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James H. Vandergriff 852 Warren St. Galesburg, IL 61401
DISSERTATION TOPIC Self-Reported
Sources of Literature Teachers' Practical Knowledge (Dissertation Committee Chair, Dr. Bill
Ames). DEGREES AWARDED Doctor of Philosophy
in Education, with a major in Teaching and Teacher Education and a minor
in English Education, University of Arizona, Aug. 2001. Master of Arts
in English (Linguistics emphasis), Central Missouri State University,
Warrensburg, MO. Feb. 1971. Bachelor of Science in English,
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO. May 1968. EDUCATION June 8 to June 13, 2002: Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Completed a week-long, full-time, non-credit workshop at on advanced
web design sponsored by the Midwest Instructional Technology Center. Aug. 1993 to
Aug. 2001: University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ. PhD
program: Department of Teaching and Teacher Education; Major in Teaching
and Teacher Education, minor in English Education. Jan. 1990 to
May 1992: Southwest Missouri
State University, Springfield, MO.
Undergraduate
courses: Spanish language and Women's History. June 1989:
Utah State University, Logan, UT. Graduate
course: American Folklore. Sept. 1983 to
May 1984: Central Missouri
State University, Warrensburg, MO.
Secondary Certification:
English 7-12. Sept. 1975 to
May 1978: University of
Missouri--Columbia, Columbia, MO. Ph. D. candidate:
English and Latin. TEACHING
EXPERIENCE June 16 to July
15, 2003. Taught Web Design and Culturally-Appropriate Science Teaching
at Shiprock Alternative School, Inc., in Shiprock, NM. The project included
both teaching faculty methods of culturally-appropriate science teaching
and teaching faculty and students the basics of web design. June 11 to July
19, 2001. Taught Web Design and Culturally-Appropriate Science Teaching
at Shiprock Alternative School, Inc., in Shiprock, NM. This project
was funded by grants from Knox College, the Oettinger Foundation, and
the Navajo Nation Rural Systemic Initiative. The project included both
teaching faculty methods of culturally-appropriate science teaching
and teaching faculty, staff and students the basics of web design. Sept. 1999 - Pres.: Knox College, Dept. of Educational Studies, Galesburg, IL 61401
Assistant Professor: teaching courses in American Folklore and
Educational Studies, as well as supervising student teachers. Supervisor;
Dr. Diana Beck, Dept. Head Aug. 1998 -
May 1999: Drury College,
Dept. of Teacher Education, Springfield, MO 65802. Instructor: graduate and undergraduate
courses in Ed. Psych. and English/Language Arts Methods, graduate courses
in American Folklore and the Teaching of Writing. Supervisor: Dr. Dan
Beach, Dept. Head Aug. 1993 -
Aug. 1998: University of
Arizona, Dept. of Teaching and Teacher Education, Tucson, AZ 85721. (520) 621-
5905 Graduate Teaching Associate:
Classroom Processes and Instruction; Secondary Methods Practicum;
Student Teacher Supervision; Foundations Supervisor: Dr. Alice Paul, Dept. Head Aug. 1992-June
1993: Safford Middle School,
Safford, AZ 85546. (520) 428-3447 Eighth Grade Language
Arts Teacher Supervisor: John Vail, Principal Aug. 1987 to
May 1992: English Dept.,
Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65804. (417) 836-5107 Instructor: Composition, Technical Writing, American Folklore, Literature,
Science Fiction Chairman: Dr. Don Holliday, Dept. Head Aug. 1986 to
June 1987: Lincoln College
Preparatory Academy, 2111 Woodland, Kansas City, MO 64108. (816)
241-3131 Teacher: Latin (7-12) Supervisor: Dr. Joan Caulfied, Principal Aug. 1985 to
June 1986: McCluer North
High School, Florissant, MO 63033.
(314) 831-6600 Teacher: 1/2-time English; 1/2-time Latin; Poet-in-Residence Supervisor: Dr. Bill Hampton, Principal Sept. 1984 to
May 1985: Wentworth Military
Academy and Junior College, Lexington, MO 64067. (816) 259-2221 Instructor: Composition and Literature Supervisor: Col. Jim Altendorf Sept. 1980 to
May 1983: English Dept.,
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO 64093. (816) 543-4425 Instructor: Composition, American Literature,
English Grammar. Chairman: Dr. Larry Olpin, Dept. Head Sept. 1979 to
June 1980: English Dept.,
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331.
(503) 737-0123 Instructor: Technical Writing, Composition, Latin Chairman: Dr. Robert Frank, Dept. Head Sept. 1975 to
May 1978: English Dept.,
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211. (314) 882-6421 Teaching Ass't.
