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Diane Putnam

Writing Center Director/English Instructor
Cabrillo College
6500 Soquel Drive
Aptos, CA 95003
diputnam@cabrillo.edu
http://www.cabrillo.edu/~dputnam/

EDUCATION / EMPLOYMENT & EXPERIENCE / PUBLICATIONS / AWARDS / AFFILIATIONS

EDUCATION MA in English/Composition Studies, Northeastern University, June 1997
Graduate Certificate in Cinema Studies, Northeastern University, June 1998
BA in American/English Literature (with Honors) and in American Studies, University of California at Santa Cruz, June 1992

EMPLOYMENT & EXPERIENCE
CABRILLO COLLEGE, Aptos, California: 1998 to present

Writing Center Director/English Instructor, August 1998-August 2000, and July 2002 to present
English Program Chair, July 2003 to June 2006
Interim Reading Program Chair, spring 2006.
English Division Chair, July 2000 to June 2002 (Divisions Reorganized July 2002)
College Service:

English Department Composition Committee, September 1998-present

Cabrillo Matriculation Advisory Committee, September, 1998-present

Cabrillo Basic Skills Committee, February 2006-present

Disabled Student Services Case Conference attendee, January 1999-May 2000, August 2002-August 2003, and September 2005-present

Cabrillo Curriculum Committee, September 2000-August 2003

English Division Basic Skills Committee, September 2000-June 2002

English Division Writing Center Committee, September 1998-June 2002

Division Chair Council, September 2000-June 2002

Council on Instructional Planning, January 2000-June 2002

Puente Mentor, October 2001-June 2002

English Division Diversity Committee, September 2000-June 2002

Faculty Senate, September 1999-May 2000

Technology Committee (Faculty Senate Rep.), September 1999-May 2000

English Department Program Planning (several committees 1999- 2000)

Cabrillo Swing Club Faculty Advisor, Sept. 1998-June 1999

Staff Development:

January 2004 Flex panelist, "Travel/Foreign Language Study" and co-presenter, "Using Rubrics in the Teaching of Writing"

August 2002 Flex coordinator, "Basic Skills at Cabrillo" and "Educators in Industry" Tour Leader, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

August 2001 Flex coordinator, "Reading and Writing Across the Cabrillo Curriculum"

June 2001 Educators in Industry Tour Leader, EDS/Seaside

January 2001 Flex panelist & coordinator, "Eligibility for English 100"

January 1999 Flex presenter, "Writing in the Wide World: strategies for using the Internet to teach Writing"

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, Boston, Massachusetts: 1995-1998

Continuing Lecturer, English Department, June 1997-June 1998
Instructor, School of General Studies, September 1997-March 1998
Instructor/Graduate Teaching Assistant, English Department, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, September 1995-June 1997
Editorial Assistant, Richard Wright Newsletter, English Department, September 1996-June 1998
Assessment Reader and Administrative Assistant, English Department, August 1996-June 1998
Editorial Assistant, Sojourner (Anthology of poetry from the literary journal of the same name, and forthcoming from the University of Illinois Press), February 1998 to June 1998
NU Graduate Fellow, Martha's Vineyard Workshops on the Teaching of Writing, Summer 1996
Writing Center Tutor, English Department, January-March 1996
College Service and Staff Development

Co-Facilitator, Writing Programs faculty development workshop: "Whose Academic Discourse? Workplace Literacies and the Writing Curriculum," English Department, April 1998

Graduate Student Association (EGSA) Representative to the Writing Programs Committee, English Department, September 1996-June 1997

Book Selection Committees, Basic Skills and First Year Composition, English Department, spring 1996 and 1997

CO-Facilitator, Writing Programs faculty development workshop: "Race and Gender Issues in the Classroom," English Department, December 1997

Workshop CO-Facilitator, 1997 TA Training: "Handling Emotions in the Classroom," English Department, September 1997

Workshop CO-Facilitator, 1996 TA Training: "Commenting on Student Papers," English Department, September 1996

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT): 1993-1995
Faculty Assistant, January 1994-July 1995
Undergraduate Assistant & Scheduler, January 1993-August 1993 (maternity leave substitute)

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Santa Cruz: 1988-1992
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, "America & Americans" (AS 001), spring 1991
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, "Introduction to Feminism" (WS 001), fall 1990
Co-Founder, Mixedblood Student Alliance, January 1990
Cook & Staff Coordinator, Sierra Service Project, Round Valley Native American Reservation, Covelo, CA, June-August 1989 and 1990.

