H. Elizabeth Thornton
Employment History:
9 / 91 – PresentGeorgia Perimeter College
3251 Panthersville Road
Decatur, Georgia 30034
Position: Associate Professor of English
Associate Department Chair
Job Description: As associate Department Chair, I am responsible for
conducting the Exit Writing Sample Rating Session, preparing eligibility lists,
maintaining records, hiring, mentoring and observing adjunct faculty, and
addressingstudent concerns and complaints. As a tenured faculty member, I
teach composition and survey literature courses. Additional responsibilities
includestudent/teacher conferences, committee participation, student
assessment,student advisement and registration, and continued professional
development.
1 / 90 - 11 / 90 Georgia Perimeter College
3251 Panthersville Road
Decatur, Georgia 30034
Position: Part-time Instructor
Job Description: To prepare and execute lesson plans for basic composition
courses.
8/89 - 8 /90 Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
1050 Techwood Drive, NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30348
Position: Production Assistant
Job Description: To assist the Coordinator with billing, personnel schedules,
truck bookings for remote operations, and travel arrangements for the television
crew
12 /86 - 6 /89Dekalb County School System
3770 North Decatur Road
Decatur, Georgia 30032
Position: English Teacher / Secondary School
Job Description: To develop lesson plans in accordance with county criteria for
the instruction of grammar, composition, and literature in tenth through twelfth
gradeclasses; additional duties included classroom management, student
assessment, and parent / teacher and student / teacher conferences.
9 /86 - 12 / 86 Completed Student Teaching Practicum
Awarded NT 4 Teaching Certificate
Passed the Teacher Certification Test
Academic Achievement:
Graduate School: Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Post-Graduate Work
Cumulative Quarter Hours: 25
Stetson University, DeLand, FL
Master of Arts in English
Degree Awarded: Summer 1984
Undergraduate: Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Bachelor of Arts / Major in English
Degree Awarded: Spring 1980
School Activities: college theatre and student newspaper
Professional Growth and Development
CurrentProfessional Memberships:
2011-2013College English Association
2004 – 2013Community College Humanities Association
2005 – 2012Georgia Carolinas College English Association
2010 – PresentNACADA
2005 – 2013Two-Year College English Association
ProfessionalPresentations:
Conference Presentation Proposal accepted for the American Association of Community Colleges’, “Academic Advising on a Budget: Successful Strategies That are High Yield Yet Low Cost,” Chicago, IL, April 2016 (National)
Presented “Academic Advising on a Budget: Successful Strategies That are High Yield Yet Low Cost” for NACADA’s Drive-in conference at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, September 14, 2015 (State)
Reprised “Proven Strategies for Success: 15 to Finish and Guided Pathways” for NACADA’s Drive-in conference at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, September 14, 2015 (State)
Reprised presentation on “15 to Finish Georgia: Creating a System Culture of 15” at the 2015 College Connections for Student Success: Focus on Foster Care, Homeless, & Other Disconnected Youth Conference, Stone Mountain, GA, March 31, 2015 (State)
Presented “Proven Strategies for Success: 15 to Finish and Guided Pathways” for the USG’s Enrollment Management Symposium, Atlanta, GA, November 14, 2014
Presented at the NACADA Drive-in Conference on 15 to Finish, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, May 17, 2014 (Regional)
Presented at the Learning Support Board of Directors’ Drive-in Conference on the use of My Foundations Lab for Compass Placement preparation, Macon State College, January 31, 2013(State)
