Curriculum Vitae

EMPLOYMENT

2012- present: Drew University. Director of Writing Across the Curriculum, Professor of English.
2008-11:  Drew University, Chair of Department of English Literatures and Language (3 year term)
2005- 11: Drew University. Director of Composition, Professor of English.
1998- 2005: Drew University. Director of Composition, Associate Professor of English.
1993- 98: Drew University. Director of Composition, Assistant Professor of English.
1989-93: Colgate University. Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing, Dept. of Interdisciplinary Writing
1987-88: SUNY-Binghamton. Assistant Coordinator of Instructional Training, English Dept.
1984-87: SUNY-Binghamton. (Now Binghamton University). Teaching Assistant, English Department.

EDUCATION

1991: Ph.D. in English, State University of New York at Binghamton (now Binghamton University). Dissertation:  “(Re)reading Readers: The Use of Textbook Readers in the Teaching of College-Level Composition,” directed by William V. Spanos.

1986: MA. in English, Department of English, General Literature, and Rhetoric, Binghamton University.

1981: BA. Honors, in English & American Studies, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

  • Coming of Age: The Advanced Undergraduate Writing Curriculum.  An edited volume, with Robert Schwegler, Linda Shamoon, & Rebecca Moore Howard.  A book in the Cross-Currents Series. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann-Boynton/Cook, 2000. (Winner of the Council of Writing Program Administrators’ Best Book of 2000-2001 Award)
  • The Bedford Guide to Teaching Writing in the Disciplines: An Instructor’s Desk Reference. With Rebecca Moore Howard. Boston: Bedford Books, 1995.

REFEREED ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Jamieson, Sandra & Rebecca Moore Howard. “Sentence-Mining: Uncovering the Amount Of Reading and Reading Comprehension In College Writers’ Researched Writing” in The New Digital Scholar: Exploring and Enriching the Research and Writing Practices of NextGen Students. Eds. Randall McClure and James P. Purdy. Medford, NJ: American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2013. 111-133.
  • Jamieson, Sandra. “The Vertical Writing Curriculum: The Forgotten Core of Liberal Arts Education” Composition(s) in the New Liberal Arts. Edited by Joanna Castner Post and James A. Inman. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2010. 159-184.
  • Jamieson, Sandra.  “One Size Does Not Fit All: Plagiarism Across The Curriculum” in Pluralizing Plagiarism: Identities, Contexts, Pedagogies. Edited by Amy Robillard and Rebecca Moore Howard.  Heinemann-Boynton/Cook. 2008. 77-91.
  • Jamieson, Sandra. “Esmeralda’s Math Class” in The WAC Casebook: Scenes for Faculty Reflection and Program Development. Ed Chris Anson, Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • Jamieson, Sandra. “Re-examining the Theory-Practice Binary in the Work of Writing Program Administrators” with Linda Shamoon, Rebecca Moore Howard, & Robert Schwegler, in The Writing Program Administrator as Theorist: Making Knowledge Work  Ed. Shirley K. Rose and Irwin Weiser. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann-Boynton/Cook, 2002.  67-77.
  • Jamieson, Sandra. “Theories of Composing” in Coming of Age: The Advanced Undergraduate Writing Curriculum.  Ed. Robert Schwegler, Linda Shamoon, & Rebecca Moore Howard. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann-Boynton/Cook, 2000. 59-65
  • Jamieson, Sandra. “Composition Readers and the Construction of Identity” in Writing in Multicultural Settings. Ed. Carol Severino & Johnnella E. Butler. New York: MLA, 1997.  150-71.
  • Jamieson, Sandra. “The United Colors of Multiculturalism: Rereading Composition Textbooks” in Mainstream(s) and Margins: Cultural Studies in the 90s. Ed. Michael Morgan & Susan Leggett. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1996.  62-84
  • Jamieson, Sandra. “Text, Context, and Teaching Literature by African American Women” in Understanding Others: Cultural and Cross-Cultural Criticism and the Teaching of Literature. Ed. Joseph Trimmer & Tilly Warnock. NCTE, 1992.  139-52

OTHER

FORTHCOMING (under contract)

  • Jamieson, Sandra. “Reading and Engaging Sources: What Student’s Use of Sources Reveals About Advanced Reading Skills.” In Across the Disciplines (ATD), Special issue on Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum, Guest Editor Alice Horning. Fall 2013.
  • Howard, Rebecca Moore & Sandra Jamieson. “Researched Writing.” In A Guide to Composition Pedagogies 2e, Edited by Taggart, Amy Rupiper Taggart, Brooke Hessler, and Kurt Schick. Oxford University Press. 2013.
  • Jamieson, Sandra & Rebecca Moore Howard.  Struggling with Sources: The Citation Project Portrait of Composition Students’ Researched Writing. Parlor Press. 2014.
  • Howard, Rebecca Moore & Sandra Jamieson. Argument Matters: A reader and Guide. McGraw Hill.  Tentative publication. 2015.

