| Name: | Dr. Joseph Zeppetello |
| Title: | Writing Program Director/Writing Center Director |
| Office Location: | Fontaine 327 |
| Extension: | (845) 575-3000 ext. 2593 |
| Email: | Joseph.Zeppetello@Marist.edu |
| Degrees Held: | B.A. SUNY at Oswego M.A. SUNY Center at Albany, D.A. SUNY Center at Albany |
| Bio: | Joseph Zeppetello is originally from Rome, New York, and moved to the Catskill Mountains in Ulster County not long after graduating with his BA. He was awarded a teaching fellowship at The State University of New York University Center at Albany where he was assigned to William L Reese and was Teaching Assistant for the first Writing Intensive Introduction to Philosophy Course at Albany. He worked closely with Cy Knoblauch, Lil Brannon and Steve North at the inception of the SUNY Albany Writing Center, and was part of a research study conducted by Steve North. He was awarded another teaching fellowship to study for his doctorate under Naomi Zack, and competed a cross-disciplinary DA degree in Composition Studies and Philosophy. |
| Interests: | Composition and Rhetoric, Personal Identity Theory, Praxis Pedagogy |
| Publications: | January 2007, "(Mis) Conceptions: Pedagogical Labor and Learning Enhancement Programs," Labor, Writing Technologies, and the Shaping of Composition in the Academy. Takayoshi and Sullivan, Eds. Hampton Press. February 2007, "Fishing Trip," (Short Story)Copper Nickel, 7, University of Colorado at Denver, (Spring 2007): 96-99. January 2005, Reviewed Reviewing Basic Grammar, 6th edition, Yarber and Yarber, Pearson, Longman. "Margaret Drabble," Modern British Women Writers, an A-Z Guide. Janik and Janik, Eds. Greenwood Press: CT. 2002. Spring 2001 "Great and Not So Great Expectations; Tutor training in a Writing Center," The Writing Lab Newsletter, Purdue University, IN. 1999, October, "Using an Online reserve Room in Teaching an Introduction to Philosophy Course," Proceedings and Addresses of the Fifteenth Annual Eastern Small College Computing Conference, Muhlenberg College. 1999, October, The Pragmatic Self in Composition Theory, Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY, and Lampter, Dufed, Wales. 1997, Contributor to, Resources for Teaching, The Bedford Introduction to Literature, Michael Meyer, ed., St. Martins |
| Conferences & Workshops: | Workshops March 16, 2005 "Writing Centers: Gateway to Diversity," Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA. March 24, 2004 "Writing at/of The Center," Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio, TX. March 19, 2003 "The Writing Center as a Site of Transformation," Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, NY. November 20 & 21, 1997, "The Pragmatic Composer: Outline of a Pedagogy," The Seventh Annual Conference of the Institute for Postsecondary Pedagogy at the State University of New York at New Paltz. |
| Affiliations: | National Council of Teachers of English, Conference on College Composition and Communication North East Writing Centers Association, Writing Program Administrators International Writing Centers Association |
| Presentations: | November 17-18, 2006, "Cross-Cultural Perspectives and the Education of Millennial Students," at Faculty Resource Network, New York University, The Millennial Student Symposium, University of Sacred Heart and the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico. October 6, 2006, "A Pedagogy of Conscience," Peace and Justice Studies Association, Who Speaks for the Common Good Manhattan College, Bronx, NY. March 23, 2006 "Freire, Fusion, and the Challenge of Neoliberalism," Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL. March 17, 2005 "Access Denied, Access Regained: Distance Education For Pre-College And Adult Education Students," Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA. October 7, 2004 "Synchronizing Writing Programs" The Watson Conference on Composition, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY April 10, 2004, "Putting on a New Face: Crossing the Curriculum," Northeast Writing Centers Association, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA. March 21, 2004, "Liberating the Student and Teacher: Using Distance Learning and Computer-Mediated Instruction to Focus on Composition," International TechEd Conference, Ontario, CA. March 19, 2003, "Shadow Mentoring in the Writing Center: Only the Shadow Knows," Also co-chair of the Writing Center Workshop The Writing Center as a Site of Transformation, The Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, NY. October 11, 2002, Watson Conference on Composition, "Webs of Beliefs: Constructions of Self Through Composition," University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. April 2002, "Diversity and Distance," Northeast Writing Centers Association. Bryant College, Smithfield, Rhode Island. March 2002, "A Locus of Change: Making Connections in the Community,' Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL. March 2001, "Decoding Assignments in the Writing Center," Conference on College Composition and Communication, Denver CO. October 5, 2000, "Composition and Distance Education: A Conflict of Interests." Presented at The Thomas R. Watson Conference, Labor, writing Technologies, and the Shaping of Composition in the Academy. University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. March 25, 2000, "Slippage: When the Intellectual Space of the Writing Center Confronts the Classroom." Presented at the Northeast Writing Centers Association Conference at Keene College, Keene, NH. October 15, 1999, "Using An Online Database In Teaching An Introductory Philosophy Course," Fifteenth Annual Eastern Small College Computing Conference, St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, New York. March 24, 1999, "New Directions in Tutor Training," Workshop on Writing Center Development, Conference on College Composition and Communication's Annual Conference in Atlanta,Ga |
