RESUME

 

Rebecca Lee, Ph.D.

rebecca@hawaii.edu

 

 

                                                                             

University of Hawai’i -West O‘ahu                                                       46-1063 Emepela Way #6D

96-129 Ala Ike                                                                                    Kaneohe HI 96744                 

Pearl City HI 96782                                                                             (808) 234-1306

(808) 454-4736                                                                                   (808) 284-4569 (cell)

(808) 453-6176 (fax)

 

Education

 

Ph.D. in English, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ (1981)

MA in English, University of Montana, Missoula MT (1972)

BA in English, Connecticut College, New London CT (1964)

 

Employment History

 

Professor of Literature, Humanities Division, (2003-present)

Associate Professor of Literature, Humanities Division, University of Hawai’i -West O‘ahu (1997-2003)

Assistant Professor of English, Humanities Division, University of Hawai’i - West O‘ahu (1992-1997)

Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Hawai’i - Manoa (1984-1991)

Lecturer, Department of English, Humboldt State University, Arcata CA (1981-1984)

Free-lance editor and writer, San Diego CA (1979-81)

Teaching Associate, Department of English, University of Arizona, Tucson (1972-1979)

Teaching Assistant, Department of English, University of Montana, Missoula (1970-1971)

Free-lance writer, editor and typist, Missoula MT (1968-70)

Editorial Assistant, Information Services, University of Montana, Missoula (1968-1969)

Moderator, radio talk show, Missoula MT (1968-1969)

Reporter, West Virginia Publishing Co., Morgantown (1966-1968)

Peace Corps teacher, Tabora Girls Secondary School, Tanzania, East Africa (1964-1966)

 

Administrative Experience

 

Director, Writing Program, University of Hawai`i - West O`ahu (1993 - present)

Chair, Educational Effectiveness Committee, University of Hawai`i - West O`ahu (2002 – present)

Coordinator, Distributed Learning, University of Hawai`i - West O`ahu (2001 – 2002)

Chair, Distributed Learning Committee, University of Hawai`i - West O`ahu (2001 – 2002)

Co-chair, Accreditation Steering Committee, University of Hawai`i – West O`ahu (2001 – 2002)

Chair, Accreditation Steering Committee, University of Hawai`i – West O`ahu (2000 – 2001)

Director, Board of Directors of the University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly (1996-2000)

Chair, University of Hawai‘i-West O‘ahu Faculty Senate (1999)

Vice President, Board of Directors of the University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly (1998 – 1999)

Project Director, "Fundamental Values of the Good Community:  A Cross-Disciplinary Learning

Community between Leeward Community College and the University of Hawai‘i - West

O‘ahu  (1997-1998)

Co-chair, University of Hawai`i-West O`ahu Accreditation Coordinating Committee (1996 – 1997)

Co-chair, Coordinating Committee, University of Hawai‘i Systemwide General Education Project (1996)

Co-chair, Steering Committee, "Coming to Consensus on General Education:  The Next Steps," Working Seminars (Fall 1996)

Co-chair, Accreditation Coordination Committee, University of Hawai‘i -West O‘ahu (1996)

Chair, Faculty Senate, University of Hawai‘i -West O‘ahu (1993-1995)

Co-convener, All Campus Council of Faculty Senate Chairs, University of Hawai‘i system (1993-1995)

Supervisor, grading of placement exams for incoming freshmen, Manoa Writing Project, University of Hawai‘i -Manoa (1986-1991)

Chair, Subcommittee for Freshman Writing Contest, Department of English, University of Hawai‘i –Manoa (1991)

Vice President, Hawai‘i Literary Arts Council (1988)

President, Tucson Chapter of the National Organization for Women (1976)

Secretary, Tucson Chapter of the National Organization for Women (1976)

Chair, English Graduate Union, Department of English, University of Arizona, Tucson (1973 and 1977)

 

Grants and Awards

 

Recipient, “Improving Writing and Learning Center Data Entry,” $1,216 grant funded by the Educational Improvement Funds, University of Hawai`i (Spring 2002)

Recipient, “Attending a Teleconference,” $105 grant funded by the Educational Improvement Funds, University of Hawai`i (Spring 2002)

Recipient, “Developing a Web Page for the Writing Center,” $2,020 grant funded by the Educational Improvement Funds, University of Hawai`i (Spring 2000)

Principal Investigator, "Fundamental Values of the Good Community:  A Cross-Disciplinary Curriculum Development Project," $25,000 grant funded by the National Endowment for

