Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae - David Dettmer

Teaching Experience

Austin Community College

     Department of Composition & Literary Studies (from 1995-2021, the Department of English / Journalism)

          Full-time faculty:

               2016/2017 academic year  >>>  present

                    Associate Professor  (August 2019 - present)

                    Assistant Professor  (August 2016 - August 2019)

          Adjunct faculty:

               1997/1998 academic year  >>>  2015/2016 academic year

                    Professor, Adjunct  (August 2009 - August 2016)

                    Associate Professor, Adjunct  (August 2005 - August 2009)

                    Instructor, Adjunct Faculty  (August 1997 - August 2005)

               1995/1996 academic year

                    Instructor, Adjunct Faculty  (August 1995 - May 1996)

          Courses I have taught:

               ENGL 1301  English Composition I

               ENGL 1301  English Composition I - Self-paced

               ENGL 1301  English Composition I - Early College High School

               ENGL 1301  English Composition I - P-TECH

               ENGL 1302  English Composition II

               ENGL 1302  English Composition II - Self-paced

               ENGL 1302  English Composition II - Liberal Arts Gateway (Topic:  "Rhetoric and Critical Thought, Texas-Style")

               ENGL 2322  British Literature:  Anglo-Saxon through 18th Century

               ENGL 2322  British Literature:  Anglo-Saxon through 18th Century - Early College High School

               ENGL 2323  British Literature:  18th Century to the Present

               ENGL 2323  British Literature:  18th Century to the Present - Early College High School

               ENGL 2327  American Literature:  Beginnings through Civil War

               ENGL 2328  American Literature:  Civil War to the Present

               ENGL 2328  American Literature:  Civil War to the Present - Honors  (Topic:  "Journeys into America")

               ENGL 2332  World Literature:  Ancient World through 17th Century

               ENGL 2333  World Literature:  18th Century to the Present

               ENGL 2342  Introduction to Literature I  [later renamed Forms of Literature I; now no longer offered at ACC]

          ACC campuses and sites at which I have taught:

               - Eastridge Campus  [This site, at the NW corner of U.S. 183 and Techni Center Drive, is no longer an ACC campus.]

               - Eastview Campus

               - Highland Business Center

               - Highland Campus  [This ACC campus is my home campus at present.]

               - Northridge Campus

               - Pinnacle Campus  [This ACC campus is currently closed for evaluation.]

               - Northeast Early College High School

               [This ACC site, a public high school in the Austin Independent School District, has had three name changes since I last taught there, in 1995.  At its founding, in 1965, it was named John H. Reagan High School; the name was changed to John H. Reagan Early College High School in 2010, to Reagan Early College High School in 2018, and to Northeast Early College High School in 2019.]

               - Online DIL (distance learning)

               - Online asynchronous instruction (during the COVID-19 pandemic, Spring 2020)

               - Online synchronous instruction (during the COVID-19 pandemic, Summer 2020 - Fall 2021)

               - Rio Grande Campus

               - Riverside Campus

 

Lexington (Texas) Independent School District

     Lexington High School

          1996/1997 academic year

               Teacher (August 1996 - June 1997)

                    Courses taught:  English III, English IV, English IV Tech, United States History

 

The University of Texas at Austin

     Department of English

          1989/1990 academic year

               Assistant Instructor

                    Course:  E306 English Composition --

                         1990 Spring semester:  two sections

                         1989 Fall semester:  one section

          1987/1988 academic year  >>>  1988/1989 academic year

               Teaching Assistant

                    Course:  E316K Masterworks of Literature --

                         1989 Spring semester:  World Literature (Instructor:  Dr. Dolora Ann Wojciehowski, Assistant Professor)

                         1988 Fall semester:  British Literature (Instructor: Dr. Eric Mallin, Assistant Professor)

                         1988 Spring semester:  World Literature (Instructor: Dr. David Wallace, Associate Professor)

                         1987 Fall semester:  American Literature (Instructor: Dr. D. Sue Rodi, Lecturer)

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Texas Teacher Certificate -- all subjects lifetime, Grades 6-12

     English, English Language Arts  (May 1996)

     Geography, History  (June 1996)

     Economics, Government, Journalism  (February 1997)

 

Professional Publications

Dettmer, David.  "Benedicere Benedictus:  A Profile of H. Y. Benedict."  The Texas Book Two: More Profiles, History, and Reminiscences of the University, edited by David Dettmer, University of Texas Press, 2012.

 

------.  "In Memoriam:  Darrell K Royal."  Faculty memorial, D10404-10408, Office of the General Faculty, The University of Texas at Austin, posted on 20 June 2013, https://facultycouncil.utexas.edu .

 

------. "Introduction."  The Texas Book Two: More Profiles, History, and Reminiscences of the University, edited by David Dettmer, University of Texas Press, 2012.

 

------.  "Literature and Freedom:  An Investigation into the Individual Act of Reading."  M.A. Report, The University of Texas at Austin, 1989.

 

------.  "Postcard:  Oklahoma City, 1999."  Austin American-Statesman, 19 Sept. 1999, p. D7.

 

------, ed.  The Texas Book Two: More Profiles, History, and Reminiscences of the University.  University of Texas Press, 2012.

 

------.  "When the Poor Boys Ruled the Campus:  A Requiem for B. Hall."  The Texas Book: Profiles, History, and Reminiscences of the University, edited by Richard A. Holland, University of Texas Press, 2006.

 

------.  "Why Kansas?"  Austin American-Statesman, 26 Sept. 1999, pp. D1+.