Pat Wall, Ph.D. - Director of Basic Skills

Sierra Hall 248
(209) 575-6651
wallp@yosemite.cc.ca.us

Education

    2001 Kellogg Institute for the Training and Certification of Developmental Educators.
    2000 Computer assisted language learning. Indiana University online graduate coursework.
    1998 Graduate coursework in reading education. CSU Fresno.
    1995 Ph.D. in English. University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
            —Genre: Nonfiction essay
            —Period: Nineteenth-Century British
            —Dissertation: A History of Literary Study of the Bible
    1983 M.A. in English. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
            —Emphasis: TESOL.
    1976 B.S. in Mathematics (Statistics). University of California, Davis.
            —Spanish minor.
    1972 General Education. West Los Angeles College.

Honors and Awards

    1996 Recipient of the UNLV Foundation Dissertation Award
    1992 Awarded Barrick Fellowship for doctoral study at UNLV
    1975 Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, UC Davis

English Teaching Experience

    2000- CSU Fresno. Plant Science 110W (agricultural writing).
    1995- Reedley College, Reedley CA
            Reading and Composition, Critical Reading and Writing, Developmental Reading and Writing, ESL.
    1986-88 CSU Fresno. English 115W/Philosophy 133W (upper-division literature and writing).
    1986-87 People’s University, Beijing, China. Teacher trainer.
    1984-85 Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China. English instructor/mentor.
    1982-83 Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Supervised student teaching.

Last Updated: January 04, 2003