Contact Information

Mary Lynch Kennedy
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Department of English
State University of New York College at Cortland
Cortland, NY 13045
607-753-2086; mary.kennedy@cortland.edu

Education

CORNELL UNIVERSITY, PhD, English And Education, 1979 
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, MA, English, 1967
ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, BA, English, 1965

Experience

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT CORTLAND, Distinguished Teaching Professor of English and Campus Writing Coordinator,1985-present
CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY, BEIJING, Visiting Professor, Summer 2007
CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY, BEIJING, Visiting Professor, Summer 1999
BEIJING CHAOYANG EDUCATION COLLEGE, Visiting Professor, Summer 1999
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Visiting Professor, Summer 1991
ITHACA COLLEGE, Chairperson, Writing Program, 1983-85; Coordinator Rhetoric Program, 1982-83; Director, Reading and Academic Skills Program, 1977-82
CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Instructor and Teaching Assistant, 1975-77; Research Assistant, 1976
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY, Instructor of English, 1969
CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL, NYC, English teacher, 1965-69
EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Technical writer, 1965

Courses taught at various universities:

Literature & Composition, College Reading, College Reading and Writing, Writing From Sources, Advanced Expository Writing, Critical Reading & Writing, Reading& Study Skills, CPN 100 Academic Writing I; CPN 101 Academic Writing II; ENG 202 Introduction to Fiction; ENG 306:Writing for Teachers; ENG 306 Advanced Writing Workshop; ENG 252 Multicultural Literature; ENG 502 Seminar in the Composing Process; EDU 663 Research in the Teaching of English; EDU 441 Methods of Teaching Secondary English Undergraduate, EDU 551 Methods of Teaching Secondary English Graduate; EDU 386-586, Supervision of Student Teaching; AED 404 Teaching Writing; EDU 505 Fieldwork Composing Process; AED 403 Fieldwork: Writing; COR 101: Freshman Experience; Integrated Learning Experience (learning community with philosophy, psychology, and cultural geography); Teachers for the 21st Century(learning community with child psychology). 

Publications

Books:

Writing in the Disciplines: A Reader for Writers, with William J. Kennedy, 7th ed. 2011; Earlier editions: 6th ed., 2008; 5th ed., 2003; 4th ed., 2000; 3rd ed., 1996; 2nd ed., 1990; 1st ed., 1987, with William J. Kennedy and Hadley M. Smith. Prentice Hall.

Reading and Writing in the Academic Community with Hadley M. Smith, Prentice Hall, 4th ed., 2009; 3rd ed., 2006; 2nd ed., 2001; 1st ed., 1994.

Theorizing Composition, A Critical Sourcebook of Theory and Scholarship in Contemporary Composition Studies, Greenwood, 1998.

Word Processing for College Writers with Hadley M. Smith, Prentice Hall, 1989.

Academic Writing with Hadley M. Smith, Prentice Hall, 1986.

 

Articles:

“Writing from Sources,” NYSEC News, Spring 1997.

"Physician, Heal Thyself:  Before You Assess Your Students, Assess Yourselves," Journal of Teaching Writing.  Fall 1993.

"Using Portfolios to Assess a Composition Program," Composition Chronicle , Nov. 1992, 4, 6.

"Using Portfolios to Assess Freshman Writing and Writing Across the Curriculum," Proceedings of the 1990 Conference, SUNY Council on Writing, Eds. R. D. Crisp & Z. D. Snow, SUNY College at Buffalo.

"Using Think-aloud Protocols Diagnostically with College Readers," with Alice Randall and Marilyn M. Fairbanks, Reading Research and Instruction, v. 25, no. 4, 1986, 240-53.

"The Composing Processes of College Students Writing from Sources," Written Communication, Oct. 1985, 434-456.

"Academic Advising:  A Faculty Member's View," with Peter Stace, College Digest, December, 1984.

