Jeffrey T. Andelora

English Department Chair

Mesa Community College

1833. W. Southern Ave.

Mesa, AZ   85202

jandelora@mesacc.edu

480.461.7343

Education

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

      ENG 295    Teaching Composition in the Two-Year College

Academic Service: Local

    Mesa Community College
MCC English Department Chair, 2007-present
MCC Department Chair Association (DCA) Chair, 2009-2010

      MCC/MPS Cross-Institutional Professional Development Project, 2011-present
MCC Dual Enrollment Advisory Committee, 2008-present

      MCC Curriculum Committee, 2007-2010

      MCC Faculty Travel Committee, 2006-2007

      MCC Operational Planning Committee, 2005-2007

      MCC First-Year Composition Committee (Chair), 2002-2007

      MCC Strategic Planning Committee, 2001-2007

      MCC English Department Evening Chair, 2000-2002

      MCC Student Outcomes Committee, 2000-2006

      MCC Student Outcomes Committee Chair, 2000-2001

      MCC Faculty Senate President, 1999-2000

      MCC Faculty Senate, 1997-2000

    Maricopa Community College District
MCCD English Instructional Council, 2007-present
MCCD Course Placement Council, 2009-present
MCCD Dual Enrollment Council, 2011-present

      MCCD Seemless Student Experience: Transcript Evaluation Team, 2012-13
MCCD Dual Enrollment Task Force, 2010-2011

Academic Service: National

      Member, Site Visit Team, Academic Program Review of the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University, 2013
Member, CWPA Task Force on High School Credit for Writing to develop a CWPA Position Statement on Pre-college Credit
Assistant Chair, TYCA-West, 2012-present
Reviewer, Stage 1, 2013 CCCC Conference Proposals
Reviewer, College English, 2011-present

      Chair, Hacker TYCA Outstanding Programs in English Award Committee, 2012-2015
Member, Hacker TYCA Outstanding Programs in English Award Committee, 2011-2012
Member, TYCA Committee on Research and Scholarship in the Two-Year College, 2009-present

      Member, Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA), Executive Board Member, 2007-2009

      Member, Review Editorial Board, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2007-present     

      Consulting Reader, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2006-present

      Member, NCTE-WPA Assessment Task Force, 2007-2009

      Invited Participant, A Test of Leadership: Department of Education Regional Summit, June 2007

      Member, CCCC James Berlin Dissertation Award Selection Committee, 2007     

      Member, CCCC Basic Data Project Task Force, 2005-2006

      Assistant Editor, Writing Program Administration: Journal of the CWPA, 2004-2007

Conference Presentations
" From the Front Lines of Composition's Public Work: Leadership in Two-Year College English Departments," CCCC, Las Vegas, March 2013 (forthcoming)
"A Conversation about Leadership in a Two-Year College English Department," TYCA-W, Salt Lake City, Oct. 2012
"Building a Two-Year College Writing Program: Year One," CCCC, St. Louis, March 2012
"History of TYCA," Video. Tour of TYCA, Nov. 2011.
"History of TYCA," TYCA-West Regional Conference, Mesa, AZ, October 2011

      "Writing Takes Place: Situating Student Writing with 21st Century Literacies." ASU/MCC Joint Symposium sponsored by Bedford/St. Martin's. Joint Local Coordinator with Shirley Rose.  Mesa, April 2011

      "Preparing the Underprepared: Professional Development for Adjunct Faculty," CCCC, Atlanta, April 2011

      "History of TYCA." TYCA's 15th Birthday Celebration, TYCA Talks.  CCCC, Atlanta, April 2011

      "The State of Research in the Two-Year College," CCCC, San Francisco, March 2009

      "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

      "Swords Into Words," AETA Conference, Tucson, AZ, 1988

      "Swords Into Words," NCTE Southwest Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 1987

Publications

      The Norton Mix, Co-General Editor.  W.W. Norton and Company, 2010.

      "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/Nominations

      2012 Faculty Excellence Award, Mesa Community College
2010/2011 Nominee for the Arizona State University Young Alumni Achievement Award

      2009/2010 Nominee for the Arizona State University Young Alumni Achievement Award

      2006 James Berlin Memorial Outstanding Dissertation Award Finalist

      2005 TETYC Best Article Award for "The Teacher/Scholar: Reconstructing Our Professional Identity in Two-Year Colleges"

Active Memberships

      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)
American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)

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