SANDRA JOHNSON COOPER

CentRal florida community college

3001 SW College Road

P.O. SW Box 1388

Ocala, fl 34478-1388

Phone 352-2372111 X1361 • E-mail coopersa@cf.edu

1987    MA, English, University of South Carolina
Thesis: Courtly Love in the Novels of Carson McCullers

1983    BA, English, University of South Carolina at Aiken

Assistant Professor, Communications Division, Central Florida Community College, Ocala, FL, 2003-Present                   

Courses Taught:

AML 2010 Survey of American Literature I

ENC 1101, Freshman Composition Skills I

ENC 1102, Freshman Composition Skills II

ENC 2210, Technical Communications

LIT 2120, World Literature II

Adjunct Instructor, Communications Division, Central Florida Community College, Ocala, FL, 1996-2003                     

Courses Taught:

ENC 1102, Freshman Composition Skills II

ENC 2210, Technical Communications

Visiting Part-time Lecturer, English Department, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 1985-1987              

Courses Taught:

English 100, Developmental English

English 100, Developmental English for ESL Students

English 101, English Composition

English 102, Introduction to Literature

Tutor, Livingston Writing Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 1985-1987                                    

Tutored students in remedial English courses.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, English Department, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1983-1985

Courses Taught (Full Responsibility):

English 101, Literature and Rhetoric

English 102, Composition and Literature

Tutor, Writing Center, English Department, University of South Carolina at Aiken, Aiken, SC, 1982-1983

Tutored students in remedial English courses.

E-Systems, ECI Division, St. Petersburg, FL, 1988-1995

Technical Writer                                                                    

Senior technical writer for a fortune 500 company specializing in government defense contracts.

Duties included:

·        Writing, editing, and publishing government-contracted documentation.

·        Supervising editorial staff.

·        Training technical and administrative staff in documentation and editing.

New Jersey Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, New Brunswick, NJ, 1986-1988

Marketing Director                                                               

Duties included:

·       Writing and publishing newsletter.

·       Creating promotional materials.

·       Giving marketing presentations.

Seminars Taught

Training Seminars

Business Communications, CFCC/E-One Corporate University

Business Communications, Workforce Development

Training Sessions, Adjunct Orientation

Web Technology in the Traditional Classroom, Teaching/Learning Institute

Responsibility Learning Theme

Grants Received

Mini-Grant for humanitarian Paul Rusesabaginia
Teaching/Learning Intstitute

Mini-Grant (with Ron Cooper and Judy Davis) for filmmaker Cathy Crouch, Teaching/Learning Institute

Women's Institute Community Forums: Dificult Dialogues, Florida Humanities Council

This grant made possible a lecture series on women's issues by noted scholars.

Edna Sims Green Endowed Chair for Teaching and Learning Excellence, Teaching/Learning Institute

This grant made possible a series of lectures focusing on Women’s Studies.

Mini-Grant (with Robin Seymour) for author Megan McDonald, Teaching/Learning Institute

This grant made possible a collaborative project with the Marion County School System.

Matchette Grant collaboration (with Ron Cooper) for Humanities Lecture Series, Matchette Foundation

Summer Fantasy Workshop

Website Development

Web Technology in the Traditional Classroom

Committees/Activities Sponsored

Communications, Faculty Senate Representative (2006-2007)

CFCC Sick Pool Committee (beginning 2006)

Integrity Learning Theme, Chair (2006-2007)

Ted Kooser, Poet Laureate of the United States, Reading (2006)

Paul Rusesabaginia, Humanitarian, Lecture (2006)

Dignity Learning Theme, Chair (2005-2006)

Responsibility Learning Theme, Chair (2004-2005)

ENC 1101, Faculty Coordinator (beginning 2004)

African American Read-In (beginning 2004)

Women Writer's Read-In (2004)

Service Learning Theme, Member (2003-2004)

Women's Institute: Difficult Dialogues, Grant Project Director (2003-2004)

Women's History Month Committee, Member (2003-2004)

Adjunct Development Committee  

Adjunct of the Year Selection Committee-2001

Awards

2005 Constellation Award for the Women's Institute Project

Writing

Directions

Imprints