"Skills and Content:  Integration in the College Classroom," with Howard Erlich, Journal of Developmental and Remedial Education, 7, 1983.

“Moving Out of the Reading Lab and into the Content Classroom."  In Innovative Learning Strategies:  1981-1982 Yearbook of the International Reading Association Ed. Rona F.Flippo, Atlanta, Georgia:  Georgia State University, pp. 96-103.

"Reading and Writing:  Interrelated Skills of Literacy on the College Level," Reading World, 20, 1980, 131-141.

"Young Children's Use of Symbolism to Solve Simple Verbal Addition and Subtraction Problems," The Journal of Children's Mathematical Behavior, 1, 4, 1977, 122-134.1986.

 

Reviews:

• “Perusing the Journals: Literature, Not Theory; Life, Not Theory; Theory? What Theory?”Composition Chronicle, Feb. 1997, 8-10.
  
  
• “Perusing the Journals,” three reviews on genre in the Composition Chronicle, December 1995.
  
  
• “Perusing the Journals,” three reviews on writing across the curriculum in the Composition Chronicle, May 1995.
  
  
• “Perusing the Journals,” three reviews on portfolios in the Composition Chronicle, January 1994.
  
  
• "College Texts that Relate Reading and Writing," a review of:  POWER, The Reading Writing Connection, Joan Yehl and Richard Bandlow; Read to Write, Halsey Taylor and Sheila Taylor; How to Read and Write in College, Richard Dodge; All in One, Marie-Louise Matthew and Laraine Fergenson; English Proficiency:  Developing Your Reading and Writing Power, Richard Bossone, in Reading World, 21, 1982, pp. 272-275.
  
  
• "Teaching Basic Skills in College," a review of Alice Trillin's collection, Reading World, October, v. 21, 1981, pp. 83-85.
  
  
• "Schooling American Society," a review, College and University, 53, 1, 1977.

 

Publications for SUNY Cortland:

General Education Assessment Review Basic Communication: Writing 2010.

The Cortland Composition Handbook: A Guide for Faculty, 2010, is available at http://www2.cortland.edu/departments/english/wrc/http://www2.cortland.edu/departments/english/wrc/

The Cortland Composition Handbook: A Guide for Students, 15 editions; 14 published from 1995 to 2010. Pearson. The 15th edition is available at http://www2.cortland.edu/departments/english/wrc/http://www2.cortland.edu/departments/english/wrc/

Award-Winning Student Writing 2011; 2010; 2009; 2008; 2007; 2006; 2005; 2004; 2003; 2002; 2001; 2000; 1999, annual booklet of writing contest winners’ writing.

Brochure for the Writing Fellows Program, created with Kathy Lattimore.

General Education Assessment Review Basic Communication: Writing 2006.

Cortland Guide for Documenting Sources MLA Style, with C. Lemchak, a comprehensive thirty-page guide for preparing research papers, 2000.

Handbook for Writing Faculty, a thirty-three-page booklet of policies and procedures for the English Department’s writing instructors, 2000, 2004.

Twenty-four Strategies for Using Writing in Any Course, Co-editor, with V. Boynton. Cortland, 1999.

General Education Assessment Review Basic Communication: Writing 2003.

What’s Mine Is Mine; What’s Yours Is Properly Cited: The Academic Integrity Handbook for Cortland Students, 2004.

Integrating Writing into Writing Intensive Courses and Courses Across the Curriculum: A Guide for Faculty, Cortland, 1995 and 2002. Print and http://www2.cortland.edu/departments/english/wrc/

 

 

Web Publications:

Writing Resource Center.http://www2.cortland.edu/departments/english/wrc/http://www2.cortland.edu/departments/english/wrc/ Homepage.

Professional Experience:

Presentations:

• “Exploring Memoires in Writing.” New York State English Council. Albany, NY. October 2009.
  
