TERESA FOXWORTHY COOK teresa.f.cook@uc.edu CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor -- Educator. University of Cincinnati College of Arts and Sciences. Department of English and Comparative Literature. Teach Technical and Scientific Writing and Writing for Business. 2010-present. Awarded merit increase in March 2011 based on publication, service, and teaching excellence. EDUCATION English and Comparative Literature, University of Cincinnati. Completed Ph.D. coursework and qualifying exams, 1998. M.A. Theatre and Drama, Indiana University, 1994. B.A. Theatre Arts, Bradley University, summa cum laude, 1992. AREAS OF STUDY Rhetoric Composition Studies Communication Renaissance Drama Modern Ethnic American Drama PREVIOUS UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE Field Service Assistant Professor. University of Cincinnati College of Applied Science. Taught first-year English Composition, Mid-level Composition, Technical Writing, Senior Project Communication for Chemical Technology and Culinary Arts students, and Senior Design Communication for Mechanical Engineering Technology students. Also serve as a writing consultant in the writing center and online. 2009-10. Field Service Instructor. University of Cincinnati College of Applied Science. Taught first-year English Composition, Technical Writing, Fundamentals of Speech Communication, Senior Project Communication for Chemical Technology and Culinary Arts students, and Senior Design Communication for Mechanical Engineering Technology students. Also serve as a writing consultant in the writing center and online. 2005-present. Placement Exam Facilitator and Evaluator. College of Applied Science. Administered and evaluated placement tests for new students. 1999 and 2001-10. Adjunct English Instructor. College of Applied Science. Taught Senior Project Communication and Technical Writing. 2004-2005. Annual Adjunct Instructor. College of Applied Science. Taught three sections each 1
quarter of various humanities courses including English Composition, Speech Communication, and Technical Writing. 1999-2004. Writing Consultant. UC/OMI College of Applied Science. Helped students to identify problems with their writing and helped them to improve their work for submission. 2000-2010. Adjunct English Instructor. UC Emerging Ethnic Engineers Department. Designed and taught a six-week summer English course to incoming students in the Summer Bridge Program. 2001. Adjunct English Instructor. Thomas More College. Taught one section of Basic Composition to first year students. 2000. Graduate Teaching Assistant. UC/OMI College of Applied Science. Taught the Freshman English Sequence. 1996-1997 and 1998-1999. Graduate Teaching Assistant. University of Cincinnati. Designed the curriculum and taught three quarters of Honors English. 1997-1998. Taught the Freshman English Sequence. 1995-1996. Oral English Proficiency Tester. University of Cincinnati. Administered and evaluated English language testing of foreign students. 1996-1997. Graduate Teaching Assistant. University of Cincinnati. Co-taught a Topics in Literature (Shakespeare) Course. 1995. Chief Teaching Assistant. Bradley University. Assisted professors in teaching Introduction to Theatre. Also trained new teaching assistants. 1991-1992. Teaching Assistant. Bradley University. Assisted professors in teaching Introduction to Theatre. 1990-1991. RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE SAT Reader. Pearson Educational Measurement. Scored SAT essays as a homebased reader. 2005. Public Relations Representative. Musical Arts Center. Wrote and edited the quarterly newsletter, advertisements, press releases, and other company publications. 1994-1997. Public Relations Intern and Advertising Sales Director. Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati. Assisted Director of Public Relations with writing and editing press materials. 1993-1994. Sold and assisted in design of program advertising. 1994. Production Dramaturg. Bradley University. Assisted director of The Seagull in literary and production research. Wrote programs notes and organized outreach performances for area high schools. 1992. GRANTS UC Early Summer Instructional Technology Institute, $750 (2011) 2
UC Faculty Development Council Individual Grant for attending the ATTW and CCCC conferences in Atlanta, $1652 (Spring 2011) UC September Institute, e-portfolio Learning Community, $1000 (2008) UC September Institute, Writing in the Disciplines Learning Community, $1000 (2008) CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS Published Conference Papers Cook, Teresa, Janak Dave, and Jim Everly. Teaching Soft Skills to Engineering Technology Students. Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering and Technology Education, March 7 th -10 th, 2010. CD-ROM. Cook, Teresa, Laura Wilson, Jo Ann Thompson, and Victoria Reynolds. A Multi-disciplinary Approach: Developing a Writing in the Disciplines Program at an Engineering College. Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education, March 8 th - 11 th, 2009. CD-ROM. Wilson, Laura, Teresa Cook, Jo Ann Thompson, and Jim Everly. Developing a Writing in the Disciplines Program in an Engineering Technology College. Conference Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, June 22 nd -25 th 2008. CD-ROM. International Presentations A Multi-disciplinary Approach: Developing a Writing in the Disciplines Program at an Engineering College Presented at the International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education (Buenos Aires, Argentina) March 2009. National and Regional Presentations Text Me While I Teach: Using a Personal Response System in the Classroom Presented at the 3T: Teaching, Techniques & Technology Conference (Clerrmont, OH) April 2012. Developing a Writing in the Disciplines Program in an Engineering Technology College Presented at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference (Pittsburgh, PA) June 2008. Writing More with What We Have: Shifting Realties in Technical Courses Presented at the Conference of College Composition and Communication (New Orleans, LA) April 2008. Ethos and Expectations: What Students Contrive and Teachers Derive from the Student Teacher Memo Presented at the Conference of College Composition and Communication (Chicago, IL) April 1998. Barabas and Shylock: The Origin of Two Characters" Kentucky Theater Association Conference (Louisville, KY) October 1991. 3
