| Simone J. Billings, Senior Lecturer in the Department of English, received her B.A. and M.A. in English Literature from San Francisco State University and her Ph.D. in Language, Literacy, and Culture from Stanford University. Billings has been teaching full-time at Santa Clara University since 1980, generally teaching non-fiction writing courses: freshman composition, freshman composition for Honors students, argumentation, and creative non-fiction (e.g., profiles, satires, interviews, reviews) in addition to her Senior Seminars. Since July 2006, Billings has served as Assistant to the President, a half-time administrative position. For AY 2007-08 Billings also was the Interim Director of the University Honors Program and of the Office of Fellowships. In AY03-04 she was President of the Faculty Senate; in AY05-06 she was President of the Adobe Lodge Board of Governors, having served for five years prior to that on the Board as the elected representative for the College of Arts and Sciences. Some university committees she sits on are the Athletic Advisory Board, the selection committee for the University Honors Program's Oxford Scholar, and the Student Fellowships Committee. Within The English Department, she chairs the committee for the Best Freshman Essay Competition and is the moderator of the Santa Clara chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English honors society. She had been the Far West Regent for Sigma Tau Delta during the years 2000 - 2004. More information on this program can be found in the Sigma Tau Delta link of the English website. |