WORK IN PROGRESS

  • Serviss, Tricia & Sandra Jamieson. Eds. Researching Research: Transcontextual Methods for Understanding Student Source Use. (working title). An edited collection, not yet under contract.
  • Jamieson, Sandra. “The Evolution of the Citation Project: Lessons learned from a multi-year, multi-site study.” In Researching Research: Transcontextual Methods for Understanding Conceptualizations, Contexts, and Challenges of Student Source Use. Ed. Serviss, Tricia & Sandra Jamieson.
  • D’Angelo, Barbara, Sandra Jamieson, Barry Maid, and Janice R. Walker. Eds. Information Literacy—Not Just for Librarians: Issues in Assessment, Teaching, and Application. An edited collection, not yet under contract.
  • Designing and Teaching Researched Writing in Writing Intensive and Writing in the Disciplines Courses (Working title). Book length manuscript designed for both for new and experienced WAC and WID teachers, this collection includes examples of successful syllabi, assignments, responses, outcome statements, and assessment rubrics with analysis from course instructors, faculty across the disciplines, and composition theorists.
  • “Sitting In on Classes” A study of mid-career faculty who take undergraduate courses outside of their own departments and areas of specialization, and the pedagogical consequences of that experience. Currently gathering interviews for this project.

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  • “Critical and Analytical Thinking in Source-Based Writing.” Featured Session.  Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Las Vegas, March 15, 2013.
  •  “Retention & Degree Completion: What Does Writing Have To Do With It?” Plenary Address. Connecting Contributions to Learning and Success Conference, Cleveland State University, Cleveland OH. August 14, 2012.
  •  “Reading Across the Curriculum: The Implications of Citation Project Research.” Keynote Address. International Writing cross the Curriculum Conference, Savannah, GA, June 9, 2012
  •  “Struggling with Sources: Rethinking the Researched Paper.” Keynote Address. Virginia Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Spring Meeting. Sweet Briar College, April 9, 2012.
  • “Take a Deep Breath and Jump: Doing Data-Driven Research When You Aren’t Trained in Data-Driven Methods.” Plenary Address, Research Network Forum.  With Rebecca Moore Howard. Annual Meeting of the Research Network Forum, Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Saint Louis, MO. March 21, 2012.
  • “Students’ Source Choices: A Statistical and Rhetorical Analysis of Researched Papers from Sixteen Institutions.” Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Saint Louis, MO. March 22, 2012.
  • “The Next Step: Outcomes for Majors in Writing and Rhetoric. A Roundtable Discussion “ Chair and organizer.  Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Saint Louis, MO. March 22, 2012.
  • “Rethinking Research: Engaging Students (& Teachers) in Researched Writing.” Keynote Address. Student Success in Writing Conference. Savannah, GA. February 3, 2012.
  •  “A Statistical Profile of 160 Students’ Researched Writing, with Implications for Teaching.” Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Atlanta, GA. April 7, 2011.
  •  “Understanding Students’ Use of Sources through Collaborative Research” Georgia Conference on Information Literacy. Savanna, GA. October 3, 2010.
  • “The use of source-based writing and source-use analysis to guide student placement decisions in a Guided Self-Placement program.” Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Louisville, KY. March 20, 2010.
  • “Developments in Undergraduate Writing Majors: A Roundtable Discussion,” Chair.  Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Louisville, KY. March 19, 2010.
  •  “Rearranging the Horse and the Cart: Using Citation Analysis for Pedagogical and Curricular Reform of Writing Programs.” Georgia Conference on Information Literacy. Savanna, GA, September 25, 2009.
  • “Using Online Essays for Ubiquitous and Sustainable Assessment and More.” Conference on Computers and Writing. UC Davis, June 18, 2009.
  • “Creating a home for writing: features of the emerging writing major.” Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, March 13, 2009.
  • “What happened when I took stats, and how it changed my ideas about first year writing.” Annual Convention of the National Council of Writing Program Administrators.  Tempe, AZ, July 14, 2007.
