instructor. General Studies Program. Duties included teaching upper-level Social Science and Communication courses for the Liberal Arts Baccalaureate Degree Program.

Lincoln Land Community College, Springfield, IL.

8/01 to 7/02: Adjunct Instructor. Department of English and Humanities. Duties included teaching courses in first-year composition and survey literature courses; also served as scorer for the college wide competency exam for first-year composition students.

Areas of Specialization and Interest

Writing Studies, Composition Pedagogy,

Cultural Studies, Rhetorical Theory, Critical Theory,

Professional Communication (Business/Workplace),

Writing In/Across the Disciplines/Curriculum (WAC/WID),

Civic Literacy and Public Discourse,

Working-Class Studies/Rhetorics, Studies of Class and Social Status

Teaching

Purdue University North Central, Department of English and Modern Languages.

Business Writing (English 420)

Workplace writing in networked environments for management contents. Emphasizes organizational context, project planning, document management, ethics, research, team writing. Typical genres include management memos, reports, letters, e-mail, resumes (print and online), oral presentations.

Theories of Rhetoric & Composition (English 470)

A general introduction to the field of rhetoric and composition. The course provides an overview of studies in written discourse, including studies of the processes and contexts of written discourse as well as methods of research in the field.

Advanced Composition: Public Argument and Civic Literacy (English 304)

Designed for students who wish additional training in composition beyond the basic requirements. Extensive practice in the writing of mature expository, critical, and argumentative prose. Focus on Civic Literacy and Argumentative Rhetoric.

Composition II (English 102)

The second semester of the first-year composition sequence. Evaluated for portfolio presentation student writing, instructed students in rhetorical and stylistics approaches to writing as well as library and Internet research.

Illinois State University, Department of English (Writing Program) and the General Education Program

Created Courses

Representation: Status, Values, and Influence (Interdisciplinary Studies 207)

A course designed to understand and recognize the social, political, and ethical questions implied by different practices of status and social representations, and how such representation constructs our knowledge base and worldview. The course also focuses on ways to identify the limits as well as the strengths of various practices of representation.

Workplace Voices (Interdisciplinary Studies 121)

Designed course to study creative nonfiction (Labor Testimonials) contextualized within a rhetorical and social framework. Students evaluated through exercises such as dialectic journals and interview-based journalism projects that explored the nature of both workplace environments and the discourse conventions of occupational identity.

Program Courses

Composition for Government and Business (English 145.13)

Course designed for College of Business students emphasizing social rhetoric in terms of persuasive techniques. Student writing evaluated for portfolio assessment includes Critical/Analytical response essays, analysis on persuasive techniques, reading journals, and a fallacy log. All work designed for the computer-aided classroom.

Language and Composition II – Writing in/between the Disciplines (English 145)

Course designed to focus on rhetorical and stylistic approaches to writing in and across various academic disciplines. The course also encouraged students to better their writing skills through an awareness of the modes of argumentation among the academic discourse communities. Assignments designed with a focus on writing in the disciplines and within the framework of the composition curriculum for the computer-aided classroom. Student writing evaluated for portfolio presentation.

Language and Composition I (English 101 / 101.11)

A first-year composition course emphasizing public, non fiction prose. Activities and assignments sequences designed within the framework of the composition curriculum for the computer-based classroom. Evaluated for portfolio presentation student writing, instructed students in rhetorical and stylistics approaches to writing as well as library and Internet research. 101.11 was a “University Connections” course with an emphasis on the connections the students make with each other through having multiple courses together.

Team Taught Courses

The Vietnam War (Interdisciplinary Studies 121)

(With Sharon S. MacDonald) Writing assignments designed with emphasis on both historical context and writing about the Vietnam War. Essay assignments coincided with relevant historic readings and lectures.

Language and Composition I - Intensive (English 101.10)

(With Kia Jane Richmond) For students with writing inadequacies; an introductory course emphasizing public, nonfiction prose. Involved coordination with student tutors. Computer based classroom.

Eureka College, Humanities Division

Composition II (English 102W)

Continued practice of the writing process with emphasis on persuasive writing and primary research. Examines how persuasive messages are crafted and their impact on individual and group attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.

Lincoln College at Normal, Baccalaureate Program

Techniques of Persuasion (Communication 302)

Designed assignments to survey the theoretical and empirical literature relating to persuasion and public opinion. Examined how persuasive messages are crafted and their impact on individual and group attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.

International Relations (Political Science 301)

Examined principal theories and topics for understanding global politics such as war and peace, diplomacy, international cooperation, nationalism, ethnic conflict, global political economy, human rights, international law, and other global issues.

Global Issues (Anthropology 302)

Examined major problems affecting humanity globally such as hunger and poverty, economic underdevelopment, pollution, health and disease, the AIDS epidemic, war, energy, water, information technology, and globalization.

Cultural Geography (Geography 301)

Examined geography through a comparative cultural/political approach, emphasizing relationships between humans and the land and historical-political overviews with emphasis on political systems, key institutions, along with social, economical, ethnic, and religious interaction.

