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 Leah Arambel
Full-time Lecturer
American River College
4700 College Oak Drive Sacramento, CA.95841-4286
( 916) 484-8011
arambel@arc.losrios.edu 		Certificate in Teaching Postsecondary Reading, 2003

I think that getting the certificate along with the M.A in Composition was very worth the effort. Most community colleges I have spoken to are moving toward integrating their reading and writing classes and they want teachers who are able to teach these classes. The SFSU program really prepares you to fill those positions.

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Anne Argyriou, Chair
Reading Department
De Anza College
21250 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Cupertino, CA 95014
(408) 864-5340
argyriouanne@deanza.edu

M.A. in English, Composition, 2000

Certificate in Teaching Postsecondary Reading, 1999

Jan Gregory recommended and encouraged me to take the Reading courses, and her advice has sent me down an unexpected career path (thanks, Jan!). What I loved about the classes was the deep theoretical foundation and the breadth of reading pedagogies—the breadth and depth of the program allow me to tailor my instruction to the particular needs of the various student populations I teach.

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Natalie Baldwin
English Instructor
Truckee Meadows Community College
70000 Dandini Blvd
Reno, NV 89512
nbaldwin@tmcc.edu
nrussell819@yahoo.com

M.A. in English, Composition

Certificate in Teaching Postsecondary Reading
"Although I never knew, before entering the MA Composition program at SFSU, that I would be a teacher, now I cannot imagine doing anything else! As a reading and writing teacher, I try to build a welcoming and intellectually rigorous classroom environment as I encourage my students to express their opinions freely, to take risks to develop their intellectual, social and academic skills, and to value education and literacy as much as I do."

 

 

 

Patricia Baldwin
English Instructor
San Francisco State University
Coordinator of Canada/SFSU Certificate Program
(415) 338-7033
pattiey@sfsu.edu

M.A. in English, Literature, June 1996

Certificate In Teaching Postsecondary Reading, 2000

After being hounded by my fellow alumnae for eons, I have finally been convinced to get my PhD. Does anyone have a recommendation for a good mail-order diploma service?

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Shoshana Bianchi
ESL Instructor
College of San Mateo
1700 W. Hillsdale Boulevard
San Mateo, CA 94402

Contra Costa College
2600 Mission Bell Drive
San Pablo, CA 94806
shoshanarb@yahoo.com


M.A. in English, TESOL, 2005

Certificate in Teaching Postsecondary Reading, 2005
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Abby Lynn Bogolmolny
English Instructor,
1644 Emeritus Hall
Santa Rosa College
Office phone: 707 522-27
Email: bogomo@earthlink.net

 M.A., English, 1990

Certificate in Teaching Postsecondary Reading, 2003

Returning to SFSU to complete the Certificate in Post Secondary Reading revitalized my teaching. While I had been teaching since 1990 and had an intuitive grasp of the complex processes involved in developing reading/writing skills, I was aware that I needed additional tools to be more effective with my students. The certificate program required me to study and immerse myself in an integrated reading/writing curriculum that emphasizes the role of prior knowledge and the reader's schema, metacognitive activities, language acquistion research and most importantly the ability to defend one's practices with solid research based on the psychological, physiological, linguistic and socio-cultural of the reading and writing process. This program has given me confidence and already made a difference in my reading and composition classes.

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James Carranza
Full-time English Instructor Asst. Professor of English
College of San Mateo
Office ph: (650) 574-6568
Office: 17-1171700, W. Hillsdale Blvd. San Mateo, CA 94402
carranza@smccd.net

 

M. A., Literature, 1999

Certicate in Teaching Composition, 1999

Certificate in Teaching Postsecondary Reading, 2003
Six years out of the SFSU “nest,” I now appreciate and value, professionally, the training and preparation the Reading certificate (and Comp. certificate) provided me. I have been able to contribute in meaningful ways to the vitality of a very forward thinking English department—in between summer travels, of course.