Local Presentations Creating Effective Posters Presented at the College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, March 2013. Wiki Project for Technical & Scientific Writing Course Presented at the UC Libraries December Technology Institute, December 2011. Creating Effective Assignment Sheets Co-presented at the College of Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, June 2008. Integrating Writing in Technology Courses at CAS through Faculty Collaboration Co-presented at the College of Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, May 2008. Writing in the Disciplines Co-presented for Humanities Media and Cultural Studies Workshop, University of Cincinnati, September 2007. e-portfolio:livetext Co-presented for College of Applied Science Faculty, University of Cincinnati, September 2007. Preparing for the SAT Essay Section Presented to the Northern Kentucky Homeschool Network, March 2006. CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP ATTENDANCE Summer Instructional Technology Institute, UC Libraries (funded by the Faculty Development Council), June 2011. Association of Teachers of Technical Writing Conference Fourteenth Annual Conference (Atlanta, GA) April 2011. Conference on College Composition & Communication Sixty-Second Annual Convention (Atlanta, GA) April 2011. International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education (Buenos Aires, Argentina) March 2009. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference (Pittsburgh, PA) June 2008. Conference on College Composition & Communication - Fifty-Ninth Annual Convention (New Orleans, LA) April 2008. September Institute, Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning, University of Cincinnati, 2007 and 2008. RPT Workshop, Presented by HMCS Department Head, University of Cincinnati, June 2006. 4
E-Dossiers Presented by HMCS Faculty, University of Cincinnati, September 2006. HMCS Faculty Workshop, University of Cincinnati, September 2006. Conference on College Composition & Communication - Fifty-Seventh Annual Convention (Chicago, IL) March 2006. The Writing Center: Building Communities, Forming Coalitions, Advocating Change Full-day workshop at the Conference of College Composition and Communication Convention (Chicago, IL) March 2006. Ohio Writing Center s Consortium Conference - College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio, February 2006. Best Practices in Distance Learning Presented by the Faculty Technology Resource Center, University of Cincinnati, November 2005. SERVICE Professional Service Reviewer, Bedford/St. Martin's. Reviewed T.O.C. for new brief edition of Mike Markel's Technical Communication. 2012. Reviewer, Longman Publishers. Reviewed 1 st edition of Strategies for Technical Communication in the Workplace to aid the authors in preparing the new edition. 2011. Judge, IEEE IPCC Student Poster Competition, 2011. Judge, Thomas More College Words Competition, May 2007. University Service Advisor, English Department, 2011-present. Member, RPW EPortfolio Curriculum Committee, 2012 - Present Member, RPW/PWE Curriculum Committee, 2010-present. Judge, Undergraduate Poster Forum, 2011. Judge, English Department Writing Contest, 2011. Reader/Scorer, Cincinnatus Scholarship Essays, 2011. Volunteer, UC Helping Hands, 2009-11. Interim CAS Coordinator, English Composition Placement Committee, 2009-10. Member, Student Life and Services Committee, 2010. Member, CAS Writing in the Disciplines Committee, 2007-10. Chair, Tech Expo Abstract Committee, 2007-10. Evaluator, English Composition Placement Committee, 2004-10. Evaluator, Credit through Evaluation, Department of Transfer & Lifelong Learning, 2006-present. Member, Tech Expo Committee, 2006-10. Judge, Tech Expo, 2006-10. Member, CAS Writing Center Committee, 2005-10. Member, Victory Parkway Composition Committee, 2005-10. Member, Adjunct Speech Faculty Search Committee, 2008. 5
Substitute Instructor, Technical Writing I, Nov.-Dec. 2008. Peer Observer, Fundamentals of Speech Communication Adjunct Instructor Jerry Jordan, Nov. 2008. Invited Editor, ABET Interim Report, May 2008. Invited Guest Lecturer, MET Mechanism, May 2008. Volunteer Writing Consultant, MET Senior Project Reports, Feb. 2008. Member, Adjunct Speech Faculty Search Committee, 2007. Peer Observer, Fundamentals of Speech Communication Adjunct Instructor Kathleen Szabo, Nov. 2007. Invited Guest Lecturer & Volunteer Writing Consultant, MET Fluid Mechanics, Jan.- Mar. 2007. Invited Editor, CAS Business Courier Insert, Oct. 2006 Community Service Chair of Teacher Scholarship Committee, Turkey Foot Indian Club, 2009-present. Judge, Kentucky High School Speech League, 2009-12. Judge, Kentucky Educational Speech & Drama Association, 2009-12. Council Member, Hebron Lutheran Church, 2004-11. Stewardship Team Chairman, Hebron Lutheran Church, 2009-11. Classroom Volunteer, R.C. Hinsdale Elementary School, 2004-present. High School Sunday School Teacher, Hebron Lutheran Church, 2002-09. Confirmation Teacher, Hebron Lutheran Church, 2003-present. Invited Lecturer & Consultant, Northern Kentucky Homeschool Network, 2006-08. Confirmation Mentor, Hebron Lutheran Church, 2005-08 & 2010. Board Member, Gloria Dei Preschool, 2002-07. HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Honorable Mention. 73 rd Annual Writer s Digest Competition. Children s Fiction. The Winter of Neverending Illness. November 2004. Armstrong Fellowship, University of Cincinnati, 1998-99. Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Cincinnati, 1995-98. University Graduate Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, 1994-95. Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship Nominee, Bradley University, 1992. Academic Hall of Fame, Bradley University, 1992. Alpha Psi Omega, Theatre Honorary, 1991. Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society, 1992. Dean's Scholarship, Bradley University, 1989-92. Talent Scholarship, Bradley University, 1989-92. Dean's List, Bradley University, 1989-92. Honors Program, Bradley University, 1989-92. Phi Eta Sigma, Freshman Honorary, 1989-90. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Association of Teachers of Technical Writing 6
National Council of Teachers of English Conference on College Composition and Communication 7