W. Keith Duffy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Humanities and Writing
Pennsylvania State University, Capital College, 200 University Drive,
Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972
wkd2@psu.edu
570-385-6268
EDUCATION Ph.D. English,
Rhetoric and Writing
7/99
Dissertation:
The Role of
Spirituality in Re-envisioning Writing Pedagogy:
There is no Koinonia without Kenosis
Committee: (Director)
Dr. Sue Carter, Assistant Chair, English Department
BGSU; Dr. Thomas Klein, Director, Chapman Learning Community, BGSU;
Dr. Kristine Blair, Associate Professor of English, BGSU.
This project problematized current process-driven
writing pedagogy and social constructionist theory by suggesting how several
basic spiritual practices and attitudes--commonly considered essential by a
wide variety of faiths--may enhance students' experiences in the first-year
composition classroom. Specifically, these practices and attitudes involve
relinquishing the need for absolute control and the acceptance of imperfection
and limitation among community members--often called mutuality. This project
described how adopting and implementing these practices and attitudes may help
to facilitate the discovery of koinonia, an ancient Greek concept of community,
in the writing classroom.
M.A. English,
Language and Writing 12/94
Thesis: Lloyd Bitzer's Rhetorical Situation and Peer Review
Certification in Secondary English 12/91
B.A. English 6/88
UNIVERSITY Teaching Writing: Theory and Practice
TEACHING Taught
graduate students in a Master's of Professional Writing program about various
theories of
writing pedagogy used primarily in postsecondary learning environments.
Theories included current-traditional, expressivist, cognitivist, and social
constructionist approaches. Course offered students opportunities to develop
teaching materials. Also included a variety of oral
presentations and formal essays.
Rhetorical Theory: Classical Rhetoric
Taught
graduate students in a Master's of Professional Writing program about the
influences of ancient Greek and Roman rhetorical theories on uses of rhetoric
in contemporary writing. Students in the course read and discussed texts by
various Sophists, as well as Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero. Course also included
some medieval figures such as St. Augustine. Students were required to give
several oral presentations and write three formal essays on a topic of choice.
Master of Arts in Teaching
Internship
Supervised graduate
students in a Master of Arts in Teaching program while
they completed their in-school internships. Supervision included regular
on-site classroom visits, observations, formal evaluations, and conversations
with graduate students about their evolving practices.
Student Teaching Practicum
Supervised university
student teachers who were placed in area high schools and middle schools. Six
students supervised per semester. Supervision included regular on-site
classroom visits, observations, formal evaluations, and conversations with
student teachers about their developing practice.
Methods of Teaching Secondary English
Taught the basics of lesson- and unit-plan
development, building relationships with students, various approaches to
teaching language arts, and the specifics of the Massachusetts Curriculum
Framework for preservice teachers. Included an intense practice teaching
component and other hands-on activities.
Intermediate Composition
Taught sophomore/junior level writing course required
for English majors. Course focused on traditional print-based research and
argumentative writing for academic audiences, although a good deal of
reflective writing was used for self-assessment purposes. Utilized a portfolio
pedagogy.
Critical Writing and Reading I
Taught introductory first-year writing utilizing a
student-centered workshop pedagogy. Students drafted and revised four essays
for a semester-end portfolio review. This course (as well as English 102 below)
was part of a 250-student pilot program a colleague and I created to introduce
portfolio-based pedagogy to the first-year writing curriculum at UMass
Dartmouth. Included collaborative reviews, a co-authored paper/project, and met
university-wide computer literacy objectives.
Critical Writing and Reading II
Taught second-semester writing course utilizing
workshop approach. As part of a two-semester pilot program developed by a
colleague and I, the course implemented
a portfolio pedagogy and focused on the basic elements of "synthesis
writing" across disciplines. Students had to research, critically read,
critique, and synthesize scholarly sources from a variety of academic journals.
Developmental Writing
Taught developmental writing in summer sessions to first-year students prior to their
admission to the university the following fall. Argumentative and narrative writing
comprised the majority of
assignments.
