Vita
Susan Jane Dye Beebe
FH 222
Office Phone: (512) 245-8231
e-mail: beebe@swt.edu
Professional Employment
1988-present DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS
1997-present: Lecturer
Associate Director of
First-Year English
1994-97: Part-time Instructor
Assistant to the Director of Lower-Division Studies 1993-97: Part-time Instructor
1988-92: Part-time Lecturer
Specialties: Composition and rhetoric
English education
1989-93 DISTRICT VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR
SAN MARCOS CISD
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS
Responsibilities: Implement and coordinate activities of 500 volunteers on eight campuses of the San Marcos public schools
1980-86 ADJUNCT LECTURER
SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA
Courses taught: Public Speaking
Introduction to Speech Communication
Debate
1977-79 TEACHING ASSISTANT
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA
Courses taught: English Composition
Introduction to Literature
Administrative responsibilities:
Acting Director of Writing Laboratory, Spring 1979 Freshman English Advisory Board, 1978-79
1977 TEACHER
DEERBORNE SCHOOL
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA
Courses taught: Seventh Grade English
Eighth Grade English
Ninth Grade English
1974-76 TEACHER
MOBERLY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MOBERLY, MISSOURI
Courses taught: Sophomore Language Arts
Speech and Debate I
Speech and Debate II
Drama
Forensics
Administrative responsibilities and service:
Director of Forensics
Drama Coach
Sponsor of Drama Club
Co-sponsor of Junior Class Member of Curriculum Revision Committee, 1975
Summer 1975 INSTRUCTOR
SUMMER DEBATE INSTITUTE CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY WARRENSBURG, MISSOURI
Courses taught: Beginning Debate
Advanced Debate
Education
University of Miami, Coral Gables, M.A. in English Literature, 1979
Florida
University of Missouri, Columbia, 9 graduate hours in English and Missouri Communication, 1976
Central Missouri State University, B.S.E. in Communication, 1974:
Warrensburg, Missouri Summa Cum Laude
Honors and Awards
• Department of English and School of Liberal Arts nominee for the Presidential Award for Service (Assistant Professor/Instructor/Lecturer category), Southwest Texas State University, 2000
• San Marcos CISD Partners in Education Lifetime Achievement Award, for founding the San Marcos CISD Volunteers in Public Schools Program and for 14 years of active school volunteer work, April 2000
• School of Liberal Arts Golden Apple Award for Scholarly/Creative Activity (Assistant
Professor/Instructor/Lecturer category), Southwest Texas State University, 1999
• Department of English and School of Liberal Arts nominee for the Presidential Award for
Scholarly/Creative Activity (Assistant Professor/Instructor/Lecturer category), Southwest Texas State University, 1999
• Who’s Who in America, 2000
• Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1999
• Department of English and School of Liberal Arts nominee for the Presidential Award for
Scholarly/Creative Activity (Assistant Professor/Instructor/Lecturer category), Southwest Texas State University, 1998
• Texas Classroom Teachers' Association "Friend of Education: Private Citizen" Award,
(presented annually to an individual "outside the field of [public] education, who has made a significant contribution to education in Texas"), 1993
• San Marcos, Texas, CISD Classroom Teachers' Association "Friend of Education: Private
Citizen" Award, 1993
• Board Member, Texas Association of Partners in Education, 1992-93
• 4.0 grade point average in all graduate work
• Valedictorian of graduating undergraduate class, Central Missouri State University, 1974
• Phi Kappa Phi Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Central Missouri State
University, 1974
• Elected to Phi Kappa Phi, national scholastic achievement honorary, Central Missouri State
University, 1974
• Missouri PTA Phoebe Apperson Hearst Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, 1973
• Outstanding Senior Woman, Central Missouri State University, 1973
• Elected to Mortarboard, Central Missouri State University, 1973
• Degree of Highest Distinction, Pi Kappa Delta, national forensic honorary, Central
Missouri State University, 1973
• Honors Program, Central Missouri State University, 1970-73: student chairman, 1972
• Dean's List, Central Missouri State University, 1970-74
• Central Missouri State University Regents' Scholar, 1970-74
Books Published
(Forthcoming) Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe, and Diana K. Ivy, Communication: Principles for a Lifetime. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2001.
