Curriculum Vitae - Department of English - Louisiana State University

Professor
Sarah
Liggett
Department
of
English,
Louisiana
State
University
Baton
Rouge,
LA
70803
225‐578‐7843,
enligg@lsu.edu
EDUCATION
Purdue
University:
Ph.D.
English
Education,
Dec.
1982;
M.S.
English
Education,
May
1979;

B.S.
English
major,
mathematics
minor,
May
1973.
EMPLOYMENT
at
Louisiana
State
University
1996‐present,
Professor;
1987‐96,
Associate
Professor;
1983‐87,
Assistant
Professor.
ADMINISTRATIVE
POSITIONS
Director,
LSU
Communication
across
the
Curriculum
(CxC),
Fall
2009—
Director,
LSU
Writing
Center,

Summer
2005—;
Coordinator,
Spring1999–Spring
2005
Associate
Chair,
Department
of
English,
2007‐2008
Director
of
Freshman
English,
Fall
1988—Dec.
1998
Director
of
LSU
Summer
Advanced
Placement
Institute
for
High
School
Teachers—Fall
1995‐98
SELECTED
SCHOLARLY
ACTIVITIES
Books
Preparing
College
Teachers
of
Writing:
Histories,
Theories,
Programs,
Practices.
Co‐editor
Betty
Pylik.

New
York:
Oxford
UP,
2002.
Computers
&
Composing:

How
the
New
Technologies
Are
Changing
Writing.
Co‐author
Jeanne
W.
Halpern.
Carbondale,
IL:

Southern
IL
UP,
1984.
Book
chapters:
“Makers
of
Knowledge
in
Writing
Centers:
Practitioners,
Scholars,
and
Researchers
at
Work.”

Co‐authored
with
Kerri
Jordan
and
Steve
Price.

In
The
Changing
of
Knowledge
in
Composition:
Contemporary
Perspectives.
Richard
Gebhardt
and
Lance
Massey,
eds.
Utah
State
UP,
2011.
102‐20.
“Evolution
of
a
Teaching
Notebook:
Contents,
Purposes,
and
Assessment.”
In
Preparing
College
Teachers
of
Writing:
Histories,
Theories,
Programs,
Practices.
Ed.
Betty
Pytlik
and
Sarah
Liggett.

New
York:
Oxford
UP,
2002.
303‐14.
“After
the
Practicum:
Assessing
Teacher
Preparation
Programs.”
In
The
Writing
Program
Administrator
as
Researcher:
Inquiry
in
Action
&
Reflection.

Shirley
K
Rose
and
Irwin
Weiser,
eds.

Portsmouth,
NH:
Boynton/Cook,
1999.
65‐80.
“Technical
and
Political
Literacy:
Training
and
Communicating
in
the
Nuclear
Power
Industry.”
Co‐authored
with
Carolyn
Boiarsky.
In
Expanding
Literacies:
English
Teaching
and
the
New
Workplace.
Mary
Sue
Garay
and
Stephen
A.
Bernhardt,
eds.
Ithaca:
SUNY
Press,
1998.
119‐32.
Articles:
“Mapping
Knowledge‐Making
in
Writing
Center
Research:

A
Taxonomy
of
Methodologies.”
Co‐authored
with
Kerri
Jordan
and
Steve
Price.
The
Writing
Center
Journal.
31.2(2011):
50‐88.
“Incorporating
Visual
Communications
Assignments
to
Enrich
Education
in
All
Engineering
Disciplines,”
coauthored
with
Warren
Hull,
et
al.
ASEE
2010
Conference
Proceedings.
Reference

#
AC
2010‐737.
10
pgs.
“Making
the
Primary
Grade
Curriculum
Relevant,”
co‐authored
with
Teresa
K.
Buchanan.
Ubiquitous
Learning:

An
International
Journal.
2.3(2010)
http://ijq.cgpublisher.com/
17
pgs.
“Mountains
Beyond
Mountains:
Campus
and
Community
Apply
Summer
Reading
to
Katrina
Aftermath,”
E‐Source
for
College
Transitions
3(2),
1,
publication
of
the
National
Resource
Center
for
The
First‐Year
Experience,
2005.
“Changing
Institutions,
Changing
Teachers:
A
Conversation
about
Curriculum
Revision.”
Co‐authored
with
Anna
Nardo
and
Wade
Dorman.
ADE
Bulletin.
114
(Fall
1996):
30‐38.
"Power,
Technical
Writing
Theory,
and
Workplace
Writing."

