Paul M. Rogers  

Assistant Professor, Department of English
progers2@gmu.edu
George Mason University MS 3E4
Office 703-993-9124
4400 University Drive
Cell 805-729-6427

Fairfax, VA 22030-4444

http://mason.gmu.edu/~progers2

EDUCATION

May 2008   
Ph.D., Education
University of California, Santa Barbara
  Ph.D. Thesis: The Development of Writers and Writing Abilities
  (Chair: Charles Bazerman; Sheridan Blau, Susan McLeod, Andrea A. Lunsford).
   
2006
Master of Arts, Education
  University of California, Santa Barbara 
   
2003
Master of Arts, English – Emphasis in Teaching Writing
  Humboldt State University
   
2000
Bachelor of Arts, Speech Communication
  Humboldt State University
   
In Progress
Stanford Advanced Project Management Certification
  Stanford Center for Professional Development

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

George Mason University
Assistant Professor: English Department, George Mason University. August 2008-present
Associate Director: Northern Virginia Writing Project. August 2008-present

University of California, Santa Barbara
Research and Teaching Assistant: Dr. Charles Bazerman, Chair and Professor, Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, January 2004-June 2005; April 2008-June 2008.

Teaching Associate/Lead TA/Teaching Assistant: UCSB College of Engineering; UCSB Writing Program, September 2003-June 2004; September 2005-June 2006; July 2006-September 2007; September 2007-December 2007.

Brooks Institute of Photography
Adjunct General Education Faculty: May 2005-March 2006; May 2007-September 2007.

Humboldt State University
Graduate Teaching Assistant: English Department, September 2002-May 2003.
Writing Tutor: University Writing Center, Fall 2001-Spring 2002.

PUBLICATIONS

Books and Edited Volumes

Zawacki, T. and Rogers, P.M . (Under contract) Writing Across the Curriculum: A Critical Sourcebook. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's.

Rogers, P.M. (Under contract). Feedback and response in writing development: Approaches to practice and research. West Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press.

C. Bazerman, R. Krut, K. Lunsford, S. McLeod, S. Null, P. Rogers, and A. Stansell (Eds.), (2009). Traditions of writing research.Oxford, UK: Routledge.

Articles and Chapters

Rogers, P.M., Bright, A. Cabe, R., Dewar, T. and Whitney, A. (Accepted). Rejoining the learning circle: When inservice providers conduct research. English Education.

Rogers, P.M. (forthcoming). Professional development in graduation education: Preparing to act on a global stage. Metamorphosis: The Effects of Professional Development on Graduate Students. Southland, TX: Fountainhead Press.

Rogers, P.M., & Gage, T. (forthcoming). Pamuk on the wire: Turkish history and the politics of global identity. Cambridge Scholars Press. Newcastle: UK.

Rogers, P.M., and Walling, O. (In press). Writing and knowledge making: Insights from an historical perspective. In D. Starke-Meyerring, A. Paré, N. Artemeva, M. Horne, and L. Yousoubova (Eds.), Writing [in] the knowledge society. West Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press and Fort Collins, Colorado: The WAC Clearinghouse.

Rogers, P.M. (2009). The contributions of North American longitudinal studies of writing in higher education to our understanding of writing development. In C. Bazerman, R. Krut, K. Lunsford, .S. McLeod, S. Null, P.M. Rogers and A. Stansell (Eds.). Traditions of Writing Research. Oxford, UK: Routledge.

Bazerman, C., and Rogers, P.M. (2008). Writing and secular knowledge outside modern European institutions. In C. Bazerman (Ed.),Handbook of Research on Writing. New York, NY: Erlbaum.

Bazerman, C., and Rogers, P.M. (2008). Writing and secular knowledge within modern European institutions. In C. Bazerman (Ed.),Handbook of Research on Writing. New York, NY: Erlbaum.

Whitney, A., Blau, S. Brown, A., Cabe, R. Dewar, T., Levin, J., Macias, R., & Rogers, P.M. (2008). Beyond strategies: Teacher practice, writing process, and the influence of inquiry. English Education 40(3) .

Rogers, P.M. (2006). Why genre? The problems and promise of genre for the K-12 language arts classroom. California English,11(3).

Book Reviews

Rogers, P.M. (2005). Review of Multiliteracies for a Digital Age by Stuart Selber. Issues in Writing 16(1).

Rogers, P.M. (2004). Review of Picturing Texts by Lester Faigley, Diana George, Anna Palchik, and Cynthia Selfe. Kairos, 9.1. <http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/9.1/binder.html?reviews/rogers/index.htm>

Interviews

"NVWP's Future Director: Paul Rogers" (2008) The Journal of the Northern Virginia Writing Project 29(1). 21-24.

Other Publications

Rogers, P. M. (2008). The power of recommendation letters. POSTSCWRIP, 28(1).

