J.R. Watkins
- Courses7
- Reviews13
- School: Eastern Illinois University
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- Department: English
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Location:
600 Lincoln Ave
Charleston, IL - 61920 - Dates at Eastern Illinois University: October 2003 - May 2006
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Biography
Eastern Illinois University - English
Online Instructor at American InterContinental, Southern New Hampshire, Park, and Columbia Southern Universities
E-learning
James Ray
Watkins
Charleston, Illinois
I have taught traditional, online, and hybrid classes since I joined the Peace Corps, English Education program in the Philippines in 1986. I teach to a wide range of students including both traditional and non-traditional, ranging from Advanced Placement High School Students at Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth to Graduate Seminars in Writing Pedagogy at Southern New Hampshire University. I was the Assistant Director of the Writing Center at the University of Texas, Austin, and I administered the Freshman Writing Program at Eastern Illinois University.
COURSES
• Center for Talented Youth, Johns Hopkins University (online)
Writing Analysis and Persuasion
Crafting the Essay
• Columbia Southern University (online)
Composition II
Composition I
Technical Writing
• Southern New Hampshire University (online)
Seminar in Writing Instruction
Graduate Studies, English Language
• Park University (online)
Topics in Autobiographical Writing: War Stories
• Art Institute Online, Art Institute of Pittsburgh (online)
Composition I
Composition II
Strategies for Online Learning
Transitional English
• Colorado Technical Institute (online)
English Composition
English as a Second Language Laboratory
• Eastern Illinois University (traditional and online)
Rhetoric and Composition, Graduate Seminar
Professional Writing (computer-networked classroom)
Advanced Composition (computer-networked classroom)
Introduction to Professional Writing (computer-networked classroom)
Composition and Language (computer-networked classroom)
Research interests: education and socioeconomic class; the history of college level English instruction; online instruction and computers and writing
Online platforms: Blackboard, eCollege, Moodle
Website: http://writinginthewild.com/
“A Taste for Language” at Sothern Illinois University Press: http://tinyurl.com/pgsrofj
Experience
American InterContinental University
Online Instructor
J.R. worked at American InterContinental University as a Online Instructor
Park University
Online Instructor
I teach a capstone course, "Topics in Autobiographical Writing: War Stories," a few times each year.
Southern New Hampshire University
Online Instructor
I teach one or more graduate coureses, a few times a year: "Seminar in Writing Instruction" and
"Graduate Studies, English Language"Center for Talented Youth Johns Hopkins University
Online Instructor
I taught a few writing classes each year to gifted young people; the courses are taught via email or the Center's course website.
Columbia Southern University
Online Instructor
I specialize in teaching "Technical Writing" courses.
Peace Corps
I worked in the Philippines Program for just over 2 years.
Education
The University of Texas at Austin
MA, PhD
English, Rhetoric and Composition
Ph.D.Temple University
Resident
Technology and Writing
Post Doc in Computers and Writing
Publications
“The Future of English: Cultural Capital and Professional Writing”
Tenured Bosses and Disposable Teachers
“The Future of English: Cultural Capital and Professional Writing”
Tenured Bosses and Disposable Teachers
A Taste for Language
2009
“The Future of English: Cultural Capital and Professional Writing”
Tenured Bosses and Disposable Teachers
A Taste for Language
2009
“A Sustainable Culture: John Slatin’s Ludic Pedagogy"
Currents in Electronic Literacy. John Slatin Memorial Issue.
co-authored with Albert Rouzie
“The Future of English: Cultural Capital and Professional Writing”
Tenured Bosses and Disposable Teachers
A Taste for Language
2009
“A Sustainable Culture: John Slatin’s Ludic Pedagogy"
Currents in Electronic Literacy. John Slatin Memorial Issue.
co-authored with Albert Rouzie
“The Unbearable Strangeness of Acronyms: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Electronic Writing Portfolio,”
Agora
“The Future of English: Cultural Capital and Professional Writing”
Tenured Bosses and Disposable Teachers
A Taste for Language
2009
“A Sustainable Culture: John Slatin’s Ludic Pedagogy"
Currents in Electronic Literacy. John Slatin Memorial Issue.
co-authored with Albert Rouzie
“The Unbearable Strangeness of Acronyms: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Electronic Writing Portfolio,”
Agora