(3/4 time): Technical Writing,
Composition, Literature Supervisor: Dr. Winifred P. Horner Sept. 1971 to
Aug. 1975: English Dept.,
Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 66801.
(316) 342-5216 Instructor: Composition and Literature Editor: Heritage of Kansas Chairman: Dr. Charles E. Walton, Dept. Head Feb. 1971 to
Aug. 1971: Tests &
Measurements Bureau, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg,
MO 64093. Graduate Assistant
(1/2 time) Supervisor: Dr. Edward P. Denham Sept. 1970 to
Feb. 1971: English Dept.,
Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO 64093. (816) 543-4425 Graduate Teaching
Assistant (1/2 time): Composition Supervisor: Dr. Frank Patterson, Director of Composition. PUBLICATIONS Books and Articles Editor. The Indians of Kansas. Emporia, KS: Teachers College Press, 1973. "Literature
11 & 12" (State Scholarship Test). Topeka, KS: Kansas State
Scholarship Committee, 1974. Editor. Hertzler Heritage, by Edith Coe. Emporia, KS: Emporia
State Press, 1975. "Kushtukas,
Inyukons and Devils: Some
Inupiat Eskimo Folklore,"Heritage of Kansas 11(Fall 1978): 45-48. "An Eskimo-English
Dialect: A Discussion of
Some Major Features,"The USF Quarterly 18(Spring-Summer 1980): 36-38. "Kotzebue
English: Some Notes on
Inupiaq English,"in Essays in Native American English, Eds. Guillermo Bartelt et al., San Antonio:
Trinity University Press, 1982. Pp. 121-156. "Inuit
English," (invited
article). SESD Newsletter 2(Jan. 1984): 1 & 4. "Reflections
on History: Violence in
Ozark Folklore" (invited article). Bentley House Beacon (Spring 1990): 3-4. "The Legend
of Joe's Cave: Murder,
Medicine, Counterfeiting and Vigilantism."Missouri Folklore
Society Journal 15-16(1993-94): 29-50. "Update
on The Legend of Joe's Cave: An
Update and Response to My Critics,"Missouri Folklore Society
Journal 17(1995): 117-22. Published Reviews Review of Yurok
Myths, by A. E. Kroeber. American Indian Quarterly 3(Autumn
1977): 256-7. Review of Ozark
Folksongs, Abridged Edition,
by Vance Randolph. Missouri Folklore Society Journal 4(1982): 111-112. Review of The
Rise of Colleges , by George Makdisi. Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching 11(Spring 1983): 8. Review of Blue
Highways: A Journey into
America, by William
Least Heat Moon. Missouri
Folklore Society Journal 5(1983): 55-56. Review of The
Pure Experience of Order, by Richard C. Poulson. The Liberal and
Fine Arts Review 4(July
1984): 66-67. Review of The
Poems of Hesiod, tr. R. M. Fisher.
The Liberal and Fine Arts Review 5(July 1985): 80-81. Review of Mister,
You Got Yourself A Horse: Tales
of Old-Time Horse Trading. Welsch, Roger, Ed. Lincoln: University
of Nebraska Press, 1981. Missouri Folklore Society Journal 11-12(1989-90): 187-88. Review of When
You're Up To Your Ass in Alligators: More Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire. By Alan Dundes and Carl R. Pagter. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1987. Missouri Folklore Society Journal 11-12(1989-90): 191. Review of Piled
Higher and Deeper: The
Folklore of Campus Life. By Simon J. Bronner.
Little Rock: August House Publishers, Inc., 1990. Missouri Folklore Society Journal 11-12(1989-90): 192. Review of Buried
Treasures of the Ozarks: Legends
of Lost Gold, Hidden Silver and Forgotten Caches. By W. C. Jameson. Little Rock: August House, Inc., 1990. Missouri Folklore Society Journal
11-12(1989-90): 207-8. Review of Miss
Mary Mac All Dressed in Black:
Tongue Twisters, Jump Rope Rhymes and Other Children's Lore from
New England. By Scott E. Hastings,
Jr. Little Rock: August House, Inc., 1990. Missouri Folklore Society Journal 11-12(1989-90): 193-4. Review of The
Consecrated Cross-Eyed Bear: Stories
from the Less-Solemn Side of Church Life. By Charles Allbright. Little Rock: August House, Inc., 1990. Missouri Folklore Society Journal 11-12(1989-90): 217-9. Review of Roads
That Seldom Curve: Growing
Up Along the Mississippi. By Al Allen.
Little Rock: August House, Inc., 1990. Missouri Folklore Society Journal 11-12(1989-90): 222-23. Review of "SmoothTalker"
(Software). Worm’s
View 14.2(1992): 14-16. Various book
reviews in local newspaper (Springfield, MO, News-Leader ), 1988-89. Review of The
Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passages, by N. Scott Momaday.