Presented “A Cultural Perspective in the First-Year Seminar and Freshman Composition Classes” at the College English Association Conference in Richmond, VA, March 29, 2012 (National)
Presented “Civility and Service in the Composition Classroom” at the Community College Humanities Association Southern Division Conference in Washington, D.C., October 2010 (Regional)
Reprised “Taking a Second Look: an Introspective Approach to Composition” for the College English Association Conference in San Antonio, TX, March 25, 2010 (National)
Presented “Taking a Second Look: an Introspective Approach to Composition”at the 12th Annual Georgia Southern Student Success in Writing Conference, February 5, 2010, at Georgia Southern University (State)
Presented “Integrating Technology into a Traditional F2F Learning Support Classroom” at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference,November 7, 2009, in Atlanta, GA (Regional)
Presented “The Reluctant Writer Revealed: Writing for Self Discovery” at the Georgia-Carolinas College English Association Conference, January 31, 2009, in Savannah, GA (Regional)
Presented “Making Connections: The Written Word and the Student’s World” atthe Community College
Humanities Association So. Division Conference in Chattanooga, TN, 11/1/08 (Regional)
Presented “Collaborative Learning in Spanish and English Classes or the Best Laid Plans Often Go Awry,”
the Community College Humanities Association Conference, 10/25 – 10/27/2007, San Antonio, TX
(Regional)
Reprised Presentation“Testing the Waters: Our Experiences in CollaborativeInterdisciplinaryLearning” at
the Georgia – Carolinas English Association, 2/2/07, GPC/Lawrenceville Campus (Regional)
Presented “Testing the Waters: Our Experiences in Collaborative Interdisciplinary Learning” at the League
for Innovation’s Conference on Information Technology10/22 – 10/25/06, Charlotte, NC (National)
Presented “The Student-Generated Classroom” at the Georgia Carolinas College English Association, 1/06,
GPC/Lawrenceville (Regional)
Presented “Interdisciplinary Study 101: Exploring Culture through Literature” at the Community College
Humanities Association, 11/10 & 11/12/05, Boston, MA (Regional)
Presented “Interdisciplinary Study & Technology: Bridging the Gap” at the Societyfor Applied
Technology, 2/16 – 2/18/05 in Orlando, FL (National)
Presented “Marti: Poetry, Culture, & Community” at the Community College Humanities Association,
10/30/04, Atlanta, GA (Regional)
Presented “Bookless Classroom: Exploring Violence through Pop Culture”and reprised Lorca
presentation at Innovations 2004, 2/26 – 2/28/04, San Francisco, CA (National)
Presented on interdisciplinary mini-sessions at the Sixth Annual Conference on the Americas, 2/21/03,
Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA (Regional)
Presented “Federico Garcia Lorca: Experiencing Cultural Diversity through Literature and History” at the
Southern Division Conference Community College Humanities Association, 10/31/02, Charleston, S.C.
(Regional)
Presented “Like Water For Chocolate: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Literature in a Spanish
Composition/Conversation Class and a World Literature II Class at the 9th Georgia Conference on College
and University Teaching, 2/7/02, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA (State)
Reprised Presentation of “Two Women/ Two Worlds” at the Northeast ConferenceTwo Year Community
College Association, 10/4 – 6/01, Washington, D.C. (Regional)
Presented “Two Women/Two Worlds” at the Southern Division Conference Community College
Humanities Association, 10/26 – 28/00, Miami, FL (Regional)
ProfessionalConferencesAttended/Served:
Participated in the IPAS Change Essentials Workshop, Georgia State University, Atlanta Campus, February 2, 2016
Attended NACADA’s Drive-in conference at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, September 14, 2015
Attended the 2015 College Connections for Student Success: Focus on Foster Care, Homeless, & Other Disconnected Youth Conference, Stone Mountain, GA, March 31, 2015
