Micah A. Jendian 

EDUCATION

	Master of Arts, English 
	Specialization: American Literature
	Thesis: Falling from the Trapeze: William Saroyan’s Challenge to the Culture Industry   	
	San Diego State University, 1995-1999                            
 				      	
Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy
	University of California, Los Angeles, 1989-1994

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

           Tenure Track Faculty, Grossmont College, Department of English, Spring 2006-Present
•	Advanced Composition: Critical Reasoning and Writing (English 124)
•	College Composition and Reading (English 120)
•	College Composition (English 110)
•	English Fundamentals (English 098)

	Adjunct Faculty, Grossmont College, Department of English, Spring 2004 – Fall 2005
•	College Composition (English 110)
•	English Fundamentals (English 098)

Lecturer, San Diego State University, Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies, Fall 1999-Fall 2005
•	Writing in Various Settings (RWS 305)
•	The Rhetoric of Written Arguments in Context (RWS 200)
•	The Rhetoric of Written Argument (RWS 100)
•	Developmental Writing (RWS 92A)
	
Volunteer Instructor, San Diego State University, Division of Undergraduate Studies, Fall 2001
•	University Seminar (General Studies 100B)

	Lecturer, San Diego Community College District, Fall 1999 – Spring 2001
•	Developmental Writing (RWS 92A)
•	 College Composition (English 100)
                                                                                                         
	ESL Instructor, American Language Institute, English for Academic Purposes, Summer – Fall 1999
•	GRE Reading Comprehension Preparation
•	Reading
•	Reading and Critical Reasoning

	Writing Tutor, English and Comparative Literature, Spring 1999 and Fall 1998. 

Graduate Teaching Associate, San Diego State University, Departments of English and Rhetoric  
and Writing Studies, Spring 1997 – Spring 1999
•	Introduction to Literature (English 220)
•	Writing and Reading as Critical Inquiry (RWS 100) 

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Coordinator, Collaborative Academic Preparation Initiatives (CAPI), Division of Undergraduate Studies, San Diego State University, January 2001 – May 2003.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES / PRESENTATIONS

Co-coordinator and Participant, SDSU-GCCCD Alignment Pilot Project, San Diego East County Intersegmental English Council, California Partnership for Achieving Student Success (Cal-PASS), Summer 2005 – Present

Member, Student Learning Outcomes Steering Committee, Grossmont College English Department, Spring 2006 – Present

Participant, Community College Alignment Study. USC Orange County Center, December 16, 2006.

Trainer, Sweetwater Union High School District 12th Grade Expository Reading and Writing Course.  Sweetwater Union High School District. December 11 and 14, 2006.

Presenter, “Moving Toward Alignment: An Account of the San Diego State University / 
Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District Common English Assignment Sequence.”  Strengthening Student Success: What Counts. Sponsored by The Research and Planning Group of California Community Colleges, California Assessment Institute, and California Partnership for Achieving Student Success, San Diego, CA. October 6, 2006.

Trainer, Writing and Reading Rhetorically: Preparing 12th Grade Students for College-Level English.  California State University’s Center for the Advancement of Reading and San Diego County Office of Education. San Diego, CA – September 18 and 19, 2006; November 8 and 9, 2005 and October 21 and 22, 2005; San Marcos, CA – April 6, 2005, December 2 and 3, 2004. 

Teacher Leader, California State University’s Reading Institute for Academic Preparation (RIAP), San Diego, CA –  Summer and Fall 2006; June 18, July 11-July 15, August 20, September 24, and October 29, 2005; and June 12, June 21-25, July 12-16, and August 13, 2004.

Fellow, People, Information and Communication Technologies (pICT), Center for Teaching and Learning, Division of Undergraduate Studies, San Diego State University, Summer-Fall 2005.

Presenter and Facilitator, “Bridging the Gap: Connecting K-16 Institutions in English and Mathematics,” The California Partnership for Achieving Student Success (Cal-PASS) Initia-  tive, North San Diego – February 4, 2005; Central and South San Diego – February 25, 2005.

Participant, The California State University Early Assessment Program’s 12th Grade Reading and Writing Course Training of Trainers, Pomona, CA, October 7 and 8, 2004.

Consultant, Intersegmental English Council, San Diego State University, Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District, Grossmont Union High School District, Spring 2004 – Present.

Presenter, “Non Fiction Reading Strategies.” Grossmont Union High School District Summer Institute, San Diego, CA, August 4, 2004.

Presenter, “Charting a Text: Teaching Non-Fiction Texts in the High School Classroom.” California Teachers of English (CATE) Conference. San Diego, CA, February 6, 2004.