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Tracy Hamler Carrick
Assistant Professor of English;
Director of the Writers' Center
Colby College
4000 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, ME 04901-8840
Office: Miller Lib. 216
Phone: 207-872-3303
Fax: 872-3806
Email: tcarrick@colby.edu


M.A. in English, Composition 1997

Certificate in Teaching Postsecondary Reading,

PhD., Syracuse University 2003 (Composition and Cultural Rhetoric)
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Anne Cassia
Adjunct English Instructor
Merritt College
12500 Campus Dr.
Oakland, CA 94619

Lecturer
San Francisco State U.
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132

M.A. in English, Literataure, 2006

Certificate in Teaching Postsecondary English, 2006
 

 

 

 

 

 

Whitney Rogers Clay
Reading Instructor
West Valley College
14000 Fruitvale Avenue
Saratoga, CA 95070
(408) 741-3236
Whitney_Clay@westvalley.edu

 

M.A. in English, Composition, 2003

Certificate in Teaching Postsecondary English, 2003

When I first singed up for a reading class at SFSU, I knew that it was supposed to make me more “marketable” as a teacher, but I really had no idea what college-level reading instruction was. As I progressed through the rest of the Composition coursework, I came to understand how and why reading instruction compliments writing instruction so well. But the clincher for me was putting it into practice and actually teaching a reading class! How fun it is to help students think creatively, question what they read, play with words, and most of all, seek out and read material that interests them!

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 Windee Varton Cottle
Instructor
College of Marin
835 College Ave.
Kentfiled, CA 94904  		M.A. in English, Composition, 2002

Certificate in Teaching Postsecondary Reading, 2002
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Edward Del Val
Instructor of English
Developmental Writing
Mt. Hood Community College
Portland, OR
eddelval@earthlink.net

M.A. in English, Literature, 1999

Certificate in Teaching Postsecondary Reading, 1998

Certificate in Teaching Composition, 1998
     

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Angela Dornbusch
Lecturer, CMS Program
San Francisco State U.
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
(415) 338-7407
adornbus@sfsu.edu

M.A. in English, TESOL, 2006

Certificate in Teaching Postsecondary Reading, 2006

Since completing my degree & the certificate programs, I have been teaching in the CMS Program—formerly known as the ESL Program—here at SFSU. It has been wonderful keeping in contact with my former instructors and classmates and seeing familiar faces around every corner. I am also working with the American Language Institute so I can be a part of my students’ transitions into the university and follow their paths throughout their careers here. Colleagues and observers often asked me where I learned the activities I use in my reading/writing classes; more often than not my response leads into in-depth discussion about the merits of the postsecondary reading certificate offered here at SFSU.

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Cheryl Douglas
cherylsd@earthlink.net

M.A. in English, Composition

Certificate in Teaching Postsecondary Reading, 2005
I enjoy teaching English courses and watching student grow. The certificate program has enhanced my ability to understand how to help students overcome problems with reading and comprehension, to recommend reading and writing strategies that actually work, and to see, first hand, the amount of progress that students make once they “get it.”

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Erika Dyquisto
Lecturer
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
(415) 405-2520
dyquisto@sfsu.edu

Instructor
Skyline College
3500 College Drive
San Bruno, CA

M.A. in English, Composition, 2006

Certificate in Teaching Postsecondary Reading, 2006

I enjoy reading between the lines--of anything: advertisements, politicians, news stories, people. It's a sick hobby. My hope is to enhance students' critical reading competence (in a narrow and a broad sense) without creating the disillusionment that can go along with this pasttime.

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Chriss Foster
English Instructor
Merritt College
12500 Campus Drive
Oakland, California 94619
Associate Professor
John F. Kennedy University

cfoster@peralta.cc.ca.us

 Ed.D Educational Leadership,
Mills College, In Progress
MA Education, Mills College 2005
MA Counseling Psychology/Clinical Psychology, John F. Kennedy U.2004

Certificate Teaching Postsecondary
Reading , 2000

Certificate Amer. Cultures, UCB,1999
MA English Literature, California State University Dominguez Hills 1992
Certificate Rhetoric and Composition, California State University 1991

I enjoy teaching English courses and watching student grow. The certificate program has enhanced my ability to understand how to help students overcome problems with reading and comprehension, to recommend reading and writing strategies that actually work, and to see, first hand, the amount of progress that students make once they “get it.”

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Sally Freyberg
TESOL practicum
Cañada College
ESL Reading
M.A., English, TESOL, 2006

Certificate in Teaching Postsecondary Reading, 2005
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Jeffrey T. Goldthorpe
English Instructor
City College of San Francisco
50 Phelan Avenue L-181
San Francisco, CA. 94112
(415) 452-5074
jgoldtho@ccsf.edu

M. A. in English, Composition, 1992

Certificate in Teaching Postsecondary Reading, 2005

My pedagogical goal has always been to balance acceptance and change, to balance teaching that is inclusive and accepting of difference with teaching that students can learn what they once thought they could not learn. I am currently working with a project at City College, funded by the Carnegie Foundation, to maximize the potential for success among basic skills instructors and students.

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