  • “Fraud narratives and the anxiety of author(ity)lessness” Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York City, March 22, 2007.
  • “WAC Contexts for Plagiarism Activism.” Annual Convention of the National Council of Writing Program Administrators. Chattanooga, TN, July 14, 2006.
  •  “Argument as Ground Not Mode: Creating Opportunities for Nuanced Argument Using Information Literacy and Case Studies.” Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, March 24, 2006.
  •  “Mina Shaughnessy, Learning Disabilities, and Basic Writing: Placement Error or Pedagogical Wisdom?” Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, March 18, 2005.
  • “The Vertical Writing Curriculum: Theory and Practice,” Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association (MLA) Conference. Philadelphia, December 29, 2004.
  •  “From Cordon Bleu Pot Luck to Prix Fix: The Importance of College Leadership Throughout The Small College Curriculum” presentation as part of a roundtable “The View from Where We Stand: The Role of Place in WPA Work.” Panelist, session chair, and organizer.  Annual Convention of the National Council of Writing Program Administrators.  Newark, DE, July 17, 2004.
  •  “Listening to and learning from WAC Faculty Representations of Student Writers,” Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Antonio, March 25, 2004.
  • Keynote Address: “What Current Research Teaches us About WAC.” New Jersey Writers Association (NJWA), College of New Jersey, March 19, 2004.
  • “When The Bridges Don’t Need To Be Built: The WPA and the vertical curriculum at a small college.”  Annual Convention of the National Council of Writing Program Administrators.  Grand Rapids, MI, July 10-13, 2003.
  • “Composition “Readers” and the Construction of Student Writers” Composing Identities. The Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition.  The University of Louisville. October 10, 2002.
  • “Print-Linked Textbooks: The Next Paradigm Shift or Just One More Exploitation?” Labor, Writing Technologies, and the Shaping of Composition in the Academy: The Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition.  The University of Louisville. October 7, 2000.
  • “The Effects of Theory on Assumptions about Pedagogy.”  Annual Convention of the National Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference. Charlotte, NC. July 13, 2000.
  • “Re-Imagining the Classes in the Advanced Writing Program.”  Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago. April 15. 2000.
  • “Writing Programs as Banana Republics — and how we might talk our way into a better metaphor.” Annual Convention of the National Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference. Tucson, AZ. July 17, 1998.
  • “Imagining Audiences: Teachers Designing Assignments and Students Responding.” Panel on distance learning writing instruction. Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, April 14, 1998.
  • “Responding to the Needs of Composition Students with Different Learning Styles.” Annual Convention of the National Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference.  Houghton, MI. July 19, 1997.
  • “When Speech is Written: Why Etiquette and Netiquette Must be Different in Composition Classes.” Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Phoenix, AZ. March 13, 1997.
  • “‘So, Let’s Just Use a Textbook!’: WAC textbooks and the Anxiety of Expertise.” National Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Charleston, SC. February 7, 1997.
  • “Shaping the Contact Zone: Designing WAC/WID Assignments.” Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Milwaukee, March 29, 1996.
  • “Expanding and Sharing Ownership of Writing in the Disciplines.” Annual Convention of the Conference of the Association of Writing Program Administrators. Bellingham, WA. July 28, 1995.
  • “The Ethics of Editing: Corporation versus College Writing Center.” Wyoming English Conference, Laramie, WY.  June 21, 1995.
  • “From Feminized to Feminist: The Maturation of a Writing Department.” with Rebecca Moore Howard. Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition & Communication. San Diego. April 1993.
  • “Rereading Difference: Multiculturalism, Writing and Hierarchy.” University of New Hampshire Composition Conference. October 7, 1992.
  • “Repackaging America: Multicultural Composition Readers and the Construction of the Other.” Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. July 8, 1992.
  • “The Social Implications of Using Textbook Readers.” Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. July 14, 1991.

