English Dept. Honors Graduate Student Teachers
Carolyn Gonzales
Communications Services
Oklahoma State University
(405) 744-6260
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OUTSTANDING TEACHING ASSISTANTS÷Four graduate students in the English Department were recently honored for excellence in teaching. They are (L to R): Jonnie Hill, Scott Rogers, Julie Boyd and Tom Dvorske. |
The OSU English Department recently honored four of its
graduate students for excellence in teaching.
Those honored were Scott Rogers, outstanding teaching and contribution to
curricular development in composition, Tom Dvorske,
excellence in classroom teaching of composition, Jonnie Hill, excellence in
teaching of international composition, and Julia Boyd, excellence in the
teaching of technical writing.
Dvorske, a doctoral candidate in creative writing and
modern literature, currently serves as associate editor of the Cimarron Review
and was an assistant director of the composition program from 2000-01.
“Scott and Tom are both known as rigorous teachers with high standards,” said
Dr. Elizabeth Grubgeld, the department’s director of
composition. "They communicate their expectations with clarity, humor and
genuine concern for their students' learning.”
Both Dvorske and Rogers volunteered their efforts
toward reformulating the entire program several years ago, Grubgeld
said.
Hill, a doctoral candidate in linguistics and teaching English as a second
language, serves as assistant director of the international composition program
and has taught both first-year and graduate students from other nations.
Before coming to OSU, Hill taught English to health professionals in
"As a teacher, Jonnie Hill is hardworking, creative and caring,” says Dr.
Susan Garzon, director of international composition. “I
know I can count on Jonnie to involve those new teaching assistants who observe
her classes in an active learning process."
Boyd, a doctoral candidate in technical writing, is the assistant director/coordinator
for the technical writing program. Her interests include gender in technical
communication and professional mediation and arbitration rhetoric. She will
present a paper about her research at the national conference for the
Association of Teachers of Technical Writing in March 2002.
"Julia brings industry experience to her classroom to provide a real world
perspective about technical writing, and she also incorporates theoretical
perspectives through her research in cognitive psychology and human
factors," said Dr. Shelley Thomas, technical writing course director.
In addition, she played a key role in developing the current intermediate
technical writing curriculum and taught the pilot course.
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