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Tara Coburn

Office: A 308

English Instructor

Office Phone: 815-224-0335

Illinois Valley Community College

Email: tara_coburn@ivcc.edu

Oglesby, IL 61348

Web page: www.ivcc.edu/coburn

 

Education

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

M.A. in English

M.A. Thesis: "John Irving, Female Sexuality, and the Victorian Feminine Ideal."

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

B.A. in English and Women's Studies

Senior Thesis: "Hands of a God, Hands of a Child, Hands of a Writer: Repetitive Symbolism as Narrative Theology."

 

Professional Involvement

Sigma Tau Delta-- National English Honorary

 Illinois Federation of Teachers Local 1810

IVCC English Instructor Search Committee Summer 2003

Summer 2004

IVCC Librarian Search Committee Fall 2003 

IVCC International Education Steering Committee

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Grant Subcommittee

African Summer Institute Subcommittee

IATE Prose Writing Contest judge

Spring 2004

English representative to Basic Skills Test conference

Action Project 7 team member 

Day of Writing session leader

Spring 2004

High School Writing Contest judge

Spring 2004

English Department Norming Session organizer

Spring 2004

Fall 2004

 

Professional Development

Latin American Summer Institute 2003

New Faculty Orientation 2002-2003

ENGL 541 Shakespeare Summer 2004 

Northern Illinois University

HIS 4993 Anne Frank: Her Story and Significance Summer 2004     Eastern Illinois University  

ENGX 905 Hemingway: His Life and Works

Loyola Mary mount University 2004

 

Other IVCC Activities

Presentation of "APA and Essay Review" in Pat Cole's Sociology class

Presentation of  "Essay Peer Review" in Pat Cole's Sociology class

Presentation of "APA and Essay Review" in Pat Pence's Human Growth and Development Class

Presentation of "If Gandalf is Jesus, then Frodo is..." in Kim Radek's Honors Colloquium

Advisor of Phi Theta Kappa student honorary  

 

Publications

Woods, A. M., Weasmer, J., and Coburn, T. (In Review) Innovative Practitioners: Power of Professional Development, Family, and Avocational Interests to Motivate Change. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice.

Weasmer, J., Woods, A. M., and Coburn, T. (In Review). Persistent innovators: Insights on motivating teacher change. The Teacher Educator.

 

 

 

Classes Taught

EIU English Composition ENG 1091

EIU Developmental Writing ENG 1000

IVCC English Composition ENG 1001

IVCC English Composition ENG 1002

IVCC American Literature LIT 2000 IVCC Children's Literature LIT 2005