Owen M. Williamson
Developmental English

Education Bldg, Rm. 205

500 W. University Avenue
El Paso, TX 79968
omwilliamson@utep.edu

Tel. 915-747- 7625/ 915-747-5693

College Teaching Experience

 

Developmental English Lecturer, UTEP, El Paso, TX, August, 2005 to present. 

 

English / Developmental English / ESOL Instructor, Barton County Community College, Great Bend, Kansas: January, 2003 to July, 2005..

 

Education

 

M. A. English, University of Texas El Paso, El Paso, TX; December, 2002.

 

Primary Area: Professional Writing and Rhetoric.

Training Certificate, Southwest Regional VISTA Training Center, at St. Edward's University, Austin, TX; 1969.

 

Primary Area: Community organization.

Secondary Areas: Human services, community education.

 

B. A. English, College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN; 1969.

 

Primary Area: Writing and communications. Secondary Areas: Literature, Theology.

 

Language skills

 

• Speak, read and write fluent Spanish, incl. translating, and simultaneous Spanish/English interpreting.

• Excellent reading knowledge of Portuguese and French.

• Fair reading knowledge of Latin, Italian, and modern and Koine Greek.

 

Distinctions

• Designed and taught college's first English Composition I hybrid classroom / distance learning course, Barton County Community College.
• Designed and taught first English for Spanish Speakers course at Barton CCC.
• Awarded certificate by Fuller Brush Co. for community service translation work, 2003.
• Scored in 99th percentile on verbal section of 2000 Graduate Record Examination.
• 4.0 grade-point average in all graduate work.
• Formerly certified as a Texas Social Work Associate (SWA).
• Awarded honorary certificate by Universidad de El Salvador (Central America) for volunteer translation work.

Research and Teaching Interests

• Developmental English
• Rhetoric and Composition
• Adult Language Acquisition and ESOL Theory
• American Political Rhetoric
• Technical Writing
• Byzantine Civilization and Literature.

Other Work Experience

Long View Publishing Co., Chicago, IL. 2002-2005. Translator (Volunteer--English/Spanish) for Nuestro Mundo national weekly bilingual newspaper, (~500 words/week). .

 

Texas Department of Human Services. 1974-2001. Pharr, Canutillo, and El Paso, Texas. Social Services Worker I / II. Texas Works Specialist III. Bilingual interviewer / Eligibility Certification Worker for Medicaid, Food Stamps, and public welfare [TANF] programs. Counselor / trainer in welfare-to-work jobs program.

 

Hidalgo County Health Department, McAllen, TX. 1973-4. Medical laboratory technician in county migrant laborers? clinic

 

Bethlehem Community Center, Atlanta, GA 1971-3. Community educator and alternative services provider, with inner-city youth and senior citizens.

 

Williamson-Burnet County Opportunity Centers, Inc., Taylor, TX 1969-70. VISTA community educator. Community organizer. Taught Black History, GED, English.

 

Partial List of Publications  

 

“How the Right Recruits, and What the Left Can Learn.”  Political Affairs 84 (December, 2005) 44-47.

 

“Miner Nation: Example for the World.” The Prospector. November 30, 2005. 2.

 

“Posada Tries to Evade Extradition.” People’s Weekly World. November 10-16, 2005: 2.

 

“Towards a Pedagogy of the Oppressed.”  Political Affairs 84 (August, 2005): 60-62.

 

“Uprising: Bolivian Workers Topple President.”  Political Affairs 84 (September-October, 2005) 42-45.

 

“UTEP Shows Potential for Stealth Sports.” The Prospector. September 28, 2005: 2.

"Red Ink". Political Affairs 84, April, 2005, 35-39

"Pro-Choice in Bush Country". Political Affairs 84 (March, 2005), 41-43

"Giving Up on Middle America" [book review] Political Affairs.84 (January, 2005), 64-66.

"The Pursuit of Happiness--A Patriotic Reflection." Sunflower Seeds. August, 2003. 16-19.

"Chile Rising: Women in the Resistance," by Gladys Mar�(translation). Political Affairs 82 (July, 2003); 7-11

"El colegio comunitario del condado de Barton inicia un nuevo curso de ingllés." El Heraldo del Centro de Kansas. April, 2003. 2.

