Expository Writing Program
King 139
Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio 44074
telephone: 216/775-8613 fax: 216/775-8124
email: fcooper@oberlin.edu
Education
1986: Ph.D., English, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Major areas of concentration: composition theory and teaching writing, basic writing instruction, southern U.S.A. literature
Language: French
Dissertation: "Rhetoric, Lies, and Myth: Language and the Shape of Community in Six Southern Novels"
1978: M.A., English, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
1976: B.A., English, Auburn Univ., Auburn, Alabama
Minors: French, history
Honors
named first John C. Reid Assistant Professor of Expository Writing, Oberlin Coll., 1987 (now John C. Reid Associate Professor of Expository Writing, Oberlin Coll.)
named an "Outstanding Alumna" by Auburn Univ., Auburn,
Alabama in their Centennial of Co-education at Auburn Univ., 1992
Teaching Experience
at Oberlin College (1984-present)
English Composition, English Composition: Special Topics (Gender and Language, Issues in Sexuality and Language), Composition for Speakers of English as a Second Language, Basic Writing, Writing Papers (a brush-up course for sophomores and juniors), Teaching and Tutoring Basic Composition (peer tutor training), Practicum in Tutoring Speakers of English as a Second Language, Practicum in Journalism
at the University of Iowa (1978-1984)
Freshman Rhetoric, Individual Instruction in a Writing Lab, Expository Writing (advanced undergraduate composition), Grammar and Style (stylistics for advanced undergraduate and Masters students), American Lives (introductory American Literature), Interpretation of Literature, Individual Instruction in a Reading Lab
at the University of Alabama (1976-78)
Freshman Composition, Writing Center tutor, Athlete tutor
Related Academic Experience
administrative
Acting Director, Expository Writing Program, Oberlin Coll., Spring semester 1988 and Fall semester 1990
Head Instructor, Oberlin College-Obirin University Summer Seminar in American Language and Culture, Oberlin Coll., Summer 1991
Acting Director, Writing Lab, Univ. of Iowa, Summer 1979
Interim Writing Center Director, Univ. of Alabama, Spring 1977
elected faculty committees (all at Oberlin College)
1994/95 College Faculty Council
1991/92 and 1992/93 Educational Plans and Policies Committee
other committee service at Oberlin College
Expository Writing Program Committee (1984-present)
General Faculty Computer Committee (1994/95)
Directions for Education Technology Ad Hoc Committee (1994-present)
Sexual Offense Review Committee (1994-present), co-chair 1994/95, 1995/96
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Concerns Ad Hoc Committee (1988-90, 1993-present)
Student Financial Aid Committee (1990-92)
Facilities Accessibility Needs Committee (1990-91)
Honors at Graduation Committee (1989-91)
Women's Studies Committee (1987-89)
Council on Campus Relations and Sexual Harassment (1986-89, co-chair 1987-88)
other related experience
Advisory Group Leader-Planner, Professional Development Program for New Rhetoric Teachers, Univ. of Iowa, 1980-1981
Language Laboratory Consultant, Stillman Coll., Spring 1978
Technical Writer, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service, Auburn Univ., Summer 1977
Substitute Teacher, Auburn City Schools, March-June 1976
Publications
"Zora Neale Hurston Was Always a Southerner Too; or,
Thoughts on the De-Segregation of the Southern Renascence," The Female Tradition in Southern Literature, a collection of essays on southern U.S.A. women writers edited by Carol S. Manning (Champaign: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1993)
"A Theoretical Context" and "Reading Literature Analytically," Chapters One and Four in Teaching College Students to Read Analytically: An Individualized Approach, published by the National Council of Teachers of English, 1985
Presentations
"Expressive Discourse Disrupted: Identity Negotiation and Issues of Sexual Orientation in the Writing Classroom," presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention, San Diego, 1993
"Mapping the Sites of Autobiography in Composition: Obstacles of Experience and Authority," co-presented with Wendy Hesford at the Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention, Cincinnati, 1992
Panel presenter in "Mainstreaming Collaborative Learning," National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing, Pennsylvania State University, October 27, 1990
"Individualizing the Basic Writing Classroom," Workshop presented for composition teachers, Dyke College, May 25, 1989
Workshop for area high school basic writing teachers participating in the Ohio Board of Regents' Early English Composition Assessment Program, sponsored by the University of Toledo, May 6, 1987
"An Individualized Approach in the Basic Writing Course," workshop presented for teachers of Basic Writing at the University of Toledo, March 7, 1986
"Zora Neale Hurston and the Black Writer's Place in the Southern Renascence," presented at the Modern Language Association Convention, Washington, D.C., 1984
"Theoretical Foundations for the Development of Reading through Writing," presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention, Detroit, 1983
"Eudora Welty's Delta Wedding and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Different Kind of Southern Feminism," presented at the Conference for the Iowa Council of Teachers of English, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1982
"Controlling and Shaping the Flow," presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention, San Francisco, 1982
Credentials
Complete dossier (including recommendations)
available from
Educational Placement Office
N302D Lindquist Center
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52244;
319/335-5353