Introduction
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Educational Background
Schedule
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School of Arts and Letters
Department of English
Betty Bamberg
Professor
Office: E&T A604
Phone: (323) 343-4140
FAX: (323) 343-6470
Email: bbamber@calstatela.edu
INTRODUCTION
Dr. Bamberg received her Ph.D. in English Education from the University of California, Los Angeles, a M.A.T. from Radcliffe College (Harvard Graduate School of Education), and a B.A. in English from UCLA with Highest Honors. Her other education background includes attending the Program in Technical Communication at University of Michigan, and Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration, Bryn Mawr.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Dr. Bamberg has taught many undergraduate and graduate level courses. Some of the courses she has taught in the undergradute level include The English Language(Linguistics for Teachers), Adolescent Literature, Introduction to Expository Writing, Critical Reading and Argumentation, Advanced Expository Writing, ect, and in the graduate level courses like The Phenomenon of Reading Literature, Reading Theory and Rhetoric, Discourse Analysis and Text Coherence, ect.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dr. Bamberg has researched, written, presented and published many articles, papers, journals, ect.
Representative Professional Activities
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Publications/Presentations
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1993
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"Writing," Co-editor, special issue of Ilha do Desterro (a journal published by the Department of English, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil). Volume 29, First Semester. |
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1993
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"Writing Instruction Throughout the Curriculum," in Ilha do Desterro, Betty Bamberg and Dilvo Ristoff, eds. Volume 29, First Semester, 129-136. |
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Spring 1992
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"Autonomy and Accommodation - Striking a Balance: Freshman Writing and English at USC," ADE Bulletin, 19-22. |
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October 1989
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Review of Composition Research/Empirical Designs by Janice Lauer and J. William Asher,College Composition and Communication, 40, 352-353. |
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May 1989
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"Postsecondary WRiting Assessment: An Update on Practices and Procedures" (with Karen Greenberg). Resources in Education ERIC ED 300 822. |
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February 1988
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"Hooked on Books in the CCC," in Workplace Literacy: Essays from the Model Literacy Project, Michael Holzman, ed. Resources in Education ERIC ED 286-068. |
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1984
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"Assessing Coherence: A Reanalysis of Essays Written for the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 1969-1979," Research in the Teaching of English 18, 305-319. |
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December 1983
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"What Makes a Text Coherent?", College Composition and Communication, 34, 417-429. |
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May-June 1982
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"Making Research Work for the Composition Teacher," California English, 22-23. |
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December 1982
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"Multiple-Choice and Holistic Essay Scores: What Are They Measuring?" College Composition and Communication, 23, 404-406. |
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D. English Education
 University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
M.A.T.
Radcliffe College
B.A. English
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
FALL, 1996 SCHEDULE
Not available at this time.
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