Steven A. Beebe and Susan J. Beebe, Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach 4e. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2000.
Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe, and Mark V. Redmond, Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others 2e. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.
Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe, and Mark V. Redmond, Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others 2e. CD-ROM. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.
Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe, Mark V. Redmond, and Carol Milstone. Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others (Canadian edition). Scarborough, Ontario: Allyn and Bacon Canada, 1997.
Steven A. Beebe and Susan J. Beebe, Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach 3e. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1997.
Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe, and Mark V. Redmond, Interpersonal Communication:
Relating to Others. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1996.
Steven A. Beebe and Susan J. Beebe, Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach 2e.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1994.
Steven A. Beebe and Susan J. Beebe, Public Speaking: An Audience-Centered Approach.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1991.
Other Publications
Susan J. Beebe, "The Response Dialogue: A New Direction in Writing Instruction for the 21st
Century." English in Texas 30.1 (Spring/Summer 2000), 24-30.
Susan J. Beebe, "What Can We Do to Help Each Other Succeed in the Classroom?" English
Journal 88 (November 1998), 20-25.
Susan J. Beebe, "Letters to Katie: Additional Evidence of the Close Relationship Between
Angela Thirkell and Her Grandfather, Sir Edward Burne-Jones." Bulletin of the Angela
Thirkell Society, North American Branch 35 (Winter 1996): 11-13.
Susan J. Beebe and Patricia S. Margerison, "Teaching the Newest Members of the Family to
Teach: Whose Responsibility?" English Journal 84 (February 1995), 33-37.
Susan J. Beebe, Steven A. Beebe, and Rob Nading, eds. Public Speaking: A Contemporary
View of Selected Readings from the New York Times. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1991.
Contributing author to The Rinehart Workbook, ed. Ronald B. Newman (New York: Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, 1988).
Susan J. Beebe, Steven A. Beebe and John T. Masterson, Instructor's Manual For Communicating in Small Groups: Principles and Practices, 2nd ed. (Glenview, Illinois:
Scott, Foresman and Company, 1986).
Susan J. Beebe, "Preparing the Speech Outline," in Great Ideas in Teaching Speech (Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1986), p. 25.
Contributing author and development editor for English Basics, ed. Ronald B. Newman (Coral
Gables, Florida: University of Miami, 1979).
Publishers’ Reviews
The Scott-Foresman Handbook 5e (Hairston and Ruszkiewicz), for Longman, 2000.
Making Sense, for Houghton Mifflin, October 1999.
The Dolphin Handbook, for Houghton Mifflin, February 1999.
Legacies (Bogarad and Schmidt), for Harcourt Brace, 1997.
The St. Martin’s Handbook 3e (Lunsford and Connors), for The St. Martin’s Press, 1997.
The Scott-Foresman Handbook 4e (Hairston and Ruszkiewicz), for Longman, 1996.
Service
University-wide Service
• Editor, 1999 SACS Self-Study, Spring 1997-Summer 1999. Responsibilities included
the following:
Participated in Steering Committee meetings, Summer 1997-Spring 1999.
Developed and distributed editorial guidelines for the Self-Study Report.
Assisted and advised the Steering Committee in developing the Self-Study Plan,
the Self-Study Manual, and other letters, documents, and reports related to the self-study.
Assisted and advised the Steering Committee in preparing the Self-Study
Report.
Edited and revised (sometimes extensively) individual chapters and sections of the SACS Self-
Study Report.
Worked with production team to determine final format of the SACS Self-Study
Report.
Represented SWT at the SACS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana,
December 1997, and in Atlanta, Georgia, December 1998.