Humanities (July 1997 - June 1998)

Principal Investigator, "The Fundamental Values of a Good Community:  A Learning Community Involving Leeward Community College and the University of Hawai`i - West O’ahu," $21,400 grant funded by the Educational Improvement Funds, University of Hawai`i (Fall 1997)

Recipient, "Developing a Writing Program," $1,500 grant funded by the Educational Improvement Funds, University of Hawai`i (Fall 1992)

Recipient, Marie Hamilton Padgett award for literary excellence for the second chapter of my dissertation, "Old English Scholarship In Victorian England," University of Arizona (1981)

Listed in International Who's Who in Poetry and Poets' Encyclopedia

Listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2000

 

Publications

 

Program Review for the Bachelor of Arts in Humanities, University of Hawaii-West O‘ahu, Fall 2003

Special Report Prepared for the Special Visit of a WASC Evaluation Team, October 2003 (principal author)

Preparatory Review Report (submitted for Reaffirmation of Accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges), October 2002 (principal author)

“Interactive Online Distance Learning at the University of Hawaii-West O‘ahu,” Educational Perspectives (35), 2002:  22-23 (article)

“Eating the Skeleton,” Sinister Wisdom, Spring 2001 (poem)

“An Intercampus Learning Community:  The Fundamental Values of a Good Community,” ERIC Database ED434601, 1999 (article co-Authored with Linda Nishigaya)

Fundamental Values of a Good Community:  A Learning Community, January 1998 (video)

"Origami," The International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, June 1997 (poem)

Publications of the University of Hawai‘i -West O’ahu Writing Center, Fall 1996 (compiler)

University of Hawai‘i -West O`ahu Self-Study Report (Submitted for Reaffirmation of Accreditation by the Accreting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges), July 1996 (editor and Principal author)

"UH Faculty Favor General Education Reform," Honolulu:  The MCC Catalyst, April/May, 1996 (article)

"General Education Update:  Spring Activities," Ku Lama:  The Newsletter of the University of Hawai`i System, April 12, 1996 (article)

"UH Faculty Favor General Education Reform," Ku Lama, March 15, 1996 (article)

"The General Education Survey:  Answering Some Questions," Ku Lama, December 8, 1995 (article)

"General Education Project Update:  Faculty Survey, Task Forces, Student Involvement," November 10, 1995 (article)

"General Education Project Update:  The Year of Enlightenment," Ku Lama, September 22, 1995 (article)

"Wires," La'ila'i:  Anthology of the Women's Center Reading Series, Vol. 1.  Honolulu:  Hawai`i Literary Arts Council, 1994 (short story)

"Creative Collaging," The Hawai`i Writing Project Newsletter, Fall 1994 (article)

"Feathers and Marrow," Presentations:  WAC Summer Institute 1994, Summer 1994 (prose poem)

"Creative Collaging," Presentations:  WAC Summer Institute 1994, Summer 1994 (article)

"Grave Stone and Banyan," "Waimanalo Sunset," "Waimanalo," "Self Portrait," Westwinds, Spring 1994 (photographs)

"Wires," Westwinds, Spring 1994 (short story)

"Buddies," Caprice, January 1994 (poem)

UHWO's Writing Program:  A Curriculum Development Report, October 1993

"45 in a Dry Season," Hawai`i Review 25, Spring 1989 (prose poem)

The American Book of Nutrition and Medical Astrology, Astro Computing Services, 1982 (editor)

The American Book of Charts, Astro Computing Services, 1980 (editor)

Winning at Blackjack, Copy Concepts, 1980 (editor)

You Can Be a Leader, Copy Concepts, 1980 (editor)

Montana Railroads, Big Sky Publishing, 1969 (editor)

"Richard Hugo:  Northwest Poet," the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Aug. 17, 1969 (interview)

"James Welch:  Blackfeet Poet," the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Aug. 10, 1969

"Afro-American Studies in Universities," the Morgantown Dominion-Post, Aug. 3, 1969 (article)

"Rabbits Provide Clues to Cancer," the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 20, 1969 (article)

 

(During my year and a half as a reporter in West Virginia, I wrote 73 articles that contained my by-line.  Only the major articles are listed below.)

