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Judith Clayton Van Curriculum Vitae

	Arizona State University English Department LLB548 Tempe, AZ 85287-0302 (480) 965-9698		For information contact Department of English http://www.public.asu.edu/~jvanasu jvan@asu.edu

EDUCATION:

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Arizona State University, 1993
Thesis: Faster Horses, a novel.
Director: Alberto Rios
Areas: Fiction, Screenwriting.

Bachelor of Fine Arts: Magna Cum Laude
Arizona State University, 1989
Major: Studio Art (Painting) Minor: Art History

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT:

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 1996-present
Instructor:
Writing Across Curriculum 101--stretches first-year composition over 2 semesters(16 sections);
Computer Assisted WAC 101 and traditional ENG 101 (30), ENG. 102 (34) ENG 105 (20) ENG 217 (4)
Online ENG 105 (11) English 216 (1) English 301 (1).

Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, AZ.1995-present
Artist in Residence: DescriptiveWriting in "Sudden Fiction." St. Theresa Elementary School, Phoenix, AZ.
Artist In Residence: Writing Short Fiction: St. Thomas Elementary School, Phoenix, AZ.
Artist In Residence: Writing: Contemporary Heroes and Heroines: Vanguard Program for Gifted Children, Phoenix, AZ.

Arizona State University, Tempe AZ 1995-6
Faculty Associate: WAC 101 (1), ENG 101 (1), ENG 216 (1), ENG 102 (3)
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Teaching Assistant: August 1990-December 1993
Screenwriting 210: Beginning Screenwriting (1)
Fiction: Community Fiction Workshop. (1)
English 101: First Year Composition (2)
English 102: First Year Composition-Research (10)
English 105: Advanced First Year Composition (2)

Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ Fall, 1995
Faculty Associate: ENG 102 (1)

Lane Community College, Downtown Center. Eugene, Oregon Summer 1994
Faculty Associate: Plotting the Novel,
Writing the Short Story

Mesa Community College, Mesa Arizona.1994-95
Faculty Associate: English 102 (6)

Arizona State University,Graduate Assistant, 1989-90
Administrative Assistant to Dr. Alleen Pace Nilsen, Vice President of Academic Personnel. Pre-edited material for Your Reading:A Booklist for Junior High and Middle School Students. Coordinator Regents Professor search committee.

Mesa Public Schools, Mesa, AZ.1988-89
Substitute Teacher: Art, English

Professional Development
Workshops:

Arizona State University. Online 2007: A Workshop for Effective Online Instruction. Faculty Training Workshop. May 2007.

Arizona State University Libraries Workshop: New Research Tools. February 15, 2006

Faculty Training Workshop Series: Interactive Lectures Susan Ledlow, CLTE August 26, 2004

Faculty Training Workshop Series: Dreamweaver I. Casja Baldini and Bruce Matsunaga.February 14, 2003.

Faculty Training Workshop Series: From Pedagogy to Praxis II:"Teaching Students to Write with Historical & Cultural Awareness." Dr. Kathleen McCormick, Ph..D University of Hartford, Connecticut. Arizona State University,
March 2, 2000.

Faculty Training Workshop Series: Diversity In The Classroom. Intergroup Relations Center, Arizona State University, March 1998. Completed certification requirements.

Beginning Photoshop: Essential Elements. Microcomputers in Education Conference, Arizona State University. March 15, 1998.

Advanced Photoshop: Professional Techniques. Microcomputers in Education Conference, Arizona State University. March 18, 1998.

Web Page Design: Teaching with the Internet. Instructional Support, Arizona State University. Spring, 1997

Teaching with Style: Enhancing Learning by Understanding Teaching and Learning Styles,Tony Grasha. Virginia Tidewater Consortium for Higher Education and The National University Teleconference Network. Presented at A.S.U., Fall 1996

Cooperative/Collaborative Learning: Seminar Consortium for Instructional Innovation. Arizona State University, Fall, 1996

Computer Assisted Instruction Training, Department of First Year Composition, Arizona State University, Spring 1996

First Year Composition Series, Arizona State University, Spring 1996 (Series of seven writing seminars).

Computer Assisted Instruction Seminar, Mesa Community College, Spring 1994

RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION COURSES :

English 591: Computers and Composition. Professor P. Webb, 1998
English 591: Professional Development Seminar. Professor Duane Roen, 1997
English 591: Writing Program Administration. Professor John Ramage, 1996
English 530: Classical Rhetoric. Professor D'Angelo , 1994
English 532: Composition Theory. Professor D'Angelo, 1993
English 598: Style and Stylistics. Professor D'Angelo, 1993
English 594: Conf. & Workshop for Teaching Assistants. Prof. David Schwalm, 1990.

