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TESOL Certificate Assistantships |
Victoria Batten, PhD student,
Rhetoric and Composition
BA Columbus State University (CSU) 1990
MA Austin Peay State University (APSU) 1994
Areas of Interest & Expertise
- Basic-Writing Pedagogy
- First and Second-Language Acquisition
- Development and Structure of Pidgins & Creoles
- Civic Rhetoric
Publications
- “Sands of Makapu’u,” Tennessee State University, Literary Review, 1994
- “The Culprit,” CARES Quarterly, 1996
Honors and Offices
- Humanities paper presentation, 1st place, OSU Research Symposium, 2007
- Most Outstanding Faculty in Developmental English, TSU 1995
- Letter of Recognition: 30 hours advanced study in linguistics by the Director of Institute
of Language & Culture, CSU, 1994 - Most Distinguished Board Member, by the Clarksville CARES Board President/APSU
English Professor , 1997 - Editor, CARES Quarterly, July 1996-December, 1997
- Chairperson, City of Oak Grove, Kentucky, Ethics Commission, appointed March 26, 1996/served 1996- 2000; reappointment 2001-2004
Conference Presentations
- “The Child, the Playground, and ‘Eggy-Peggy’: A Play Language Remembered”, OSU Research Symposium 2007
- “The Child, The Playground, and Second Language Acquisition”, Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, 2007
- “Dialectal Influence, Reading Skills, and the True Basic Writer”, NADE 2003
- “Preparing Developmental English Students to Succeed in Freshman Composition” TNADE
Current Research/Articles in Progress
- “G-Reduplication” Creole documented in Hilo, Hawaii
Why OSU?
As one of the most diverse universities I have attended, OSU fosters personal and academic growth, and celebrates cultures.
English Department
College of Arts & Sciences
Oklahoma State University
205 Morrill Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-9474
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