  
• “Inside China’s Classrooms,” The 2009 David Nosanchuk Memorial Lecture Series, Ithaca High School York Lecture Hall, 23 March 2009
  
  
• “Teaching the Genres of Academic Writing,” address to the English Department, 26 March 2009, Cayuga Community College.
  
  

• “Current Research in the Teaching of English,” invited lecture to faculty at Foreign Languages College, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China, May 21, 2007.
  
  

• “Tell Me How to Evaluate Revision,” SUNY Council on Writing Conference, SUNY Albany, April 20-21, 2007.
  

• “What’s Genre Got to Do with It?” New York State English Council. 10/21/04. Albany
  
  
• “Exploring Memories in Writing.” New York State English Council. 10/23/03. Albany
  
  

• "Writing Across the Curriculum,"  California State University, Dominguez Hills, 11/7/02.
  
  
• "Designing Effective Assignments and Responding to Student Work," California State University, Dominguez Hills, 11/8/02.Full-day workshop.
  
  
• "A WPA's Perspective: What Instructors of First-Year Composition Can Learn form Writing Teacher Education," Conference on College Composition and Communication. NYC, 3/20/03.
  
  
• "What Does It Mean to 'Prepare for the test'?" at annual conference of New York State English Council, 10/18/02, Albany.
  
  
• "Preventing and Detecting Plagiarism in the Digital Environment," with Jerry O'Callaghan, Sandwich Seminar, 10/16/02, Cortland.
  
  
• “New English Language Arts Teachers: The First Three Years of Your Career,” Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES Superintendent's Conference, Ithaca, 3/16/01.
  
  
• Keynote address: Cortland College Foundation's Annual Dinner, 9/00
  
  
• “Beyond Parallel Tasks: Understanding the Cognitive and Linguistic Demands of the Writing Tasks on the New State Assessments,” at the Discussions About Teaching English (DATE) Conference, Cortland, 10/1/99.
  
  
• “Helping Students Acquire a Standard Repertoire of Strategies for Read-To- Write Tasks,”at annual conference of New York State English Council, 10/21/99, Albany.
  
  

• “Methods of Teaching College Composition,” presentation to composition faculty, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 14 June 1999.
  
  
• “Theory and Pedagogy: Current Approaches to Teaching Reading and Writing,” presentation to English Department, Adult Electronic Information University, Beijing, 16 June 1999.
  
  
• “American Class Structure and Leisure Time Activities,” with William J. Kennedy, presentation to student body, Adult Electronic Information University, Beijing, 16 June 1999.
  
  
• “Trends in Language Learning and Educational Reform in the U. S.,” presentation to faculty, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 17 June
  
  
• “Using Portfolio Assessment to Revitalize Writing Across the Curriculum,” Fourth National Conference, Writing Across the Curriculum, Cornell University, 4 June 1999. [Delivered in absentia by V. Boynton]
  
  
• “Teachers as Researchers,” Scholars’ Day, SUNY Cortland, 14 April 1999.
  
  
• “Hallmarks of Good Writing in the Middle School,” Boynton Middle School, Ithaca, NY, 3 February, 1999.
  
  
• “Understanding and Using Rubrics to Assess Writing,” DATE Conference, Cortland, 25 Sept. 1998.
  
  
• “Developing a Strong Faculty Development Program,” Sandwich Seminar, Cortland, 10 Sept. 1997.
  
  
• “Cor 101: What It Is and Why We Need It,” Sandwich Seminar, Cortland,1 Oct. 1997. 
  
  
• “Sharing Our Stories: Teaching Students to Write Memoirs,” DATE Conference, Cortland, 26 Sept. 1997.
  
  
• “Seeing Things Differently: Source and Conflict in Teacher Education,” NYSEC, Albany, 30 Oct. 1997.
  
  
• “Exploring Memories in Writing,’ NYSEC, Albany, 31 Oct. 1997.
  
  
• “What’s Theory Got to Do with It?,” Scholars’ Day, SUNY Cortland, 16 April 1997.
  
