Dr. Leah Chambers

DEGREES EARNED / CERTIFICATIONS / PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

• Certification   in Secondary Education, English, 2016, Clarion University of PA
• Ph.D. in English, Composition, 2011, Indiana University of PA
• M.A. in English, Written Communication, 2006, Eastern Michigan University
• B.A. in English, Writing, 2004, Adrian College, Adrian, MI

PRIMARY COURSES TAUGHT

• English 110: Writing I
• English 111: College Writing

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• First-Year Writing: assessment and placement
• Student retention
• Community literacy and service-learning

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS

• Improving student grades and retention with directed self-placement (2015, February). Panel presented at the 34th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, Dallas, TX
• Finding their place: Valuing diversity and increasing retention with an innovative directed self-placement program (2014, November). Panel presented at the 2014 PASSHE Summit, Millersville University, Lancaster, PA
• Implementing campus and community high-impact educational practices (2013, October). Panel presented at the Fall Conference of the Pennsylvania Association of Councils of Trustees, Clarion, PA.
• The Community Learning Workshop: Developing a service learning program that meets community needs and engages students (2013, October). Academic Innovation Conference, Shippensburg, PA.
• Make way for transfer: Supporting the transfer of writing skills by examining students' dispositions in the first-year writing classroom (2013, June). Panel presented at the Critical Transitions Conference, Elon, NC.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• University-wide Faculty Development Grant, Clarion University (2015)
• University Faculty Neighborhood Star Award, Clarion University (2014)
• Outstanding Faculty for Social Equity, Clarion University (2014)
• University-wide Faculty Development Grant, Clarion University (2013)
• High-Impact Innovation Grant, Clarion University (2012)
• Frederick Douglass Teaching Scholar, Slippery Rock University (2008)

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
• The National Writing Project (NWP)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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