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Simeon Dreyfuss
Director, Liberal Arts Core Program Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies
M.A. English in Creative Writing, New York University
B.A. Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts, Fairhaven College, Western Washington University
Courses/Subjects
Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies
Academic Learning: Discovery and Practice
Senior Thesis
Environmental Writing
Writing the Past
The Invention of Place: Literature of the Pacific Northwest
Family and the Individual in 20th Century American Fiction
The More Perfect World: Natural History Essays in America
Fiction Writing
The Personal Essay Literature of the Pacific Rim
Introduction to Service Learning
Professional Activities
Marylhurst University committees:
Assessment Committee, Co-chair
Liberal Arts Core Committee
Past University committee assignments include:
Self-Study Steering Committee
University Strategic Planning Committee
Program Committee
Center for Learning Partnerships
Teaching Technology Committee
Publications
Writing Successful PLA Essays: What Evaluators Want. With Myrna Oakley and Sarah Henderson. Marylhurst OR: Marylhurst University, 1995, revised 1998.
Capitalizing on the Natural Links between Service Learning and School-to-Work. Community Youth Roles [New York] 3.1 (Winter 1996–7): 3.
PLA Portfolio Development Guide. With Mary Duvall and Sarah Henderson. Marylhurst OR: Marylhurst University, 1994.
My Fight Against Grade Inflation: A Response to William Cole. College Teaching [Washington D.C.] 41 (Fall 1993): 149–52.
When It Speaks To You, You Must Respond. Pequod [New York] 34 (1992): 125–37.
The Action Of Paradise. Pequod [New York] 26/27 (1989): 60–70.
Presentations
Advising, Preparing & Supporting the Entering Adult Student. International conference of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (Boston, Nov 2006)
Holistic Outcome Assessment: Classroom Practice and Institutional Technology in the Service of Learning. With Jennifer Sasser. International conference of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (Chicago, Nov 2005)
Aspirational Adult Education: Assessing the Ineffable. With Jennifer Sasser. International conference of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (Chicago, Nov 2005)
Connecting Theory to Student's Knowledge and Skills: Principles and Practice of Integration. With David Plotkin and Jennifer Sasser. International conference of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (Chicago, Nov 2004)
Teachers as Learners: Using Experiential Learning Principles. With Jennifer Sasser. International conference of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (Chicago, Nov 2004)
Integrated Learning at Marylhurst University. With David Plotkin and Jennifer Sasser. International conference of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (San Diego, Nov 2003)
Instigating Reflexive Inquiry: Innovative Learning Projects for Adult Learners. With Jennifer Sasser. International conference of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (San Diego, Nov 2003)
The Marylhurst Academic Portfolio: A Web-based Model for Assessing Learning Outcomes in the Liberal Arts Core. International conference of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (Washington DC, Nov 2002)
Assessing the Liberal Arts: An Adult Learning Focused Model. International conference of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (Orlando, Nov 2001)
Outcome-based Assessment of the Liberal Arts: A Student Friendly Model. International conference of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (Chicago, Nov 2000)
Awards
Walden Fellowship and Residence, Northwest Writing Institute at Lewis & Clark College (1990)
Pushcart Prize Honorable Mention for The Action Of Paradise, published in Pequod (1990)
Oregon Arts Commission Finalist for an Individual Artist's Fellowship for Literature (1988)
