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Lisa Whalen, M.A.L.S.

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 Lisa Whalen
Director of the Writing Center
Term Facutly, Dept. of English and Modern Languages

Office#: Luther Hall 116
Phone: 651-603-6233
Fax: 651-659-0207
whalen@csp.edu

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EDUCATION    
Coursework toward a Ph.D. in Postsecondary and Adult Education (degree expected spring 2009)
Graduate Coursework Hamline University, University of Minnesota, The Loft
St. Paul/Minneapolis, MN    2004-2005

M.A.L.S. Hamline University 

Creative and Critical Writing
St. Paul, MN      2003
Capstone thesis nominated for Outstanding Synthesis Award

B.A. College of St. Catherine
Written Communication
St. Paul, MN   1996
Summa cum laude

PUBLICATIONS
Is This the One for Me?                                          Off to College                    August 2004, 2005
Putting Your Writing Center Experience to Work    Writing Lab Newsletter       May 2005
Can You Hear Me Now?                                         StickYourNeckOut             July 2004
Insurance Parody                                                  StickYourNeckOut             July 2004
Composing in Music and Language                        Writing Lab Newsletter        November 2003

A Liberal Arts Education:  Free Your Mind              Hamline LOA Newsletter      March 2003
Impressions of Two Worlds                                    Hamline Memorial               September 2002

WRITING, EDITING, AND PROOFREADING EXPERIENCE
VideoWorkshop III                                    Allyn & Bacon Publisher               August 2004
Thesis projects                                           Masters\Ph.D. Students                 August 2003--
Public Speaking, 2nd edition                       Allyn & Bacon publishers              January 2004
Water~Stone literary journal                      Hamline University                        September 2001
Feature Stories (various titles)                     Midway-Como Monitor                August 1997-1998

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND OFFICES
Chair              Midwest Writing Centers Association (MWCA) Executive Board   2007-present
Secretary        Midwest Writing Centers Association (MWCA) Executive Board   2004-2007
Chair              Book of the Year Study Guide Committee, Concordia                  2005-2006
Member          National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)                           2005- present
Member          Loft Literary                                                                               Fall 2003 - present
Co-founder    Writing Center Professionals of Minnesota                                   Fall 2002 - present
Member          International Writing Centers Association                                    Fall 2001 - present

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