CURRICULUM VITAE
CV SECTION 1: Employment History/Awards
NAMEPamela K. Coke
ADDRESS326 EddyPHONE(970) 491-6848 (Office)
1935 Harvard Place(970) 593-1563 (Home)
Loveland, CO 80538-8790
EDUCATION
2002Ph.D.; Language, Literacy, and Culture; University of Iowa
1991B.A.; Major: English, Minor: French; University of Northern Iowa
1991Secondary Teaching Certification in English and French
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
(2009-Present) Associate Professor, English Education, Colorado State University
(2002-2009) Assistant Professor, English Education, Colorado State University
SABBATICAL
2010, College of Liberal Arts, a one-semester sabbatical leave for the spring of 2011 to prepare the draft of a book manuscript with the working title Open Dialogue: Negotiating the Transition from Elementary to Secondary School.
OTHER POSITIONS
(1999-2002)Graduate Instructor, College of Education, The University of Iowa, Iowa
City, IA.
(1997-2002) English Education Adviser, College of Education, The University of Iowa,
Iowa City, IA.
(1996-1997) Supervisor--Student Teachers, College of Education, The University of
Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
(1996, 1998, 1999) Writing Center Tutor, Rhetoric Department, The University of Iowa,
Iowa City, IA.
(1997, 1998) Evaluator and Table Leader, ACT, Iowa City, IA.
(1998) Instructor, Centaur Stable, Iowa City, IA.
(1992-1996) Seventh and Eighth Grade English Language Arts Classroom Teacher,
Speech/Theatre Coach, Volleyball Coach, St. Anthony Catholic School,
Dubuque, IA.
(1991-1996) Project Manager, Carlisle Communications, Dubuque, IA.
CURRENT JOB DESCRIPTION
50% Teaching;35% Research/Creative Activity;15% Service/Outreach; 0% Admin
HONORS AND AWARDS
2010, Recipient, Colorado State Univeristy, SOAR Adviser Gratitude Award.
Nominated by the officers of NCTE@CSU.
2007-2008, Nominated, Colorado State University Alumni Association and Student Alumni Connection Best Teacher Award.
2007-2008, Nominated, Colorado State University SOAR Award (Student Organizations & Advisors Recognition), for work as faculty adviser for NCTE@CSU. Nominated by Abby Brunton, undergraduate English education student.
2007-2008, Nominated, Colorado State University, The Provost’s N. Preston Davis Award For Instructional Innovation.
2006-2007, Honored in Who’s Who Among American Teachers & Educators, a
publication honoring 5% of the country’s premier educators.
2006-2007, Outstanding Honors Academic Adviser Nominee, offered by the Colorado
State University Honors Program. Nominated by Maegan Ulmer, undergraduate
Honors student.
2006-2007, Colorado State University Cermak Advising Award Nominee.
Fall, 2006, Recipient, Colorado State University College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching Award.
Fall, 2006, Recipient, Colorado State University Alumni Association and Student Alumni
Connection Best Teacher Award.
Fall, 2006, Jack and June Richardson Scholar Honors Thesis Mentor Award,in
recognition of exceptional mentoring of Erin Flynn, a CSU undergraduate
Honors student and recipient of a Jack and June Richardson Scholarship.
Fall, 2005, Jack and June Richardson Scholar Honors Thesis Mentor Award, in
recognition of exceptional mentoring of Lacey Wilson, a CSU undergraduate
Honors student and recipient of a Jack and June Richardson Scholarship.
2004-2005, Outstanding Honors Academic Adviser Nominee, 2004-2005, offered by the
Colorado State University Honors Program. Nominated by Lisa Dusenberry, undergraduate Honors student.
2005-2006, Outstanding English Department Faculty Member, 2005-2006, awarded
by English Department secretaries.
2003-2004, Outstanding Honors Academic Adviser, presented by the Colorado State
University Honors Program. Nominated by Lindsay Gypin, undergraduate Honors student.
Fall, 2004, Kappa Delta Professor of the Week, November 2004, presented by the
Colorado State Phi Epsilon Chapter. Nominated by Thalia Gassman, undergraduate student.