 

"Poverty in Monongalia County," the Morgantown Dominion-Post, July 21 and July 28, 1968 (two-part article)

"Hot Rocks," the Sunday Magazine of the Morgantown Dominion-Post, May 5, 1968 (short story)

"The Dust Clears:  Trends Begin to Emerge from Primary Election," the Morgantown Dominion-Post, May 19, 1968 (article)

"What is Inside Story on Vote in the Election," the Morgantown Dominion-Post, May 12, 1968 (article)

"The Governor's Race," the Morgantown Dominion-News, May 11, 1968 (editorial)

"Issues Submerged as Political Factions Fight It Out," the Morgantown Dominion-Post, April 28, 1968

"University Discrimination to be Probed," the Morgantown Dominion-Post, April 28, 1968 (article)

"Martin Luther King's Death Shocks City," the Morgantown Dominion-News, April 6, 1968 (article)

"Burglary Ring Based Here," the Morgantown Dominion-Post, March 24, 1968 (article)

"The Story Behind the Witherspoons Untimely Death," the Morgantown Dominion-News, March 22, 1968 (article)

"What It's Like to be Poor in Monongalia County," the Morgantown Dominion-Post, Aug. 13, 1967 (article)

"A Peace Corps Volunteer in Tanzania," the Morgantown Dominion-Post, May 14, May 21, May 28, and June 4, 1967 (series of articles)

"Intrusion," Insight, Spring 1964 (short story)

"The King's Question," Insight, Fall 1963 (short story)

"Dedication:  To My Sister," Insight, Fall 1963 (short story)

 

Readings and Presentations

 

“The Personal Touch at a Distance:  Achieving Learning Centeredness through an Innovative, Interactive, and Collaborative Model of Online Course Development and Delivery, Continuing the Dialogue:  Using Accreditation to Enhance Student Learning, 78th Annual Meeting of the Association of Senior Colleges and Universities, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, San Diego, April 11, 2002 (presentation given with Susan Pelowski and William Pearman)

“Distance Education at UH West Oahu:  Serving Students through an Innovative, Interactive, and Collaborative Model of Online Course Development & Delivery,”  Education Matters:  Diversity Issues in the 21st Century, 23rd Annual Meeting of the Hawaii Sociological Association, Honolulu, Feb. 16, 2002 (presentation given with Langley Frissell, Linda Nishigaya, and Susan Pelowski)

“Evaluating Educational Effectiveness of a Capstone Experience,” Deepening the Dialogue:  Building Learning-Centered Institutions in Partnership with Each Other, 77th Annual Meeting of the Association of Senior Colleges and Universities, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, Irvine, California, April 25, 2001 (presentation prepared with William Pearman)

“An Inter-campus Learning Community,” 8th Annual National Conference on Creating the Quality School, Memphis, Tennessee (March 25, 1999 (presentation made with Linda Nishigaya)

"An Inter-campus Learning Community Based on the Fundamental Values of a Good Community," Rebuilding Higher Education:  Strategies for Creating Community on Your Campus, National Conference, University of Vermont, February 10, 1998 (workshop presentation)

"How to Evaluate Student Writing without Going Crazy," Leeward Community College, October 28, 1997 (workshop presentation)

"Surviving Higher Level Classes," Leeward Community College, October 21, 1997 (workshop presentation)

"Writing:  Expectations and Possibilities," Leeward Community College Fall Convocation, August 19, 1997 (workshop presentation)

"General Education, Articulation, and Transfer," University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents (video presentation)

"Feathers and Marrow," Reading for La'ila'i, Leeward Community College, April 6, 1995 (prose poem)

"Cutting Back the Jargon," American Society of Public Administrators Conference, Honolulu HI, October 1994 (workshop presentation)

Cutbacks in Higher Education," American Society for Public Administrators Conference," Honolulu HI, October 1994 (panel moderator)

"Buddies," Artfest Reading, Church of the Crossroads, Honolulu HI,

July 15, 1994 (poem)

"Women Writers," A Day for Women, Leeward Community College, Oct. 24, 1992 (workshop presentation)

A Leg to Stand On," Women's Center Reading, UH Women's Center, University of Hawai‘i -Manoa, May 8, 1992 (short story)

"Creative Writing Techniques in Teaching Composition," Composition Colloquium, Department of English, University of  Hawai‘i -Manoa, October 1989 (presentation)

"The Fifth Trip" and "Buddha Jab," Hawai‘i  Literary Arts Council Reading, The Book Cellar, Honolulu HI, Fall 1989 (short story and prose poem)

"Hunger," Hawai‘i Literary Arts Council Reading, Honolulu HI, Fall 1988 (chapter from novel)