COLLOQUIA & PUBLICATIONS

"The California Crash at One Community College Cabrillo College Writing Center/ESL Lab," in Praxis: a Writing Center Journal. University of Texas, Austin. Volume 1, Issue 1 (Debut issue), Fall 2003.

Presenter (with Winnie Baer): "Corequisite Support Classes at Cabrillo College in English." Reinventing Transfer: An Intersegmental Faculty Forum to Increase the Transfer-Ready Pool of Students Conference, San Jose City College, April 19, 2002 (sponsored by UCSC & Community College Regional Council).

Conference Panelist (with Topsy Smalley): "A Collaborative Call to Action: Information Literacy for the Community College Student in the Age of Electronic Sources." English Council of California Two-Year Colleges State Conference, Sacramento, CA, October 18, 2001.

Book Review: Where We Stand: Class Matters, by bell hooks (Routledge 2000). In Politics & Culture, an online journal of Cultural Studies <http://laurel.conncoll.edu/politicsandculture>, Issue 4, December 2000.

"Institution as Text: A Community College Grapples with Affirmative Action." Politics & Culture, an online journal of Cultural Studies <http://laurel.conncoll.edu/politicsandculture>, Issue 4, December 2000.

Conference Panelist: "Negotiating Identities through Narratives." National Council of Teachers of English Stories in the Classroom Conference, Tucson, AZ, April 30, 1999.

Book Review: The Color of Jazz: Race and Representation in Postwar American Culture, by Jon Panish (University Press of Mississippi 1997). In The Richard Wright Newsletter, Fall/Winter 1997-1998

Guest Lecturer, America and Americans (AS 001): "Native American Boarding Schools in Ceremony, by Leslie Marmon Silko" University of California, Santa Cruz, spring 1991

AWARDS

Faculty Appreciation Award, Cabrillo College, December 2002 (for entire Writing Center staff)

Early Tenure, Cabrillo College, November 2000

Faculty Appreciation Award, Cabrillo College, spring 2000 for Swing Club and Faculty Senate

Faculty Appreciation Award, Cabrillo College, fall 1999 for English 1A

"Excellence in Teaching" Award for Graduate Teaching Assistants, Northeastern University, June 1997

MA Comprehensive Examination Medalist (8 out of 8 Honors), English Department, Northeastern University, May 1997

Graduate Essay Contest Winner in both Writing and Literature, English Department, Northeastern University, May 1997

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Conference on College Composition and Communication
Modern Language Association (MLA)

