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Heidi
Emmerling
98 South Patterson
#205
Santa
Barbara, CA 93111
805/681-0523
heidi.emmerling@sbcglobal.net
Education
Academic Honors
Dissertation
Academic and Professional Publications
Consumer Publications
Conferences
Academic Teaching
Research
Academic Service/Admin
Writing and Publishing
Workshops
Professional
Teaching (DH)
Professional Experience (DH)
DH Service
References
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. English Composition & Rhetoric, University of
Nevada, Reno,
2004
M.A. English Writing Emphasis, University of
Nevada, Reno,
1997
B.S. Health Arts, University of St. Francis, 1995
A.S. Dental Hygiene, Sacramento
City College,
1986
ACADEMIC
HONORS
University Fellowship
2000-2001
Meritorious Service Award
1995
Outstanding Student Award
1995
Outstanding Student of the
Year 1986
Graduated With Great
Distinction 1986
DISSERTATION
Pens and Probes: The Role Writing Plays in the
Careers of Successful Dental
Hygienists
Director:
Dr. Stephen Tchudi
My
dissertation project, a qualitative case study, explores the role writing
plays in the
careers of successful dental
hygienists. Beginning with a review of the literature of
workplace literacy and
writing in the medical professions, my study then develops a
description of the realities
of writing in the lives of the dental hygienist participants
with general themes of the
range of audience, discourse, and process; education
and classroom practice; and
awareness of writing’s role in careers of dental
hygienists. Following
the presentation of the data, I review more research of writing
across the curriculum
literature, writing in the genres, and writing in other disciplines
as well as some specific
teaching methodologies. My study concludes with my final
observations on dental
hygiene and writing; that composition and rhetoric scholars
are in an ideal position to
empower the writing, therefore success, of future dental
hygienists and that dental
hygiene educators have many opportunities to incorporate
writing into dental hygiene
curricula. In the recommendations, I present a new model
course and an argument that
composition and rhetoric offers a way to revise dental
hygiene curricula since
composition and rhetoric specialists have an attitude toward
learning as composing that
can help create more independent and successful dental
hygienists.
PUBLICATIONS
Professional and
Academic:
Boardman, Kathy, Jane
Detweiler, Heidi Emmerling, Heidi Estrem, Brad Lucas, and
Katherine Schmidt. “Adding the Field to the Work: A Dramatic
Re-enactment of a
Qualitative Research Seminar.” Composition Studies
30.2 (2002): 78-107.
Emmerling, Heidi. "Victims of Sexual Harassment Need to Examine
Their Options."
RDH Apr. 1998: 6+
Emmerling, Heidi. “What Defines Quality Continuing Education for
Hygienists?” RDH
Mar. 1998: 6+.
Emmerling, Heidi. “The Beauty-Queen Charade and the Lesson of
Misplaced
Values.” RDH Feb. 1998: 6+.
Emmerling, Heidi. “The ADA Continues to Define Dental Hygiene; Do
Their Actions
Match Your Definitions?” RDH Jan. 1998:
6+.
Emmerling, Heidi. “The Muffling of SHOUT.” RDH Jan. 1998:
16+.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Tired of Waiting for Fish to Grow Feet?
Here are Some Survival
Tips for the ‘Radical.’” RDH Dec. 1997: 10+.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Honor the Person Who Serves as an
Inspiration; They Taught
you that Dreams can be Fulfilled.” RDH Nov. 1997:
6+.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Job Hunting Rules.” Certified Press Nov. 1997: 1-2.
Emmerling, Heidi. “The History Happening up in Washington
State is Something
Worth Shouting About.” RDH Oct. 1997: 6+.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Is the Hygiene Press Saying All of Us are Cute,
Have 2.2 Kids,
and Want to Work Part-Time?” RDH Sept. 1997:
6+.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Liberating Your Skills.” RDH Sept. 1997:
24-30.