RECENT INVITED CAMPUS LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS , AND WORKSHOPS

  •  “Research-Rich Writing: Helping Students to Select, Read, and Use Sources Wisely.” Illinois Wesleyan University Annual Pedagogy Symposium. Half-day faculty development workshop. January 26, 2013
  • “Rereading Student Papers: Citation Project research and what it teaches us about undergraduate writers.” Lecture and half-day faculty development workshop. Villanova University. January 11, 2013.
  • “How Citation Context Analysis can Help us Understand & Respond to Student Writing.” Seton Hall University Faculty Development Series, Seton Hall University. November 16, 2012.
  • “Sentence-Mining and other Source-Use Hazards: Implications of Citation Project Research for Writing Across the Curriculum” Public lecture. Framingham State University, October 25, 2012.
  •  “Using Citation Context Analysis to Understand and Respond to Student Writing: A Workshop for Writing Teachers.” Framingham State University, October 25, 2012.
  • “Rethinking the Researched Paper: Implications of Citation Project Research for The Vertical Writing Curriculum.” Princeton University “New Directions in Writing Studies Lecture Series,” October 10, 2012.
  • “What Citation Context Analysis Teaches Us About Student Source Use: Findings from the Citation Project.” Public Lecture. University of Vermont. Sponsored by the Writing Across the Curriculum Program and the Center for Teaching and Learning, February 17, 2012.
  • “Struggling with Sources: Findings from the Citation Project.” Lecture. Bloomfield College Faculty Development Program, February 7, 2012.
  •  “Struggling with Sources: Lessons from the Citation Project Multi-institutional Study.” Wabash College Teaching and Learning Committee Faculty Development Day, August 18, 2011
  • “Redefining Plagiarism and 21st century Ethics” 5th annual Magliocco Lecture in English and Journalism at Western Illinois University, September 9, 2010. Also facilitated discussions for students and ran a faculty development workshop during the two-day visit.
  • Presentation for the faculty at the University of Saint Francis, “Defining and Responding to Plagiarism: Lessons from the Citation Project” and a half-day workshop as part of USF’s annual Faculty Development Day, August 16, 2010.
  • “The Vertical Writing Curriculum: Options for Writing Instruction and Program Design” University of New England, September 3, 2009.
  • “Redefining Literacy for the Liberal Arts,” Keynote Lecture; “What is (and isn’t) Plagiarism?” Common Hour lecture to the first year student body sponsored by The Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts, Wabash College. Meetings and dinner conversation with the faculty and the Teaching and Learning Committee to discuss plagiarism policies and procedures, October 27-29, 2008.

SELECTED PRE- AND POST-CONVENTION WORKSHOPS  

  • ·  “Responding to Citation Project Findings: Practices, Policies, and Pedagogies,” half-day Post-Convention Workshop, Annual Georgia Conference on Information Literacy. September 24, 2012.
  • ·  “Understanding Students’ Use of Sources through Collaborative Research: The Citation Project and Beyond” half-day Pre-Convention Workshop. Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Saint Louis, MO. March 21, 2012.
  • “Struggling with Sources: Collaborative Research on Use and Engagement with Sources.” Half-day post-convention workshop. Annual Georgia Conference on Information Literacy. Savannah, GA. September 24, 2011.
  •  “Understanding Students’ Use of Sources and Information Literacy through Collaborative Research” Post-convention workshop. Annual Georgia Conference on Information Literacy. Savanna GA, Oct. 3, 2010.
  • “Understanding Students’ Use of Sources through Collaborative Research.” Full-day pre-convention workshop. Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Louisville, KY.  March 17, 2010.
  • “Creating the Intentional Writing Major: models and recommendations.” Half-day pre-convention workshop. Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. New Orleans, April 2, 2008.
  • “Designing Gateway and Capstone Courses for the Writing Major.” Half-day workshop, Annual Convention of the National Council of Writing Program Administrators. Tempe, AZ, July 15, 2007.
  • “The Advanced Writing Curriculum: A Hands-On Session” Full-day pre-convention workshop. Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, March 19, 2003.
  • “Designing the Vertical Writing Curriculum ” Full-day pre-convention workshop. Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, Mar. 20, 2002.
  • “Designing the Advanced Writing Curriculum ” Half-day pre-convention workshop. Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Denver, March 14, 2001.

 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

ASSESSMENT AND PROGRAM EVALUATION

  • SACS QEP Evaluator. Weatherford College, TX. November, 2011.
  • External review team, Writing Program, Colorado College. February 8-10, 2011.
  • Member of Drew team participating in a five college assessment of the first year experience project funded by the Teagle Foundation, 2006-2009

NATIONAL COMMITTEES AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

  • Elected member of the Executive Board, Conference on College Composition and Communication. Three-year term, 2008-10.
  • Appointed Chair, Conference on College Composition and Communication Committee on the Major in Writing and Rhetoric. Three-year appointment, 2007-09; 2010-12. (Committee member, 2005-07).
  • Appointed chair, Conference on College Composition and Communication Resolution Committee. One-year appointment, 2003-04.
  • Local chair (New York City), Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2002-03.
  • First round proposal reader, Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2001, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
  • Second round proposal reader. Conference on College Composition and Communication, 2002.
  • Manuscript reviewer for CCC Journal (Conference on College Composition and Communication).