  
• “Email as a Classroom Communication Tool,” Approaches to Electronic Teaching Conference, Cortland, December 12, 1996.
  
  
• “Writer’s Workshop,” New York State English Council, Albany, NY, 24 October 1996.
  
  
• “Portfolio Assessment of English Majors,” Conference of the SUNY Council on Writing, SUNY New Paltz, 27 April 1996.
  
  
• “Becoming an Autobiographer: Creating Your Own Script,” Keynote Address at the Cortland College Honors Convocation, 20 April 1996.
  
  
• “Engaging Students in Learning,” National Conference on A New Kind of Leadership, Well     College 16 June 1995.
  
  
• “Border Crossings: Interdisciplinarity and Mulitculturalism,” with K. Russell, Annual Conference of New York Women’s Studies Assn., SUNY Plattsburgh, 2 April 1995.
  
  
• “Portfolios in English Departments and Composition Programs,” Central New York Conference on Language and Literature, Cortland, 17 October 1994.
  
• “The Changing Landscape of English Assessment at SUNY,” Conference of the American Association of Higher education, Washington DC, 14 June 1994.
  
  
• "Portfolios Pack a Powerful Punch:  The Impact of Portfolio Assessment on Cortland's Writing Program," presented at SUNY-Wide Conference on Assessment, State University, Albany, NY, 29 October 1993.
  
  
• "Using Portfolio Assessment to Revitalize Writing Across the Curriculum," presented at Central New York Conference on Language and Literature, Cortland, NY, 18 October 1993.
  
  
• "Using Writing to Improve the Quality of Student Learning," presented at Drumlins, Syracuse, NY, September 1993.
  
  
• "Portfolios:  New Roles for Teachers and Students," Keynote Address presented at Conference of the Pennsylvania Writing Council, Wilkes University, 6 April 1993.
  
  
• "What Portfolios Tell Us," Keynote Address presented at DATE Conference, Cortland, 1 May 1993.
  
  
• "Portfolios Across the Curriculum:  Looking into the Process of Acquiring Discipline Specific Literacy," presented at the SUNY Council on Writing, Niagara Community College, 24 April 1993.
  
  
• "Assessing Ourselves:  Using Portfolios to Assess Composition Programs and Writing in Academic Majors," presented at the New Directions in Portfolio Assessment Conference, Miami University, Miami, Ohio, 3 October 1992.
  
  
• "The Status of Writing Assessment in the SUNY System," presented at the Conference of the SUNY Council on Writing, SUNY Institute of Technology, Utica, NY, 4 April 1992.
  
  
• "Students' Representations of Specialized Forms of Academic Discourse," presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Cincinnati, Ohio, 23 March 1992.
  
  
• "Writing Across the Curriculum," presented at the SUNY Conversation in the Discipline, SUNY at Geneseo, 12 October 1991.
  
  
• "Helping Students Negotiate the Transition from Freshman Writing to Later College Level Writing," presented at Symposium of New York College Learning Skills Association, Ithaca, NY, 8 April 1991.
  
  
• "Portfolio Assessment:  Evaluating the Program Instead of Evaluating the Students," presented at the Annual Conference of the SUNY Council on Writing, Valhalla, NY, 20 April 1991.
  
  
• "Using Portfolios to Assess Freshman Writing and Writing Across the Curriculum," presented at the SUNY Council on Writing Conference, Buffalo, NY, 21 April 1990.
  
  
• "Self-reflection and Portfolio Assessment," delivered at the SUNY Council on Writing Conference, Plattsburgh, NY, 29 April 29 1989.
  
  
• "Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Synthesizing:  The Skills Critical for Composing from Sources," delivered at the Mid-Hudson MLA Conference, Poughkeepsie, NY, 28 November 1988.
  