Emmerling, Heidi. “We Just Told Congress that We’re Ready to Serve, So
Why Are
We Talking about Dogs and Cats?” RDH Aug. 1997:
6+.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Where the Bachelors Are.” RDH Aug. 1997:
16+.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Dad,
it’s a Leech, er, Practice Consultant, Grab Your Fishing Rod
and Run Real Fast!” RDH July 1997:
8+.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Laughter is Still the Best Medicine as We Reflect
on Some Odd
Moments.” RDH June 1997: 6+.
Emmerling, Heidi and Barry
Matherly. “A Chat about Chatting.” RDH June 1997:
32+.
Emmerling, Heidi. “When You Have a Heaping Plate of Research, Inspect
it Carefully
Before Swallowing.” RDH May 1997:
6+.
Emmerling. Heidi. “True Meanings.” RDH May 1997: 14+.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Warm Fuzzies, Cotton Candy are Pleasant, but Let’s
Get Uppity
About Our Cushy Jobs.” RDH Apr. 1997:
6+.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Boss, Please Tear Up My Paycheck! I’m Feeling Like a Saint,
and
I Don’t Want My Salary.” RDH Mar 1997: 10+.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Valentines and Roses are Tender Gestures but Some
‘Acts of
Love’ are Not so Tender.” RDH Feb. 1997:
6+.
Emmerling, Heidi. “ADA’s ‘Resolutions’ for New
Century Should Prompt Hygiene to
Rethink Goals.” RDH Jan. 1997: 6+.
Jones, Heidi Emmerling.
“Building on Experience, Expanding Your Options.”
Access
Nov. 1996: 26-27.
Jones, Heidi Emmerling.
“A Tip About Retipping.” RDH Oct. 1996:
36-41.
Jones, Heidi Emmerling.
"The Softer, Gentler Side Leads to Traditions
Where
Gender Differences are Misunderstood." RDH Oct. 1996:
6+.
Jones, Heidi Emmerling.
“Female Pronoun Suspiciously
Absent from Statutes
Governing Dental Hygiene.” RDH Sept. 1996: 6+.
Jones, Heidi Emmerling.
“To Make Your Colleagues a Little More Tasty, Add a
Dash
of Salt and a Clove of Garlic.” RDH Aug. 1996:
6+.
Jones, Heidi Emmerling.
“Unintimidated by Threatening Waves, this Sailboat
Charts
a Different Course.” RDH July 1996:
6+.
Jones, Heidi Emmerling.
“Are They Just Skin Deep?” RDH July
1996: 38-44.
Jones, Heidi Emmerling.
“The ‘Girls’ are Still Willing Team Players, but
Role Models
are Expanding the Boundaries.” RDH June 1996:
6+.
Jones, Heidi Emmerling. “Though the Pain of Serving as President is
Real, Incisive
Leadership Cuts to the Bone of Issues.” RDH May 1996:
6+.
Jones, Heidi Emmerling.
“A Job to Die For.” RDH May 1996:
22+.
Jones, Heidi Emmerling.
“How I Spent My Simple Youth Training to Become a
Chimpanzee That Scrubs Teeth.” RDH Apr. 1996: 6-8.
Jones, Heidi
Emmerling. “What Exactly Does the ‘White Tradition’ Symbolize
for the
Hygiene Profession?” RDH Mar. 1996:
6+.
Jones, Heidi Emmerling.
“From License Plates to Checkbooks, I Tell Everyone
‘I
Scale.’” RDH Feb. 1996: 6+.
Jones, Heidi Emmerling.
“Speak Out for the Children.” RDH Feb. 1996:
26-32.
Jones, Heidi Emmerling.
“Is the Enemy
Among Us? Complacency Threatens our
Future.” RDH Jan. 1996: 6-8.
Jones, Heidi Emmerling.
“Let Your Voice be Heard.” RDH
Sept. 1995: 36-41.
