English Department Chair
Mesa Community College
1833. W. Southern Ave.
Mesa, AZ 85202
jandelora@mail.mc.maricopa.edu
480.461.7343
Education
Ph.D., M.Ed., B.S., Arizona State University
Faculty Positions
Mesa Community College, 1996 to present
Mesa High School, 1986 to 1996
Courses Taught
ENG 101: First-Year Composition
ENG 102: First-Year Composition
ENH 110: Introduction to Literature
ENH 206: Nature and Environmental Literature
ENH 230: Introduction to Shakespeare
ENH 291: Children's Literature
ENH 292: Literature for Adolescents
Academic Service: Local
English Department Chair, 2007-present
MCCD English Instructional Council, 2007-present
MCC Curriculum Committee, 2007-present
Faculty Travel Committee, 2006-2007
Operational Planning Committee, 2005-2007
First-Year Composition Committee (Chair), 2002-2007
Strategic Planning Committee, 2001-2007
English Department Evening Chair, 2000-2002
Student Outcomes Committee, 2000-2006
Student Outcomes Committee (Chair), 2000-2001
MCC Faculty Senate President, 1999-2000
MCC Faculty Senate, 1997-2000
Academic Service: National
Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA), Executive Board Member, 2007-2010
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Review Editorial Board, 2007-present
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Consulting Reader, 2006-present
NCTE-WPA Assessment Task Force Member, 2007-present
A Test of Leadership: Department of Education Regional Summit Participant, June 2007
CCCC James Berlin Dissertation Award Selection Committee, 2007
CCCC Basic Data Project Task Force, 2005-2006
TYCA West Regional Executive Committee, 2005-2006
WPA, Assistant Editor, 2004-2007
Conference Presentations
"The Shape of Things to Come: Higher Education in the Aftermath of the Spellings' Commission Report," Featured Session Panelist, CCCC, New Orleans, April 2008
"WPA by Committee: A Model for Two-Year Colleges," Workshop, CCCC, New Orleans, April 2008
"Extreme Makeover: First-Year Comp Edition," TYCA West, Park City, UT. Oct. 2006
"Looking @ WPAs and other WP Leaders in the Two-Year College Setting," WPA, Chattanooga, July 2006
"The First Two Years: Spaces for Change," Featured Session Panelist, CCCC, Chicago, March 2006
"A History of the Scholarship Agenda in Two-Year College English," TYCA West, Prescott, AZ, Oct. 2005
"The Teacher/Scholar: Reconstructing Our Professional Identity in Two-Year Colleges," CCCC, San Francisco, March 2005
"Reviving Rhetoric in the Two-Year College," CCCC, San Antonio, March 2004
"Nature and Environmental Literature in the Two-Year College," TYCA West, Las Vegas, October 1998
"Introduction to Literature Online," TYCA West, Las Vegas, October 1998"Swords Into Words," AETA Conference, Tucson, AZ, 1988
"Swords Into Words," NCTE Southwest Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 1987
Publications
"Forging a National Identity: TYCA and the Teacher/Scholar." TETYC, May 2008
"Review of Smit's The End of Composition Studies." TETYC, May 2008
"TYCA and the Struggle for a National Voice: 1994-1997." TETYC, March 2008
"TYCA and the Struggle for a National Voice: 1991-1993." TETYC, December 2007
"The Professionalization of Two-Year College English Faculty: 1950-1990." TETYC, September 2007
"The Teacher/Scholar: Reconstructing Our Professional Identity in Two-Year Colleges." TETYC, March 2005
"The Two-Year College English Association and the Professional Identity of Two-Year College English Faculty." Dissertation, May 2005
Awards
2005 TETYC Best Article Award for "The Teacher/Scholar: Reconstructing Our Professional Identity in Two-Year Colleges"
2006 James Berlin Memorial Outstanding Dissertation Award Finalist
Active Membership
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA)
Two-Year College English Association (TYCA)
Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
Two-Year College English Association Western Region (TYCA-West)
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