Chris Partida
Professor of Developmental Writing and English
Lead Faculty For Developmental Writing
Lone Star College–North Harris
2700 W. W. Thorne Drive
Houston, Texas 77073-3499
Voicemail: 281-618-5538
College E-mail: john.c.partida@lonestar.edu
Education
2001 Master of Arts Degree in English from Sam Houston State University
1998 Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from Sam Houston State University
1996 Associate of Arts Degree from North Harris College
Fields of Expertise
Developmental Writing
Composition
Mexican-American Literature
Creative Writing (poetry and short fiction)
Master’s Thesis
Planting Flowers One at a Time. (A collection of poetry with a critical introduction) Dr. Paul Ruffin (Thesis Director), Dr. Melissa Morphew (thesis committee member), and Dr. Philip Parotti (thesis committee member) of Sam Houston State University.
Teaching Experience (titles in parenthesis)
1997-1998 Writing tutor at Lone Star College-Montgomery
1999 Adjunct Instructor at Lone Star College-Montgomery
1999-2000 Teaching Assistant at Sam Houston State University
2000 Full-time instructor at Lone Star College-North Harris (Assistant Professor)
2001-2004 Full-time instructor at Lone Star College-North Harris (Associate Professor)
2004-2006 Full-time instructor at Lone Star College-North Harris (Professor)
2006- Full-time instructor at Lone Star College-North Harris (Lead Faculty)
Recently Published Poetry
Fall 2006 (Printed in Sacred Journey)
“Last Summer”
2003 (Printed in Feelings of The Heart)
“Meditation on Shaving”
“Freedom”
2002 (Printed in Black Spring Review)
“Moment In The City”
Spring 2001 (Printed in The Texas Review)
“Leap Year”
Editing Experience
1998-2003 Edited several issues of No Experience Required, a small literary magazine.
Served As Reviewer For The Following Texts
The Writer’s Response: A Reading-based Approach To Writing, 4th edition, by Stephen McDonald and William Salomone
The Literary Experience by Bruce Beiderwell and Jeffrey M. Wheeler
Conference Activity
October 2006
A session at the annual CRLA national conference: The Summary-response Essay: A Writing Assignment that Helps Establish Understanding And That Encourages Critical Thinking.
October 2005
A Pre-conference Institute at the annual CASP (Confidence, Achievement, Success, Promise) Conference. Dealing With Student Identity and Cultural Demands in Academia (presented with Tara Edwards).
October 2003
A conference session at the annual CASP Conference. Luck of the Draw: A Writing Activity to Avoid Writer’s Block And To Enhance Creativity (presented with Dr. Joyce Boatright).