  
• "Academic Writing and Word Processing," delivered with Hadley M. Smith at the New York State English Council Conference, Tarrytown, NY, 30 October 1987.
  
  
• "The Multidisciplinary Role of the Composition Specialist," delivered at the Conversation in the Disciplines Conference, SUNY Plattsburgh, 18 September  1987.
  
  
• "Integrating Reading and Writing:  Preparing Students for Academic Writing," presented at the D.A.T.E. Conference, SUNY Cortland, April 1987.
  
  
• "Teaching Reading in the College Writing Class," a paper delivered at the Annual Conference of the New York State English Council, 16 October 1986.
  
  
• "Developing Thinking Skills Through the Writing Process," Thinking Skills Conference, Cortland, NY 14 April 1986.
  
  
• "Research into Practice:  Teaching Students How to Summarize and Synthesize Texts," S.U.N.Y. Council on Writing, Brockport, NY, 8 March 1986.
  
  
• "Read to Write:  Writing About Young Adult Literature," New York State Reading Association Conference, Kiamesha Lake, NY, 6 November 1985.
  
  
• "Reading with Writing in Mind, Writing with Reading in Mind"; featured speaker presentation at SUNY Conversations in the Disciplines conference, "Cross Currents of Influence:  Technical Writing and Composition," Jefferson Community College, April 12-13,1985, Watertown, NY.
  
  
• "Using Notes to Compose:  The Processes of Expert and Novice Writers"; a paper delivered at Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 21-23, 1985, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  
  
• "Implementing Cross-Disciplinary Reading Workshops for College Faculty"; a paper delivered at Annual Convention of the International Reading Association, May 6-10, 1984,-Atlanta, Georgia.
  
  
• "Transactions During Reading and Writing:  Strategic Writing Behaviors of College Readers"; a paper delivered at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 29-31, 1984, New York, NY.
  
  
• "Development of Rhetorical Maturity in Writing"; a paper delivered at the Eastern Communications Association, March 1984, Philadelphia, PA.
  
  
• "Research into Practice:  Strategies for Teaching Beginning Academic Writing and Reading to Developmental College Students"; a paper delivered at the National Conference on Writing in the Humanities, June 17-19, 1983, Philadelphia, PA.
  
  
• "Writing in the Context of Reading:  The Strategies Skilled and Unskilled Writers Use to Write About Texts"; a paper delivered at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 1983, Detroit, Michigan.
  
  
• "College Students' Use of Instantiation to Process Texts"; a paper delivered at the Annual Convention of the College Reading Association, October, 1982, Philadelphia, PA.
  
  
• "A Cross-Disciplinary Basic Skills Program"; a paper delivered at the Annual Convention of the College Reading Association, October, 1981, Louisville, KY.
  
  
• "Investigation of Adults' Reading Strategies through Analysis of Protocol"; a paper delivered at the Annual Convention of the College Reading Association, October, 1981, Louisville, KY.
  
  
• "Integrating Reading, Writing, Reasoning, Speaking, Listening, and Study Skills with Content in the College Classroom"; a paper delivered at the annual convention of the National Association of Remedial Developmental Studies in Post-Secondary Education, March 20, 1981, Dayton, OH.
  
  
• "Teaching Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Reasoning in Introductory Freshman Courses"; a paper delivered with Howard Erlich and Ellen Lamb at Annual Conference of the Middle States Colleges' Association, December, 1980, Philadelphia, PA (by invitation)
  
  
• "Protocol Analysis in Reading Research"; a training session presented at the Annual Meeting of the College Reading Association, October, 1980, Baltimore, Maryland.
  
  
• "Integrating Reading Skills and Subject Matter"; a paper presented, by invitation, to the faculty of the Consortium of the Niagara Frontier, the College Program at the Attica Correctional Facility, September, 1980, Buffalo, New York.
  
  
• "Incorporating Instruction in Reading and Writing into College Content Courses"; a paper delivered at the Annual Convention of the New York State Learning Skills Association, April, 1979, Brockport, NY.
  