"The Mahatma's Hams." WorldRadio August, 2002, 18-20. <http://www.qsl.net/vu2sdu/mahatma.html>

"A Cuban Cartoonist talks of His Art and Cuba" by David Baldinger [translation]. People's Weekly World, 24 August 2002,. 10-11. <http://www.pww.org/article/articleprint/1801/>.

"Juárez Responds to Violence Against Women." People's Weekly World, 22 June 2002, 9. <http://www.pww.org/article/articleprint/1440/>.

“Toad.”  Calliope  Sept./Oct. 2001: 12-16.  [Finalist in the magazine’s  2000 national short-story contest.]

"No Logo is no Manifesto, but a Good Start.” [book review] People’s Weekly World 12 May 2001:  16.

 

“Hurrah for the Majority.” Interloc.  Aug. 2000: 8-9.

 

"Iconoclasts." [Short Story] lbn Qirtaiba [Australia]. May 2000. <http://sf.sig.au. mensa. org/iq-58.htmlStory.>.

 

“The French Internet." folksonoine.com. 1999. <http://www.folksonline.com/folks/hh/lm/lm.htm.>.

 

"Turtledove's Walk in Hell: a Disappointment From a Master." [Book Review]. lbn Qirtaiba Nov. 1999.

<http://sf.sig.au.mensa.org/iq-52.html#Review>.  [Cited as one of the 25 “Favorite Nonfiction Articles”

on the Internet for 1999, by the Preditors and Editors online guide to publishers and publishing services.]

 

"Night Journey Home." lbn Qirtaiba. August, 1999. <http://sf.sig.au.mensa.org/iq-49.html#Story2>.

 

"Under the Light of the Web." Calliope. Nov./Dec. 1999:  20-3. [First place winner in the magazine's 1999 national short story contest.]

"Nicaraguan Guerrilla Victory." Military History. Aug. 1999: 58-64.  [Full text posted online by El Nicaraguense online biweekly.]

"More Catholic Than the Pope?" Monitoring Times Apr 1998: 35.

“The Great Sporadic-E Debate: The Weather Connection" [with Rita Williamson].  CQ-VHF May 1997: 28-33.

"The Answer to a Prayer."  People's Weekly World. 12 Oct. 1991: 19.

““Iran-Contra Figures and Anti-Semitic Broadcasts.” People’s Daily World, 8 Feb. 1990:  14.

"Whichward Into the Future?" People's Daily World. 4 Jan. 1990: 21

“Ten-four From Planet Earth.”  People’s Daily World. 9 Aug. 1989: .9.

“The White House Effect.” People’s Daily World 8 June 1989: 21.

“The Great American Novel.” People’s Daily World.  10 March 1989: 9A.

“Tradition’s Chains?”  People’s Daily World.  23 Aug. 1988.: 9A.

“The Last Days of the Dinosaurs.”  People’s Daily World.  29 July 1988. 9A.

“Communists Not Responsible for Texas Rattlesnakes.”  People’s Daily World. 4 June 1988: 9A.

"For the Luceros. Minimum Wage means Minimum Living." People's Daily World  5 May 1988: l9.

“Broadcasts from Mir Station Heard in U.S.”  People’s Daily World.  27 Feb. 1988:  10A..

“I Was Utilizing My Executive Privilege.”  People’s Daily World.  2 Feb. 1988:  9A..

“Hound Dog or Pit Bull?”  People’s Daily World. 18 July 1987: 9A.

 

“Marxists and Christians are Not Like Fire and Ice.”  People’s Daily World.  31 March  1987:  9A..

“The Grand Impeachment Ball.”  People’s Daily World.  5 Dec. 1986: 11.  Reprinted in U.S. Farm News, Jan. 1987: 1.

 

“Christian Broadcasting: Another Opinion”  Review of International Broadcasting 107 (1986): 5.

 

"Radio Venceremos. An Inside Look at a Rebel Broadcaster." Popular Communications Oct. 1984:.24-6.

 

“We’re so Well Insured We Can’t Afford to See a Doctor.”  We Oct. 1984: 16-18.

 

“El Salvador’s Signal of Liberty.”  Señal de Libertad / Signal of Freedom. 24 (1983):  25.