Jones, Heidi Emmerling.
“Mom, Career
or Both: It’s a Matter of Personal Choice.”
RDH June 1995: 6-7.
Recognition,
Professional Peer Reviewed Journal
Machado, Kristin.
"Dental Hygienist Earns Doctoral Degree." Dimensions in Dental
Hygiene Oct. 2004: 38.
Consumer:
Emmerling,
Heidi. “Dos
and Don’ts for Making Your Home Romance-Ready.” Reno
Gazette-Journal, Feb. 2006, Inside + Out: 3.
Emmerling,
Heidi.
“Organizing Your Tax Documents:
Save the Shoe Boxes for Shoes.” Reno Gazette-
Journal, 5 Jan. 2006, Inside + Out: 2.
Emmerling,
Heidi.
"Don't Let Your Medicine Cabinet Make Your Sick.” Reno Gazette-
Journal, 1
Dec. 2005, Inside + Out: 3.
Emmerling, Heidi. “A
Well Appointed Dresser.” Reno Gazette-Journal, 3 Nov.
2005,
Inside + Out: 5.
Emmerling,
Heidi. “Detoxify Your Environment.” Reno Gazette-Journal, 7
Oct. 2005,
Inside + Out: 5.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Unpack With Relative Ease.” Reno Gazette-Journal, 9
Sept.
2005, Inside + Out: 5.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Match Child’s
Temperament, Physique to Appropriate Sport.”
Reno Gazette-Journal, 5 Aug. 2005, Valley View: 10.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Moving Doesn’t Have To Be Overwhelming.” Reno Gazette-
Journal, 4 Aug. 2005, Inside + Out: 5.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Maximize Your Space.” Reno Gazette-Journal 7 July 2005, Inside
+ Out: 7.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Bathroom Feng Shui.” Reno Gazette-Journal 5 May 2005, Inside
+ Out: 4.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Outerwear
Everywhere No More.” Reno Gazette-Journal 3
Mar.
2005, Inside + Out: 7.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Make Your Home a Romantic Haven All Year Long.” Reno
Gazette-Journal 10 Feb.
2005,
Inside + Out: 3.
Emmerling, Heidi. “10 Resolutions for Organizing Your Home in 2005.” Reno
Gazette-Journal 6
Jan. 2005, Inside + Out: 2.
Emmerling, Heidi. “What Goes Up Must Come Down.” Reno Gazette-Journal 9 Dec.
2004, Inside + Out: 5.
Emmerling, Heidi.
“Important Facts about Dental Hygienists.” Workplace Solutions
[Reno] Oct. 2004:
2.
Emmerling, Heidi.
“Gender Neutral Language.” Workplace Solutions [Reno] Sept
2004: 2-4.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Not My Mother’s Kitchen.” Reno Gazette-Journal 2
Sept. 2004,
Inside + Out: 16.
Emmerling, Heidi.
“Shoptalk.” Workplace Solutions [Reno] Aug. 2004: 2-4.
Emmerling, Heidi.
“Recognizing Domestic Violence and Supportive Strategies.”
Workplace Solutions [Reno] August 2004: 6.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Use of Non-Toxic Cleansers Prevents You from Being ‘Sick’ of
Housework.” Reno Gazette-Journal 5
Aug. 2004, Inside + Out: 16.
Emmerling, Heidi. “A
Workplace of One’s Own.” Workplace Solutions [Reno] July
2004: 5-6.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Check
Out FLYLady for Organizing Tips.” Reno Gazette-Journal
1 July 2004, Inside + Out: 16+.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Even
Tiny Balconies Can Make Lovely Outdoor Living Spaces.”
Reno Gazette-Journal 3
June 2004, Inside + Out: 16.
Emmerling, Heidi. “10 Ways to Enjoy
a Sober Wet Bar.” Reno Gazette-Journal 6
May 2004, Inside + Out: 16.
