CURRICULUM VITAE
Madeleine Picciotto
Warren College Writing Program
UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0422
858-534-1384
e-mail mpicciotto@ucsd.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in
Comparative Literature. Princeton
University, 1985. Concentration in North and South American Studies. Dissertation: Workers and Slaves: The Rhetoric of Freedom in the
Poetry of Walt Whitman and Antonio de Castro Alves.
M.A. in
English and Comparative Literature.
Columbia University, 1979. Concentration in Translation Theory. Master's
Essays: "Translation and
Transformation: Dryden, Goethe, and Benjamin"; "The Cantigas de
Amigo of Dom Diniz."
A.B. in
Comparative Literature, cum laude.
Princeton University, 1978. Concentration in Peninsular and Latin American
Literature.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004-present:
Warren College, University of California, San Diego – Lecturer. Courses
taught: Introduction to Academic
Argumentation with thematic focus on "The Warren Court: The Rights of
Juveniles"; Intermediate Argumentation with focus on "Religion and
the Law," "Private Life and the Law," "Moral Choices,"
and "Truth and Deception"; Training Seminar for Undergraduate Writing
Mentors; Scholars Seminar writing sequence for Honors Program students with
focus on "Knowledge and Power," "Truth and Beauty," and
"Innocence and Experience."
2003-2004:
University of Massachusetts, Boston – Visiting Lecturer in English. Courses taught: English
Composition I and II; Introduction to Literary Studies.
Fall
2003: Bentley College – Visiting Assistant Professor of English. Course taught: Expository
Writing.
2000-2003:
Warren College, University of California, San Diego – Instructor,
Lecturer. Courses taught: Introduction to Academic Argumentation with focus on
"Whiteness" and "McDonaldization"; Intermediate
Argumentation with focus on "Childhood," "Education,"
"Morality and Justice" and "Private Life and the Law"; The
Craft of Writing: Non-Fiction.
2000-2001: San Diego Community College District, Miramar College
and Mesa College – Adjunct Instructor of English. Courses taught:
Transfer-level English Composition; Basic Writing.
1993-1999: Spelman College – Assistant Professor of English. Courses taught:
First-Year Composition, Advanced Composition, Investigative Writing,
Argumentative Writing, Journalism Workshop, Advanced Editing, Introduction to
Literary Studies, Modern World Literature, American Literature to 1865,
American Literature 1865 to the Present.
1988-1993:
Oglethorpe University – Assistant Professor of English, Associate
Professor of English. Courses taught: Analytical Writing, Persuasive Writing, Investigative
Writing, Composition Across the Curriculum (writing classes linked to general
education courses in Economics, Biology, and Psychology), Journalism Workshop,
Writing for the Media, Oral History, Non-Fiction Prose, Biography and
Autobiography, Gender and Communication, Training Seminar for Student Tutors of
Writing, Methods of Inquiry (First-Year Experience Seminar).
1986-1988:
UCLA Writing Programs, University of California, Los Angeles – Lecturer. Courses taught: Basic Writing, English Composition, Business/Professional Writing,
Writing for Community Educators, Writing for Media Studies, Composition Across
the Curriculum – Ethnic Studies.
1984-1986: Princeton University – Lecturer. Courses taught: Expository Writing, Literary Translation, British Literature 18th
Century to the Present.
1981-1984:
Princeton University – Assistant in Instruction. Courses taught: Expository
Writing, Major American Authors.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Warren
College, University of California – San Diego, 2005-present: Director, Writing Center. Responsible for the ongoing
direction of a tutorial center offering academic support to all Warren College
students working on writing assignments for UCSD courses. Duties include
recruiting, training, and supervising undergraduate writing mentors; providing
outreach to the Warren College student body; offering group writing workshops;
working with faculty to coordinate support for student writers.
Spelman
College, 1993-1999: Coordinator, Writing
Minor. Initiated a Writing Minor program serving students from all disciplines;
developed curricula for writing minor courses; assisted the English Department
Chair in coordinating program logistics and advising writing minor students.
Oglethorpe
University, 1992-1993: Director, Academic
Resource Center. Responsible for developing and coordinating all aspects of a
new tutorial center providing multi-disciplinary academic support. Duties
included coordinating logistics (budget, scheduling, facilities, equipment);
recruiting, training, and supervising peer tutors; organizing group workshops
and study sessions; working with faculty to design new support programs.
Oglethorpe
University, 1988-1993: Director, Writing
Program and Writing Center. Duties included directing first-year composition;
designing course curricula; coordinating the Writing-Across-the-Curriculum
program; selecting and supervising adjunct composition instructors;
coordinating the Writing Minor Program; organizing composition placement of
entering students; developing writing assessment instruments; recruiting,
training and supervising student tutors for the Writing Center; managing all
Writing Center services; facilitating faculty development workshops on the
teaching of writing.
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE
University
of California – San Diego, 2005 - 2008: Chair, Writing Programs Subcommittee of the Unit 18
Workload Committee: participated in an investigation of the workload of Unit 18
lecturers in Writing and Foreign Languages; coordinated subcommittee activities
and wrote an extensive report on workload issues concerning Writing Programs
lecturers at UCSD. Member, Non-Senate Faculty Professional Development
Committeee; member of selection committees for Warren College Research
Scholarship and Warren Scholars Essay Prize; member of Non-Senate Faculty
Ad-Hoc Excellence Review Committee.
Spelman
College, 1993-1999: Member of the Writing
Advisory Committee, overseeing writing-across-the-curriculum initiatives;
facilitator of the English Department First-Year Composition Committee; adviser
to student organizations.
Oglethorpe
University, 1988-1993: Member of the
Committee on Retention, Core Curriculum Committee, Freshman Seminar Planning
Committee, Counselor Search Committee, and James Edward Oglethorpe Scholarship
Committee.
