Faculty: Patsy Callaghan

Awards

Phi Kappa Phi Scholar of the Year, Central Washington University Chapter, 2000

Distinguished Professor for Service, Central Washington University, 2000

Faculty Speaker, CWU Presidential Inauguration, 2000

College of Arts and Humanities Chair Service Award, 2003

Service Activities

College Readiness Task Force: Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board of Washington State, 2005-06.

Integrated Advisory Systems Workgroup, Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2004-05.

Member, Board of Directors, Educational Service District #105, 1999-present.

Facilitator, Washington State Academic Achievement and Accountability Forum, Yakima, WA August, 2000.

Competency-Based Admissions Standards Project. Directed by the Higher Education Coordinating Board of Washington State, 1998-2000.

Washington State Senior Writing Study: Effective Discipline-Oriented Writing. Directed by the Interinstitutional Committee of Academic Officers (ICAO) Accountability/Assessment Team, 1997-99.

Publications

A Meeting of Minds: Rhetoric for Readers and Writers. (With Ann Dobyns). Boston: Allyn & Bacon/Longman Press. 2004.

Second Edition: A Meeting of Minds: Strategies for Academic Inquiry and Writing, 2007.

Literary Conversation: Thinking, Talking and Writing About Literature. (with Ann Dobyns). Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1996.

"Wayne Booth and the Ethics of Argument." In Keeping Company: Rhetoric, Pluralism and Wayne Booth. Ed. Fred Antczak. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1994.

"Interpretation and the Development of Critical Understanding." Perspectives: The Journal of the International Association of General and Liberal Studies, 21 (1) 24-32.