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JAMES M. REYNOLDS, JR.

Year Appointed to E. T. Faculty: 1970

Department of Literature and Languages

1966 University of Alabama Philosophy, English

1969 Vanderbilt University English

1971 Vanderbilt University American Literature

Texas A&M University-Commerce

1981-present, Professor, Literature and Languages

1977-1981, Associate Professor, Literature and Languages

1970-1977, Assistant Professor, Literature and Languages

Vanderbilt University

1969-1970 Teaching Fellow

1966-1970 NDEA Fellow

1997-present President, NE Texas Chapter,

International Wine & Food Association

1989-1996 Director, University Studies

1988-1989, Coordinator,* Freshman Success Seminar

1978-1983 Director,* Academic Advising

Associate Coordinator, Special Academic Programs

1975-1978 Director,* New Center for Learning

*In each case, I was the founding director of these new programs, having chaired or co-chaired the planning groups.

Courses taught past three years:

Fall 2000 English 101

Fall 2000 English 201

Fall 2000 English 388

Spring 2000 English 102

Spring 2000 English 201

Spring 2000 English 488

Fall 1999 English 101

Fall 1999 English 201

Fall 1999 English 388

Spring 1999 on leave

Fall 1998 English 101

Fall 1998 English 202

Fall 1998 English 388

Spring 1998 English 102

Spring 1998 English 201

Spring 1998 English 488

Spring 1997 English 102

Spring 1997 English 201

Spring 1997 English 488

Fall 1996 English 102

Fall 1996 English 201

Fall 1996 English 388

Committees, etc.

Most Interesting Committee Work

1999-2000 Arts and Sciences Dean Search

1997 Literature and Languages Development Committee

1996 Arts and Sciences Dean Search Committee

1993-1995 Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee

1992-1997 Literature and Languages Curriculum Committee

1992-??? University Recycling Committee

1988-1990 Ad Hoc Planning Group for Community

1988-1990 University Planning Committee

1987-present Sam Rayburn Public Affairs Symposium Committee

1987-1988 Student Affairs Review Committee

1986-present University Studies Council

1986-1990 Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee

1983-1986 General Education Revision Committee

1980-1982 President's Committee for New Faculty Evaluation Process, Chair

1976-1990 Faculty Development Committee (co-founder)

1979-1981 The Futures Group

1999-2000 Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching

1985 - 1986 *Honors Professor of the Year

1986 - 1987 *Texas Association of College Teachers Teaching Excellence Award

1987 - 1988 *nominee for National Academic Advising Award by ETSU Faculty Senate

1989 *nominee for Outstanding Advocate for Freshman Award by President's Office

World Futures Society

Association of General and Liberal Studies (elected to Executive Council for 1992-95)

Institute for Global Ethics

Communitarian Network

International Wine & Food Association

1991 Proposal to AAC's Strong Foundations for General Education program, Nov 1991 -- unsuccessful

1974 Successful application to participate in Change in Liberal Education Project (Carnegie Corp., $600,000) with 30 other institutions

1974 The New Center for Learning, successful grant to FIPSE for $119,000 seed money NCL for two years

 

 

 

 

Articles, Notes and Separates:

"Cognitive Development Theories can be tools in our classrooms", University Studies Today (Texas A&M University-Commerce) Fall 1996, 3-4.

"Cognitive Development Theories can be Tools in our Classrooms", University Studies Today, vol. 1 #1.

"Teaching for Alternative Futures," Perspectives, Spring 1989.

"The New Center for Learning: Ten Years of Innovation in Learning," with Bell, Rees and Wade, Perspectives, Spring 1986, 25-31.

"Fragmentation But..." in "Congratulations But..." ed. Tom Maher, AAHE Bulletin, September 1978.

"The New Center for Learning at ETSU," in Renewing Liberal Education: A Primer, ed. Frank Wuest, CLE Network, Kansas City, Mo. 979. Also published in Proceedings of Conference of Deans of Southern States, 1977.

Several poems in small poetry journals edited by my friends

"Teaching Critical Thinking in an Introduction to Literature Course," Association for General and

Liberal Studies, St. Louis, October 1998.

"Critical Thinking" for A&M System Center for Leadership in Higher Education interns, June 18,

1998.

"Assessment of writing and other general education goals", TCU Writing Across the Curriculum workshop, May, 1995

"General Education Assessment: It’s the Pits in the Trenches," Association for General and Liberal Education annual conference, San Antonio, Oct. 1995

"Institutional and Political-Rhetorical Dimensions of Faculty Development for Liberal Studies," as part of panel, "Faculty Development: The Journey from Discipline-Specific Expert to Liberal Studies Expert." Association for General Liberal Studies Conference, Savannah, GA (October 27, 1994).

"Getting Ready to Teach in 2050: Where We Should Go Next," AGLS Conference, October 1992.

"Statewide Efforts to Change General Education: The Texas Story," with S. Ellis [VPAA], Collin County Community College, S. Ezell, U of Houston [Associate VPAA] U of Houston, & C. Parsoneault, TxHiEd Coordinating Board; AGLS, October 1991

"General Education Reform: Lessons From the Trenches at ETSU," AGLS, October 1990

"What We Learned From What We Did," with Ed Rodriguez, (70 minute workshop on starting Freshman Seminars), Conference on Student Success Courses, March, 1989

"Teaching for Alternative Futures," Association for General and Liberal Studies Conference, October 1988. (later published)

"Helping Students Make Connections," Faculty Development presentation to the faculty of University of Arkansas at Monticello, 1986

"Images of the Future and General Education," World Future Society Global conference, 1984 (accepted, not delivered; other session speakers cancelled)

"Helping Students Make Connections," Faculty Development presentations to the faculty of University of Arkansas at Monticello, 1986.

"The New Center for Learning Program," with C. Embry, Southern Humanities Conference, 1982.

"Planning a Futures Course: A Simulation" World Future Society Education Section, 1979; revised and presented again in 1980

"Civilized Discourse and Liberal Education," with Tom Maher, AIHE Conference, 1978

"The New Center for Learning at ETSU," conference of Academic Deans of Southern States, at SACS annual meeting, 1977

Panelist, "interdisciplinarity," AAC Conference, 1976