Co‐authored
with
Malcolm
Richardson.
Journal
of
Business
and
Technical
Communication.
7
(Jan.
1993):
112‐137.

Presentations
at
Major
Professional
Meetings:
Conference
on
College
Composition
and
Communication:
St.
Louis);
Atlanta,
2011;
Louisville,
2010;
New
Orleans,
2008;
New
York
City,
2007;
Chicago,
2006;
Denver,
2001
Atlanta,
1999;
Chicago,
1998;
Phoenix,
1997;
Washington,
D.C.,
1995;
Nashville,
1994;
San
Diego,
1993;
Cincinnati,
1991;
Chicago,
1990;
St.
Louis,
1988;
Atlanta,
1987;
New
Orleans,
1986;
Minneapolis,
1985;
New
York,
1984;
Detroit,
1983;
San
Francisco,
1982
International
Writing
Centers
Association
Conference:
Houston,
2007.
Southeastern
Writing
Centers
Association
Conference:
Greensboro
2009.
American
Association
for
Higher
Education
Assessment
Conference,
2004.
Southern
Association
of
Colleges
and
Schools
Commission
on
Colleges
Annual
Meeting,
2007;
2004.
Recent
Professional
Development
Attended
CxC
Summer
Institute
at
LSU,
2005,
2006,
2007
Attended
week‐long
Summer
Institute
for
Writing
Center
Directors
and
Professionals,
University
of
Kansas,
July
2005
Dissertations
directed
or
co‐directed:
9



Master's
thesis
directed:
2
SELECTED
GRANTS
AND
AWARDS
LSU
Distinguished
Faculty
Award,
2012
Board
of
Regents
Enhancement
grant,
“ScienceDemo:
Improving
Student
Learning
in
Science
through
Communication‐Intensive,
Service‐Learning
Projects”
($130,000)
Service
Learning
Departmental
Incentive
Grant,
funded
by
Academic
Affairs
and
awarded
to
English
Department
Team
($6000)
LSU
Alumni
Association
Faculty
Excellence
Award,
2004
Three
grants
for
Student
Technology
Fee
Funds,
Spring
2006
($7545);
2001
($11,171);
and
1999
($5502)
LSU
Alumni
Association
Faculty
Excellence
Award,
2004
Outstanding
Academic
Advisor
Award,
1994
National
Council
of
Teachers
of
English
award
for
best
book
in
technical
and
scientific
writing
published
in
1984
for
Computers
&
Composing
Phi
Beta
Kappa,
Purdue
University,
1973
SELECTED
UNIVERSITY
SERVICE
Provost’s
Retention
Committee—2011—
IT
Governance
Advisory
Council—2010—
Student
Advocacy
and
Accountability,
Hearing
Panel
member—2012—
Provost’s
Committee
on
Civic
Engagement,
2009—2010
Summer
Reading
Program,
2004–2008;
Communication
across
the
Curriculum
Advisory
Council,
2005–
Athletic
Council,
2002—2009
Campus
Coalition
for
Change,
Academic
Issues
Task
Force,
Sub‐committee
on
rewriting
campus
alcohol
policies,
1998–2007
Undergraduate
Education
Study
Group,
co‐chair,
2003–2004.
Helped
draft
LSU’s
first
QEP.
Undergraduate
Council,
2001–2003
University
Assessment
Committee,
2002–2004
University
Faculty
Senate,
1992‐95
and
1999–2002,
Secretary
and
member
of
Faculty
Senate
Executive
Committee,
2001‐2002.
General
Education
Learning
Outcomes
Assessment
Committee,
Co‐chair,
1995–2001
Service‐Learning
Faculty
Advisory
Council,
2000–2003;
2009—
Arts
&
Sciences
Faculty
Senate,
1995‐98;
Secretary,
1996‐97
Departmental
service
includes
Committee
on
Secondary
English
Education
Concentration,
Writing
Program
Revision;
search
committees
in
Linguistics,
Rhetoric
and
Composition,
Secondary
English
Education
and
WPA;
chaired
third‐year
review
and
tenure
committees;
Personnel
Committee