Sacramento City
College

Department of
Dental Hygiene






Fall 2010

DHYG 104
Pt Education & Nutrition

DHYG 138
Oral Pathology

DHYG 139
Pharmacology

DHYG 132
Perio II

DHYG 103
Oral Histology


Spring 2010

DHYG 112
Periodontics I

Fall 2009

DHYG 104
Pt Education & Nutrition

DHYG 138
Oral Pathology

DHYG 139
Pharmacology

Spring 2009

DHYG 112
Periodontics I

Fall 2008

DHYG 104
Patient Education and Nutrition

DHYG 138
Oral Pathology

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Spring 2008

DHYG 112
Perio I

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Fall 2007

DHYG 104
Patient Education and Nutrition
Pt ed study guide

DHYG 138
Oral Pathology
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University of California
Santa Barbara

Writing Program






Summer 2007
Session A
Writing 50

Spring 2007
Writing 109HP
Writing 50

Winter 2007
Writing 105MW
Writing 109ST

Fall 2006
Writing 50
Writing 109HP

Summer 2006
Writing 2

Spring 2006
Writing 1
Writing 2

Winter 2006
109HP
Writing 2

Fall 2005
Writing 2












A little about me:  I have been teaching writing at the university/colIege level since      
1996, hold a Ph.D. in Composition and Rhetoric (the process of writing and modes        
of communication) from the University of Nevada Reno, and am a published writer         
for mainstream and professional media (
click here for a summary of workplace and       
writing).  I am also a Registered Dental Hygienist with 21 years of private practice          
experience and 4 years of teaching dental hygiene.  If you want to learn more about      
my academic preparation, publications, teaching interests and experience,                   
research, and more, please
click here for my cv.  If you want to learn more personal,     
quirky things about me, click here.

My Teaching Style:  I avoid lecturing.  I believe knowledge is created (actively on         
your part) rather than absorbed (passively where you sit and wait for the teacher          
to bestow on you her expertise).  Therefore, acting more as a facilitator than a              
lecturer, I run most of my classes workshop style.  It does require attendance to             
get anything out my classes (including a decent grade) and I expect you to show up      
to class and to take responsibility for your own learning through active participation.      
I'm big on writing as a process, so in my classes we do lots of revising.  I also prefer      
to conduct my classes using portfolios (submit files of your work to be evaluated as       
a whole) or contract grading (where you decide what grade you want and do the           
specific requirements needed to achieve that grade). If you want to know more              
about my
teaching philosophy, click here.

My areas of expertise:  
Composition:  all levels including developmental, first-year, and advanced courses;
language and gender; literary non-fiction; literature and medicine; women in   
literature; language and science; medical rhetoric/writing; professional editing and
publishing; technical communication; rhetoric; women in rhetoric.   

Dental hygiene:  Perio, Oral Pathology, Patient Education, Ethics, Clinic, Advanced       
Instrumentation
Dr. Heidi Emmerling's Courses Page




Designed for my students, you will find links to the course
syllabi, assignments, workshop sign-ups, rubrics, resources,
and more.  Please
contact me if you have any questions or
have problems viewing the pages or links.