2000-2001, Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 2000-2001, presented by The
University of Iowa Council on Teaching, Iowa City, IA.
Spring, 2000, James F. Jakobsen Research Presentation Award, presented by The
University of Iowa Graduate Student Senate. Received for “Who’s Afraid of the Gendered Wolf?: Stories as Cognitive Tools,” presented at the Graduate Student Senate Research Forum, Iowa City, IA.
1999, Outstanding Educator Award, presented by Northeast Iowa Community College,
Peosta, IA. Nominated by former eighth grade student.
CV SECTION 2: Publications/Scholarly Record
PUBLISHED WORKS
Refereed Journal Articles:
Coke, P. K. (2009). When digital natives hate technology: Using digital wisdom to confront resistance in the composition classroom. California English (15)1, 6-8.
Coke, P. K. (2008). It’s in my hands: Creating a space for nonfiction in the literature classroom. SIGNAL Journal (XXXI)2, 20-24.
Coke, P. K. (2008). Uniting the disparate: Connecting best practices and educational
mandates. English Journal (97)5, 28-33.
Coke, P. K. (2008). What happened to the children: Involving students in reading
comprehension assessment. The Ohio Journal of English Language Arts (48)1, 57-64.
Coke, P. K. (2006). Using online technology to create new audiences. Academic
Exchange Quarterly (10)3, 164-168.
Coke, P. K. (2005). Practicing what we preach: An argument for cooperative learning
opportunities for elementary and secondary educators. Education (126)2, 392- 398.
Non-Refereed Journal Articles:
Coke, P. K. (2008). Touching the future: How form can reinforce content.
Statement (44)3, 13-18.
Ames Coke, P. (2000). A Deweyan perspective on communication, cooperation, and
collaboration between elementary and secondary educators. Education and
Culture 16(2), 17-21.
Textbooks:
Ames, P. (1999). Crossroads commandments. Dubuque, IA: Brown Roa.
Ames, P. (1999). Crossroads commandments: Teaching guide. Dubuque, IA: Brown
Roa.
Ames, P. (1998). Crossroads sacraments: Teaching guide. Dubuque, IA: Brown-Roa.
Note: My maiden name is Ames, hence the Ames and Ames Coke author names above.
CONTRACTS & GRANTS
Internally-Funded Projects as PI
(2007) E 401 Media Literacy Project, TILT Innovations Grant, The Institute for Learning and Teaching (TILT), Colorado State University, $1320.45.
Internally-Funded Projects as CoPI
(2007) The Writing Studio: A Learning Environment for Writers, Development
Grant Application/Mini-Grant, CoPI: Jill Salahub, The Institute for Learning
and Teaching (TILT), Colorado State University, $2000.
PAPERS PRESENTED/SYMPOSIA/INVITED LECTURES/PROFESSIONAL
MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS
2011, “Energizing NCTE Affiliates with New Faces and New Ideas: Leadership for the
Future,” National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, presenter, Chicago, IL. Proposal accepted for November, 2011.
2010, “Punctuation Saves Lives: Ways Students Connect Concepts and Pedagogy,”
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, chair and presenter,
Orlando, FL.
2010,“Exploring Strategies of Engagement: Using The Hunger Games as a Tool in
the Battle for Students’ Attention,” Colorado Language Arts Society Fall Conference, presenter, Englewood, CO.
2010, “Power, Privilege, and Possibility: Creating a Space for GLBT Literature in the Curriculum,” Colorado Language Arts Society Spring Conference, presenter, Englewood, CO.
2009,“Something Tells Us We’re Not in Kansas (or Iowa) Anymore: Supporting New English Education Professors as They Support Preservice Teachers,” Conference on English Education’s Conference, presenter, Elmhurst, IL.
2009,“Creating a Composition Course: ‘What does it mean to Teach Writing?,’”
Colorado Language Arts Society Spring Conference, presenter, Englewood, CO.
2009, “New Voices: Transitions in Teaching,” Colorado Language Arts Society Spring Conference, presenter, Englewood, CO.
2008, “Meeting Mandates, Teaching Students: Reconciling the Challenges of 21st Century Literacy Instruction,” National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, roundtable presenter, San Antonio, TX.
