December 10-13, 2002 Highlights
Chronicle of Higher Ed Lauds USU Press
Book on Teaching Under-Prepared College Writers
 The
Chronicle of Higher Education will focus their spotlight on
a new book out from Utah State University Press. On Tuesday,
Dec. 10, the book will be featured on the Chronicle’s
Web site teaching page at http://chronicle.com/teaching.
"Whose Goals? Whose Aspirations? Learning to Teach Underprepared
Writers Across the Curriculum" chronicles the struggles
of a teacher dealing with students who are not prepared for
college-level writing.
Ever since Horace Mann promoted state-supported schooling in
the 1850s, the aims of U.S. public education have been the subject
of heated national debate. "Whose Goals? Whose Aspirations?"
joins this debate by exploring clashing educational aims in
a discipline-based university classroom and the consequences
of these clashes for "underprepared" writers. In this
close-up look at a white, middle-class teacher and his ethnically
diverse students, authors Stephen M. Fishman and Lucille McCarthy
examine not only the role of standard English in college writing
instruction but also the underlying and highly charged issues
of multiculturalism, race cognizance and social class.
Ira Shor, professor of education at CUNY and author of numerous
well-known volumes, describes "Whose Goals?" as "a
brave and smart book. [Fishman and McCarthy] honestly and thoughtfully
reveal what goes on in the student-teacher encounter when examined
through the demanding lenses of oppositional theory."
Donald McCrary, English professor at Long Island University,
nationally known for his work with inner city students, writes,
"The authors challenge and support teachers in their attempts
to re-imagine pedagogy as both linguistically and socially emancipatory.
This is a book that may make readers uncomfortable, but it is
one they will read and use."
For more information, see the "Chronicle of Higher Education"
Dec. 10 at http://chronicle.com/teaching
or contact Brooke Bigelow at Utah State University Press, 435-797-1362.
Utah State Geologists Present
at 2002 Fall AGU Meeting
 Utah
State University geologists Dawn Martindale and Jim Evans presented
their research on the 1857 Ft. Tejon earthquake along the San
Andreas Fault in a press conference at the American Geophysical
Union’s 2002 Fall Meeting in San Francisco. The presentation
was titled "Historigraphical analysis of the 1857 Ft. Tejon
earthquake, San Andreas Fault, California Preliminary Results."
Martindale said that because modern instrumental seismology
is scarcely a century old, the database of historic earthquakes
represents an extremely important, and in many cases underexploited,
resource. Using modern techniques to analyze old earthquakes,
scientists are able to learn about not only the earthquakes
themselves, but also to address issues at the forefront of both
earthquake science and hazard assessment.
Panelists along with Martindale and Evans will discuss recent
results that give the public a better understanding of past
earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault as well as studies that
contribute to the understanding of hazard in two regions, India
and Japan. These heavily urbanized areas are both exposed to
very high earthquake hazard Martindale said.
Talks and Posters by Utah State Faculty and Students at the
2002 Fall AGU Meeting
Joel L. Pederson, Assistant Professor, Geology Department
Email: bolo@cc.usu.edu
http://cc.usu.edu/~bolo/hippoarium.html
"Glacial-interglacial climatic controls on hillslope processes
and linkages to fluvial systems in the weathering-limited landscape
of eastern Grand Canyon"
Abstract Reference Number 6623
Paper Number H11G-11
John W. Shervais, Professor, Geology, with Cameron Snow, Graduate
Student (1st author)
Email: shervais@cc.usu.edu
http://www.usu.edu/geoldept/
"Late Stage MORB Volcanism at the Cuesta Ridge Ophiolite
Remnant Evidence for Ridge Collision or Back-arc Basin Spreading?"
Abstract Reference Number 232
Paper Number V52A-1277
James P. Evans, Professor, Geology
Email: jpevans@cc.usu.edu
"Evolution of fault structure and composition at the base
of the seismogenic zone"
Abstract Reference Number2436
Paper Number T62E-05
"Interactions of fluid and gas movement and faulting in
the Colorado Plateau, southeastern Utah"
Abstract Reference Number 2487
Paper NumberT12G-04
"Historical analysis of the 1884 Bear Lake earthquake,
northern Utah and southern Idaho Slip on Basin and Range faults"
Abstract Reference Number4652
Paper Number S11B-1144
"Historigraphical analysis of the 1857 Ft. Tejon earthquake,
San Andreas Fault, CaliforniaPreliminary results" (Dawn
Martindale, with Jim Evans)
Abstract Reference Number4604
Paper Number S12C-05
"Geometric Evolution of the Sanyi/Chelungpu Fault and
the Effects of Ramps on Fault Structure" (Heermance, R
V, Grad Student, with Jim Evans and 2 others).
Paper Number T62D-04
Kelly K. Bradbury, Staff Scientist, Geology
"Fault Zone Characteristics and Deformation Mechanisms
of Porous, Non-welded Bishop Tuff"
Abstract Reference Number5431,
Paper Number T12G-10
Utah
State Alum Receives Carnegie Teaching Award for North Dakota
 Utah
State University graduate Lorraine J. Willoughby was named North
Dakota’s Professor of the Year in 2002 by the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Willoughby received a doctorate in education in 1997 with an
emphasis in business information systems. She currently teaches
business information technology at Minot State University in
Minot, North Dakota.
The Carnegie Award honors professors who have an extraordinary
dedication to undergraduate teaching. Willoughby said she enjoys
teaching undergraduates because they have a fresh perspective
on life and are willing to try new approaches to learning. She
uses face-to face and online learning components in all of her
classes, providing her students the flexibility to learn in
either environment and work around their busy schedules.
"Business information technology is a constantly changing
field requiring me to learn something new all the time,"
said Willoughby. "With technology becoming obsolete every
18 months, it requires a continued learning adventure for me.
I have not reached a point where the material is 'old hat' or
boring."
Utah
State University Commended in Report
The Commission on Colleges and Universities has published their
Regular Interim Report on Utah State University.
The report commends the university for the development and
implementation of a planning and budgeting process inclusive
of all stakeholders; for their creative attention to the expansion,
improvement, and maintenance of the facilities to provide an
attractive, efficient, and supportive learning environment;
for the implementation of an effective program review process;
for its proactive effort in enrollment management; and for the
innovative approach linking funded research, technology transfer,
and support for faculty and students.
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