Emmerling, Heidi. “What
Stories Do Your Closets Tell?” Reno Gazette-Journal 1
Apr. 2004, Inside + Out: 18.
Emmerling, Heidi. “A Workplace of One’s Own.” Reno Gazette-Journal 4 Mar.
2004,
Inside + Out: 18.
Emmerling, Heidi. “Gender Neutralizing Nevada’s Revised Statutes.” Nevada
Woman May-June 1997: 70-75.
Jones, Heidi Emmerling.
“Body Decoration.” Penthouse.
Purchased as a backup
article in Sept. 1996.
In Progress:
Professional and
Academic
Emmerling, Heidi.
“Write Now: Composition Instructors Addressing the Writing Needs
of Health Care Majors.” Composition
Studies
Emmerling, Heidi.
“Just Right or Just Write: Perceptions of Time Utilization in a
First
Year Composition Course.”
Composition Studies
Emmerling, Heidi.
“Narrative Theory in Qualitative Case Study Research: A Selected
Annotated Bibliography.”
Emmerling, Heidi.
“Assembling Your Professional Portfolio.” Contemporary Oral
Hygiene (refereed, under review)
Emmerling, Heidi. “The
Role Writing Plays in the Careers of Successful Dental
Hygienists.” Journal
of Dental Hygiene (refereed, under review)
CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS
Finding the Time for
Qualitative Research Projects: An Impossible Task? Co-
presenter with Kathy
Boardman, Jane Detweiler, Heidi Estrem, Brad Lucas, and
Katherine Schmidt.
Conference on College Composition and Communication 2000,
Minneapolis.
Discussing Difficult(ies)
Writing.
Co-presenter with Amy Clark, Jane Detweiler, Nick
Plunkey, and Katherine
Schmidt. N.C.T.E. 1999, Denver.
Teaching (and Learning from) New Technical
Communication Teachers. Co-
presenter with Jane Detweiler and Mary Webb.
RMMLA 1999, Santa Fe.
Dental Hygiene:
A View From the Edge. Oregon Dental Hygienists’ Association
1998 Portland.
Assembling Your
Professional Portfolio. Oregon Dental Hygienists’ Association 1998
Portland.
ACADEMIC
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer, University
of California, Santa
Barbara,
2005-Present
Upper division courses
including strategy, analysis, and format for various types of
academic and professional
writing in the health care field using contemporary issues
and topics as the basis of
study, discussion, research, and writing (Writing 109HP—4
sections); analytical
research writing, health theme (Writing 50);
basic composition emphasizing principles of critical reading, thinking, and
writing in the university requiring students to analyze academic discourse,
develop rhetorical strategies for exposition and argument, practice
examination writing, and write and revise papers (Writing 1); courses focusing on development of analytical
skills, synthesizing multiple sources, sustaining coherent arguments, and
revising for clarity and style drawing from a range of academic disciplines,
general and gender themes (Writing 2-6 sections).
Instructor of English, University
of Nevada, Reno 1997-2005
Advanced composition
courses including various forms of expository prose and
business communication with
attention to structural and stylistic problems (English
321—4 sections); the forms and function of language
with special application to
literary study (English 282); methods for creating personal, critical responses
to
literature representing a
range of time periods and genres (English 297); technical
communication for engineering
majors ( Engineering 301—3 sections) which included
gathering and organization of
information and the oral, written and visual
presentation of that
information and its meaning; designed a special topics class
(English 400) covering women writers and the ways in which women
are portrayed in
literature.
Graduate Teaching
Assistant, University of Nevada, Reno 2000-2001
Developmental writing (English 1 (now called 098)—3 sections) which introduces the
writing process including
paragraph development, sentence structure, usage, and
grammar; Beginning
composition (English 101—3 sections) with emphasis on revising
and editing for development,
coherence, style, and correctness; Intermediate
composition (English 102—6 sections) designed around gender issues with
exploration of essay forms
with particular attention to interpretation and argument;
emphasis on analytical
reading and writing, critical thinking, and research
methodologies.