SERVICE:

Arizna State University: Facilitator and Presenter: Online 2007: A Workshop for Efffective Online Instruction. May 2007

Arizona State University: Ad Hoc Committee for Instructor Professionalization. AY 2007-08

Arizona State University. Gallery Director. Come Home to English Alumni Committee. Sept.-October 2007

Arizona State University. Seminar Facilitator and Trainer: Preparing Online Students for the Virtual Experience: Day One. Online 2007: A Workshop for Effective Online Instruction. Faculty Training Workshop. May 2007.

Arizona State University. Instructor Ad Hoc Committee Chair. 2004-06.

Arizona State University. Department of English.Come Home to English Alumni Committee. 2005-06.

Arizona State University. Instructor Sub-Committee of the Provost's Advisory Committee on Full-Time Contract Faculty. 2004-05

Arizona State University. Department of English. Alternate Instructor Representative to the Writing Programs. 2004-05

Arizona State University. Department of English Come Home to English Alumni Committee. 2004-05.

Arizona State University Department of English Instructor Co-representative
with Patricia Murphy. 2003-04.

Arizona State University. Department of English CMC Committee Member 2004-05.

Arizona State University. Department of English CMC Committee Member 2003-04.

Arizona State University. Department of English. Mentor/Trainer Computer Mediated Communications. Spring 2002.

                    Arizona State University. Department of English. CMC Committee Member. 2001-2.
                    Arizona State University. Department of English. Joint Workshop Presentation with Trish Murphy:
                    Managment Strategies for Teaching in the Computer Mediated Classroom. F, 2000, S 2001,
                    S, 2002.
                   Arizona State University. Department of English. Mentor/Trainer Computer Mediated Communications.
                    Fall, 2000.
                   Arizona State University. Department of English. Mentor/Trainer Computer Mediated Communicatons.
                   Spring, 2000.
                  Arizona State University. Department of English. Instructor Self Evaluation Committee
                  Spring 2000.
                  Arizona State University. Department of English. Teaching Assistant Selection
                  Committee (Summer). Spring, 1999.
                 Arizona State University. Department of English. Electronic Classrooom Website
                 Committee. 1997-1999.

PROGRAM AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT: Arizona State University
Creative Writing Student Association (CWSA) student representative working with faculty to update Creative Writing Program curriculum. Responsible for polling students as to interests and goals and effecting changes in M.F.A. Curriculum. Collaborated on material for M.F.A.Handbook used in Creative Writing Program.
EDITORIAL WORK:
Fiction Editor, Hayden's Ferry Review, 1991-2.
Selected fiction, solicited manuscripts, participated in organizing yearly reading.
PUBLICATIONS, READINGS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
Conference on College Composition and Communication. Juried Panel. Revisioning The Role of Adjunct Faculty in the New American University. New York, New York. March 20-24, 2007.
Associated Writing Programs Juried Panel. MFA as a Terminal Degree. Tips for Keeping a Writing Career Alive While Teaching Composition. The Nike School of Fiction: Just Do It! Austin Texas, March 12, 2006.

Arizona State University Art Museum. The Write Connection: Writers writing about Art.
Reading from, Observers Talk with the Carnaval Buddha. Tempe, AZ. April 16, 2005

Conference on College Composition and Communication. Juried Panel. Access in the New University: Building Coalitions in a Writing Program. ASU and Florida State University. In collaboration with Patricia Murphy, MFA.
San Francisco, CA. March 18, 2005

