Background
Crismore, Avon Germaine was born on October 7, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Rupert Paul and Alice Leona (Miller) Wellendorf.
researcher English language educator
Crismore, Avon Germaine was born on October 7, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Rupert Paul and Alice Leona (Miller) Wellendorf.
Student, Carthage College, 1947-1949; Bachelor, St. Francis College, 1965; Master of Education, St. Francis College, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1985.
English teacher Norwell High School, Ossian, Indiana, 1964-1980. Communications instructor Indiana Vocational College, Fort Wayne, 1973-1980. Research assistant Center for the Study of Reading University Illinois, Champaign, 1980-1984.
Associate faculty English Indiana U.-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, 1979-1980, associate professor English, 1985-1998, professor English, since 1999. Visiting director Educational Opportunity Program, University Illinois, Champaign, 1983-1984. Visiting professor, assistant director Learning Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1984-1985.
Item writer National Assessment Educational Program, 1983-1984, Illinois State Education Department, Springfield, 1983-1984. Textbook reviewer Ginn Publications, 1984, Harper Collins Public, 1992, St. Martins Public, since 1993. Writing, English, English as Second Language teacher, Institute of Technology Mara, Malaysia, 1991, Polytechnic Training Center, Malaysia, 1995.
Delegate to China, Linguistic Educators United States, 1991.
(This book is about metadiscourse, the rhetorical acts use...)
Member Modern Language Association, National Council Teachers English (language commission 1992-1994, reviewer national teacher assessment early adoles. and middle school English teachers draft, 1993), Society for Literature and Science, Rhetoric Society of America, International Reading Association, College Composition and Communications Conference, National Reading Conference, American Education Research Association, Phi Delta Kappa (grantee since 1986), Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi (mentor foreign students, since 2000).
Married Edward Noel Crismore, July 30, 1949. Children: Sheryl, Jill, Debra, Ryan, Randy, Noel.