Rogers, P. M. (2008). Developing site capacities through program evaluation and research. National Writing Project. Available online: http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2765

Rogers, P.M. (2008). The development of writers and writing abilities: A longitudinal study across and beyond the college-span. (Doctoral dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2008). DAI # 3319795. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3319795

Curriculum Study Commission (with 13 coauthors). (2006). A professional code of conduct and ethics for K-12 teachers of English language arts. An Interim Report of the Professional Code Study Group. Available online: <http://www.cccoe.net/csc/CSC_Ethics_Draft_Feb_20_06.pdf>

Works in Progress and Under Review

A.A. Lunsford, J. Fishman, P.M. Rogers, and L. Stapleton. (in progress). A Writing Revolution: The Stanford Study of Writing.

Rogers, P.M. Developing writers: From feedback and response to dialogic interaction (under review at "Research in the Teaching of English").

Rogers, P.M. Moving Forward as a Profession: The Case for a Code of Ethics for K-12 Teachers of English.(journal article under review at "English Leadership Quarterly").

Rogers, P.M. Social Entrepreneurship Education: Practioners and Educators Building Changemaker Universities (book chapter in progress).

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS upcoming presentations in italics

Invited Presentations

"Beyond Strategies: Inquiry-Oriented Professional Development." Conference on English Education Awards Sessions. National Council of Teachers of English Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. November 20, 2009.

"From One Changemaker Campus to Another: Lessons Learned from George Mason." Changemaker Campus Kick-off, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. September 18, 2009.

"The Ins & Outs of Campus Change." Ashoka Changemaker Commencement, Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC. April, 24, 2009.

"The Window of Opportunity: Strategic Communication and Leadership Effectiveness." George Mason Leadership Institute, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. February, 28, 2009.

“Faculty of the Future: Voices from the Next Generation.” 2008 Meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. January 24, 2008.

"Why Genre? The Problems and Promise of Genre Theory and Research." Curriculum Study Commission Spring Asilomar Conference, Reaching Under performing Student Writers: Theory & Research. Pacific Grove, CA. April 8, 2006.

Individual and Panel Presentations

"Scaling: Implementation Challenges." Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Research Colloquium on Social Entrepreneurship, Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, Durham, NC. June 23-26, 2009. (Moderator/Discussion Leader.)

"Dialogic Interaction, Fine Tuning, and the Leading Edge of Writing Development." Conference of College Composition and Communication 2009, San Francisco, CA. March 12, 2009.

"Writing Research across Borders: Traditions, Trends, and Trajectories." Praxis, Pedagogy, People: Writing Studies in the DC
Metropolitan Area. Washington, DC. January 9, 2009.

"How LSRI Results Can Benefit Your Site." National Writing Project 2009 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. Nov. 21, 2008.

“What Do We Do with All this Data? Coherence, Contradiction, and Cases in the Study of Writing Development.”  Conference of College Composition and Communication 2008, New Orleans, LA. April 3, 2008.

"Reflections on the Historical Relationship of Writing and Knowledge." Writing Research Across Borders. Santa Barbara, CA. Feb. 24, 2008.

"From Data to Findings: Coherence, Contradiction, and Cases in the Study of Writing Development." Writing Research Across Borders. Santa Barbara, CA. Feb. 22, 2008.

“The Novels of Orhan Pamuk.” Asilomar 57, Pacific Grove, September 28-30, 2007. (Session Organizer).

"Experienced TA Panel." Campus Wide Teaching Assistant Orientation, Office of TA Development. University of California, Santa Barbara. Sep. 25, 2007.

"Grading Student Writing." Two workshops for Campus Wide Teaching Assistant Orientation, Office of TA Development. University of California, Santa Barbara. Sep. 25, 2007.

"Responding to Student Writing ." UCSB Writing Program TA Orientation, University of California, Santa Barbara, September 21, 2007.

"Enriching our Methodological Repertoire: Retrospective Interviews on Writing in Work and School." Conference of College Composition and Communication 2007, New York, NY. March 22, 2007.

"Moving Forward As a Profession: A Professional Code of Conduct and Ethics for K-12 Teachers of Language Arts." California Association of Teachers of English 48th Annual Convention, Feb. 9, 2007.

"Moving Forward As a Profession: A Professional Code of Conduct and Ethics for K-12 Teachers of Language Arts." National Council of Teachers of English, Nashville, Tennessee. Nov. 17, 2006.

"Coach or Judge? Responding to Student Writing." workshop for Religious Studies teaching assistants Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. Nov. 3, 2006.

"Popular Culture: Why Fight It? Use It!" Asilomar 56, Pacific Grove, CA. Sep. 29-Oct. 1, 2006. (Chair).

"Grading Student Writing." workshop for campus wide teaching assistant orientation, Office of TA Development. University of California, Santa Barbara. Sep. 26, 2006.

"College Writing: Development from the Student's Point of View" European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction 10th International Conference of the Special Interest Group on Writing, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. September 20 -22, 2006.

"Textual Origins of the Knowledge Society: A View from the Modern Research University." Canadian Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, York University, Toronto, Canada. May 28, 2006.

"Negotiating Pedagogical Tensions in Genre Theory and Genre Practice." American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. April 10, 2006.

