Lisa Egan
Visiting Lecturer in English
Office: 70 Brown St., Rm. 316
Phone: (401) 863-9455
Courses '08-'09
Sem I:
ENGL 0110 - S02: Critical Reading and Writing I: The Academic Essay -- CRN 12004
ENGL 0110 - S06: Critical Reading and Writing I: The Academic Essay -- CRN 12008
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Degrees
M.A., English Literature, San Francisco State University, 1994
Certificate in Teaching, College Composition and Reading,
San Francisco State University, 1987
B.A., English, San Francisco State University, 1984
Research Interests
The academic and research essays, theory and pedagogy. Genre theory and learning in higher education: at work on projects concerning synthesis, academic discourse, and peer review. Literary nonfiction, conventional and experimental, narrative and lyric: at work on pieces concerning teaching and writing, the family, and characters in the suburbs. Manuscript editing. Adult learning and literacy: reading theory, learning difficulties, and special needs populations: at work on project concerning multi-media proofreading instruction.
Professional Accomplishments
Co-author, Sentence-Combining Workbook, 2nd edition (2006)
Co-author, Sentence-Combining Workbook, 1st edition (2001)
Leader of adult education, literacy, and welfare-to-work programs from 1995 to 2000.
Member of RI Adult Education Standards Team, 1996.
Lecturer in composition and mentor to graduate students at SFSU from 1986 to 1994.
