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Department of English
Prairie State College
202 South Halsted Street
Chicago Heights IL 60411
jnd@prairiestate.edu
(708) 709-3687
EDUCATION
2014 Ph.D. English: Rhetoric & Composition University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2007 M.A. English, with distinction Saint Louis University
2007 M.A. English Literary & Cultural Studies Universidad Autnoma de Madrid
2002 B.A. English, magna cum laude Loyola University Chicago
APPOINTMENTS
2015-present Assistant Professor Prairie State College
Department of English
2014-15 Assistant Professor Georgia Southern University
Department of Writing and Linguistics
2010-13 Lecturer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
English as a Second Language Program
2009-13 Teaching Assistant, instructor of record University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Department of English
2006-07 Teaching Assistant, instructor of record Saint Louis University, Madrid
Department of English
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Writing pedagogy; writing assessment; writing placement; outcomes assessment; writing
program administration; faculty development; fairness.
PUBLICATIONS
Isaacs, E., Nastal-Dema, J., Rachamalla, R. R., Elliot, N., Moxley, J. (in progress).
Contemporary peer review in STEM.
Nastal-Dema, J. (2018). Beyond tradition: Fairness, placement, and success at a two-year
college. Journal of Writing Assessment [special issue on placement in two-year colleges].
Toth, C., Nastal-Dema, J., Hassel, H., & Giordano, J.B. (2018). Writing assessment, placement,
and the two-year college. Journal of Writing Assessment [special issue on placement in
two-year colleges].
McGaughey, B. J., Rentz, A., & Nastal-Dema, J. (2015). The evolving identity of an
undergraduate major in writing and linguistics. Composition Studies, 43(2), 190-192.
Nastal-Dema, J. (2015). Twelve readers reading. Review of First-Year Composition: From
Theory to Practice. WPA: Writing Program Administration, 38(2), 199-204.
Nastal, J. (2013). Review of: D.21 Race and writing assessment: Cross-disciplinary
frameworks for impact analysis. Kairos, 18(13). Retrieved from
http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/praxis/tiki-index.php?page=CCCC_2013
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PUBLICATIONS, cont.
Nastal, J. (2012, 2013, 2016). Review of: Writing Assessment in the 21st Century: Essays in
Honor of Edward M. White. Journal of Writing Assessment Reading List. Retrieved
from http://jwareadinglist.blogspot.com/
Nastal, J. (2008). The Tyrone family as allegory for pre-World War II United States of America:
illusions of an isolationist nation. eOneill.com. Retrieved from
http://www.eoneill.com/library/laconics/5/5b.htm
COURSES TAUGHT
Writing Studies
Composition I; Composition II; Introduction to Writing Studies; Teaching Writing; Writing for
Publication; Fundamentals of College Reading and Writing; Introduction to English Studies.
SERVICE
To the profession
2017-present Editor, Journal of Writing Assessment Reading List
2017-present Reviewer, WPA: Writing Program Administration
2016-present Editorial board member, Composition Studies
2014-16 Reviewer, Composition Studies
2014-2016 Reviewer, The Writing Campus
2013-present Associate Editor, Journal of Writing Assessment
2012-14 Elected committee member, WPA-Graduate Organization
2011-13 Assistant Editor, Journal of Writing Assessment
To the institution
Prairie State College
2017 Strategic Planning team member
2017 Co-curricular assessment taskforce member
2017-present Assessment Council co-chair (elected)
2017-present Academic Affairs Strategic Planning chair
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SERVICE, cont.
2016-present Higher Learning Commission (HLC) re-accreditation team member
2016-present Assessment Council member
2016-present Assessment Council steering committee member
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2013-14 Selection committee member, First-Year Common Read
2013-14 Pilot project on Assessment of Writing and Critical Thinking participant
2013 Intensive English Program Writing Course Coordinator
2012-13 Elected representative, English Department Graduate Policy Committee
2012-13 Coordinator of Basic Writing
2011-12 Co-chair, Intensive English Program Testing Alignment Committee
2011 First-Year Writing Curriculum Committee member
2010 Elected representative, Rhetoric and Composition Graduate Students
LANGUAGES
Intermediate level of Spanish
Proficient in HTML and C++
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
College Composition and Communication
Council of Writing Program Administrators
Two-Year College English Association