Ann M. Johns

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Ann M. Johns

Curriculum Vitae (Abbreviated)

See “Professional Activities” for recent publications and “Consulting and Service” for recent work in those areas.

Experience

 

1973-

Faculty Member,Departments of Linguistics and Rhetoric and Writing Studies, San Diego State University, 1973-2002. Faculty Emerita, 2002-

1999-2002

Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, SDSU

1993-1997

Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Letters, SDSU

1993-1997

Director, Freshman Success Program, SDSU

1985-1990

Director, Writing-Across-the-Curriculum Program, SDSU

1973-1982

Director, American Language Institute, SDSU

1962-1966

Teacher, Flossmoor Upper Grade School (Middle School)

1961-1962

Teacher, Homewood High School

Education

 

1979

Ph.D., University of Southern California.
Dissertation title: "Cohesive Elements in Business and Non-native Speaker Discourse"

1972

M.A., American University in Cairo, Teaching English as a Foreign Language.

1961

M.A., The Teaching of History, University of Chicago

1959

B.A., Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, History

Grants & Awards

 

1998-1999

SDSU Alumni and Associates Award for Outstanding Contributions to the University.

1994

Distinguished Visiting Professor, School of the Humanities, American University in Cairo.

1992

California State University Academic Program Improvement Grant (Freshman Success Program).

1991-1992

SDSU Nominee for the California State University Trustees' Outstanding Professor Award.

1981-1982

Fulbright Scholar, Shanghai, China.

Publications

 

Books

 

2004

Diversity in the College Classroom: Practices for Today's Campuses. (co-edited with Maureen Kelley Sipp). University of Michigan Press.

2002 Genre in the classroom: Multiple perspectives. (edited), Lawrence Erlbaum.

1997

Text, role, and context: Developing academic literacies. (single authored). Cambridge University Press.

1990

Coherence in writing: Research and pedagogical perspectives. (co-edited with Ulla Connor), TESOL.

 

Articles in Refereed Journals

 

1980-

23 articles. Topics: Discourse analysis, English for Specific Purposes, Genre Theory and Practice, English for Academic Purposes.

 

Chapters in Books & Proceedings

 

1980-

22 chapters. Topics for articles and chapters: Discourse Analysis, English for Specific Purposes, Genre theory and Practice, Assessment of Literacies, English for Academic Purposes.

Editorships & Advisory Boards

 

1981-

Co-editor (1985-93), Editorial Advisory Board (1981-present). English for Specific Purposes: An International Journal.

1992-

Editorial Board, Journal of Second Language Writing.

1983-1986, 1997-2000

Editorial Board, TESOL Quarterly.

1989-

Editorial Board, ESPspecialist (Sao Paulo, Brazil).

Invited Plenaries, Keynotes, & Other Presentations

 

1980-

56 presentations.

Refereed Presentations

 

1980-

76 presentations.

Overseas Consultancies & Workshops

 

 

In Lebanon, Tunisia, Russia, Egypt, France, Singapore, Italy, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Chile, China, Pakistan, Mexico, and Egypt, South Africa, and Turkey.

In-Country Consultancies & Workshops

 

 

Several workshops for ELL teachers of K-12 students in the United States.

SDSU Teaching

 

1973-

Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies (and Academic Skills Center).

1985-2004

Freshman Success Learning Communities Program (academic writing…mentoring at Hoover High School).

Other courses in DRWS: ESL writing, writing from sources, the teaching of composition (509) and genres and discourse communities (graduate seminar).

 

1973-

Department of Linguistics

Theory and practice of ESL (for K-8 teachers), Materials development for language teachers, discourse analysis and the teaching of second language literacies, language assessment, research in second language reading and writing, genres and discourse communities.

University Service

 

 

Served on all major committees in both academic departments, chairing several.

 

Served for eight years on the college promotion and tenure committee (and on seven other college committees)

 

Served for four years on the SDSU Academic Senate and on five other university committees

 

Served as faculty advisor for three student associations

 

Chaired 25 M.A. thesis

 

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