2008,“Critical Thinkers: Do K‐12 Standards‐based Curricula Provide Us with Critical Thinkers?,” Integrating Critical Thinking into Your Courses: TILT Summer Conference on Learning, Teaching, and Critical Thinking, presenter, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
2008,“The Fourth Genre: The Case for Nonfiction in the Secondary English
Classroom,” Colorado Language Arts Society Spring Conference, presenter, Englewood, CO.
2008, “High Stakes Literacy: Authentic Teaching, Authentic Assessment,” Colorado
Language Arts Society Spring Conference, chair and presenter, Englewood, CO.
2007, “Mapping Nonfiction: A Journey Worth Taking,” National Council of Teachers of
English Annual Convention, chair, New York, NY.
2007, “Critical Literacy Instruction: The Ethics and Ethos of Zines and Media Literacy,”
Colorado Language Arts Society Spring Conference, presenter, Colorado
Springs, CO.
2006, “Never the Twain? UsingBest Practices in Reading to Prepare Students for
Standardized Tests,” National Council of Teachers of English Annual
Convention, presenter, Nashville, TN.
2006, “Teaching Adolescent Literature: Charting Territories Between Teacher
Education and Secondary Classrooms,” Colorado Language Arts Society Spring
Conference,presenter, Colorado Springs, CO.
2005, “Today’s Writers and Tomorrow’s Teachers: Questions and Answers for Writing
Response,” Colorado Language Arts Society Spring Conference, presenter,
Colorado Springs, CO.
2004, "Partnerships in Reading: When the Student Meets the Text and the Text Meets the
Student," Colorado Language Arts Society Spring Conference, presenter, Colorado Springs, CO.
2003, "Partnerships in Reading: When the Student Meets the Text and the Text Meets the
Student," National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, presenter, San Francisco, CA.
2003, "Constructing Text, Deconstructing Process: The Role of Honesty in the Writing
Classroom," National Writing Project Brown Bag Lunch, presenterr, Colorado
State University, Fort Collins, CO.
2003, "Exploring Memoir: The Art and Craft of Truth," Colorado Language Arts Society
Spring Conference, presenter, Colorado Springs, CO.
2002, “Where Do We Go From Here?: Negotiating Changes in Goals and Geography,”
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, roundtable
presenter, Atlanta, GA.
2001, “Teacher Knowledge and Barriers to Best Practice,” National Reading
Conference, presenter, San Antonio, TX. December, 2001.
2001, “Teacher Knowledge and Barriers to Best Practice,” Jakobsen Research Forum,
University of Iowa, presenter, Iowa City, IA.
2001, “Locating Ourselves in History: Critical Literacy in the Preservice Classroom,”
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, presenter,
Baltimore, MD.
2001, “Interrupting the Text: When Readers Write and Writers Read,” Midwest Writing
Centers Association Conference, University of Iowa, presenter, Iowa City, IA.
2001, “Contextual Connectedness: Reading and Writing Relationships,” Martin Luther
King Research Symposium, University of Iowa, poster presentation, Iowa City,
IA.
2000, “Literacy Education Tomorrow: Linking Theory and Practice Through First-Year
Teachers,” National Reading Conference, roundtable presenter, Scottsdale,
Arizona.
2000, “Who’s Afraid of the Gendered Wolf?: Stories as Cognitive Tools,” Graduate
Student Senate Research Forum, University of Iowa, presenter, Iowa City, IA. 2000, “Who’s Afraid of the Gendered Wolf?: Stories as Cognitive Tools,” College of
Education Research Forum, University of Iowa, presenter, Iowa City, IA.
2000, “Reading, Writing, and Adolescence: Voices Aren’t the Only Things Changing,”
University of Iowa Research Forum, co-presenter, Iowa City, IA.
1999, “I Know What I’m Teaching, But What are You Teaching?: Reimagining
Relationships Between Elementary and Secondary Educators,” National Council
of Teachers of English Annual Convention, associate chair and panel member,
Denver, CO.
1999, “Teacher Critics: The Ethos of Critical Response and Evaluation,” Second
Biennial Feminism(s)and Rhetoric(s) Conference, panel member, Minneapolis,
MN.