Supervised production of two proof copies of the 580-page SACS Self-
Study Report. Proof copies were produced on schedule December 1998.
Completed final proofreading and assisted with production and distribution of
the 580-page Self-Study Report.
Helped to plan, edited, and helped to produce the Self-Study Addendum.
Met almost daily with SACS Self-Study Director Charles Pascoe and Secretary Karen Harrison
to plan and implement the final phases of the self-study, Spring 1999.
Helped to coordinate the SACS Visiting Committee’s campus visit April 12-15,
1999. Responsibilities included helping to organize and prepare materials and schedules, make appointments requested by committee members, set up work rooms on and off campus, and provide transportation for committee members.
Helped to plan, edited, and helped to produce the Response to
Recommendations, Summer 1999.
• Assisted University College Dean Ron Brown in developing portfolio assessment in
University College, Fall 1999. Researched assessment of college admission essays, and scored some 200 1999 SWT admission essays as the foundation pieces for student portfolios.
• Developed the current correspondence course for College Writing I (English 1310), 1996;
revised 1998.
• Presented for Southwest Texas State University Staff Development, workshops on
Effective Business English, November 1998 and February 1996. More than 200 people attended the two workshops.
• Presented for Southwest Texas State University Financial Aid Office, workshop on
Effective Business English, March 1996.
Department of English Service
• Associate Director of First-Year English, 1994-present. Regular duties include the
following:
Observe classes of all Department of English TAs: once a semester for first-year TAs, once
a year for experienced TAs.
Provide a written class visit report and hold a follow-up conference (1/2 hour) for each class visit.
Provide teaching materials, class activities, and other pedagogical advice to TAs. Some of
these materials are made available to everyone; other materials are provided as requested by individual TAs.
Assemble and maintain Resource Manuals for English 1300, 1310, and 1320. These collections of teaching materials are available to and used by all First-Year English faculty.
Collect, review, provide feedback on, and maintain files of TAs' syllabi, assignments, and other class materials.
Read and summarize one class set of student evaluations per TA for Fall semester.
Write letters of recommendation, as requested. (In Spring 1999, for example, I wrote professional recommendations for 9 TAs.)
Compile and produce an annual "Profile of Teaching Assistants in the Department of English" to document the qualifications of Department of English TAs.
Communicate and collaborate with the Director of Lower-Division Studies on issues related to program management and development.
Answer questions and solve problems raised on a near-daily basis by TAs, related primarily to program policy, classroom management, teaching activities and strategies, writing assignments, and grading.
Assist the Director of Lower-Division Studies in conducting workshops for TAs.
Additional specific First-Year English projects have included the following:
Revised TA Class Visit Report to reflect the 7 principles for good practice in
undergraduate education, Fall 1999. Focused on the 7 principles when offering feedback following class visits.
Developed a unit plan for teaching Tim O’Brien’s If I Die in a Combat Zone, to
guide TAs and faculty teaching the novel in 1320 Spring 2000.
Worked with Tom Grimes to set up Tim O’Brien’s Spring 2000 sessions for 1320
students in FH 341.
Prepared and implemented a professional development plan in Spring 1999 for
a TA not meeting expectations. Implementation included making frequent class visits, overseeing the TA’s planning and grading, and devising and analyzing a midterm evaluation of the TA’s teaching.
Substituted for several TAs who missed classes due to illness or family
emergency Spring 1999.
Drafted and revised(with Michael Hennessy) the University College "Reading
and Writing Requirement" document, 1998.
Chaired First-Year English Handbook Textbook Selection Subcommittee, Spring
1998, and 1310 Reader Textbook Selection Subcommittee, Spring 1995.
Hosted The St. Martin’s Handbook senior editor Marilyn Moller, April 1996. Arranged for
class visits and spoke at length with her about our use of The St. Martin’s Handbook in SWT's first-year English program.
• Member of the following Department of English Committees:
First-Year English Committee, 1993-present.
