ROSALYN H. ZIGMOND, Ph.D. RosalynZigmond.com

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1 ROSALYN H. ZIGMOND, Ph.D. RosalynZigmond.com 7485 East Kenyon Avenue Denver, Colorado Cell: , Home: Experience 8/05-present: Full Time Instructor, University of Colorado Boulder 8/02-8/05: Adjunct Faculty, University of Colorado Boulder Responsibilities include teaching and designing First Year Writing and Rhetoric and upper level courses in Program for Writing and Rhetoric (PWR) and online for Independent Learning Program in Continuing Education, participating on PWR committees every semester, and other committees as assigned. 10/08-05/09: Instructional Designer, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado Designed instruction, wrote materials, and posted professional development online course, Best Practices in Online Teaching, to advance teaching skills for faculty members teaching online or considering teaching online on private contract with CU s Continuing Education; course features 20 module topics that inform online instruction. 01/05-12/05: Adjunct Faculty, University of Colorado at Denver Responsibilities include teaching and designing lower and upper level courses. 6/00-1/04: President and founder, Educational Design Group LLC, Aurora, Colorado Provided business management, marketing, and development expertise in the design, development, delivery, and measurement of corporate training programs online and instructor-led. Divisions include instructional design, corporate training, professional development, technical writing, and educational consulting. Subcontractors augment staffing : Adjunct Faculty, University of Phoenix, Denver, Colorado Responsibilities include teaching rhetoric and composition, business, technical, expository, creative writing, and literature courses, redesigning curricula as necessary. 3/02-10/02: Adjunct Faculty, DeVry University, Denver, Colorado Responsibilities include teaching and designing business, technical, expository, creative writing, and literature courses.

2 Zigmond vita 2 1/00-6/00: Instructional Design Consultant, ecollege.com, Denver, Colorado Responsibilities included facilitating professional development workshops regarding online education and designing instruction in the online environment; providing individual training for instructors currently teaching adult learners in the online environment; writing corporate training and online educational materials. 8/98-10/99: Business Writer, TeleTech Holdings, Inc., Denver, Colorado Responsibilities included writing technical sales proposals and presentations, maintaining resource library, providing editing and marketing expertise for print materials in a telecommunications and customer service/call center industry : Development Associate, Denver Botanic Gardens Responsibilities included writing proposals, budgets, and letters of appeal; developing and managing the annual fund and related special events, and designing direct mailings : Director of Grants and Funding, Community College of Aurora, Colorado Responsibilities included managing the research and writing of proposal development teams, communicating with government and private funding sources; planning, writing, and budgeting projects including setting program goals and objectives and designing evaluation tools; monitoring management of grant projects : Adjunct faculty member at the Community College of Aurora, University of Colorado at Denver, Community College of Denver, DeVry University Responsibilities included designing instruction and teaching technical and expository writing and communication courses; service on various committees at each institution : Coordinator/Developer of Writing Studio, Community College of Aurora : Writing Center Tutor, University of Colorado at Denver Writing Center : Lay Reader for Aurora Public School high school English instructors : Writer, Rocky Mountain News : Writer, The Denver Post Education Doctor of Philosophy in Education, University of Colorado at Denver, 2004; dissertation title - Realizing Values in Teaching Writing with Problem-Centered Instruction: Development of a Cognitive-Composition Model and Instruction Inventory; focus areas of study include problem-based and self-directed learning, rhetoric and composition studies, critical thinking, instructional design, adult learning, online instruction and design. Master of Arts in English; major areas of study - Teaching Writing/Rhetoric and Composition, University of Colorado at Denver, 1993.

3 Zigmond vita 3 Bachelor of Music; major areas of study - Musicology and Piano Performance; writing emphasis; University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1978.

4 Zigmond vita 4 Presentations Graduate Teacher Program, University of Colorado at Boulder, Spring Intensive; Teaching Your Students to Take a Problem-Oriented Approach in Their Writing Assignments January 10, Graduate Teacher Program, University of Colorado at Boulder, Friday Forum: How to Write and Publish a Scholarly Article March 16, 2012 Graduate Teacher Program, University of Colorado at Boulder, Friday Forum: Writing Apprehension: How To Get Started and Assess Your Work September 14, 2012 Graduate Teacher Program, University of Colorado at Boulder, Fall Intensive; Writing Anxiety: How to See It and Slay It August 18-19, CU Buff Essentials Week, Basics of Successful Academic Writing September 26, 2011 Graduate Teacher Program, University of Colorado at Boulder, Fall Intensive; Writing Assignments That Promote Good Writing August 18-19, University of Colorado Teaching with Technology Conference presentation: Write On, Online Boulder, CO; August 11-12, Graduate Teacher Program, University of Colorado at Boulder, Spring Intensive; Metacognate This: Inspire Motivation with Written Self-assessments January 7-8, Graduate Teacher Program, University of Colorado at Boulder, Friday Forum, January 22, 2010: Write to Learn with Learning Logs. University of Colorado Teaching with Technology Conference presentation: Best Practices in Online Teaching: New Professional Development Resources for the Online Instructor Boulder, CO; August 12-13, 2009; proposal accepted but not delivered. Mentor for President s Teaching and Learning Collaborative; University of Colorado at Boulder, CY2008. Colorado Community College Composition Conference presentation: Plenary Panel Session: Teaching Grammar in Writing Courses ; participated on panel with Andrea Lunsford; Greeley, CO; April Colorado Community College Composition Conference presentation: Workshop: How to Write a Proposal for Professional Conferences ; Greeley, CO; April 2007.