Staffed the 15 to Finish exhibitor’s table at the Georgia School Counselors’ Conference, Augusta, GA, November 11, 2014
Attended the NACADA Drive-in Conference, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, May 17, 2014
Attended the Complete College America – GPS Scale: All States Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, January 21, 2014
Attended the Learning Support Board of Directors’ Drive-in Conference, Macon State College, January 31, 2013
Attended and served as session moderator at the Georgia Women’s Conference, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston Campus, March 22, 2013
Attended “Teaching through Accelerated Pathways: A Statewide Conference on Transforming Developmental Writing and Reading Instruction,” Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA, February 15 & 16, 2013
Attended the Georgia-Carolinas College English Association Conference hosted by Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, February 1, 2013
Attended the Learning Support Board of Directors’ Meeting and Drive-in Conference, Macon State College, January 31, 2013
Attended the Developmental Education Conference at Georgia Piedmont Technical College, January 17 & 18, 2013
Attended the NACADA Regional Conference, Miami, FL, March 11-13, 2012
Served as Secretary for Georgia-Carolinas College English Association and attended the GCCEA Conference, GPC/Clarkston, February 2 & 3, 2012
Attended the Board of Directors’ Meeting for Learning Support, Macon State College, November 17, 2011
Attended the2011 NACADA Drive-in Conference hosted by Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, September 23, 2011
Attended BOR Learning Support Conference, Athens, GA, April 2011
Served on the Planning Committee for the Pre-Conference Workshops & Friday Writers Focus for TYCA-SEand attended the conference in Decatur, GA, March 3 – 5, 2011
Served as Secretary for Georgia-Carolinas College English Association and attended the conference on GPC’s Clarkston Campus, February 2011
Attended the Community College Humanities Association Conference in Washington, D.C., October 2010
Attended the College English Association Conference in San Antonio, TX, March 25, 2010
Attended the 12th Annual Georgia Southern Student Success in WritingConference, February 5, 2010, at Georgia Southern University
Attended the South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, 11/7/09, Atlanta, GA
Attended GPC Technology Conference, “The Changing Face of IT,” March 28, 2009, Clarkston Campus
Served as Secretary for Georgia-Carolinas College English Association, 2009 topresent
Attended Georgia-Carolinas College English Association Conference, January30 & 31, 2009, Savannah, GA
Attended Community College Humanities Association Southern Division 2008Conference, November 1, 2008, Chattanooga, TN
Attended and served on Planning and Hospitality Committees for Georgia –Carolinas College English Association, GPC/Clarkston Campus, 1/25 & 1/26/08
Attended and served as volunteer at the Registration Desk at SAMLA, 11/9 – 11/10/07, Atlanta, GA
Attended andServed on Hospitality Committee for 7th Annual Teaching MedievalLiterature Conference, GPC/Lawrenceville Campus, 3/2 & 3/3/07
Attended and Served on Hospitality & Planning Committees for Georgia –Carolinas English Association Conference, Lawrenceville Campus, 2/2/07
Participated in IT Scholars Program, Lawrenceville, 9/06 – 4/07
Served on Hospitality and Registration Committees for the Teaching ofMedieval Literature Conference, 3/3 – 3/4/06, GPC/Lawrenceville
Served on Hospitality and Planning Committees for Georgia – Carolinas CollegeEnglish Association, 1/06, GPC/Lawrenceville Campus
Served on Hospitality Committee for Georgia- Carolinas College EnglishAssociation Conference, 2/25 & 2/26/ 05, GPC/Lawrenceville Campus
Attended and Served as volunteer at SAMLA, 11/5/03, Atlanta, GA
Attended and Served as volunteer at SAMLA, 11/9/01, Atlanta, GA