"College Curriculum and the Development of Writing Abilities: How, When, and What?" Conference of College Composition and Communication 2006, Chicago, IL. March 24, 2006.

"Rights, Fights, and Sites: Composition Research Caught in the Middle of Intellectual Property Debates over Digital Resources." Conference of College Composition and Communication 2006, Chicago, IL. March 24, 2006. (Chair).

"Textual Origins of the Knowledge Society." Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, Chicago, IL. March 22, 2006.

"Come on In! It's not over your head: NWP Research in Action." National Writing Project 2005 Annual Meeting Pittsburgh, PA. Nov. 17-19, 2005.

"College as Curriculum: Developing Writers at UCSB." University of California, Santa Barbara, Graduate Research Symposium, Santa Barbara, CA. April 1, 2005.

"But That's Not Writing: Science and Technology Students Writing Across the Curriculum." Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA. March 17, 2005.

"Retrospective Writing Histories: Student Writing Across the Curriculum at UCSB." Writing Research in the Making, Santa Barbara, CA. February 7, 2005.

"The Many Dimensions of Writing Research." University of California, Santa Barbara, Writing Research in the Making, February 6, 2005, (Chair: Opening plenary session delivered by Dr. Charles Bazerman).

"The Local Sites Research Initiative: An Opportunity to Get Answers to Your Questions." Annual Meeting of the National Writing Project, NWP Research Forum, Indianapolis, IN. November 2004.

"Researching Response to Strategic Communications: From Practice to Research." 69th Annual Association of Business Communication Conference, Cambridge, MA. October 29, 2004.

"From 1984 to 9/11: Complexity in the Classroom." University of California, Irvine, Rethinking Post 9/11 Symposium, October 16, 2004.

"The Literature Workshop: Teaching Difficult Texts and Their Readers." Asilomar 54, Pacific Grove, CA. October 1-3, 2004. (Chair).

"Teaching Writing in the Sciences." UCSB Writing Program TA Orientation, University of California, Santa Barbara, September 16, 2004.

"Teaching Audience: A Workshop Approach." South Coast Writing Project, Summer Institute, Santa Barbara, CA. July 27, 2004.

"Changing People’s Minds." Redwood Writing Project, Young Writers Conference, Arcata, CA. March 2003.

"East/West Tensions in Orhan Pamuk." Asilomar 52, Pacific Grove, CA. September 27-30, 2002.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Janet Emig Award (2009) Awarded by the National Council of Teachers of English Conference on English Education (CEE)

K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award (2008) Awarded by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Faculty Travel Grants, CHSS, George Mason University, for conference travel in Nov. 2008. [$500]

Stanford Study of Writing, Research Grant, Fall 2007 [$1,500].

JOURNAL REVIEWING

Guest Reviewer, Special Issue, Across the Disciplines, 2008.
Occasional Reviewer, California English, 2006-2007.
Guest Reviewer, Research in the Teaching of English, 2004.

REVIEWS OF BOOK MANUSCRIPTS (entire manuscript unless otherwise noted)

Anonymous, Choices. New York: Pearson Longman. [2009; prospectus and sample chapters]
Anne Wysocki and Dennis Lynch, The DK Handbook. New York: Pearson Longman. [2008; chapters from final draft]
Anne Huff, Designing Research for Publication. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. [2007; first draft and revised chapters]

COURSES TAUGHT George Mason University

Graduate Courses

English 615, Composition Instruction [F09]
English 600, 695 NVWP Summer Institute [SS09]
English 697, Composition Theory [S09]

Undergraduate Courses

English 302H, Advanced Composition (Humanities) [SS09]
English 302B, Advanced Composition (Business) [SS09]
English 489, Advanced Non-Fiction [F08]
English 101, Composition [F08] [S09] [F09]

MA THESIS COMMITTEES

Maureen Soyars, Committee Member
Fatima H Pashaei, Committee Member

SERVICE TO THE FIELD

Member, CCCC Research Committee, 2009-pres.

Conference Co-Chair, Writing Research Across Borders II, George Mason University, February 17-20, 2011

Director, Central California Council of Teachers of English, Curriculum Study Commission. January 2004-September 2008.

Conference Chair, Asilomar 58 "Teachers at the Center". Pacific Grove, CA. Sept. 26-28, 2008.

Grand Jury Member, U.S. Professor of the Year Award. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. August 2008.

SERVICE TO THE INSTITUTION

University Service George Mason University

CHSS College to Career Committee, Fall 2009
George Mason Ashoka Changemakers/ Faculty Leader, 2008-2009 
QEP Planning Subcommittee, Spring 2009

Departmental Service

Member, Chair's Advisory Committee, 2008-2009
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Planning and Budget, Spring 2009

CONSULTING

United Advocates for Children of California

Learning Express LLC

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Association of Colleges and Universities

Association of Business Communication

California Association of Teachers of English

Conference on College Composition and Communication

European Association of Research on Learning and Instruction

National Council of Teachers of English

National Writing Project (Composition Fellow and Teacher Consultant since 2004)

 

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