1998, “The Piece Makers: Quilting as Oral History,” National Council of Teachers of
English Annual Convention, presenter, Nashville, TN.
1997, “The English Language Arts Standards: Manifesto? Constitution? Grocery
List?,” Keystone Area Education Agency I Inservice, presentation with Dr.
Bonnie Sunstein, Elkader, IA.
OTHER ACTIVITIES/ACCOMPLISHMENTS—PUBLICATIONS/SCHOLARLY
RECORD
(Fall, 2006) Co-Researcher, Partnerships in Rural Colorado Grant Project, Colorado State
University and Frenchman RE-3 School District, Fleming, CO.
(2005-Present)Co-Researcher, Writing@CSU’s K-12 Connection, Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, CO.
CV SECTION 3: Evidence of Teaching and Advising Effectiveness
TEACHING
YearSemesterCourse No./TitleCr. Hrs.Enrollment
2011FallE 322/Eng Lang for Teach I340
2011FallE 632V/Prof. Concerns-English315
2010FallE 322/Eng Lang for Teach I341
2010FallE 401/Teaching Reading324
2010FallE 698/Project21
2010FallE 699/Thesis31
2010SummerE 405/Adolescents’ Literature31
2010SpringE 699/Thesis31
2010SpringEDUC 463/Methods421
2010SpringE 401/Teaching Reading327
2010SpringE 699/Thesis31
2009FallE 322/Eng Lang for Teach I344
2009FallE 402/Teaching Composition321
2009FallE 687A/Internship31
2009FallE 699/Thesis31
2009SpringE 401/Teaching Reading327
2009SpringE 402/Teaching Composition327
2009SpringE 695/Independent Study31
2009SpringE 699/Thesis61
2008FallEDUC 463/Methods420
2008FallE 405/Adolescents’ Literature340
2008SpringEDUC 463/Methods46
2008SpringE 402/Teaching Composition322
2007 FallEDUC 463/Methods 423
2007FallE 401/Teaching Reading 318
2007 FallE 695/Independent Study 31
2007SpringE 405/Adolescents’ Literature338
2007SpringE 401/Teaching Reading324
2007Spring E 695/Independent Study31
2007SpringE 695/Independent Study11
2007SpringE 684DV/Supervised Teaching31
2006FallE 405/Adolescents’ Literature339
2006FallE 401/Teaching Reading323
2006FallE 684DV/Supervised Teaching31
2006FallE 699/Thesis31
2006FallE 695/Independent Study31
2006SummerE 495V/Independent Study31
2006SpringE 405/Adolescents’ Literature338
2006Spring E 405/Honors Lecture33
2006SpringE 401/Teaching Reading333
2006SpringE 687AV/Supervised Teaching31
2005FallE 405/Adolescents’ Literature343
2005FallE 401/Teaching Reading323
2005 FallE 384AV/Supervised Teaching31
2005SpringE 632V/Prof. Concerns-English315
2005SpringEDUC 463/Methods412
2004FallE 402/Teaching Composition342
2004FallE 405/Adolescents’ Literature344
2004FallE 384AV/Supervised Teaching31
2004SpringE 405/Adolescents’ Literature340
2004SpringEDUC 463/Methods418
2004SpringE 384AV/Supervised Teaching31
2004SpringE 495V/Independent Study31
2003FallCOCC 301D/Writing325
2003FallEDUC 463/Methods422
2003 SummerE 405/Adolescents’ Literature339
2003SpringCOCC 301D/Writing323
2003SpringE 405/Adolescents’ Literature341
2003SpringE 384AV/Supervised Teaching31
STUDENT ADVISING/GRADUATE SUPERVISION
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:
# Current Undergraduate Advisees (2010-2011): 36
# Current Undergraduate Advisees (2009-2010): 36
# Previous Undergraduate Advisees (2008-2009): 30
# Previous Undergraduate Advisees – (2007-2008): 30 (+10 for Cindy O’Donnell-Allen)
# Previous Undergraduate Advisees – (2006-2007): 24
# Previous Undergraduate Advisees – (2005-2006): 30
# Previous Undergraduate Advisees – (2004-2005): 25
GRADUATE STUDENTS:
Current Graduate Advisees:
Serena Dietze (MA)
Wes Dolinar (MA)
Elissa Hale (MA)
Nathan Huseman (MA)
Adam Mackie (MA)
Jamee Warrenfeltz (MA)
Current Graduate Committee Memberships (excluding those chaired):
__ 0 _# Plan C
1 # Plan B
7 # MS/MA
1 # PhD