"Using Peer Groups," Colloquium on Teaching Freshman Composition, Department of English, University of Hawai‘i -Manoa, Honolulu HI, Fall 1987 (presentation)

"Generating Ideas for Papers," Language Arts Showcase, Hawai‘i Council of teachers of English, Honolulu HI, Summer 1987

"Mother Comes to Visit," Woman's Reading, YWCA, Honolulu, Spring 1987 (short story)

"Mother Comes to Visit," Women's Reading, American Association of University Women, Honolulu HI, November 1986 (short story)

"Jenny Knows It All," Hawai‘i Literary Arts Council Reading, Honolulu HI, October 1986 (short story)

"Developing a Cross-Cultural Anthology," Workshop on Teaching Cross-Cultural Literature, Humboldt State University, Arcata CA, 1984 (presentation)

 

Professional Activities

 

University of Hawai‘i Systemwide Committee on Writing (1992 – present)

University of Hawai‘i–West O‘ahu Academic Coordinating Council (2003 – present)

University of Hawai‘i–West O‘ahu Curriculum Committee (1992 – present)

University of Hawai`i Information Technology & Distance Learning Strategic Issue Team (2002-2003)

University of Hawai`i Task Force on Technology and Distance Learning (2001-2002)

University of Hawai‘i Systemwide Committee on Distance Learning Model Programs and Future Distance Learning Programs(2001-2002)

Institutional Research and Assessment Committee, University of Hawai‘i -West O`ahu (2001-2002)

Collective Bargaining Committee on Teaching Equivalencies, University of Hawai`i Professional Assembly (1998-1999)

Grievance Committee, University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly (1996-1998)

University of Hawai‘i System Committee to Revise the Sexual Harassment Policy (1997-98)

University of Hawai‘i System Task Force on Sexual Orientation (1994-98)

University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly, Faculty Representative (1992-1997)

Coordinating Committee, University of Hawai‘i Systemwide General Education Project (1994-1997)

Legislative Committee, University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly (1996)

Steering Committee, "Coming to Consensus on General Education: One Path or Many," Conference and Report on General  Education in the University of Hawai‘i System (Spring 1995)

Committee for Revision of the Academic Development Plan, University of Hawai`i-West O`ahu (Spring 1995)

Steering Committee, American Society for Public Administrators Conference on "Cutback Management," Honolulu HI (1994)

Writing Across the Curriculum Summer Institute, Leeward Community College (Summer 1994)

Westwinds literary magazine, University of Hawai‘i -West O`ahu, Advisor (1992-1994)

Subcommittee on Sexual Harassment, University of Hawai‘i Women's Faculty Caucus (Spring 1992)

Composition Committee, Department of English, University of Hawai‘i -Manoa (1990-91)

Collective for the University of Hawai‘i’s Women's Center (1990)

Colloquium Committee, Department of English, University of Hawai‘i -Manoa (1986, 1988, and 1989)

Library Committee, Department of English, University of Hawai‘i -Manoa (1985)

Graduate Studies Committee, Department of English, University of Arizona, Tucson (1973 and 1977)

Committee on Freshman English Textbooks, Department of English, University of Arizona, Tucson (1976)

Committee on Freshman English Curriculum, Department of English, University of Arizona, Tucson (1975)

Advisory Committee, Department of English, University of Arizona, Tucson (1973)

 

References

 

Dr. Bruce Bergland                                                                                          

Chancellor, Indiana University Northwest                                 

3400 Broadway                                                                                  

Gary, Indiana 46408                                                                                        

(219) 980-6500                                                                      

                                                                                               

Dr. April Komenaka

Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

University of Hawai‘i -Hilo

Hilo HI 96729-4091

komenaka@hawaii.edu

 

Dr. Thomas Hilgers

Director, Manoa Writing Program

Bilgers 104

University of Hawai‘i - Manoa

Honolulu HI 96822

(808) 956-6660

hilgers@hawaii.edu

 

Dr. Cristina Bacchilega            

Chair, Department of English

University of Hawai‘i -Manoa                                                  

Kuykendall 613 402A                                                                                     

Honolulu HI 96822

(808) 956-3060

(808) 956-3088

(808) 956-3083 (FAX)

cbacchi@hawaii.edu

 

Dr. Susan Pelowski

Assistant Professor, Psychology

University of Hawai’i -West O‘ahu

96-129 Ala Ike                                                           

Pearl City HI 96782                                                                            

(808) 454-4736

(808) 262-2226 (H)

spelowsk@hawaii.edu