Instructor of English, Truckee
Meadows Community College, 1998-2005
Developmental composition
(English 090—2 sections) designed to develop writing
skills through a review of
grammatical relationships, sentence patterns, punctuation
and usage with concentration
on the writing of expository paragraphs and essays;
Beginning composition (English 101); Assisted in developing college’s first reading
and
interpreting literature
course (English 297) which incorporated methods for creating
personal, critical responses
to literature representing a range of time periods and
genres.
Teaching Interests
Composition at all
levels, including developmental, first-year, and advanced courses;
Language and Gender; Literary
Non-Fiction; Language and Science; Medical
Rhetoric/Writing;
Professional Editing and Publishing; Technical Communication;
Graduate Seminars in Modern
Rhetoric; Women in Rhetoric; Craft of Writing; Writing
in the Academy.
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
Bedford St. Martins,
Andrea Lunsford and Karen Lunsford, 2006
Coder.
Read and tallied 26 student essays for common mechanical errors in writing
and use of technology.
Developmental
Writing Research Group, University of Nevada, Reno, 1998
Participated in a faculty
development group that studied developmental writing by
practicing reflective
evaluations, describing student texts, and developing tactics for
responding to and evaluation
of student writing.
Elections Division, Nevada Secretary of State’s
Office,
1996
Explored implementation
of gender-neutral language in Nevada Revised Statutes.
Research Interests
Workplace literacy;
Writing in the medical and health science professions;
Professional discourse;
Language and gender; Genre studies; Faculty development;
Feminist practice of
research; Ethnography; Interdisciplinary research (WAC).
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPERIENCE AND SERVICE
Writing 2 Curriculum Subcommittee, University of California, Santa Barbara,
2005-2006
Writing 109HP Curriculum Subcommittee, University of
California, Santa
Barbara, 2005-2006
Served on subcommittees
for development of Academic Writing and Writing for
Health Professionals.
Reader, English 1 Skills Assessment, Truckee Meadows
Community College,
2005
Read and calibrated
scores for final exams of Basic Writing students.
Portfolio Reader,
Credit by Exam, University of Nevada, Reno, 1999
Assessed portfolios of
beginning writers for placement in appropriate core
composition courses.
Graduate Student
Representative, English Department Writing Program
Committee, 1998
Participated in
departmental review of existing writing courses, instructors, and class
sizes.
Advisory Council Truckee
Meadows Community College Dental Hygiene
Program, 1997-1999
Participated in program
design and implementation, selection of site, search for
director and faculty,
integration with existing health science programs, public relations
and donations, student
criteria and selection of candidates, faculty development,
accreditation site visit.