5 Zigmond vita 5 Colorado Community College Composition Conference presentation: Lecture/Discussion: Results in Primary Research in Responding to Students Writing ; Greeley, CO; April President s Teaching and Learning Collaborative: primary research regarding Student Perceptions of Instructors Comments to be compiled and presented for CU Faculty Teaching Excellence Program, University of Colorado at Boulder; Funding granted from Dean s Fund for Excellence. University of Colorado Teaching with Technology Conference presentation: Tips for Teaching Online ; Boulder, CO; August 10-11, Colorado Community College Composition Conference presentation: Ten Ways to Energize your Online Writing Course ; Greeley, CO; April Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association: Problem-Based Learning in a Composition Course: How and Why It s a Good Fit ; Writing Program Chair for conference; Boulder, CO; September 30-October 2, University of Colorado Teaching with Technology Conference presentation: Online Writing Across the Curriculum: The Ins and Outs of Instructional Design ; Boulder, CO; August 10-11, University of Colorado Program for Writing and Rhetoric Faculty Meeting workshop: Grants and How to Get Them ; Boulder, CO; January 21-22, Western States Conference for Rhetoric and Literacy: Teaching Writing with Problem-based Learning ; Salt Lake City, UT; October 23-25, University of Colorado Teaching with Technology Conference presentation: Online Instructional Design with Problem-based Learning ; Boulder, CO; August 17-18, DeVry University Faculty Development Workshop: Writing Across the Curriculum ; Denver, CO; April Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning presentation: A Case for Case Studies in Online Instructional Design ; Madison, WI; August 8-10, CU Teaching with Technology Conference presentation: Threaded Discussions: Research and Application ; Colorado Springs, CO; July 12-14, Computer Training World Conference presentation: Assessing Adult Learners Online and In Class ; San Francisco, CA; August 20-24, 2000.

6 Zigmond vita 6 Colorado Community College Composition Conference presentation: Written Self-Assessments: Developing Self-Direction and Metacognition ; Golden, CO; March Designed and delivered several faculty and professional development workshops in fund raising, grant proposal writing, and project budgets: Professional Memberships and Honors Reviewed textbook for Houghton Mifflin Company, July 2007, (The Writer s Handbook, by VanderMey, Meyer, Van Rys, Sebranek) Member of National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), current member. Received Residence Life Academic Teaching Award, University of Colorado at Boulder, Spring 2003, in honor of faculty members who have had a significant impact on students success at University of Colorado. Member of Leadership Aurora, Class of Who s Who in American Colleges and Universities, Publications Students Perceptions of Comments on Their Writing Journal of Teaching Writing, Spring The Numbers Approach to Grading Papers - Teaching English in the Two-Year College, March 2006 Ask a Provocative Question to Break the Ice College Teaching, Vol. 56 No. 3, Summer 2008 Several articles in progress. Dissertation Committee Participation Spring Biology Honors student, Erin Posthumus, University of Colorado at Boulder; thesis title: The Influences of Habitat Type and Elevation and Bird Diversity in the Colorado Subalpine. Committee Service for PWR Personnel Committee appointed by PWR Director Fall 2012-Spring 2013 Professional Development Committee Fall 2010-Spring 2012 Writing Across the Curriculum Committee Fall 2010-Spring 2012 First Year Writing and Rhetoric Committee Fall 2007-Spring 2009 Writing Certificate Committee Fall 2005-Spring 2007

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8 Zigmond vita 8 Courses Taught University of Colorado at Boulder Independent Study WRTG 3840 (Graduate Telecommunications student) Technical Communication & Design WRTG 3035 First Year Writing and Rhetoric WRTG 1150 First Year Writing and Rhetoric WRTG 1250 Topics in Writing/American Culture WRTG 3020 Writing on Science and Society WRTG 3030 Writing on Business and Society WRTG 3040 Argument in Scientific Writing EBIO 3940 University of Colorado at Denver Writing Workshop ENGL 1010 Core Composition I ENGL 1020 Core Composition II ENGL 2030 Business Communications ENGL 3170 Reading and Writing in Business ENGL 4190 Argumentation and Logic ENGL 4180 Community College of Denver Basic Writing Skills ENG 030 English Composition ENG 121 English Composition ENG 122 Community College of Aurora Basic Writing Skills ENG 030 Study Skills STS 060 English Composition ENG 121 English Composition ENG