Two-Year College Teaching Careers: Preparing Graduate Students for Success

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: We Know a Place (Joseph Janangelo)
• Some Project Motivators
• Some Influential Scholarship
• References
• 1. Estranged Bedfellows: Imagining Graduate Students, Graduate Programs, and TYC Faculty Working Together for Return on Investment (Joseph Janangelo)
• Part One: Graduate Students
• Graduate Programs
• Part Two: TYC Faculty
• References
• 2. Teaching Multilingual Writing at Two-Year Colleges: A Rewarding Career (Sara Amani, Kevin Kato, and Sarah Snyder)
• Look Inward
• Look Outward
• Multilingual Student Expo
• Identity Memoir
• Triumph & Resilience Manifesto
• Look Forward
• References
• 3. Critical Reading and a Four-Skills Approach for Two-Year College Student Success: You Can DO That (Alice Horning)
• Appendix
• References
• 4. Technology and Online Course Delivery Are Critical Topics for Competitive TYC Faculty Candidates (Erin Lehman)
• References
• 5. The Case for Co-Curricular Career Exploration for Graduate Students39 (Kimberly Emmons, Amber Kidd, and Andrew Petracca)
• Overview of HTCCC
• Benefits of a Co-Curricular Model
• Recommendations for Designing Co-Curricular Programs
• Moving Beyond the Expected and Demystifying the Application Process (Andrew)
• Aligning Teaching Practices & Values (Amber)
• Conclusion
• Appendix
• Course Description
• Activities & Assignments
• Course Outline & Guiding Questions
• References
• 6. It Takes a Village: A Holistic Approach to Graduate Student Preparation49 (Lizbett Tinoco, Virginia M. Schwarz, and Chad Tsuyuki)
• A Holistic Approach to Preparation
• Preparing Graduate Students to Teach at the TYC
• Lizbett’s Special Topics Course: Designing TYC Portfolio Assignments
• Virginia’s General Courses: Rethinking Reading & Guest Lists
• Questions & Considerations
• References
• 7. TYC Structures and Interventions: Know Where You Are and Influence What Happens Next (Sharon Mitchler)
• What Is Department Structure?
• How Many Classes Make Up a Typical “Load?” What Is a Cap?
• Does It Matter if a Campus Has a Union or Not?
• What About Tenure?
• What About Publishing?
• What About the Board of Trustees?
• What Does the State Legislature Have to Do With It?
• What Are FTEs, and How Are TYCs Funded?
• How Can I Use This Information?
• References
• 8. Learning (about) Assessment for Successful Teaching in TYC Contexts (Joanne Baird Giordano and Holly Hassel)
• Learning Assessment at TYCs
• Assessing Student Learning and Literacy Development in a Course
• References
• 9. Revisiting English Graduate Education and the TYCA Position Statement for Preparing Teachers of English in the Two-Year College in a Post-Pandemic World: Reflections on Trauma-Informed Pedagogies79 (Patty Wilde, Wendy Olson, and Carolyn Calhoon-Dillahunt)
• Trauma-Informed Teaching as Social Justice and DEIA Work at Two-Year Colleges
• Current Reflections
• References
• Conclusion: Advancing Writing Studies at “Democracy’s Open Door” (Jessica Nastal)
• Two-Year Colleges Are “Democracy’s Open Door”
• Two-Year College Literacy Work Is Transdisciplinary
• Two-Year College Careers Advance Writing Studies
• References
• Notes on Contributors
• Index

Two-Year College Teaching
Careers: Preparing Graduate
Students for Success

Edited by
Joseph Janangelo and Erin Lehman

New York · Berlin · Bruxelles · Chennai · Lausanne · Oxford

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Names: Janangelo, Joseph editor | Lehman, Erin (Professor of English) editor

Title: Two-year college teaching careers : preparing graduate students for success / edited by Joseph Janangelo and Erin Lehman.

Description: New York : Peter Lang, [2025] | Series: SCR-H/Studies in composition and rhetoric ; vol. 27 | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2025006717 (print) | LCCN 2025006718 (ebook) | ISBN 9783034350969 hardback | ISBN 9783034356862 paperback | ISBN 9783034350976 ebook | ISBN 9783034350983 epub

Subjects: LCSH: Community college teaching | Community college teachers--Training of | Graduate students--Employment

Classification: LCC LB1778 .T875 2025 (print) | LCC LB1778 (ebook) | DDC 378.1/7--dc23/eng/20250429

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ISSN 1080-5397

ISBN 978-3-0343-5096-9 (hardback)

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Joe’s Dedication: For Yola and Peter Janangelo, Carmella Fiorelli, and Dr. Chiquita Miller.

Erin’s Dedication: For the writing teachers who have inspired and challenged me.

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

JOSEPH JANANGELO

Introduction: We Know a Place

JOSEPH JANANGELO

1. Estranged Bedfellows: Imagining Graduate Students, Graduate Programs, and TYC Faculty Working Together for Return on Investment

SARA AMANI, KEVIN KATO, AND SARAH SNYDER