Lincoln Land Community College, Department of English and Humanities

British Literature -- Romantic Movement through the Contemporary Period (Literature 202)

A Survey course with focus on the Romantic Movement, the Victorian Age, Edwardian Literature, and the Contemporary Period that examined the changes between and within movements along with the historical context of each. Focus on poetic conventions and the novel.

Composition II (Composition 112)

The second course in a two-semester sequence of first –year composition designed to develop the critical skills of argumentation in part through the study of selected essays in order to write an effective research paper. The course also provided an introductory understanding of the short story.

Composition I (Composition 111)

The first course in a two-semester sequence of English composition designed to develop the skill to write effectively through an understanding of rhetorical forms and devices aimed at increasing a further understanding of critical awareness. Designed sequences and assignments for the computer based classroom.

Publications

“ ‘Critical’ Thinking and the Role of Writing Courses in Consciousness-Raising Pedagogy.” (with Cherie Rankin and Amberyl Malkovich) Illinois English Bulletin 91.3 (Summer 2004): 64-89.

Presentations

Conferences

“The Challenges of Pragmatic Mediation: Intersections and Interests in English Studies.” The Purpose(s) of English: A Conference on the Future of English Studies. English Department. University of Illinois at Springfield. Springfield, IL. 20 October 2007.

“Civic Literacy in the Writing Classroom: Limits and Expectations.” Civic Engagement in Classrooms and Communities (7th Annual University-Wide Symposium on Teaching and Learning). Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology. Illinois State University. DoubleTree Conference Center, Bloomington, IL. 10 January 2007.

“Articulating a Business Writing Class using Persuasion and Influence.” The Forty-Second Annual English Articulation Conference. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Robert Allerton Park and Conference Center, Monticello, IL. 11 April 2006.

Workshops

“Wikis and Student Curiosity.” Summer Institute for the 21st Century Educator (Teach Tech Workshop led by Cheri A. Toledo). Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology. Illinois State University. Normal, IL. 13 June 2007.

“Wikipedia in the Critical Classroom.” Technology in the Composition Classroom: Beyond the Obvious (Professional Development Event). Writing Program. Illinois State University. Normal, IL. 19 September 2006.

“Preparing Students for Writing Exams.” University Center for Learning Assistance. Illinois State University. Normal, IL. 1 February 2006.

“Using Humor in the Classroom (Interchange).” School of Communication. Illinois State University. 24 February 2004.

Service

Committee Service

Constitution Day Committee Member. Purdue University North Central. 2008.

Chair of English Composition Committee. Department of English and Modern Languages. Purdue University North Central. 2007-08.

English Curriculum and Assessment Committee Member. Department of English and Modern Languages. Purdue University North Central. 2007-08.

Curriculum Review Team. English 145 Writing Program. Illinois State University. Spring 2007.

Planning Committee Member. English Studies Symposium at Ewing Manor. Illinois State University. April 2004.

Graduate Student Representative, Professional Growth Committee. Department of English, Illinois State University. 2002-03.

Other Service

Participant at the College Board AP Reading. Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Scoring the AP Government and Politics Exam at Colorado State University - Ft. Collins, CO. 12 June - 18 June 2006.

Moderator, “Contextualizing Feminism in Our Literature Classrooms” (Aisha Fofana Ibrahim, Cherie Rankin, and Raogo Kima). English Studies Symposium at Ewing Manor. Illinois State University. Normal, IL. 8 April 2004.

Writing Department Competency Exam Reader. Lincoln Land Community College. Fall 2001.

Academic Tutor. University Center for Learning Assistance , Illinois State University. Fall 1999.

Additional Work

7/01 to 5/02: Graduate Assistant. Institute for Legislative Studies. University of Illinois Springfield. Editorial/Research Assistant: Almanac of Illinois Politics 2002 (ISBN 0-938943-20-0); Editorial Assistant: State Politics and Policy Quarterly (ISSN 1532-4400); Webmaster: Institute for Legislative Studies and State Politics and Policy Quarterly

6/00 to 8/00: Graduate Assistant. Unit for Contemporary Literature. Illinois State University. Editorial assistant: American Book Review (ISSN 0149-9408); Line editor, submission reader, and marketing assistant: FC2/Black Ice Books; Research assistant: Children’s Literature Quarterly; Marketing assistant: Spoon River Poetry Review (ISSN: 0738-8993). Duties included research, editing, and marketing for various academic and literary journals published through the publishing unit.

1/99 to 5/99: Research assistant (Hugh Harris, Director). Applied Study and Experiential Learning Term. University of Illinois Springfield. Survey research dealing with scattered site, low-income housing in the Springfield municipal area.

7/98 to 5/99: Operational assistant. Archives / Special Collections Illinois Regional Archives Depository, University of Illinois Springfield Brookens Library. Responsibilities included taking inventory of all Masters and Graduate Projects/Thesis, Library Special Collections, Database entry of material, client/patron services, and historical research.