Dr. Simone BillingsAssociate Chair/Director of Writing; Senior Lecturer of EnglishSimone 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 holds a three-year appointment as the Associate Chair and Director of Writing effective Fall 2011. In AY 2010-11, Billings served as Interim Associate Chair and Director of Writing. 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. In Fall 2009, Billings worked as a Fulbright Scholar for the Open Campus of the University of the West Indies, which has its head office on the Cave Hill Campus in Barbados. She primarily facilitated teacher-training workshops in the teaching of writing for faculty in five different countries of the Eastern Caribbean, working with faculty on the theoretical underpinnings of teaching writing, the design of writing classes and writing assignments, and various ways to respond to student papers. From July 2006 to June 2009, Billings served as Assistant to the President, a half-time administrative position. 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. She served on the Athletic Advisory Board for numerous years, both as a member and as vice-chair. Other university committees she sits on are the selection committee for the University Honors Program's Oxford Scholar, the Student Fellowships Committee, and the Writing Faculty Core Curriculum Committee. Within The English Department, she chaired the committee for the Best Freshman Essay Competition for numerous years. Currently Billings is the moderator of the Santa Clara chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English honors society. On the national level, Billings 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. Courses Taught
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