Faculty and Staff
Danica Lee Hubbard
Professor, English
Tel.: (630) 942-2101
Fax: (630) 942-4472
Room: M 165D
e-mail: hubbard@cod.edu
Areas of Research Interest:
I am interested in on-line teaching and learning. My doctoral dissertation focused on the relationship between students and computers in the composition classroom; currently the on-line virtual classroom can be found everywhere. I would like to continue to explore the possibilities in this technological arena.
Recent Courses Taught:
I teach in the classroom, on the Internet and in the Centers for Independent Learning (CILS).
• English 1902
• English 1903
• English 1101
• English 1102
• English 1105
• English 0482
• 1 Credit hour CIL modules in Skills and Communications
Current Projects:
I am currently an Area Coordinator for English Composition in the Centers for Independent Learning. I am responsible for pursuing, reviewing and intiating course offerings with faculty and students in an alternative delivery mode. I am also teaching composition with our new on-line platform, BlackBoard.
Selected Publications, Presentations, Performances, Books:
Publications
"Lost and Found." In Swan and Iris. Ed. Fran Jablway. Kendall Printing: Yorkville, Illinois, 2006. 6-7.
"Student Views of Computer-Composition Effects on Writing." (With Herbert J. Walberg). In Computers and Composition. Eds. Gail Hawisher and Cynthia Selfe. Ablex Publishing Corporation: Greenwich, Connecticut, 1997. 59-71.
Conference Papers
"The Future of Reading." (With Patricia Cookis). Illinois Community College Reading Consortium. Des Plaines, Illinois, February 1998.
"Content Analysis: Community College Student Perceptions of Computers and Composition." Education in Geopolitical Change: Oxford International Conference of Education and Development. Oxford, England, September 1997.
"Linkages: What We're Learning About Our Students." (With Lesli Beltran, Edward Kies, and Kathy Fitch). Triton College Assessment Fair. River Grove, Illinois, November 1997.
"Computer-Composition Effects in Student Perceptions." American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, New York, April 1996.
Conference Participation
• "Academic Impressions: Retaining Students in Online Education." St. Louis, Mousurri, September, 2007.
• "Reading the New World." International Reading Association (IRA). Indianapolis, Indiana, May 2000.
• "Developmental Education: Rising to the Challenges of a New Millenium." National Association for Developmental Education (NADE). Atlanta, Georgia, March 1998.
• ACT Midwest Regional Conference. Normal, Illinois, June 1997.
• "CCCC Winter Workshop on Teaching Composition to Undergraduates: Curricular Changes - Cadillacs or Chevies: Four C's for the Four C's." Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
Winter Workshop, Clearwater Beach, Florida, January 1996.
• "What Works? Learning from Success and Avoiding Pitfalls." American Association of Higher Education Assessment Conference (AAHE). Washington, D.C., June 1996.
• "The Arts and Humanities in a Technological Age." Western Illinois Regional Humanities Festival, Moline, Illinois, October 1995.
• "Literacy and Technology:" NCTE Assembly for Research Conference, Chicago, Illinois, February 1995.
Conference Panels
• "Area Coordinators: What are their roles and responsibilities?" Centers for Independent Learning Holiday Intermezzo and Cracker Barrel Sessions. Glen Ellyn, Illinois December 2007.
• "College Reading Preparedness Panel." Technical Preparedness Student Task Force. Glen Ellyn, Illinois May 2006.
• "Classroom Expectations." Fenton High School Admissions Office Orientation. Glen Ellyn, Illinois May 1998.
• "Outcomes Assessment Workshop." South Suburban College Faculty Development Day. South Holland, Illinois, November 1997.
• "Study Skills Seminar." College of DuPage Study Skills Institute. Glen Ellyn, Illinois, August 1997, August 2003.
Reviews
• Making Reading Relevant: The Art of Connecting. Teri Quick, Melissa Zimmer, Diane Hocevar. Prentice Hall. Projected publication date: July, 2007.
• Reading for Real. Prentice Hall. Projected publication date: July, 2005.
• PH Reads. Prentice Hall. Projected publication date: December, 2005.
• Empowering Reading to Learn in College. Prentice Hall. Projected publication date: January, 2004.
• Developing College Reading Skills. Prentice Hall. Projected publication date: April, 2003.
• Step by Step: A Structural Introduction to Reading and Patterned Vocabulary. Prentice Hall. Projected publication date: July, 2002.
• Improving Essential Reading and Study Skills. Prentice Hall. Projected publication date: October, 2001.
• Patterns Plus: A Short Prose Reader with Argumentation, 7th edition by Mary Lou Conlin for Houghton Miflin Company. Projected publication date: 2001.
• Practical Reading: Processing Information. Prentice Hall. Projected publication date: June, 2001.
Education
The University of Illinois at Chicago
Doctor of Philosophy in Education, 1997
Emphasis: Curriculum and Instruction/Reading, Writing, and Literacy
Doctoral Dissertation: Computers and the Community College Student: Sharing Dialogue about Technology
DePaul University
Masters of Arts in Writing, 1994
Graduated with honors distinction
Miami University
Bachelor of Science, 1990
Major: Mass Communication/Broadcast Journalism
Minor: Creative Writing
Dean's List: 1988-1990
Awards and Recognitions:
• Math and English Department Integrated Curriculum Award, 2006
• Who's Who Among America's Teachers: 1998, 2002, 2204, 2005, 2006, 2007
• Adade Wheeler Award Nominee, 1998
• College of DuPage Outstanding Faculty Award Nominee: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
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