Faculty Advisor Program
The MySkillsLab Faculty Advisor Program is a peer-to-peer mentoring program that partners experienced MySkillsLab users with new and potential users to further enhance their knowledge, skill and understanding of how to successfully integrate MySkillsLab in the classroom. Our Faculty Advisors (FAs) are committed to advancing the support for online learning and sharing their best practices with the MySkillsLab community.
Meet Our Faculty Advisors
To contact a Faculty Advisor, email us at facultyadvisors@pearson.com. Please include your name, school and a description of your situation and needs. We will use this information to partner you with a MySkillsLab Faculty Advisor who can most effectively answer your questions.
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- Wes Anthony
- Coordinator of Developmental English; Developmental English and Reading instructor
Cleveland Community College
MySkillsLab - Wes graduated from Appalachian State University in 2000 with a BS in Communications specializing in journalism and writing. He received a MS in Instructional Design with a specialization in Online Education 2011 from Walden University (Minnesota). He is the Coordinator of Developmental English at Cleveland Community College in North Carolina (2010-present) and is a Developmental English and Reading instructor (2008-present). He has presented on English Course Redesign at NCADE 2011 Western Regional Conference, NCADE 2011 state conference, and 2011 WVADE/WVCCA state conference.
- Wes has written as an editor, staff writer, and freelance writer for The Charlotte Observer, Belmont Banner, Mount Holly News, Bannernews, The Cherryville Eagle, Kings Mountain Herald, Lincoln Times-News, and the Watauga Democrat. Wes writes The B.D. Dawg Series - Book 1: The Adventures of B.D. Dawg (2007), Book 2: Binger and Stumpy (2010), Book 3: Binger and the Personian (Coming out on 12/12/12).
- Courses taught: Reading and Comprehension Strategies
- Course format: Fully Online, Hybrid, Lab-based
- Book in use: Henry, Writing for Life: Sentences to Paragraphs; Henry, Writing for Life: Paragraphs to Essays
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- Kennette Crockett
- Instructor
Harold Washington College
MyCompLab, MySkillsLab, MyWritingLab “We are working for understanding and not knowledge.”
This is one of Professor Kennette Crockett's favorite quotes; it was spoken by her former professor Sister J.F. Crowley of Mundelein College. Professor Crockett keeps this at the heart of her instruction. She received her B.A. in English Literature from Mundelein College where she graduated Cum Laude; she later received her Masters in English Literature from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. She teaches English Composition 100 and 101 along with journalism 151 at Malcolm X College which is one of the City Colleges of Chicago. Professor Crockett was selected by the City Colleges to be part of the Master Faculty Program. She is currently a member of the Malcolm X College Learning Community program. This fall 2008, Malcolm X College plans to offer Mathlish which combines English 100 and Math 098. Professor Terry Paterson and Professor Crockett will co-teach this course. Professor Crockett is a former freelance journalist whose writing has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and various newspapers, magazines, and anthologies. Currently she is relaunching Malcolm X College’s news and literary magazine, Passport which will feature writings from students, faculty and staff of the college.- Courses taught: English 101/197, English 101, International Communications 100, Basic Writing 100
- Course format: Traditional classes that are lab-based in computer labs
- Book in use: McWhorter, Expressways with MyWritingLab for Basic Writing 100 / English 101/197: The DK Handbook with MyWritinglab / English 101: MyCompLab
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- Curtis Harrell
- Coordinator, Academic Skills Reading and Writing
Northwest Arkansas Community College
MyCompLab, MyReadingLab, MySkillsLab, MyWritingLab - I have been involved with using online supplements in the classroom since the mid-nineties when I developed a website for my classes by hand-coding HTML in SimpleText on my Mac Performa 475. Four megabytes of memory cost $200 down at the local Sears. I have been very glad to see textbook publishers take up the challenge of providing robust online environments for students since then, especially the MyLabs.
- Today I coordinate the developmental reading and writing courses at my college and support the faculty here who use the online supplements as real-time diagnostics to customize the instruction in their classrooms. I work hard to keep current with trends, seeking to combine the instruction of reading and writing, and I share my work at both state and national conferences.
- I received a BFA in Creative Writing from Arkansas Tech University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arkansas, and, in my free time, I enjoy playing and building banjos and riding my antique Harley. In the summers I am a guide at War Eagle Cavern, the coolest job a person can have in Arkansas in June and July.
- Courses taught: Preparing for College Reading; Beginning Writing; Intermediate Writing; Reading and Writing Basics II; Composition I
- Course format: Traditional; Fully Online; Hybrid
- Book in use: Making Reading Matter by Snyders; Along These Lines: Sentences and Paragraphs by Biays; Along These Lines, Paragraphs and Essays by Biays; Crossroads by Dusenberry; Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond by Faigley
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- Suzanne Reyes
- Assistant Professor of English
Cuyahoga Community College
MySkillsLab - Courses taught: Coming soon
- Course format: Coming soon
- Book in use: Coming soon
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