UCLA,
1986-1988: Teaching Assistant Mentor;
Member, Writing Programs Faculty Advisory Committee; Participant,
UCLA-CSUN-Schools Collaboration (preparing California high school students to
meet university writing expectations); Founding Faculty, Community Educator
Project.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
and Manuals
Critical
Thinking: A Campus Life Casebook (second
edition of Critical Thinking: A Casebook,
revised and expanded). Prentice Hall, 2004.
Instructor's
Manual for Critical Thinking: A Campus Life Casebook. Prentice Hall, 2004.
Critical
Thinking: A Casebook. Prentice Hall, 2000.
Articles
"In It
Together: Learning From Collaborative Class Projects." The Journal of
the National Teaching and Learning Forum, September
1997.
"'Little
open letters back and forth': Tutors Creating a Writing Community." The
Writing Lab Newsletter, May 1997.
"Investigating
the College: Teaching the Research Process." College Teaching, Winter 1997.
"Making
a Case for Case Studies." Composition Chronicle, April 1996.
"Working
It Out, Writing It Out." Selected Papers Volume X, Southeastern Writing Centers Association, 1995.
"Linked
Composition Courses: Effects on Student Performance" (co-authored with
Nancy H. Kerr). The Journal of Teaching Writing, Summer 1992.
"Educational
Literacy and Empowerment: An Experiment in Critical Pedagogy." The
Writing Instructor, Vol. 11 #2, Winter
1992.
Literary
Translations
"Camden
1892," translated from the Spanish of Jorge Luis Borges. Walt
Whitman Quarterly Review, Summer 1998.
Five poems
translated from the Portuguese of Brazilian writer Carlos Nejar. Quarterly
Review of Literature 50th Anniversary
Issue, December 1993.
Yoke (40-poem sequence translated from the Portuguese of Carlos
Nejar). Quarterly Review of Literature Poetry Series #3.
"Imitation
of Water" and "A Woman and the Beberibe River" (translated from
the Portuguese of Brazilian writer Joao Cabral de Melo Neto). City
Magazine #9.
PRESENTATIONS
"Teaching
Argument with Legal Texts." Presentation as part of the workshop
"Reading to Write: Teaching Argument in Writing Workshops." College
Composition and Communication Conference, Chicago, March 2006.
"Halfway
There: Second-Semester Composition and Student Success." College
Composition and Communication Conference, San Francisco, March 2005.
"Writing
and Re-Entry: Composition and Community College Transfer Students."
Western States Composition Conference, University of Arizona, Tempe, October
2001.
"Teaching
Critical Thinking Skills and American Culture to Non-Native Speakers of
English." U.S. State Department English as a Foreign Language
Fellowship Program Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, January 2001 (invited talk and
workshop).
"Critical
Thinking and the First-Year Experience." Texas Tech. Faculty
Development Workshop, Junction, TX, April 2000 (invited talk and workshop).
"Research
and Resistance: Campus-Based Projects and Student Power." College
Composition and Communication Conference, Atlanta, March 1999.
"Critical
Thinking and Research Skills in a College Context." National
Conference on the First Year Experience, Columbia, SC, February 1999.
"Whole-Class
Projects as Models for Collaborative Learning." Lilly Conference on
College and University Teaching, Athens, GA, May 1998.
"Institutional
Literacy: Using Campus Issues in the Classroom." American
Association for Higher Education Conference, Atlanta, March 1998 (invited talk
sponsored by the AAHE Women's Caucus).
"A
Scenario-Based Approach to Teaching Composition and Critical
Thinking." Collaboration for the Advancement of College Teaching and
Learning Conference, Minneapolis, February 1997.
"Investigating
the Institution: Teaching the Research Process in an Advanced Writing
Course." Northeast Modern
Language Association Conference, Montreal, April 1996.
"Making
a Case for Case Studies." National Council of Teachers of English
Annual Convention, San Diego, November 1995.
"Working
It Out, Writing It Out: Building Community in a Writing Center."
Southeastern Writing Center Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, October
1993.
"Reading
the Academy: Core as Text." American Association for the Advancement
of Core Curriculum Conference, Atlanta, October 1992.
"Conflict
and Community: Feminist Pedagogy and Critical Consciousness in the
Advanced Composition Classroom." College Composition and Communication
Conference, Chicago, March 1990.
"Getting
to the Core: Linking Composition Classes to the Disciplines."
National Conference on the Freshman Year Experience, Columbia, SC, February
1990.
"Thinking
About Linking: Oglethorpe University's Writing Across the Curriculum
Program" (Vice-Chair, Panelist). College Composition and Communication
Conference, Seattle, March 1989.
"Students
as Teachers: UCLA's Community Educators Project." The Writing
Teacher as Researcher Conference, Oxford, OH, October 1988.
"Educational
Literacy: Learning to Read the Schools." MLA Right to Literacy Conference,
Columbus, OH, October 1988.
GRANTS, HONORS, AND AWARDS
Warren
College Outstanding Teaching Award, UCSD, 2008.
Non-Senate
Faculty Professional Development Grants, UCSD, 2005, 2006, 2007.
Ford
Foundation Curriculum Development Grant (participant), 1994-1996.
National
Endowment for the Humanities Summer Study Grant for College Teachers, 1995.
Bush Faculty
Development Grant, Spelman College, 1995.
Donald C.
Agnew Award for Distinguished University Service, Oglethorpe University, 1993.
Pierian
Spring Award for Teaching Excellence, Oglethorpe University, 1990 and 1993.
Association
of Princeton Graduate Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton
University, 1984.
PEN American
Center Promising Young Writer Award (Literary Translation), 1980.