Activities: Responsible for developing and implementing policy related to
First-Year English, and for overseeing selection of First-Year English textbooks every three years.
Teacher Preparation Committee, 1993-present.
Special Project: Developed materials and presented once each semester Fall
1997-present, with Patricia Margerison, Nancy Wilson, and Beckie Kennedy, review sessions for the English ExCET (Examination for the Certification of Educators in Texas).
Professional Writing Committee, 1998-present.
Activities: Developed a common syllabus for technical writing (3303).
Faculty Review Committee, Lecturers and Instructors, 1996-present.
Activities: Read all one-page summaries and vitae for lecturers and instructors. Meet
with committee to determine recommendations for annual review. Conducted an extensive review of procedures and criteria, Spring 1999.
Planning Committee, 1998-99.
Retention and Success Working Group for Development of Department of
English Strategic Plan, 1997-98.
• Regular Participant in Department-Sponsored Activities--for example, read-in
Celebrating Shakespeare’s Birthday, April 1999; book signing for Monroe, Randolph, Garza-Falcon, and Bell-Metereau, August 1998; read-in celebrating The Lyrical Ballads bicentennial, October 1998; Mary Shelley read-in, October 1997; marathon reading of The Faerie Queene, October 1996.
• Judge for Writing Center Essay Contest, annually.
• Participated in presentation and Q & A session for Sigma Tau Delta, on "Student
Teaching and the ExCET," October 8, 1998.
• Hosted visiting TKL speaker Henry Sweets, Curator of the Mark Twain Home and
Museum, Hannibal, Missouri, November 1996.
• Guest Lecturer and/or Panelist for Department of English classes, as requested. Examples
include English 3389, April 1995. Topic: "What Every New Teacher Should Know"; Spring 1994 and Fall 1994. Topic: "The Impact of TAAS on the Teaching of Secondary English in Texas."
• Moderator, University-Wide Panel Discussion on "Education 2000: Standards and
Assessments for World-Class Education in the English Language Arts," September 1994.
Professional Service
• Long-time Member, National Council of Teachers of English, Texas Council of Teachers of
English, Conference of College Teachers of English.
• Presented, with Patricia S. Margerison and Nancy Wilson, to Texas Council of Teachers of
English Annual Conference, "Educating New Teachers for the New Millennium: Who Decides What They Need to Know?" Austin, Texas, January 8, 2000.
• Presented, with Kay Haas, Richard Luckert, and Michael Hennessy, to National Council of
Teachers of English Annual Conference, "Preparing Students for College Writing: High
School and College Teachers Share Their Expectations," Denver, Colorado, November 19, 1999.
• Judged NCTE’s annual Achievement Awards in Writing, June 1999. This task
involved reading and evaluating two papers from each of 13 high school entrants.
• Presented, to Texas Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, "The Right Tool for
the Right Job: A Proven Strategy for Teaching Editing," Fort Worth, Texas, February
1999.
• Presented, with Patricia S. Margerison, to Texas Council of Teachers of English Annual
Conference, "The Advanced Placement Alternative: Integrating High School Students Into
the College English Classroom," San Antonio, Texas, February 1998.
• Presented to National Council of Teachers of English Conference on Assigning, Responding
to, and Assessing Writing, "Continuing the Dialogue: Eliciting Student Response to Teacher Feedback," Sonoma Valley, California, April 1997.
• Reviewed draft of language arts and reading portion of Texas Essential Knowledge
and Skills (TEKS) document for Division of Curriculum Development, Texas Education Agency, August 1996.
• Prepared, with Steven A. Beebe, a series of lesson plans collected as Teaching
Students How to Plan and Deliver a Speech. Published in both Russian and English by Dr. Ilinora Rubikova, St. Petersburg, Russia, Cultural Institute, for use in St. Petersburg secondary schools, 1995.
• Presented to Regional Conference on Partnerships in Education, "Using Volunteers to
Facilitate Student Academic Enrichment and Critical Thinking at the Elementary School
Level," Fort Worth, Texas, February 4, 1993.
