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Ph. D., English (Rhetoric/Composition & Linguistics), Arizona State University, expected Spring 2007
Committee: Karen L.Adams, co-chair; Maureen Daly Goggin, co-chair; Patricia Webb

Master of Education (TESOL [Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages]), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 2000

Bachelor of Arts, English, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia, 1998

Courses Taught top

Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of English, Arizona State University, Fall 2003 - present

IDN 101 & 102: Elementary Indonesian I & II
IDN 201 & 202: Intermediate Indonesian I & II
IDN 394: Advanced Indonesian

First-year Listening (self designed syllabus)
Second-year Writing (self designed syllabus)
Third-year Writing (self designed syllabus)

Instructor, Department of English, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia, 2001, 1998

Second-year Listening (self designed syllabus)
Second-year Writing (self designed syllabus)
Second-year Grammar (self designed syllabus)
Academic English for undergraduate students of Javanese and Indonesian Literature, and Law (self designed syllabus)
Academic English to undergraduate students of Javanese, Indonesian, German, Russian, and History (self designed syllabus)

Other Related Professional Experience top

Editor, “Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger” Program (Indonesian Version), United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (F.A.O) & Morrison School of Agribusiness and Resource Management, Arizona State University

Co-coordinator and co-presenter, Indonesian PALS (Primary Access to Languages via Satellite) Programs, Department of Education, Employment and Training, State of Victoria, Australia, 2000

English Language Center Manager, English Language Training International (ELTI), Regina Pacis School Branch, Bogor, Indonesia, 1997

Grants, Awards and Scholarships top

Australian Development Scholarship (ADS) for postgraduate studies, Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), 1999

All Saints Catholic Newman Center Shea Family Memorial Scholarship, Tempe, Arizona, Fall 2002

Marvin Fisher Book Award for International Students, Department of English, Arizona State University, Spring 2003

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean’s Scholar’s Award, Department of English, Arizona State University, 2003-04

Professional Equity Project Grant, Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio, Texas, March 2004

Spencer Discipline-Based Scholarship in Education Scholar, College of Education, Arizona State University, 2004-2005

Marvin Fisher Book Award for International Students, Department of English, Arizona State University, Spring 2005

Professional Equity Project Grant for Past Recipients, Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, California, March 2005 

The Wakonse Fellowship in Arizona, Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence, Arizona State University, 2005

The Earl A. and Lenore H. Tripke Professional Workshop Travel Awards 2004-2005, Division of Graduate Studies, Arizona State University, 2005

Publications top

Tastes of Indonesia, Suvvannabhumi (Newsletter of the Program for Southeast Asian Studies, Arizona State University) 13 (June 2002)

Presentations top

Workshop facilitator, “Race, Space and Place: Language, Identity and Students of Color in the Composition Classroom,” 2006 Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention, Chicago, Illinois, March 2006

Presenter, “Politeness in Indonesian Oral Discourse: An Analysis,” 59 th Annual Rocky Mountains Modern Language Association (RMMLA) Convention, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, October 2005

Presenter, “Collaborating = Cheating?: English Native and Non-native Speakers’ Perceptions,” National Originality, Imitation, and Plagiarism: A Cross-Disciplinary Conference, The Gayle Morris Sweetland Writing Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 2005

Presenter, “Designing a Syllabus around One Project”, Wakonse-Arizona Conference, Camp Tontozona, Arizona, May 2005

Presenter, “Literacies and Technology: Preparing Students for Success” (Panel), 7 th Annual Great Plains Alliance for Computers and Writing Conference, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota, April 2005

Presenter, Technological Literacy Practices and Learning: Second Language Writer's Perspectives,” Research Netowrk Forum (Morning Session), 2005 Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention, San Francisco, California, March 2005

Presenter, “ Technological Literacy Practices and Learning: Second Language Writers' Perspectives,” Research Netowrk Forum (Afternoon Session), 2005 Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication Convention, San Francisco, California, March 2005

Presenter, “With Respect to Others: Expressing Politeness in Indonesian,” 11 th Annual Southwest Graduate English Symposium, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 2005

Presenter, “Technology and Learning (in) a Second/Foreign Language: Student’s Struggle for Power in the Academy,” 11 th Annual Southwest Graduate English Symposium, Arizona State University, 2005

Presenter, “To Be or Not To Be Polite: That’s the Question,” 4 th Annual Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Interdisciplinary Roundtable, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 2005

Poster Presentation, “Technological Literacy Practices and Learning: ESL Student’s Perspectives,” 4 th Annual Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Interdisciplinary Roundtable, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 2005

Presenter, “The effects of technological literacy on students’ perceptions”, Graduate Student Conference of Second Language Writing, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2004

Presenter, “International Students Perceiving Technological, Academic, and Second Language Literacies: A Reflection”, Writing Research in the Making Conference, Santa Barbara, California, 2005

Presenter, “The effects of technological literacy on students’ perceptions”, Graduate Student Conference of Second Language Writing, Symposium on Second Language Writing, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2004

Speaker, “Asian American Cultures and Their Perception on Disability”, Roundtable Discussion, City of Phoenix, Parks and Recreation Department, Adaptive Recreation Services, 2004

Presenter, “’Doing’ Politeness in Indonesian: A Cross-cultural Perspective”, Second Annual Asian Studies Student Research Symposium, Arizona State University, Outreach Programs of the ASU Center for Asian Studies and the ASU Asian Studies in Arizona Student Club, 2004

Invited Outreach Presentations, Elementary and Middle Schools in Metro Phoenix, Arizona State University, Program for Southeast Asian Studies, 2002-2003

Invited Talk, “Gems from the Past: Cultural Lessons Revealed through Folktales, Proverbs & Poems”, It Takes a Village: Student of Color Success Series, Arizona State University, Multicultural Student Center, 2002

Invited Attendance, COTSEAL National Teacher Training and Teacher Development Workshop, Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages, 2003

Keynote Speaker, “Promoting Spoken English for Indonesian Students”, One-day Seminar and Discussions on “Promoting Spoken English for Indonesian Students”, Indonesian International Education Foundation, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2001

Service top

Professional Service

Volunteer, Indonesian Day, St. Thomas More’s Catholic Primary School, Belgrave, Melbourne, Australia, 2000

Session Chair, Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference, Tempe, Arizona, 2004

Session Chair, Writing Research in the Making Conference, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, 2005

Proposal Reader, CALL-IS Section, TESOL Annual Convention, Tampa, Florida, 2006

Volunteer Student Helper, National Language and Academic Skills Conference, Language and Learning Services Unit, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 1999

Student Helper, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 2000

Committee Member, Second Annual Asian Studies Student Research Symposium, Arizona State University, Outreach Programs of the ASU Center for Asian Studies and the ASU Asian Studies in Arizona Student Club, 2004

Committee Member, Third Annual Asian Studies Student Research Symposium, Arizona State University, Center for Asian Studies and Program for Southeast Asian Studies, 2005

Professional Memberships top

Association for Asian Studies
College Composition and Communication
Linguistic Society of America
Modern Language Association
National Council of Teachers of English
Rhetoric Society of America
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
Arizona State University Student Chapter of Rhetoric Society of America
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

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