  
• "The Impact of Reading and Writing in College Content Classes"; a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the College Reading Association, November, 1979, Boston, MA.

 

CONFERENCE SESSIONS CHAIRED

• “Shakespeare I.” Renaissance Society of America, Venice, Italy, April 9, 2010.
  
  
• “Gender and Writing,” Central New York Conference on Language and Literature, Cortland, Oct. 1999.
  
  
• “Gender and Writing,” Central New York Conference on Language and Literature, Cortland, Oct. 16, 1995.
  
  
• "The College Developmental Reading and Writing Class:  An Innovative Practicum Site for Preservice Education Majors," Ithaca, New York, April 79, 1991.
  
  
• "New Directions in Young Adult Literature"; a session by A. Gebhard and C. Jaeger at the Annual Conference of the New York State English Council, October, 1984, Buffalo, NY.
  
  
• "Expressive Writing and Learning"; a session by C. Burnham, S. North, and L. Hirsch at the National Conference on Writing in the Humanities, June 17-19, 1983, Philadelphia, PA.
  
  
• "Speed Reading Survival Skill or Sham in College Developmental Reading"; a session by C. K. Anderson at the Annual Convention of the College Reading Association, October, 1982, Philadelphia, PA.
  
  
• "Practical Insights from the Teaching of Writing for the Teaching of Literature"; a session by Peter Elbow at the Annual Conference of the New York State English Council, October, 1982, Syracuse, NY.
  
  
• "Critical Listening in the College Reading Class and Lab"; a session by M. L. McKibben at the Annual Convention of the College Reading Association, October, 1981, Louisville, KY.

Conferences ORGANIZED and meetings chaired:

• Organized and hosted a full-day workshop, "Integrating Speaking and Writing Across the Curriculum,"
  
  
• Organized conference for Cortland faculty, Celebrating Good Teaching, 28 Sept. 1998.3 March 2003.
  
  
• Organized and co-chaired all-day faculty workshop, Twenty-four Strategies for Teaching Writing in Any Course, 12 Sept. 1998.
  
  
• Organized and co-chaired the annual D.A.T.E. Conference for area teachers, 25 Sept. 1998.
  
  
• Organized all-day faculty workshop on teaching writing with the computer program, CommonSpace, 19 Aug 1997.
  
  
• Organized and co-chaired the Annual Conference of the SUNY Council on Writing, March 26, 1988, at Cortland; chaired sessions and conducted the annual business meeting.
  
  
• Organized three Sandwich Seminars on Using Writing to Learn the Social   Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Humanities, Nov. 3, 15, and 29, 1988,Cortland.
  
  

Faculty development workshop:

• “How to Teach Writing When You’re Not an English Teacher,” Faculty Workshop, Sept. 14, 2006.
  
  
• “How to Improve Essay Tests,” Faculty Workshop, Oct. 18, 2006
  
  
• “Responding Effectively to Student Writing,” Cortland, 9/2/05
  
  
• “Designing Effective Writing Assignments,” Cortland, 11/12/04.
  
  
• GE: Norming session leader for General Education Assessment Retreat at Raquette Lake, 7/00 and 7/01.
  
  
• “Successful Grant Writing Tips,” Cortland, 2/23/00.
  
  
• “Assessing General Education: A Norming Session for Faculty Raters,” Cortland, 13 Feb. 1999.
  
  
• “Time-Saving Strategies for Responding to Student Writing,” Conference on Writing Across the Curriculum, Cortland, 12 Sept. 1998.
  
  
• “Collaborative Learning and Writing Across the Curriculum,” Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA, March 13, 1997.
  
  
• “Writing for Learning and Communication,” Greene High School, Greene, NY, January 29, 1997.
  
  
• “Responding Profitably to Student Work,”Greene High School, Greene, NY, February 28, 1997.
  
