Thomas C. Thompson
Associate Professor of English
English Department, The Citadel
171 Moultrie Street
Charleston, SC 29409-6310
phone/fax 843-953-1418
tom.thompson@citadel.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Florida State University, 1993 (Rhetoric & Composition)
M.A., University of Florida, 1983 (English)
B.A., University of Florida, 1980 (Psychology)

TEACHING
EXPERIENCE

The Citadel (Asst. Prof., 1992-1997; Asso. Prof., 1997-present)
Florida State University (Teaching Assistant, 1989-92)
Santa Fe Community College (Adjunct Instructor, 1987-89)
Lake Highland Preparatory School (Teacher, 1984-85)
North Marion High School (Teacher, 1983-84)
University of Florida (Teaching Assistant, 1980-83)

ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPERIENCE

Director, Lowcountry Writing Project (1999-present)
Local affiliate of the National Writing Project

COURSES
TAUGHT

ENGL 101 - Composition and Literature I
ENGL 102 - Composition and Literature II
ENGL 201 - Major British Writers I
ENGL 202 - Major British Writers II
ENGL 205 - Informative Speaking
ENGL 206 - Persuasive Speaking
HONR 300 - Special Topics: Leadership & Literature
ENGL 401 - Independent Study
ENGL 413 - Advanced Composition
ENGL 499 - Practicum in Professional Writing
ENGL 550 - Special Topics: Personality Type & Teaching Writing
ENGL 551 - Special Topics: Responding to Student Writing
ENGL 551 - Special Topics: Freelance Writing for Publication
ENGL 552 - Adolescent Literature
ENGL 556 - Theory & Practice of Teaching Composition
ENGL 558 - Technical & Professional Writing
ENGL 562 - Workshop in Advanced Composition
PDEN 587 - Special Topics: Writing Across the Curriculum

PUBLICATIONS

Edited books:

2002. Teaching Writing in High School and Colleges: Conversations and Collaborations. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

1996. Most Excellent Differences: Essays on Personality Type Theory in the Composition Classroom. Gainesville, FL: Center for Applications of Psychological Type.

Book Chapters:

2002. "High School Students Meet 'College Standards.'" (with Wilson, B. and the students in EDUC 101) Teaching Writing in High School and Colleges: Conversations and Collaborations. Thompson, T., Ed. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English., 57-70.

1996a. "Personality Preferences and the Concept of Audience." Understanding Literacy: Personality Preference in Rhetorical and Psycholinguistic Contexts. Horning, A. and Sudol, R., Eds. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 19-35.

1996b. "Understanding Personality Preferences and Type Theory." Most Excellent Differences: Essays on Personality Type Theory in the Composition Classroom. Thompson, T., Ed. Gainesville, FL: Center for Applications of Psychological Type, 1-21.

Journal Articles:

2003. "Radical Sabbaticals: Putting Yourself in Danger." (with Louth, R.) College Composition and Communication, 55.1 (September 2003), 147-171.

2000. "Learning to See Our Students and Ourselves, Part Two: Five Teachers' Stories." Kentucky English Bulletin, 49.2 (Winter 2000), 6-17. (with Collins, V.T., Hinnen, D.A., Smith, J.B. and Maid, B.M.)

1999. "Learning to See Our Students and Ourselves, Part One: Personality Theory as a Lens for Reflection." Kentucky English Bulletin, 49.1 (Fall 1999), 50-55. (with Collins, V.T., Hinnen, D.A., Smith, J.B. and Maid, B.M.)

1997. "Learning Styles and Teaching Styles: Who Should Adapt to Whom?" Business Communication Quarterly, 60(2), 125-127.

1995a. "Understanding Attitudes Toward Assessment: The Personality Factor." Assessing Writing, 2(2), 191-206.

1995b. "'Yes, Sir!' 'No, Sir!' 'No Excuse, Sir!': Working with an Honor Code in a Military Setting." Writing Lab Newsletter, 19(5), 13-14.

1995c. "Why Can't My Students Do It My Way?" Carolina English Teacher (1994/1995), 1-6.

1994. "Personality Preferences, Tutoring Styles, and Implications for Tutor Training." Writing Center Journal, 14(2), 136-149.

Review Articles:

2005. Review of Critical Passages: Teaching the Transition to College Composition. For "NCTE Selects" online reviews. (http://www.ncte.org/pubs/books/selects/college/120884.htm)

2001. "Writing Instruction-What It Is and What It Could Be." Carolina English Teacher (2000/2001), 43-45. 2000.

2000. Review of Everyone Can Write: Essays Toward a Hopeful Theory of Writing and Teaching Writing. The Quarterly (of the National Writing Project), 22.4, 38-39.

 

CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS

2006. "Writing with Rick Reilly: Using Models that Students Will Actually Read." South Carolina Council of Teachers of English (SCCTE). Kiawah, SC. (scheduled)

2004. "Revising Our Concept of the Writing Process." Berkeley County School District Instructional Fair. Charleston, SC.

2003. "Conversing and Collaborating across the High-School-to-College Divide" Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). New York.

2002. "Teaching English in High School and College: Conversations and Collaborations." National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Atlanta, GA.

2001. "Words, Words, Words: A Light-Hearted Approach to Grammar and Vocabulary." Writing Improvement Network annual conference. Columbia, SC. (with Fant, D.)