Integrated Writing (Chapman Learning Community)
Taught introductory writing in an integrated learning environment, the
Chapman Learning Community. The course complemented content from
other learning community courses, including critical thinking, history, science,
and fine arts.
Principles of Literature
Taught second-semester writing course utilizing basic
literature as a means to have students produce argumentative texts. Included
some critical theory, literary terms, and library research.
OTHER
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Middle School Immaculate Conception Middle School
Diocese of
Taught language arts to sixth-, seventh-, and
eighth-grade students. Planned and implemented instruction in reading,
spelling, and writing.
High School Glasgow High School
Planned instruction in reading, spelling, and
language arts for 45 students in grades 9, 10, and 11. Taught courses in
Shakespeare, contemporary adolescent novels, argumentative and narrative
writing, and short story.
Correctional Eastern Correctional Institute
(ECI) -
Institute Princess
Taught sections of basic literature and writing
classes at a medium security prison. Students earned
PUBLICATIONS "Digital Recording Technology in the
Writing Classroom: Sampling
(academic and As Citing"
creative works) The Writing Instructor.
2004.
http://www.writinginstructor.com/essays/duffy-all.html.
Peer Reviewed.
Review
of Nan Phifer's Memoirs
of the Soul: Writing Your Spiritual Autobiography.
JAEPL (Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives
on Learning)
10 (2004/5): 99-102. Peer Reviewed.
"Community,
Spirituality, and the Writing Classroom"
JAEPL (Journal of the Assembly for Expanded
Perspectives on Learning)
9 (2003/4): 79-86. Peer Reviewed.
"Centralia:
Where You Can Get Buried And Then Cremated For
Free"
Newtopia: Journal of Social and Political Thought
February 2003 issue. http://www.newtopiamagazine.net
"Imperfection: The
Will-to-Control and the Struggle of Letting Go"
JAEPL (Journal of the
Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning)
7 (2001/2): 1-9. Peer Reviewed.
The Joy Project, Way Out Here
(Full Length Sound Recording)
Copyright Neurodisc Records, Inc. and
EMI/Priority Records, L.L.C.
Release
date: 3/20/01.
The Joy Project, Sleeping Alone Samba (Single Sound Recording)
Copyright The Good Looking
Organisation (GLO), Inc.
Release
date: 11/15/03
The Joy Project, The Monterey Now (Single
Sound Recording)
Copyright
The Good Looking Organisation (GLO), Inc.
Release
date (tentative): 2005
The Joy
Project, Arizona Winters
(Single
Sound Recording)
Copyright The Good Looking
Organisation (GLO), Inc.
Release
date (tentative): 2004
The Joy Project, Trip to Style City (Full Length Sound Recording)
Bar-None Records. Copyright
in Australia, Mushroom Music.
Release
Date (tentative): 2004
"Review
of Richard Fulkerson's
Teaching the
Argument in Writing"
Composition Chronicle, 1997,
10.2, 11-12.
"Exploding
Paradigms: A CyberReading of CyberReader"
A collaborative hypertext review with Dawn Gordon and Paul Cesarini.
Computers and Composition
OnLine.
Peer
Reviewed. http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~ccjrnl/
PUBLICATIONS "OR
Travel Nurses: Scrubbing for Success"
(selected trade HT: The Magazine for Healthcare Travel Professionals, 1997,
5.3, 8-10.
and news writing)
"Art of the Quick Start"
HT: The Magazine for Healthcare Travel
Professionals, 1997, 4.6, 10-12.
"An Alternative Future: NPs Go
Mobile"
HT: The Magazine for Healthcare Travel Professionals, 1996,
3.5, 6-8.
"Critical Care: The Time is Now"
HT: The Magazine for Healthcare Travel Professionals, 1996,
3.5, 6-8.
"Building Partnerships: Shared
Visions, Common Goals"
HT: The Magazine for Healthcare Travel Professionals, 1995,
3.3, 10-12.
"Hurricane Marilyn: Travelers Weather
the Storm"
HT: The Magazine for Healthcare Travel Professionals, 1995,
3.3, 6-9.