  “Assessing Departmental Goals,” Cortland, February 17, 1997.
  
  
• “Reconceptualizing Teaching and Learning, a Saturday Workshop Devoted to Active Learning,” 28 September 1996, 8:30-4:00, SUNY Cortland.
  
  
• “Low Technology - E-mail as Classroom Tool,” Workshop on Approaches to Electronic Teaching, 12 December 1996, SUNY Cortland.
  
  
• "The Trojan Horse of Education Reform:  Performance Assessment, Dinner Series, Task Force on Teaching and Learning," Apr. 28, 1993.
  
  
• "Frequent In-Class Writing:  Does It Help Students Learn?" Sandwich Seminar, Apr. 25, 1990.
  
  
• "Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop for New Faculty," 9am- 2pm, Nov. 11, 1989;
  
  
• "Using Journals Across the Curriculum," President's Conference for Teaching and Learning, August 25, 1989.
  
  
• "Faculty Development Writing Workshop," 9am-4pm, February 21 and March 7, 1987.
  
  
• "Giving Students Responsibility for Their Own Writing," President's Conference for Teaching and Learning," August 1987.
  
  "Writing Workshop for Faculty in Physical Education," Nov. 10, 1986.
  
  
• "Teaching Reading in the Writing Class," Instructional Development Workshops, May 8, 1986.
  
  
• "Teaching Students How to Paraphrase and Summarize," Instructional Development Workshops,  May 8, 1986.
  
  
• "Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking," Teaching and Learning Workshop, Nov. 13, 1985.
  
  
• "Using Writing as a Mode of Learning in College Courses," President's Convocation, Aug.1985.
  
  
• "Multiple Drafts and Peer Review," November 14, 1983.
  
  
• "Teaching Writing and Reading Across the College Curriculum," May 12-13, 1983.
  
  
• "Guidelines for Clear and Productive Assignments," September, 1982.
  
  
• "Responding to Student Drafts," September, 1982.
  
  
• "Conferencing," October, 1982.
  
  
• "Writing About Reading," October, 1982.
  
  
• “Inside China’s Classrooms,” The 2009 David Nosanchuk Memorial Lecture Series, Ithaca High School York Lecture Hall, 23 March 2009
  
  
• "Teaching Synthesis," November, 1982.
  
  
• "Reading and Writing from a Cognitive Perspective," May 10-12, 1982.
  
  
• "Writing and Reading:  Changing the Performance not the Product," April, 1982..
  
  
• "Reading in the Classroom:  Identification of Problems & Solutions," October, 1981.
  
  
• "Scoring Papers Holistically & Setting Standards for Competency," March, 1981.
  
  
• "Evaluating Writing Ability Holistically," December, 1980.

• "Reading in the College Classroom:  Identification of Problems & Solutions," October,1980.
  
  
• "Teaching Reading & Writing in the Freshman Seminar Classes," June and August, 1980.
  
  
• "The Impact of College Reading on College Writing," January, 1979.
  
  
• "Reading in the College Classroom," Summers 1979 and 1980.
  
  
• "Teaching Reading in College Content Areas," Series of F.I.P.S.E. Workshops, Spring, 1979.
  
  
• Panel participant, "Teaching Workshop Brunch," offered by the Faculty Enrichment Committee, October 1, 1983.
  
  
• Report on "National Trends in Assessing College Students' Writing Competence," to Writing and Reading Program faculty, May, 1983.
  
  

Other workshops, presentations, and professional work:

• “Setting High Expectations for Student Performance,” panelist, Jan. 31, 2007
  
  
• “Setting and Maintaining High Expectations for Student Performance, A Follow-Up Discussion,” presenter,  Mar. 28, 2007.
  
  
• “New Procedures for Handling Academic Dishonesty,” Sandwich Seminar, with J. O’Callaghan, 9/22/04.
  
  
• “Research: Empowerment for Teachers,” Scholars’ Day, Cortland, April 2001, April 2003.
  