• Presented, with Steven A. Beebe, for Prentice-Hall's 1991 national sales meeting, "Adapting
Ideas to People and People to Ideas," San Francisco, California, January 1991.
• Presented, with Steven A. Beebe, "Student Evaluation," to the speech
communication faculty of North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, June 1991.
San Marcos Community Service
• Founding Coordinator, San Marcos CISD Volunteers in Public Schools Program,
1987-93. Highlights included the following:
Wrote and received a funded grant for $ 58,563, from the Texas Governor's Educational
Excellence Committee, for parent involvement activities implemented at
Crockett Elementary, 1991.
Named the State-wide "Friend of Education" by the Texas Classroom Teacher's Association,
1993.
Developed, implemented, and coordinated a district-wide volunteer program that grew from 65
volunteers contributing 2300 hours of volunteer time in 1988, to nearly 500 volunteers contributing nearly 13,000 hours of volunteer time by 1992.
Received award for "Outstanding Campus Volunteer Program in Texas: Bonham Pre-K, San
Marcos, Texas, CISD," Texas Association of Partners in Education, 1992.
Received award for "Outstanding Campus Volunteer Program in Texas: Crockett Elementary,
San Marcos Texas, CISD," Texas Association of Partners in Education, 1991.
Received award for "Outstanding New District-Wide Volunteer Program in Texas: San Marcos, Texas, CISD," Texas Association of Partners in Education, 1991.
Received "Creative/Exemplary Program Award," for "Mentorships for At-Risk Elementary
Students in the San Marcos, Texas, CISD," (one of seven given nation-wide), National
Association of Partners in Education, 1990.
(Volunteer time commitment: 1500 hours
, 1986-1993.)• School volunteer, San Marcos CISD, 1986-present.
(Time commitment: 120 hours,1993-present.)
• Member, San Marcos CISD Education Improvement Council, 1993-present
(Timecommitment: 140 hours
• Member, San Marcos CISD PRIDE Academic Center Campus Improvement Team,
1998-99
• Member, San Marcos CISD Strategic Planning Committee, 1997-present
(Timecommitment: 40 hours
• Member, San Marcos High School Principal Interview Team, May-July 1999. This task involved reviewing vitae and participating in interviews of 7 candidates.
(Time commitment: 12 hours.)• Presented, for the West Texas Diocese of the Episcopal Church, a workshop entitled
"The 12 Apostles Were Volunteers, Too: Effective Volunteer Management for Church Workers," September 12, 1998. (Time commitment: 24 hours.)
• Spoke at Crockett Elementary Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon, April 1994.
Topic: "Does This Count? Did I Miss Anything?" (Time commitment: 3 hours.)
• Member, Board of Directors, Texas Association of Partners in Education (TAPE), 1992-93.
(Time commitment: 12 hours.)
• Presented, with Steven A. Beebe, "Brushing Up on the Basics: Becoming an
Audience-Centered Speaker," for the South Texas Professional Business Speakers Association, San Marcos, Texas, October 1991.
• Served as Cub Scout Den Leader, Den 6, Pack 118, 1986-88.
(Time commitment: 250hours.)
Professional Consultation/Service Clients
Blue Heron Speakers Bureau, Austin, Texas
San Marcos Telephone Company (now Century Telephone), San Marcos, Texas
Thermon Manufacturing, San Marcos, Texas
University of Miami Information Systems, Coral Gables, Florida
Florida Power and Light, Miami, Florida
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri
Continuing Education and Study
Oxford University Bodleian Library, Oxford, England: reader, April - June 1993.
"Women in History" seminar, Department for Continuing Education, Oxford University, Oxford, England, April 1993.
"The Origins of the Novel" seminar, Department for Continuing Education, Oxford University, Oxford, England, May 1993.
Professional Organizations
National Council of Teachers of English
Conference of College Teachers of English of Texas
Texas Council of Teachers of English