Presenter, “Working with Non Fiction Texts, Building Critical Reading, Thinking, and Writing  Skills in the High School Classroom.” Reading Institute for Collaborative Academic Preparation (RICAP), Fresno, CA, September 27, 2003.

Presenter, “Charting A Text: Preparing a Text for Rhetorical Analysis.” Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies Fall Conference on Pedagogy, Graduate Teaching Associates Training, San Diego State University, August 28, 2003.
	
Presenter, “Critical Literacy Across the Disciplines.” Sequoia High School, San Mateo, CA, August 27, 2003.

Presenter, “Working with Non Fiction Texts: Building Critical Reading, Thinking, and Writing Skills.” Helix Charter High School, San Diego, CA, August 26, 2003.
Presenter, “Charting Texts, Building Core Critical Reading, Thinking, and Writing Skills.” Grossmont Community College English Department Meeting, August 20, 2003

Presenter, “Building Critical Reading Skills.” California Reading and Literature Project, California High School Exit Exam Reading Institute, San Francisco, CA, August 4, 2003.

Teacher Leader, California Professional Development Institutes (CPDI) / Collaborative Academic Preparation Initiatives (CAPI) Summer Reading Institute, San Diego, CA August 11-15, 2003, July 8-12, 2002, and August 19-23, 2002.

Presenter, “Finding A Center: Reading Institute Structure, Content, Dynamics, and Standards-Based Planning with Expository Texts.” The California State University Reading Institute for Collaborative Academic Preparation (RICAP), Leadership Institute, Los Angeles, May 10, 2003.

Presenter, “Critical Reading, Thinking, and Writing: Preparing Students for University Success.” Eastlake High School, Chula Vista, CA, January 1, 2003.

Presenter, “Charting A Text: A Building Block of Rhetorical Analysis.” Graduate Teaching Associate Training, San Diego State University, January 15, 2003.

Presenter, “Charting A Text: A Building Block of Rhetorical Analysis.” Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies Fall Conference on Pedagogy, San Diego State University, August 28, 2002.

Presenter, “Teaching Expository Texts in the High School Classroom.” California Professional Development Institutes (CPDI) / Collaborative Academic Preparation Initiatives (CAPI) Reading Institute.
•	Sacramento State University, August 14, 2002.
•	California State University Hayward, June 8, 2002.
•	San Francisco State University, June 8, 2002.
•	California State University Bakersfield, May 21, 2002.
•	CAPI/CPDI Statewide Leadership, Los Angeles, CA, May 11, 2002.
•	California State University Hayward, CA, April 20, 2002.
•	CAPI/CPDI Statewide Leadership, Los Angeles, CA, January 26, 2002.

Presenter, “Lessons Learned.” New Lecturer Orientation, Center for Teaching and Learning, Division of Undergraduate Studies, San Diego State University, August 20, 2001.

Associate, Collaborative Academic Preparation Initiatives (CAPI), San Diego State University, August 2000 - June 2001.

Presenter, “An Approach to Teaching Critical Reading.” San Diego State University Articulation Conference, October 2, 2000.

Participant, Executive Order 665 Articulation Conference, Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies, San Diego State University, November 8, 1999.

Panelist, “Classroom Dynamics.” Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies Conference on Pedagogy, San Diego State University, August 25, 1999.

Contributor, Teaching Associate Handbook, Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies, San Diego State University, Fall 1997.

PUBLICATIONS AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES 

“"How Cal-PASS Can Lead to Instructional Alignment Between the Segments." iJournal, Fall 2004. Co-Authored with Brad Phillips, Ph.D and Bill Piland, Ph.D.

“‘A Trapeze to God, or to Nothing’: William Saroyan and the ‘Pitiful’ Gospels of the Culture Industry,” Religious Faith and Literary Art, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, February 24-27, 2000.

“Having the Time of Your Life,” Saroyan at Ninety: An International Conference and Celebration Organized by the Armenian Studies Program and the William Saroyan Society on the 90th Anniversary of Saroyan’s Birth, Fresno State University, March 20, 1999. 
 
“Gambling and the Fiction of William Saroyan,” American Literature Association Symposium, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, October 9-11, 1997. 	

“I Am Both and I Am Neither: William Saroyan and Ethnic Identity,” Saroyan Plus Fifteen: An International Conference on the Occasion of the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Death of William Saroyan (1908-1981), University of California, Berkeley, November 15, 1996. 

“A Jungian Approach to William Saroyan’s My Name is Aram,” Fourth Annual Crisis Carnival--A Conspiracy of Cartographers: Negotiating the Boundaries of Interdisciplinarity in Literary and Cultural Studies, San Diego State University, October 4-5, 1996. 

HONORS	
	
	The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (1998)	
                       
Dolores Zohrab Liebmann Fellow (1997-1998)