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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