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Industry:
Education
Field:
Reading and Advanced Writing Instruction
Area(s) of Expertise:
Ms. Rinderer's expertise is in the instruction of writing, spelling and reading.
Employment History:
Assistant Professor, English Division, Delta College, University Center, MI (1989); Director, Education Programs (1987-1989); Co-Supervisor, Writing Center, Counseling Center, CUA (1986-1987); Reading and Study Skills Counselor, Counseling Center, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. (1984-1987); Learning Skills Specialist, Counseling Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (1985-1986); Coordinator of Writing, Center for Basic Skills, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL (1979-1983); Coordinator, Writing Component, Center for Basic Skills, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL (1979-1983); Assistant Professor, Department of English, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL (1979-1983); Assistant Professor, Department of English and Theater, Washburn University of Topeka, Topeka, KS (1978-1979); Instructor, Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of English, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (1976-1978); Instructor, Department of English, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA (1976); English Department Head, St. Joseph's High School, Val d'Or, Quebec, Canada (1970-1972)
Published Works:
Co-Author, ‘Self-Efficacy and Writing: A Different View of Self-Evaluation,’ College Composition and Communication (1985); Co-Author, ‘Teaching Synthesis Skills in the Research Paper,’ Arizona English Bulletin (1983); Co-Author, ‘Speaking your Writing: A Rehearsal Technique for the Basic Writing Student,’ English in Texas (1981); Author, ‘A Comment on Andrea A. Lunsford's 'Cognitive Development and the Basic Writer',’ College English (1981); Author, ‘Teach Them All to Write: Creative Potential, Individual Differences and the Composing Process,’ Arizona English Bulletin (1980); Author, ‘Building on Intuitions: Encouraging Sentence Sense,’ Illinois English Bulletin (1980)
Public Speaking Experience:
Why
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is an Expert:
Teaching basic and advanced writing, along with teaching spelling to adults.
Best Advice:
I’ve been very fortunate to have a tenure track job; I didn’t have to go the adjunct route. Half my colleagues with Ph.D.s or master’s degrees have never had the opportunities that I’ve had. I’ve been fortunate. No matter how strong one might be as a doctoral student or full-fledged Ph.D., that does not necessarily translate to a full-time job, which is sad to say. I’d say “Hang on. Good things do sometimes come to those wait.” On the other hand, when the waiting gets too long, explore other writing and teaching avenues. Working in the education department of an art museum means no papers to grade and could prove very satisfying to one who loves art.
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Biography Excerpt:
Regina Rinderer, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of English at Delta College, where she utilizes her expertise in the instruction of writing, spelling and reading to teach advanced developmental education courses and to do professional development with adjunct faculty. A love of reading and writing, and a desire to share her personal learning experiences with others steered her on an academic course, where she has had a great impact on peers in the field of reading and writing instruction. An expert with more than 36 years of experience, she co-authored “Self-Efficacy and Writing: A Different View of Self-Evaluation” (alongside Patricia McCarthy and Scott Meier). The article, which was published in 1985, prepares high school and college-level students to evaluate and use their own strengths and weaknesses in composition to become stronger writers. She also authored an article titled “Building on Intuitions: Encouraging Sentence Sense,” which appeared in 1989 in a journal titled Illinois English Bulletin. Her dozen published article encourage teachers to free students of writing myths and to recognize that everyone can learn to write effectively.
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