"Traveling in Management: A New Way to
See Yourself"
HT: The Magazine for Healthcare Travel Professionals, 1994,
2.3, 6-10.
"Summer Camp:
The Traveler's Ultimate Challenge"
HT: The Magazine for Healthcare Travel Professionals, 1994, 1.6, 4-8.
"Wicomico's Teacher of the Year: Bonnie Walston"
Salisbury News, 19 May 1993: A1.
"Business and Professional Women's
Club Woman of the Year"
Salisbury News, 5 November 1992: A1.
"Business Incubator Program
Underway"
Salisbury News, 1 October 1992: A1.
"Not Far From Art: Radio Free Delmarva
Returns"
Salisbury News, 17 September 1992: A1.
"The New Faces of City Council: Parts
I, II, III"
Salisbury News, 25 June 1992: A1.
"Teaching the Homeless a New Way of
Life"
Salisbury News, 26 December 1991: A1.
CONFERENCE Virginia State University, Languages and
Literature Conference
PAPERS
Virginia
State University, May 2004
"Digital
Recording Technology in the Writing Classroom: Sampling as
Citing."
Conference
on College Composition and Communication
San
Antonio, Texas, March 2004
"Community
Matters: Their Citizenry and Boundaries"
Presentation
with colleague Dr. Billie Jones
Conference
on College Composition and Communication
San
Antonio, Texas, March 2004
Annual
JAEPL workshop
"Discovering
our Teaching Selves: Teaching as Suffering"
University
of New Hampshire Conference on Creative Nonfiction
Durham,
New Hampshire, September 2002
"It's
Witchcraft: The Psychogogic Potential of Creative Nonfiction"
Presentation
with colleagues Dr. Mary Hallet and Dr. Jerry Blitefield
Conference on College Composition and
Communication
Chicago,
Illinois, March 2002
"On
the Streets Where We Live: Residing in the Gaps"
Presentation
with colleague Dr. Mary Hallet
Conference on College Composition and
Communication
Denver,
Colorado, March 2001
"Staying
Connected: A Community of Ex-Grad Colleagues Gone
Professional--Learning How to Teach Teachers on the
Job"
Religious Faith and Literary Art
Conference: Art & Soul
Baylor
University, Waco, Texas, February 2001
"The
Role of Spirituality in Re-envisioning Writing Pedagogy"
MCAS Language Arts Conference
Boston,
Massachusetts, May, 2000
"Language
Arts Curriculum Frameworks and the Methods Course"
English
Association of Pennsylvania State Universities (EAPSU)
Technologies
in English: How We Learn
East
Stroudsburg State University, Pennsylvania, October 2000
"Composition
Lost? The Impact of Mandating Computer Literacy"
Conference on College Composition and
Communication
Atlanta,
Georgia, March 1999
"Confessions of an Invisible Man: Sharing Weaknesses and Building
Community"
Collaboration in Action: Promoting
Residentially Based Education
The Sixth International
Conference on Residential Colleges
Burlington, Vermont, October 1998
"Collaborating
Our Careers: What Role Can Graduate Students
Realistically
Play in Residential Colleges?"
"Chapman
Learning Community: The First Year in Collaboration"
Conference on College Composition and
Communication
Chicago,
Illinois, April 1998
"See
Me, Hear Me: Accommodating an Anti-Book Bias?"
Conference on College Composition and
Communication
Nashville,
Tennessee, March 1994
"Necessity
is the Parent of Invention: Perspectives on Solving
Classroom Problems"
EXPERIENCE Managing
Editor, HT: The Magazine for Healthcare
Travel Professionals
AS EDITOR Circulation 55,000, bimonthly. Directed editorial operations of a national
trade publication for traveling healthcare professionals. 1991-93.
Senior
Editor, Nursing Policy Forum
Paid circulation 30,000, bimonthly. Conducted rewrites, author contacts
and negotiations, and supervised research for the premiere academic journal
focusing on governmental policy issues in nursing. 1993-95.
Editor, Salisbury
News and Advertiser