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1997.
Missouri Folklore Society Journal
18-19(1996-97): 183-85. Review of Too Good to Be True:
The Colossal Book of Urban Legends. By Jan Harold Brunvand. New York: W. W.
Norton & Co., 1999. Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 22(2000):
122-124 Review of The Truth Never
Stands in the Way of A Good Story. By Jan Harold Brunvand. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2000. Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 22(2000): 122-124. Review of Wisconsin Folklore. By James P.
Leary. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press,
1998. Missouri Folklore
Society Journal , 22(2000): 134-135. Review of Blue Roots: African-American
Folk Magic of the Gullah People. By Roger Pinckney. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1998. Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 22(2000): 128-129. Review of Wildcat Whistle:
Folklore, Fishing and Hunting Stories from the Mississippi River Valley. By Phil Hoebing. Quincy, IL: Franciscan Press, 1997. Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 22(2000): 133-134. Review of Black Valor: Buffalo
Soldiers and the Medal of Honor, 1870-1898. By Frank N. Schubert. Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 1997. Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 22(2000): 140-141. Review of UFO Crash at Roswell:
the Genesis of a Modern Myth. By Benson Saler, Charles A. Ziegler, and Charles B. Moore. Washington:
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997.
Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 22(2000): 124-125. Review of Winning The Dustbowl. By Carter Revard. Tucson: University
f Arizona Press, 2001. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 23(2001):
191-192. Review of Polish-American
Folklore. By Deborah R. Silverman. Urbana: University
of Illinois Press, 2000. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 23(2001): 192-193. Review of Black Texans: A History of African Americans in Texas,
1528-1995, 2nd ed. By Alwin Barr. Norman: University
of Oklahoma Press, 1996. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 23(2001): 189-190. Review of Frontier Children. By Linda Peavey and Ursula Smith. Foreword by Elliott West. Norman: University
of Oklahoma Press, 1999. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 23(2001): 190-191. Review of A Treasury of North
American Folktales. By Catherine Peck, Ed. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1998. Missouri
Folklore Society Journal, 23(2001): 193-194. Review of Myths, Legends,
& Folktales of America: An
Anthology. By D. Lemming
and J. Page. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Missouri
Folklore Society Journal, 23(2001): 194-195 Review of Always A People:
Oral Histories of Contemporary Woodland Indians. By Rita Kohn and W. Lynwood Montell, Coll.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997.
Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 24(2002). 136-137.. Review of Artistry in Native
American Myths. By Karl Kroeber.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998.
Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 24(2002). 137-139. Review of American Indian
Genesis: The Story of Creation. By Percy Bullchild. Berkeley, CA: Seastone, 1998. Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 24(2002). 140-142. Review of North to Montana:
Jehus, Bullwhackers, and Mule Skinners on the Montana Trail. By Betty M. and Brigham D. Madsen. Logan: Utah State
University Press, 1998. Missouri
Folklore Society Journal, 42(2002). 139-140. Review of Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters. By Ted Cohen. Chicago; The University of Chicago Press, 1999. Missouri Folklore Society Journal , 24(2002). 144-145. Review of All the World’s Reward: Folktales Told by Five Scandinavian Storytellers. By Reimund Kvideland and Henning Sehmsdorf, eds. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1999. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 24(2002): 145. Review of Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World. Ed. by Kathleen Ragan. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1998. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 25(2003): In press Review of Perspectives on the Jack Tales and Other North American Märchen. Edited by Lindahl, Carl. Special Publications of the Folklore Institute. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2002. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 25(2003): In press. Review of Amulet of Greek Earth: Generations of Immigrant Folk Culture. By Helen Papanikolas. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2002. Missouri Folklore Society Journal, 25(2003): In press. Review
of Advanced Educational Foundations for Teachers: The History, Philosophy,
and Culture of Schooling.By Donald Sharpes..New York: RoutledgeFalmer,
2002. Teachers College Record. Under consideration. Published Poetry "Kansas:
Four Poems,"Heritage of the Great Plains
13(Spring
1980): 25-27. "Mountain,"
A Long-Term Underground Plan:
The Eruption of Mount St. Helens, Ed. Shirley Ruble. Seattle,
WA: Raindance Press, 1981.
P. 47. "Sirius
Rising," Heritage of the Great Plains 14(Fall 1981): 13. "Clouds,"
Pleiades 2(Spring-Summer
1982): 37. "Spring
Song," Pleiades
3(Spring-Summer
1983): 12. "The Funeral,"
Pleiades 3(Spring-Summer 1983):
20. "War Poem,"
Our World's Best Loved Poems, Ed. Eddie-Lou Cole. Sacramento,
CA: World of Poetry Press,
1984. "Ozark
Night," Our World's Best Loved Poems, Ed. Eddie-Lou Cole.