Graduate Committee Memberships (for past 5 years, not including those above)
__0___# Plan C
4 # Plan B
12 # MS/MA
3 # PhD
Graduate Degrees Completed Under Your Supervision (past 5 years):
Mike Dixon, 2010 (MA)
Jack Glasser, 2010 (MA)
Anna Marie Strzyz, 2009 (MA)
J. D. Williams, 2008 (MA)
Blaine Smith, 2008 (MA)
Greg Smith, 2007 (MA)
Daniel Weddle, 2007 (MA)
William Foster, 2004 (MA)
Descriptions of Mentoring Activities
(Spring 2003-Present) Honors Thesis Adviser for Twenty-Two Undergraduate Students and
HonorsThesis Committee Member for Five Undergraduate Students, Honors Program,
ColoradoState University, Fort Collins, CO.
OTHER ACTIVITIES/ACCOMPLISHMENTS—TEACHING/ADVISING
(2003-Present) Instructor, Annenberg Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
CV SECTION 4: Evidence of Outreach/Serivce
COMMITTEES
University Committees
Master Teacher Initiative Coordinator, 2007-present
TILT Search Committee, Director of Learning Programs, 2008-2009
Faculty Council, Department Representative, 2003-2006, 2010 (Spring)
College Committees
Marshall, CLA Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony, 2003-present
Department Committees
Post-Tenure Review Committee, 2009-present, Chair Fall 2010
GTA Teaching Committee, 2009-present
Undergraduate Committee Member, 2003-present
Graduate Committee Member, 2005-2007
Teacher Licensure Committee Member, 2002-present
TESL Search Committee, 2005
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Memberships in Professional Societies
Member, National Council of Teachers of English
Faculty Sponsor, National Council of Teachers of English Student Affiliate (NCTE@CSU)
Member, Colorado Language Arts Society
Member, Pi Lamda Theta Education Honor Society
Member, Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society
Member, Midwest Writing Center Association
Manuscript Refereeing
Manuscript Reviewer, English Journal, 2003-Present
Manuscript Reviewer, ALAN Review, 2009-Present
OTHER ACTIVITIES/ACCOMPLISHMENTS—SERVICE/OUTREACH
(2010)Organizer and Leader, K-4 Book Club, St. John the Evangelist Catholic School,
Loveland, CO.
Conducted monthly after-school book club meetings for students in kindergarten through fourth grade. Combined reading enrichment instruction with reading opportunities (including guest speakers from Barnes & Noble, etc.).
(2010)Met with colleagues to recommend student teaching placements for approximately 30 studentteachers.
(2010)Wrote and evaluated English education MA comprehensive exams.
(2010)Worked as a consultant for the CSU athletic department (gratis; no pay received). Worked with two student peer mentors to help them develop writing materials to use during their peer mentor workshops with student athletes.
(2010)Gave a presentation to NCTE@CSU members about alternative teaching
contexts, including onlineschools, teaching abroad, and Peace Corps.
(2009) Chair, Scholarship Committee, CSU Department of English Scholarship for
Student Teachers.
(2008) Judge, Scholastic Middle School Writing Contest, Colorado Language Arts Society.
(2006-2007) Inservice Presenter, Baker Central Elementary School, Fort Morgan, CO. Conducted monthly reading instruction inservice sessions with fifth and sixth
grade teachers for one academic year.
(Summer, 2006)Instructor, Morgan Community College, Fort Morgan, CO. Invited to teach a summer course for K-12 rural classroom teachers on reading and writing methodology and the No Child Left Behind Act.
(Spring, 2006) Judge, Scholastic Writing Portfolio Contest/CSU English Department
Scholarship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.