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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 |
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1973- |
Faculty Member, Departments of Linguistics and
Rhetoric and Writing Studies, San Diego State University, 1973-2002.
Faculty
Emerita,
2002-
|
|
1999-2002 |
Founding Director, Center for Teaching and Learning,
SDSU |
|
1993-1997 |
Assistant
Dean,
College of Arts and Letters, SDSU |
|
1993-1997 |
Co-Director, Freshman Success Program, SDSU |
|
1985-1990 |
Director, Writing-Across-the-Curriculum
Program, SDSU |
|
1973-1982 |
Founding Director, American Language Institute,
SDSU |
|
1962-1966 |
Teacher, Flossmoor Upper Grade School
(Middle School) |
|
1961-1962 |
Teacher, Homewood High School |
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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., Teaching of History, University
of Chicago |
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1959 |
B.A., Carleton College, Northfield,
Minnesota, Major in History |
|
Grants
& Awards |
| |
2009 & 2012 |
Senior Fulbright Scholar, Antonine University, Beirut, Lebanon. (English for Specific Purpose Curriculum Design, Staff Development, Publishing Internationally) |
| 2007 |
Senior Fulbright Scholar, University of Limpopo, South Africa (Curriculum Development/Faculty Consulting) |
|
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 International Studies University, China (Teacher Re-training) |
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Publications |
|
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Books |
| |
2011 |
New Directions in English for Specific Purposes Research. (co-edited with Diane Belcher & Brian Paltridge ). University of Michigan
Press. |
| 2009 |
AVID College Readiness: Working with Sources. San Diego, AVID Center. |
| 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- |
32
articles. Topics: Discourse analysis, English for Specific Purposes,
Genre Theory and Practice, English for Academic Purposes. |
|
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Chapters
in Books & Proceedings |
|
|
1980- |
41
chapters. Topics: 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
Boards. Journal of Second Language Writing, Journal of English for Academic Purposes (JEAP). |
|
1983-1986,
1997-2000 |
Editorial
Board,
TESOL Quarterly. |
|
1989 & 2005 |
Editorial
Boards,
ESPspecialist (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Profile Journal (Universidad Nacional de Columbia) |
|
Invited
Plenaries, Keynotes, & Other Presentations |
| |
1980- |
56 presentations. |
|
Refereed
Presentations |
|
|
1980- |
83 presentations. |
|
Overseas
Consultancies & Workshops |
|
|
1980- |
In
Lebanon, Tunisia, Russia, Egypt, France, Singapore, Italy, Spain,
Algeria, Morocco, Chile, China, Pakistan, Mexico, and Egypt,
South Africa, and Turkey. (See entire list under "Consultancies.") |
|
In-Country
Consultancies & Workshops |
|
|
2004- |
Led a considerable number of workshops and teacher training sessions for secondary and community colleges throughout my career. After 2004, these increased in number, particularly for AVID, the Sweetwater Union High School District, and community colleges in California. (See :"Domestic Consultancies.") |
|
SDSU
Teaching |
| |
2010- |
American Language Institute. GMAT and GRE preparation, advanced writing for graduate and undergraduate students. Writing and university preparation for international Fulbright students. |
|
1973- |
Department
of Rhetoric and Writing Studies (Academic Skills Center). Developmental writing for freshmen, graduate classes (Reading and writing rhetorically; Research in composition; genre and the teaching of composition.). Since retirement, teaching developmental writing on the SDSU campus for City College. |
|
1985-2004 |
Freshman Success Learning Communities
Program (academic writing…mentoring at
Hoover
High School
). |
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Other
courses in DRWS: ESL writing, writing from sources, the teaching
of composition in secondary schools. |
|
|
|
1973-2002 |
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 |
| |
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Directed the Center for Teaching and Learning and Writing-across-the-Curriculum Programs. Co-Directed the Freshman Success Program. |
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Served on all major committees in both academic departments, chairing several. |
|
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Served
for eight years on the college promotion and tenure committee
(and on seven other college committees) |
|
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Served
for four years on the SDSU Academic Senate and on five other
university committees |
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Served
as faculty advisor for three student associations |
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Chaired
25 M.A. thesis |