Advisory Council University of St, Francis, College of Health Arts, 1995-1997
Explored innovative
instructional methods designed for working adults in the health
care field, researched
viability of online courses, suggested various public relations
ideas, reviewed student
evaluations of instructors and courses
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Writing
and Publishing
Internship
Nevada Secretary of State, Elections Division: Compiled the list of All
Attorney
General Letters and Opinions
on Election Law; designed and authored the state’s
first informational voters
pamphlet
Professional Editing
and Reader Advisory Service
Composing Inquiry, Prentice Hall, manuscript reviewer, 2005
Collegiate Press, Editorial Advisory Board, 2001
Issues in
Writing (national refereed
journal), Book Review Author
Feminism and Composition: A
Critical Sourcebook (Kirsch, Maor, Massey, Nickolson-Massey, and
Sheridan-Rabideau) Summer 2006 (In Progress)
Journal of Dental Hygiene (national refereed research
journal), Book Review Author
Medical
Law and Ethics, Jan 2003
Basic
Nutrition and Diet Therapy, June 2002
Eating Disorders Sourcebook, Jan 2002
PennWell Books Dental Division, Manuscript Reviewer, 1996-1998
Access (News magazine of the American Dental Hygienists’
Association), Reader
Advisory Board, 1998
RDH Magazine (largest national magazine for Registered Dental
Hygienists),
Consulting Editor, 1996-1998
The Radical Hygienist (online magazine), Co-Publisher
and Co-Editor with Barry
Matherly, RDH, 1996-2001
Nevada Rhetoric Review, Editor, 2000
Workplace Solutions (Newsletter for Psychological
Services of Mountain Employee
Assistance Program), Editor,
2004-present
Writing Coach/Technical
Writer, 2003-present
Writing Cures(Owner), Santa Barbara, CA, 2003-present
Workshops
and Guest Lectures
Combining Writing
and Dental Hygiene, Truckee Meadows Community College, 3/03,
4/04
Peer Workshops, University of Nevada Reno, 8/00
Perceptions of Class Time
Utilization,
University of Nevada Reno, 8/99
The Rewards &
Nightmares of Professional Writing, University of Nevada Reno, 9/97,
9/98
How to Write a Book
Proposal,
University of Nevada Reno, 5/97
Publishing Opportunities
in Dental Hygiene, Sacramento City College, 5/97
Contributing to Your
Profession,
Sacramento City College, 5/96
Writing Workshop For
Health Care Professionals, College of St. Francis, 9/97
I have my Bachelor’s—Now
What?,
University of St. Francis, 5/96, 11/97, 11/98
Professional
Teaching
Instructor of Dental Hygiene, Truckee Meadows
Community College, 2000-
2001
Designed and taught
courses for junior- and senior-level dental hygiene students:
•
Dental Hygiene 216B (Principles of Management): Concepts of dental office
management, productivity,
marketing, interviewing and responsibilities of
professionals
•
Dental Hygiene 108B (Concepts of Prevention): Basic concepts of oral
hygiene
care, adjunctive aids and
foundations of preventive oral health services.
• Dental Hygiene 207 (Periodontics II): A study of the causes and
classification
of disease with the
principles of treatment.
•
Dental Hygiene 217B (Periodontics III): Advanced study of periodontology
with
special emphasis on new
surgical modalities and equipment.
Professional
Experience
·
Registered Dental Hygienist, 1986-Present
·
Current licensure in California and Nevada
with special certification in local
anesthesia and nitrous oxide
sedation; experience in public health,
periodontal, and general office
settings.
·
Honored as Northern Nevada’s Outstanding Hygienist of the
Year, 1991
Professional Service
Dissertation Participant
Perceptions of Professionalism by Political and
Educational Leaders in Dental Hygiene, Deb Wilson, RDH, Ed.D. Pennsylvania State
University, 1998
Delegate,
American Dental Hygienists’ Association, 1997-1999
Public Relations Council, American Dental Hygienists’ Association, 1998
Reference Committee Member,
American Dental Hygienists’ Association,1998
President, Nevada Dental
Hygienists' Association, 1992-1993
REFERENCES
Stephen Tchudi, Ph.D., Dissertation Advisor
Professor Emeritus, University of Nevada, Reno
H-(775) 829-7195
Stchudi@msn.com
Kathleen
Boardman, Ph.D., Associate Dean
College of Liberal
Arts
University of Nevada, Reno
W-(775) 784-6155 X226
kab@unr.edu
Jane
Detweiler, Ph.D., Director, Core Writing
Dept. of English,
University of Nevada, Reno
W-(775) 784-6709
jad@unr.edu
Rosalie
Marinelli, RDH, Ed.D., Prof. Emeritus
Dept. of
Health Ecology, University of Nevada, Reno
H-(702) 399-4270
rm@unr.edu
Susan
McLeod, Ph.D., Director, Writing Program
1516 South Hall,
University of California, Santa Barbara
W- (805) 893-4808
mcleod@writing.ucsb.edu
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