DEBORAH  CRUSAN

Department of English Language and Literatures

3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy. Dayton Ohio 45435-0001

Office: 479 Millett Hall

937-775-3846 (office)

937 - 324-4660 (Home)

e-mail:  deborah.crusan@wright.edu

       EDUCATION

         Ph.D.  Speech Communication/TESL, The Pennsylvania State University, August 1999                                                               Dissertation: Effective  assessment for placement of English as a second language writers into                                 composition classes at the university level  

M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language, The Pennsylvania State University, May 1996                                        Master’s Paper: Empowering basic writing ESL students: A project of possibility

B.S. in Education/Secondary English, Summa Cum Laude, Slippery Rock University, December 1988                                                                                                                                                                                                        

               Go Penn State!!

         PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION                                                                                           Secondary English (7-12),  State of Pennsylvania

  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor of TESOL/Applied Linguistics, The Department of English Language and Literatures, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 1999 – present
• Member of the Graduate Faculty, The Graduate School, Wright State University
• Interim Director of ESL Programs, The Department of English Language and Literatures, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, Winter 2001, Spring 2001, Summer 2001
• Visiting Professor, The Department of English Language Communication, Woosong University, Daejeon, Korea, Summer 2002
• Instructor, The  Department  of  Continuing  Education. The  Pennsylvania  State University, University Park, PA, 1998-1999
• International Teaching Assistant Coordinator, The Program in English as a Second Language
• The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1998-1999
• Teaching Assistant, The  Department  of  Speech  Communication,  The Pennsylvania State  University, University Park, PA, 1996-1999
• Teaching Assistant, The Program in English as a Second Language
• The  Pennsylvania  State University, University Park, PA, 1994-1999
• Permanent Substitute Teacher, English Department, Quigley Catholic High School, Baden, PA, January 1992-June 1992
• Adjunct Instructor, Department of English,, Community College of Beaver County, Monaca, PA, 1989-1994

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages 1994-present

 National Council of Teachers of English 1996-present

 Conference on College Composition and Communication   1996-present

 American Association of Applied Linguistics   1997-present

 Ohio TESOL 1999-present

 Midwestern Association of Language Testers (MwALT) 2000-present

HONORS AND AWARDS

 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, The Pennsylvania State University

 Member, Sigma Tau Delta, English Honorary

 Member, Kappa Delta Pi, Education Honorary

 Member, Alpha Psi Omega, Drama Honorary

 Member, Phi Beta Delta, Gamma Delta chapter, international honor society

UNIVERSITY PRESENTATIONS and PANELS  

• University Center for International Education Brown Bag. Land of the Morning Calm, November 6, 2002
• EGO Workshop, How to write proposals and have them accepted at TESOL, 2001
• Clark Country Educational Center In-Service Workshop. Working with ESL students in the K-12 classroom, December, 2000
• Fall New Faculty Retreat Panel, Surviving the First Year. September 8, 2000
• Center for Teaching and Learning, ESL Students in the Classroom. October 6, 1999