 

“A Worker Meets His Limits.”  We Oct. 1981. 19. 

Recent Published translations:

 

Albano, Terrie. “Roberts—Herramienta comprada de la derecha.” Nuestro Mundo. September 24-30, 2005:  19-20.

 

Cademartori, José. “Chile’s Privatized Pensions: No Model for US.”  Political Affairs 84 (November, 2005): 44-47.

 

Della Piana, Libero.  “Festival Mundial de la Juventud termina con música, espíritu combatiente.” Nuestro Mundo. August 27-September 2, 2005. 18.

 

DeNoon, Daniel. “Influenza aviar—Preguntas y respuestas.” El Heraldo del centro de Kansas. November, 2005. 1-2.

 

Halabi, Wadi’h. “La vida y la deuda en Estados Unidos.” El Heraldo del centro de Kansas. November, 2005. 3.

 

Marshall, Scott. “Los trabajadores en la época de la globalización capitalista.” Nuestro Mundo. August 13-19, 2005: 18, and August 20-26, 2005: 19.

 

Muñoz, Rosalio. Schwarzenegger niega licencias de conducir a trabajadores indocumentados.” Nuestro Mundo. October 22-28, 2005: 18.

 

Webb, Susan. “Robo en la gasolinera.” Nuestro Mundo. September 3-9, 2005: 18.

 

Wheeler, Tim. “Congresistas impulsan la salida de las tropas de Irak.” Nuestro Mundo. November 19-25, 2005. 20.

 

---. “Trabajos con justicia fortalece poder de trabajadores y comunidades. El Heraldo del centro de Kansas. October, 2005: 1.

 

Whitney, W. T. “Huracán Wilma golpea a Cuba—pero nadie muere.” Nuestro Mundo. November 12-18, 2005. 19.

 

---. “Juez en Tejas decide contra extradición de Posada.” Nuestro Mundo. October 15-21, 2005.

 

---.”La Revolución en el cuidado de salud en Venezuela.”  Nuestro Mundo. October 29-November 4, 2005. 19. 

 

Accepted for publication / pending publication:  

“The Intelligent Design Scam.” [Tentative Title], Political Affairs 85 (January, 2006).

 

"Maximilian Kolbe: Patron Saint of Pirate Radio." Popular Communications.

 

"Colombia's Civil Wars." Military History.

 

"Radio Free Dixie." [Book Review] Popular Communications.

 

Ms. currently in progress:

 

"Songs of Love and War". [Translation of Garc�Laviana, Gaspar. Cantos de Amor y Guerra, Managua: 1981] (completed, seeking publisher).

 

Presentation

 

"Clandestine Radio." WBUR radio, Boston, broadcast nationwide on National Public Radio Feb. 7, 2002.

Current Professional Memberships

NADE [National Association for Developmental Education]

NCTE [National Council of Teachers of English]

AAAS [American Association for the Advancement of Science]

KATE [Kansas Association of Teachers of English]

Service

National and Regional

• Active, federally-licensed extra-class radio operator, 1964-2005
• Mensa Chapter President for W. Texas and southern New Mexico, 1997-2002.
• Senior Editor, ClandestineRadio.com [worldwide archive of oppositional and freedom radio broadcasts]. 1999-2005.

 

Community

• Member of Kansas Sunflower Mensa 2003-5;, volunteer member of local chapter website committee.
• Represented College at annual community Cinco de Mayo celebration, Great Bend, Kansas, 2003-4.
• Active Skywarn severe weather spotter, Great Bend, Kansas, 2003-2005.
• Volunteer, El Paso Skywarn regional emergency communications team, 1998-2002.
• Special Judge. Sun Country Science Fair [regional secondary-level student science fair], 1996-2002,. El Paso, Texas

 

College

 

• International Student Advisor, Barton County Community College, Great Bend, Kansas, 2003-5.
• Member, Hispanic Advisory Committee, Barton CCC, 2003-5.
• Member, Developmental Education Task Force, Barton CCC, 2003-5.
• Member, Academic Integrity Task Force, Barton CCC, 2003.
• Member, Professional Development Committee, Barton CCC, 2004.
• On-call interpreter for coaches and other faculty on campus, Barton CCC, 2003-5.