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EDUCATION	MA in English/Composition Studies, Northeastern University, June 1997 Graduate Certificate in Cinema Studies, Northeastern University, June 1998 BA in American/English Literature (with Honors) and in American Studies, University of California at Santa Cruz, June 1992
EMPLOYMENT & EXPERIENCE	CABRILLO COLLEGE, Aptos, California: 1998 to present Writing Center Director/English Instructor, August 1998-August 2000, and July 2002 to present English Program Chair, July 2003 to June 2006 Interim Reading Program Chair, spring 2006. English Division Chair, July 2000 to June 2002 (Divisions Reorganized July 2002) College Service: English Department Composition Committee, September 1998-present Cabrillo Matriculation Advisory Committee, September, 1998-present Cabrillo Basic Skills Committee, February 2006-present Disabled Student Services Case Conference attendee, January 1999-May 2000, August 2002-August 2003, and September 2005-present Cabrillo Curriculum Committee, September 2000-August 2003 English Division Basic Skills Committee, September 2000-June 2002 English Division Writing Center Committee, September 1998-June 2002 Division Chair Council, September 2000-June 2002 Council on Instructional Planning, January 2000-June 2002 Puente Mentor, October 2001-June 2002 English Division Diversity Committee, September 2000-June 2002 Faculty Senate, September 1999-May 2000 Technology Committee (Faculty Senate Rep.), September 1999-May 2000 English Department Program Planning (several committees 1999- 2000) Cabrillo Swing Club Faculty Advisor, Sept. 1998-June 1999 Staff Development: January 2004 Flex panelist, "Travel/Foreign Language Study" and co-presenter, "Using Rubrics in the Teaching of Writing" August 2002 Flex coordinator, "Basic Skills at Cabrillo" and "Educators in Industry" Tour Leader, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk August 2001 Flex coordinator, "Reading and Writing Across the Cabrillo Curriculum" June 2001 Educators in Industry Tour Leader, EDS/Seaside January 2001 Flex panelist & coordinator, "Eligibility for English 100" January 1999 Flex presenter, "Writing in the Wide World: strategies for using the Internet to teach Writing" NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, Boston, Massachusetts: 1995-1998 Continuing Lecturer, English Department, June 1997-June 1998 Instructor, School of General Studies, September 1997-March 1998 Instructor/Graduate Teaching Assistant, English Department, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, September 1995-June 1997 Editorial Assistant, Richard Wright Newsletter, English Department, September 1996-June 1998 Assessment Reader and Administrative Assistant, English Department, August 1996-June 1998 Editorial Assistant, Sojourner (Anthology of poetry from the literary journal of the same name, and forthcoming from the University of Illinois Press), February 1998 to June 1998 NU Graduate Fellow, Martha's Vineyard Workshops on the Teaching of Writing, Summer 1996 Writing Center Tutor, English Department, January-March 1996 College Service and Staff Development Co-Facilitator, Writing Programs faculty development workshop: "Whose Academic Discourse? Workplace Literacies and the Writing Curriculum," English Department, April 1998 Graduate Student Association (EGSA) Representative to the Writing Programs Committee, English Department, September 1996-June 1997 Book Selection Committees, Basic Skills and First Year Composition, English Department, spring 1996 and 1997 CO-Facilitator, Writing Programs faculty development workshop: "Race and Gender Issues in the Classroom," English Department, December 1997 Workshop CO-Facilitator, 1997 TA Training: "Handling Emotions in the Classroom," English Department, September 1997 Workshop CO-Facilitator, 1996 TA Training: "Commenting on Student Papers," English Department, September 1996 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley (ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT): 1993-1995 Faculty Assistant, January 1994-July 1995 Undergraduate Assistant & Scheduler, January 1993-August 1993 (maternity leave substitute) UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Santa Cruz: 1988-1992 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, "America & Americans" (AS 001), spring 1991 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, "Introduction to Feminism" (WS 001), fall 1990 Co-Founder, Mixedblood Student Alliance, January 1990 Cook & Staff Coordinator, Sierra Service Project, Round Valley Native American Reservation, Covelo, CA, June-August 1989 and 1990.
COLLOQUIA & PUBLICATIONS	"The California Crash at One Community College Cabrillo College Writing Center/ESL Lab," in Praxis: a Writing Center Journal. University of Texas, Austin. Volume 1, Issue 1 (Debut issue), Fall 2003. Presenter (with Winnie Baer): "Corequisite Support Classes at Cabrillo College in English." Reinventing Transfer: An Intersegmental Faculty Forum to Increase the Transfer-Ready Pool of Students Conference, San Jose City College, April 19, 2002 (sponsored by UCSC & Community College Regional Council). Conference Panelist (with Topsy Smalley): "A Collaborative Call to Action: Information Literacy for the Community College Student in the Age of Electronic Sources." English Council of California Two-Year Colleges State Conference, Sacramento, CA, October 18, 2001. Book Review: Where We Stand: Class Matters, by bell hooks (Routledge 2000). In Politics & Culture, an online journal of Cultural Studies <http://laurel.conncoll.edu/politicsandculture>, Issue 4, December 2000. "Institution as Text: A Community College Grapples with Affirmative Action." Politics & Culture, an online journal of Cultural Studies <http://laurel.conncoll.edu/politicsandculture>, Issue 4, December 2000. Conference Panelist: "Negotiating Identities through Narratives." National Council of Teachers of English Stories in the Classroom Conference, Tucson, AZ, April 30, 1999. Book Review: The Color of Jazz: Race and Representation in Postwar American Culture, by Jon Panish (University Press of Mississippi 1997). In The Richard Wright Newsletter, Fall/Winter 1997-1998 Guest Lecturer, America and Americans (AS 001): "Native American Boarding Schools in Ceremony, by Leslie Marmon Silko" University of California, Santa Cruz, spring 1991
AWARDS	Faculty Appreciation Award, Cabrillo College, December 2002 (for entire Writing Center staff) Early Tenure, Cabrillo College, November 2000 Faculty Appreciation Award, Cabrillo College, spring 2000 for Swing Club and Faculty Senate Faculty Appreciation Award, Cabrillo College, fall 1999 for English 1A "Excellence in Teaching" Award for Graduate Teaching Assistants, Northeastern University, June 1997 MA Comprehensive Examination Medalist (8 out of 8 Honors), English Department, Northeastern University, May 1997 Graduate Essay Contest Winner in both Writing and Literature, English Department, Northeastern University, May 1997
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS	National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference on College Composition and Communication Modern Language Association (MLA)