Attended and served as volunteer at Innovations 2001 Conference, 3/2/01,Atlanta, GA
Attended Georgia Conference on College and University Teaching, 2/2000,Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Attended and served as volunteer at SAMLA Conference, 11/99, Atlanta, GA
Attended Conference on College Composition and Communication, 3/25/99
Attended National Council of Teachers of English Conference, 11/20 – 23/98, Nashville, TN
Attended Southern Division Conference Community College Humanities Association, 10/29 – 30/98, Decatur, GA
Service to the
Institution:
2015 – 2016Associate Department Chair, English, Clarkston
Interim Director of Faculty Advising
Chaired Search Committee for History & Political Science Dept. Chair
Member of ENGL 0099 & 1101/1102 Curriculum Committees, Discipline
2014 – 2015Associate Department Chair, English, Clarkston
Interim Director of Faculty Advising
Participated in the drafting of the college’s First in the World grant application
Participated in the drafting of the GPCS1020 Senate proposal
Presented at the Spring Part-time Symposium
Member of OWG 8 & 13 Consolidation Committees
Presented at Spring Staff Development Day
Member of hiring committee for AAVP of Enrollment Management
Member of hiring committee for Coordinator of Academic Success
Member of the PASS Committee
Member of Retention & Graduation Committee
Member of the Enrollment Management Team
Member of ENGL 0099 & 1101/1102 Curriculum Committees, Discipline
2013 – 2014Associate Department Chair, English, Clarkston
Master Advisor, Clarkston
Member of ACE ad hoc Committee for Learning Support
Member of Retention & Graduation Committee
Member of the Promotion & Tenure Review Committee
Member of ENGL 0099, 1101/1102 & 2111/2112 Curriculum Committees, Discipline
Member of ENGL 0099, 1101/1102
2012 – 2013Associate Department Chair, English, Clarkston
Master Advisor, Clarkston
Member of ACE ad hoc Committee for Learning Support
Member of Retention & Graduation Committee
Member of the Promotion & Tenure Review Committee
Member of ENGL 0099, 1101/1102 & 2111/2112 Curriculum Committees, Discipline
2011 – 2112Associate Department Chair, English, Clarkston
Master Advisor, Clarkston, & Facilitator of Advisement Sessions for Faculty
Attendeeat GPCS1010 Workshop, April 13, 2012
Attendee at Retention Workshop, March 2, 2012
Member of ENGL assessment sessions for 0099, 1101, 2111, & 2112
Member of the Promotion & Tenure Review Committee
Member of the ESL/ENGL Collaboration Committee
Facilitator of the Part-time Employee Symposium
Member of ENGL 0099, 1101/1102 & 2111/2112 Curriculum Committees, Discipline
Facilitator for the Integrated ENGL/READ Pilot Committee
Facilitator of Writing Sample Rating Sessions on Clarkston
2010 – 2011Associate Department Chair, Humanities, Clarkston
Member of the Faculty Evaluation Timeline Review Committee
Member of ENGL Screening Committee
Member of the ESL/ENGL Collaboration Committee
Participated in the Part-time Employee Symposium
ENGL 0098/0099, 1101/1102 & 2111/2112 Curriculum Committees, Discipline
Conducted Writing Sample Rating Sessions on Clarkston
Sigma Alpha Pi, Faculty Advisor
2009 – 2010Assistant Department Chair / Learning Support Coordinator, Humanities, Clarkston
Honors & Recognitions Committee, Clarkston
Learning Support Records Coordinator/Counselor Screening Committee, ACRS, Clarkston
Administrative Assistant Screening Committee, Humanities, Clarkston
Second Wind, Faculty Advisor, Clarkston
Conducted Learning Support Policies/Procedures Workshop, Clarkston
Conducted ENGL0099 Model Essay Norming Session, Clarkston
Conducted Writing Samples, Fall & Spring Terms, Clarkston
ENGL 0098/0099 & 1101/1102Curriculum Committees, Discipline
Academic Master Planning Committee, College
2008 – 2009Honors & Recognitions Committee, Clarkston
Who’s Who Committee, Clarkston
Peer Review of Course Materials Panel, Clarkston
Advisor for Phi Theta Kappa, Clarkston
Essay Revision Workshop, Clarkston