CONFERENCES ORGANIZED

  • Local Chair, Conference on College Composition and Communication, “Re-Writing ‘Theme for English B’” Transforming Possibilities.”  (Worked with a local committee of five and five sub-committees to organize all local details of this international 4-day conference.) New York City, March 19-22, 2003.
  • National Council of Teachers of English international conference, “Assigning, Responding to, and Assessing Writing: Teachers’ and Students’ Identities and Relationships.” Sonoma Valley, CA. April 17-19, 1997. (Developed the concept; worked with a committee of four to design the call for papers, review submission, plan sessions, assign chairs, and organize the local components of the conference.)
  • National Council of Teachers of English summer conference, “Assigning and Responding to Writing in the Secondary and College Classroom.” Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, August 10-12, 1995. (Developed the concept, and worked with co-organizer to design the call for papers, review submission, plan sessions, assign chairs, and organize the local components of the conference.

AWARDS AND GRANTS

  • Drew University Faculty Research Grant, 2008, and 2009
  • Student Organization Advisory Council (SOAC) Award for Best Student Club Advisor, 2007-2008
  • Will Herberg Distinguished Professor Award, Drew University Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Presented May 4, 2004
  • New Jersey State Educational Opportunity Fund Champion Award, Presented April 2, 2003
  • Educational Opportunity Scholar’s Program Academic Service Award, Drew University, May 2002
  • Winner of the Council of Writing Program Administrators’ Best Book of 2000-2001 Award for Coming of Age: The Advanced Undergraduate Writing Curriculum, 2001.
  • Alpha Phi Omega Faculty Service Award, Alpha Phi Omega, Drew University, May 2001.
  • Faculty Excellence Award, Office of Student Activities, Drew University, May 1997.
  • Educational Opportunity Program Faculty-Staff Recognition Award, SUNY Binghamton, May 1989
  • Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Studies, SUNY-Binghamton, November 1988.

COURSES TAUGHT

Writing

  • Composition courses at all levels: Educational Opportunities Program Summer Bridging Courses, basic writing, developmental writing one-year stretch course, first year composition, college writing, advanced composition, research writing;
  • Linked writing courses, with Biology, Psychology, Religion, History, Political Science, and Sociology;
  • Writing in the Discipline of English, various discipline-specific and advanced writing intensive courses
  • Creative Non-fiction: The Personal Essay, Memoir, Travel Writing, and The Magazine Article. Undergraduate and graduate level courses.

Literature and theory

  •  Introduction to Literary analysis, Western Literature, Women and Literature, Language and Gender, Literature and Culture of Argentina, Literature by Cuban, Cuban-American, Puerto-Rican, and Nuyorican writers. Undergraduate level courses.
  •  Fragmented Narratives, Contemporary American Literature, Composition Theory and Practice, Teaching Writing. Graduate level courses.

General Education

  • First year seminars: “Travel, Tourism, and Exploration,” “Oprah’s Book Club,” “Education, Culture, and Knowledge,” “Identity and Ethnicity in US Literature” and “Cultural Literacy.”

International Programs

  • One month on-site international seminars to Cuba and Puerto Rico, and Argentina (twice); Two-week service-learning/community engagement trips to Honduras (annually)

 SELECTED SERVICE

  • College of Liberal Arts, Committee on Faculty, 2012-2014
  • Department Chair, 2008-11 (3-year rotating chair)
  • Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee, 2006-2008; 2008-2009
  • Educational Opportunities Program Advisory Committee, 1995-
  • University Faculty Committee on Faculty, Co-chair Spring 2008-10 (also served Fall 2003-05)
  • Provost’s Task Force on Civic Engagement, 2006-08
    • Business, Society, and Culture Program Advisory Committee, 2005-2011
    • Division Chair, 2000-2002.
    • Dean’s Council of the College of Liberal Arts (Division Representative), 2000-2002.
      • Resource and Revenue Budget Committee, Fall, 2001-2002
      • Middle States Review Committee, Subcommittee on Technology, 1999-2001
      • American Association of University Professors State Conference, New Jersey, Secretary 2000-02; 2002-04; Executive Committee Member-at-Large, 2005-07
      • Faculty Advisor to student service organizations: Drew Circle K, 1998-2005; Drew Honduras project (student international service organization), 1994-