2000a. "Alternatives to Bleeding Red: Helping Student Writers Think for Themselves." SCCTE, Charleston, SC.

2000b. "Standards for 'Voice': Objective Characteristics or Matters of Taste?" Conference on Standards, Assessment and Excellence in the English/language Arts. Charleston, SC.

1999. "Teachers as Theorists: Learning from Lore." NCTE/Professional Development Series (NCTE/PDS), Tucson, AZ (with Varnado, B. and Stewart, K.).

1998a. "From Self-Reflection to Classroom Practice: Discovering Possible Sources of Bias." NCTE/PDS, Seattle, WA. (with Collins, V. T., Maid, B. M., Smith, J.B., & Hinnen, D.A.)

1998b. "From Theory to Practice: Stories from the Classroom." Center for Applications of Psychological Type, Orlando, FL. (with Collins, V. T., & Smith, J. B.)

1997a. "More than Red Marks or Smiley Faces: 'Responding' Does NOT Equal 'Assessing.'" NCTE/PDS, Sonoma County, CA.

1997b. "Personality Preferences, 'Good' Writing, and the Assessment Process." NCTE/PDS, Sonoma County, CA. (with Spector, J., & Wills, H.)

1997c. "'That is Not What I Meant at All': Personality Theory and Definitions of Reflection." NCTE/PDS, Montreal, Canada. (with Collins, V. T., Maid, B. M., Smith, J.B., & Hinnen, D.A.)

1997d. "Using Technology to Help Students Develop a Sense of Audience." Third National Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Charleston, SC.

1996a. "Everybody's a Critic: Teaching Evaluation Strategies to Develop Critical Reading Skills." Association for Business Communication (ABC), Chicago, IL.

1996b. "Viewing Reflection and Assessment Through a New Lens: Using Personality Theory to Understand Differences." NCTE/ Professional Development Series (NCTE/PDS), Albuquerque, NM. (with Collins, V. T. & Maid, B. M.)

1995a. "Giving Students an Edge in the Marketplace: The Writing Portfolio." ABC, Orlando, FL.

1995b. "Student and Teacher Roles and Expectations as Sources of Potential Conflict in the Classroom." CCCC, Washington, DC.

1995c. "What IS Writing Anxiety, Anyway? A Physiological Validation of the Daly-Miller Writing Apprehension Survey." ABC, Orlando, FL. (with Sharbrough, W.)

1995d. "When WAC Means 'Writing Across the Country.'" Second National Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Charleston, SC.

1994a. "Friend or Foe? Roles Teachers Play When Responding to Student Work." (ABC), San Diego, CA.

1994b. "Giving Them What They Want: Student Views of Revision." CCCC, Nashville, TN.

1994c. "I Give Them a Loaf and They Think It's a Stone: Conflicts Between Teacher Intentions and Student Interpretations Regarding Written Responses to Student Writing." NCTE, Orlando, FL.

1993. "Personality Preferences and Student Responses to Teacher Comments." CCCC, San Diego, CA.

1992a. "De-Programming Our Responses: The Effects of Personality on Teacher Responses." CCCC, Cincinnati, OH.

1992b. "Using Type in the Composition Classroom." Southeastern Regional Conference of the Association for Psychological Type, Raleigh, NC.

1991a. "Personality Theory and Insights into Writer's Block." Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, College Park, PA.

1991b. "Personality Type and Teacher Conference Styles." Southeastern Writing Center Association Conference, Birmingham, AL.

1991c. "Personality Type and Teacher Responding Styles: Directions for Study." CCCC, Boston, MA.

CONFERENCE
CHAIR
"Teaching Teenagers to Write: When Theory Meets Reality." Co-sponsored by NCTE/PDS, Orange County Council of Teachers of English, and Central Florida Writing Project. Orlando, FL. June 24-26, 1999.

OTHER
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITY

Reviewed What IS "College-Level" Writing for NCTE. 2005.

Reviewed selected chapters of Mercurial Methods: A Jungian Approach to Reading and Writing Activities for Corwin Press. 2002.

Reviewed WebCT version of The Bedford Handbook for St. Martin's/Bedford. 2001.

Reviewed exercises for The Bedford Handbook for St. Martin's/Bedford. 2000, 2001.

Reviewed/edited Father, Son and Healing Ghost, by Anthony Moore. (Center for Applications of Psychological Type, Inc. Gainesville, FL: 2000)

Reviewed/edited Write from the Start, by Ann Loomis. (Center for Applications of Psychological Type, Inc. Gainesville, FL: 1999)

Reviewed selected chapters of Successful College Writing, by Kathleen McWhorter, for Medford/St. Martin's. 1999.

Reviewed/edited The M.O.M.S. Handbook: Understanding Your Personality Type in Mothering, by Janet Penley and Diane Stephens. (Penley and Associates, Inc. Wilmette, IL: 1996)

Reviewed/edited Families: Using Type to Enhance Mutual Understanding, by Charles Ginn. (Center for Applications of Psychological Type, Inc. Gainesville, FL: 1995)

Reviewed/edited Voices of Loss, by Charles Ginn (Center for Applications of Psychological Type, Inc. Gainesville, FL: 1994)

HONORS 1998 - Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Pi chapter
1995 - Company Faculty Advisor of the Year, The Citadel
1990 - University Fellow, Florida State University
1983 - Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Florida
1980 - Phi Beta Kappa, Beta of Florida chapter

last updated February 2004