ENGL 0098/0099 & 1101/1102Curriculum Committees, Discipline
Ad hoc Awards CeremonyCommittee, College
Academic Master Planning Committee, College
Biology Screening Committee
2007 – 2008Student Awards & Recognition Committee, Lawrenceville
ENGL 0098/0099 & 1101/1102Curriculum Committees, Discipline
ENGL1101/1102 Curriculum Comparison Subcommittee, Discipline
Learning Support English Faculty Search Committee, Discipline
Ad hocAwards CeremonyCommittee, College
Academic Master Planning Committee, College
GPC Recruitment Team
Conducted Regents’ Prep Workshop, Lawrenceville
Co-advisor for Second Wind, Lawrenceville
2006 - 2007Student Awards & Recognition Committee, Lawrenceville
ENGL0098/0099, 1101/1102, & 2111/2112 Curriculum Committees, Discipline
Chair of ENGl0098/0099 Curriculum Committee
Conducted Regents’ Prep Workshops, Lawrenceville
Co-advisor for Second Wind, Lawrenceville
2005 – 2006Student Awards & Recognition Committee, Lawrenceville
Humanities Advisement/Registration Committee, Lawrenceville
ENGL0098/0099, 1101/1102, and 2111/2112 Curriculum Committees, Discipline
Co-Chair of ENGL0098/0099 Curriculum Committee, Discipline
Conducted Learning Support Workshop for Adjunct Faculty, Lawrenceville
Conducted Regents’ Prep Workshop, Lawrenceville
Co-advisor for Second Wind, Lawrenceville
2004 – 2005Student Awards & Recognitions Committee, Lawrenceville
Term-to-Term English Faculty Screening Committee, Lawrenceville
Chair of English 2121/2122 Committee, Discipline
English 1101/1102 Committee, Discipline
L.S. English Coordinating Committee, Discipline
Conducted Regents’ Prep Workshop, Lawrenceville
Advisor for Phi Theta Kappa, Lawrenceville
2003 – 2004Faculty/Staff Advisory Committee, Lawrenceville
Peer Review of Course Materials Panel, Lawrenceville
English 2121/2122 Committee, Discipline
Learning Support English Coordinating Committee,Discipline
Phi Theta Kappa Faculty Advisor, Lawrenceville
Foreign Language Screening Committees, Lawrenceville
Conducted Regent’s Prep Workshop, Lawrenceville
2002 – 2003Social Courtesy Committee, Lawrenceville
Honors Committee, Lawrenceville
Peer Review of Course Materials Panel, Lawrenceville
English 2131/2132 Committee, Discipline
Learning Support English CoordinatingCommittee,Discipline
English Faculty Screening Committee, Discipline
Advisor to Phi Theta Kappa, Lawrenceville
MAP Mentor, Lawrenceville
2001 – 2002Social Courtesy Committee, Lawrenceville
Honors Committee, Lawrenceville
Peer Review of Course Materials Panel, Lawrenceville
English 2310/2312 Committee, Discipline
Learning Support English Coordinating Committee, Discipline
Math and Computer Science Department Chair Screening Committee, College
Phi Theta Kappa Advisor, Lawrenceville
MAP Mentor, Lawrenceville
2000 – 2001Social Courtesy Committee, Lawrenceville
Advisement, Registration, & Retention Committee, Lawrenceville
Peer Review of Course Materials Panel, Lawrenceville
English 2310/2312 Committee, Discipline
Learning Support English Coordinating Committee, Discipline
Learning Support Advisory Committee, College
Phi Theta Kappa Advisor, Lawrenceville
1999 – 2000Social Courtesy Committee, Lawrenceville
Advisement, Registration, & Retention Committee, Lawrenceville
Campus Governance Election Committee, Lawrenceville
Peer Review of Course Materials Panel, Lawrenceville
Humanities Department Chair Screening Committee, Lawrenceville
English 2310/2312 Committee, Discipline
Learning Support English Coordinating Committee, Discipline
1998 – 1999Wellness Committee, Lawrenceville
Lawrenceville Quality Advisory Committee
British Literature Committee, Discipline, Chair
Learning Support English Coordinating Committee,Discipline, Chair
Member of College Humanities Curriculum Committee, College
Awards &
Recognitions:
2011Recognition for Service to TYCA-SE
2010-2011NISOD Excellence in Teaching Award
2002-2003Advisor of the Year for Phi Theta Kappa, Lawrenceville Campus, GPC
Phi Theta Kappa, Most Improved Chapter, Alpha Sigma ETA