  
• Organized three Scholars’ Day sessions at which students presented their research, 2001, 2003.
  
  
• Organized and chaired session, “Writers of Excellence,” at Scholars’ Day, Cortland, 4/12/00; 2003.
  
  
• Sandwich Seminar panel, “Voices on Service Learning,” 4/18/00.
  
  
• “Radio English on Sundays, “series of broadcasts, China National Radio, Summer 1999.
  
  
• Cassette: “The Usborne [English-Chinese] Dictionary,” World Publishing Co./ China International Broadcasting Co., 1 June 1999.
  
  
• Created a statewide network of directors and faculty in programs of Secondary English Education (for New York State English
  Council and New York State Board of Education)
  
  
• Worked with area secondary school teachers to found FLEE, Finger Lakes English Educators, a local affiliate of the New York State English Council.
  
  
• Participated in Groton 2000 Teacher Preparation Project. 
  
  
• “Active Learning: Engaging Students in the Classroom,” workshop presented to the faculty at Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA, March 13, 1997.
  
  
• President, FLEE, Finger Lakes English Educators, a local affiliate of the New York State English Council, 1998.
  
  
• “Responding to Student Work and Scoring with Rubrics,”workshop presented to the faculty of Greene High School, January 29, 1997.
  
  
• “Writing for Learning and Communication,” workshop presented to the faculty of Greene High School, February 28, 1997.
  
  
• ACE (Access to College Education Initiative) Summer Writing Institute, primary instructor for 2-day workshop for high school students, Cortland, July 27-28, 1993.
  
  
• Offered ACE Summer Program to area high school students: “Writing Process,” Aug. 4-6, 1997.
  
  
• SUNY-wide Conference on Assessment in the Areas of English and Mathematics, organizer and moderator of 8 sessions on English; panelist, presenter, Albany, Oct. 29, 1993.
  
  
• "Using Writing As a Tool for Learning," full-day workshop presented to faculty at SUNY Farmingdale, February 22, 1991.
  
  
• "Teaching Writing in the English Class," series of five workshops presented to English teachers at Homer Junior and Senior High Schools, Feb.-March 1991.
  
  
• "College Writing:  What to Expect," presented to teachers and seniors, Trumansburg High School, Trumansburg, NY, June 1988.
  
  
• "Conferencing about Writing," presented to Ithaca City School District teacher trainers, the Ithaca Writing Project, December 13, 1984, Ithaca, NY.
  
  
• "Teaching Students How to Revise," presented to Ithaca City School District teacher trainers, the Ithaca Writing Project, January 10, 1985, Ithaca, NY.
  
  
• "Writing as a Mode of Learning in the Content Areas," presented to Ithaca City School District teacher trainers, the Ithaca Writing Project, February 28, 1985, Ithaca, NY.
  
  
•  "Instructional Strategies for Researching and Writing about Texts," presented to Ithaca BOCES teachers of the gifted and talented, sponsored by Ithaca College Office on Continuing Education, March 14, 1983.
  
  
• "How to Be a Better Student and Still Have Time for Your Husband, Wife, Boss, Employees, Children, Mother-in-Law, Friends, Pets, and Houseplants," presented to Ithaca College Continuing Education Students, February 11, 1982.

 

Editing and Refereeing:

Manuscript reviewer for Allyn & Bacon, McGraw Hill, Macmillan, Twin Oaks Publishing Companies, and Prentice Hall.

 

Honors

2010 Educator of Excellence Award, New York State English Council
Promoted to the rank of Distinguished Teaching Professor, May 2000
1996 Educator of Excellence Award, New York State English Council
1995 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
Dana Teaching Award, Ithaca College, 1982
Dean's List, St. John's University, 1961-65
Robert Wagner Four Year College Scholarship, 1961-65

For information about program development, service, grants, and consulting, write to mary.kennedy@cortland.edu.