Western States Composition Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah. October 2003.
Building Wholeness in the Composition Classroom: Synthesizing Postmodern and Modern Literacies in Education In collaboration with Dr. Patricia Webb
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Juried."Chaos in the Classroom." Scottsdale, AZ. October 12, 2002
Western States Composition Conference. Juried "Chaos Theory Praxis: The Environment, Ecology, Land Use Planning, and English 102." Salt Lake City, Utah. October 14, 2000.
Arizona State University. Electronic Classroom Workshop Series. Presented excerpts from, "Chaos Theory Praxis: The Environment, Ecology, Land Use Planning, and English 102." Tempe AZ, April 19, 1999.
Eastern Arizona Community College Reading Series. Reading from Faster Horses Tumbleweeds Project sponsored in association with the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Safford Arizona. April 9, 1999.
Arizona State University: English Composition Workshop Series. November 9, 1999. Presentation of interdisciplinary moves in composition studies. "Interdisciplinarity: Experiences, (Disciplinary) Realities, Possibilities."
Association for Integrative Studies Conference: In collaboration with Dr.B.Kyburz. "Chaos Theory and English Composition, or I want to be a Renaissance Man!" Detroit, Michigan. October 11, 1998.
Amazon.com. Book Review: Nelson, Carey. Manifesto of a Tenured Radical, 1998.
Associated Writing Programs: Moderator of Fiction Panel: Pedagogy Forum. Portland Oregon, March 27, 1998.
Arizona Commission on the Arts: Reading from "One Extra Season" Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ March 14, 1998.
Graduate Scholars of English Association: Presentation, Non-Academic Jobs in Film. Arizona State University, Tempe AZ. October 21, 1997.
Associated Writing Programs: Moderator, Fiction Panel: Pedagogy Forum. Washington D.C. April 6, 1997
Arizona Commission on the Arts: Reading from, "One Extra Season." Scottsdale, AZ, March 7, 1997.
Arizona Commission on the Arts: Reading from, "Country Joe and the New Riders" Scottsdale, AZ , March 16, 1996
Writer's Voice Reading from "Country Girls." Phoenix, AZ., February 7, 1996
Writer's Voice Reading: Scottsdale, Az., May 3, 1994
Zone Magazine, Volume 2 Issue 4, 1993 " Ken Kesey: An American Warrior."
Hayden's Ferry Review, Fall 1992. "Further," an interview with Ken Kesey.
Creative Writing Student Association Reading from,"The Traitor." Arizona State University, March 1991
HONORS AND AWARDS:

Roster Artist Creative Writing Arizona Commission on the Arts, 2006-2008.

RosterArtist Creative Writing Arizona Commission on the Arts, 2003-2006

Nominated for Arizona State's Last Lecture Series. Student Development Co-Curricular Programs, 2002.

Roster Artist Creative Writing: Arizona Commission on the Arts, 2000-2003.

Recognition Award for contribution to student's quality of life: Student Affairs, Arizona State University, October 8, 1998.

Roster Artist Creative Writing: Arizona Commission on the Arts, 1998-2000.

Recognition Award for contribution to quality of life for students: Student Affairs, Arizona State University October, 1997.

Award of Appreciation: Computer Classroom Innovator Teacher Award. Arizona State University, Fall 1997.

Roster Artist Creative Writing: Arizona Commission on the Arts, 1996-98 and 1998-2000.

Certificate of Appreciation: Arizona State University English Department, 1996 as one of a group who pioneered ASU's Computer Assisted Instruction Program and trained new CAI teachers.

Arizona State President, Lattie Coor letter in praise of quality teaching. Spring, 1990.

CERTIFICATION:

"Diversity in The Classroom" Training Program Certificate. Arizona State University Intergroup Relations Center. Spring 1998.

Arizona Community College Teaching Certificate # 17767, May 1996. Subject Areas: Art and English

OTHER EXPERIENCE:
Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University

Catalogue Director, 1987-88

Publicity Director, 1986-87

Vintage Colorado Cellars, Pallisade Colorado. 1989
Designed labels and wrote wine descriptions for new winery.

Judith Clayton Van, Phoenix AZ and Portland, Oregon. 1985-1990
Freelance Artist: Lancome, Frances Denney, Borghese, Estee' Lauder

Holiday Inns of America
Down Town Long Beach, Ca.: Operations Manager. 1982-3
Eugene, Oregon: Booking Agent 1981

Grand Illusions (Booking Agency) Self Employed: Artists' agent. 1978-82

REFERENCES:
Professor Jay Boyer, English Literature/Creative Writing ASU (480) 965-7644
Professor Ron Carlson, Former Director ASU Creative Writing, Current: Creative Writing Director, UC Irvine
Professor Emeritus Frank D'Angelo, English Department A.S.U. (480) 965-3168
Professor Greg Glau, Director First Year Composition, Arizona State University.    (480) 965-3898
Salima Keegan, Former Managing Editor, Hayden's Ferry Review. Arizona State University. (480) 965-1243
Professor John Ramage, Former Director, First Year Composition., A.S.U. (480) 965-3168
Professor Alberto Rios, Former Director, Creative Writing, A.S.U. (480) 965-3800
RELATED TRAINNG:
            LITERATURE SEMINARS:

English 598: Magical Realism. Professor Alberto Rios

English 591: Writing the Novel. Professor J. Boyer

English 591: Emergent American Authors. Professor J. Boyer

English 547: The Novel Since 1945. Professor J. Sensibar

English 598: Forms of Fiction. Professor M. Pritchard.

FILM SEMINARS:

English 494: Advanced Screenwriting. Professor S. Geller

English 591: Adaptation for Film. Professor S. Geller

English 598: Black Comedy. Professor S. Geller

English 598: Screenplay as Literature. Professor. S. Geller

English 594: Best Original Screenplays. Professor S. Geller.