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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+.