Sacramento, CA: World of
Poetry Press, 1984. "Inupiaq
Dance," Encore: A Quarterly of Verse and the Poetic Arts
18(Spring
1984): 6. "Spring
Song," Encore: A
Quarterly of Verse and the Poetic Arts
18(Spring 1984): 6. "Northern
Lights," Voices
International (Spring
1984). "Green
Infinity," Pleiades 4(Spring-Summer 1984):
n.p. "Ozark
Winterscape," Pleiades
4(Spring-Summer
1984): n.p. "Woodcraft,"
Pleiades 4(Spring-Summer
1984): n.p. "Dog Days,"
Pleiades 4(Spring-Summer
1984): n.p. "Ozark
Nocturne," Pleiades
4(Spring-Summer 1984):
n.p. "Warrior
Children," Pauses in Time, Ed. Chris Chandler. Pittsburg, TX: Poetry Press, 1986. "Sheep,
Look Up!" National
Poetry Anthology, Ed. New York
Poetry Foundation. NY: NY
Poetry Society, 1986. "The Warrior
Children," in Great Poems of Today, Ed. John Campbell. Sacramento: World of Poetry Press, 1987. "Xanadu," Our Best Loved Poems, Ed. Eddie-Lou Cole. Sacramento: World
of Poetry Press, 1987. "Bird,"
The New American Poetry Anthology, Ed. Eddie-Lou Cole. Sacramento: World of Poetry Press, 1987. "Mungnuk,"
PMPA: Publications of
the Missouri Philological Association
14(1989): 43-44. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS "College
Composition for Black English Speakers," read before the Missouri
Philological Association, Warrensburg, MO, Feb. 1977. "Eskimo-English: The Verb System,"read before the
Philological Association of the Pacific Coast, UC-Berkeley, Nov. 1980. "Eskimo-English
Phonology,"read before the Missouri Philological Association, Joplin,
MO, March 1981. "Horace
in the Classroom: Roman
Poetry in the General Education Curriculum," half-day seminar conducted
at the General Education Literature Conference, Emporia, KS, April 1981. "Homemade
Toys," read before the Missouri Folklore Society, Columbia, MO,
Oct. 1981. "The Vowel
System of an Eskimo-English Dialect,"read before the Midwest/American
Dialect Society, Oconomowoc, WI, Nov. 1981. "'Hey,
Bart! You Got Sigaq, uh?'
Or, English Among the Eskimos," English Department Faculty Lecture
Series, CMSU, Warrensburg, MO, Nov. 1981. "Kotzebue
English: The Influence
of Inupiaq on the Vocalic System," read before the Midwest/American
Dialect Society, Cincinatti, OH, Nov. 1982. "The Verb
System in Inuit English,"
read before the Missouri Academy of Sciences, Jefferson City,
MO, April, 1987. "AIDS: The Urban Legend," read before the
Missouri History Conference, Joplin, MO, April, 1988. "AIDS: The Urban Legend," read before the
Missouri Folklore Society, St. Joseph, MO, October, 1988. "AIDS: The Urban Legend," read at Popular
Culture Association national conference, St. Louis, MO, April, 1989. "Tracing
a Family Legend: One Thing
Leads to Another," read before Missouri Folklore Society, Hannibal,
MO, October, 1990. "Tracing
a Family Legend: One Thing
Leads to Another," read at In-house Conference on Language and
Literature, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, May,
1991. "Seeking
Stories of Critical Pedagogy:
Negotiating the Curriculum in Teacher Education" (co-authored
with Donna Jurich and Deborah Anders), Symposium at the Conference on
Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, Mount Eagle, TN, Sept. 1995. "Negotiating
the Curriculum: Empowering
Students to Direct Their Own Learning," read before the American
Educational Research Association, New York, NY, April 10, 1996. "Untangling the Web,"
an address to the Illinois Prairie
chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, Galesburg, IL, 9/26/01 "Teaching Culturally-Appropriate
Science,"
with Donna Jurich, presented
at the NSTA Conference, San Diego, CA, 3/27/02 "Assessing
Digital Portfolios," with Donna Jurich, presented at the Midwest Instructional Technology Center
Conference on Digital Portfolios at Monmouth College, IL, 6/13/03 "Strengths and Challenges of Teaching Culturally-Appropriate Science: Stories from Navajo Classrooms" with Donna Jurich, presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Teacher Educators, Santa Fe, NM, 8/11/03 “Qui Custodes Custodiet? The Homogenizing
Effect of Standards on Teachers,” with Donna Jurich, presented
at the annual meeting of the Midwest Association of Teacher Educators
in Champaign, IL, 3/26/04 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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