Background
Smith, Louise Zandberg was born on May 24, 1942 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Louis G. and Loraine T. (Lehnen) Zandberg.
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Louise Zandberg Smith
Edit Profilewriter English studies educator
Louise Zandberg Smith, American English studies educator, writer. Recipient scholarship University of Michigan, 1960-1964, Outstanding Achievement in Scholarship, Tchg., and Svc., U. Massachusetts, 1985-1986; Woodrow Wilson fellow, University of California, 1964-1965; National Endowment for Humanities fellow, 1975, Woodrow Wilson Foundation fellow,1980-1981, College Assessment Program Evaluation fellow, 1986.
Education
Bachelor in English magna cum laude, University of Michigan, 1964; Master of Arts in Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in English, University of Virginia, 1974.
Career
English instructor, St. Paul's College, Lawrenceville, Virginia, 1966-1968;
rhetoric instructor, Boston University, 1972-1974;
assistant Professor of English, U. Massachusetts, Boston, 1974-1989;
associate Professor of English, U. Massachusetts, Boston, since 1989;
director tutoring program, U. Massachusetts, Boston, 1977-1994;
campus representative Mellon Humanities fellowships, U. Massachusetts, Boston, 1982-1993;
director freshman English, U. Massachusetts, Boston, 1982-1989;
faculty representative commission on role and status of part-time faculty, U. Massachusetts, Boston, 1985-1986;
faculty representative university task force on orientation and retention, U. Massachusetts, Boston, 1986-1987;
supervisor, mentor graduate teaching assistant program, U. Massachusetts, Boston, since 1987. General education consultant U. Massachusetts, Boston, Boston State College, Boston Public Schools, Simmons College, Brandeis U., 1981-1983. Writing program and writing-across-the-curriculum consultant Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1986, University of Southern Maine, Portland, 1987, Houghton (New York) College, 1987, Boston Area Community College Consortium, 1987-1989, Roger Williams College, Bristol, Rhode Island, 1987, Middlebury (Vermont) College, 1988, Boston University, 1988, Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts, 1988, Syracuse (New York) U., 1992.
Reviewer Houghton Mifflin, Harper-Collins Public, St. Martin's Press, Blair Press, Ohio State University Press, others. Presenter papers in field.
Achievements
Membership
Member Modern Language Association, N.E. Modern Language Association, National Council Teachers English, Conference on College Composition and Comm. (Executive Committee 1988-1991), Council of Writing Program Administration, National Writing Centers Association, N.E. Writing Center Association, Council of Editors Learned Jours.
Connections
Married George W. Smith Junior, August 21, 1965. Children: Allison Hart, George W. III.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Recipient scholarship University of Michigan, 1960-1964, Outstanding Achievement in Scholarship, Tchg., and Svc., U. Massachusetts, 1985-1986. Woodrow Wilson fellow, University of California, 1964-1965. National Endowment for Humanities fellow, 1975, Woodrow Wilson Foundation fellow,1980-1981, College Assessment Program Evaluation fellow, 1986.Recipient scholarship University of Michigan, 1960-1964, Outstanding Achievement in Scholarship, Tchg., and Svc., U. Massachusetts, 1985-1986. Woodrow Wilson fellow, University of California, 1964-1965. National Endowment for Humanities fellow, 1975, Woodrow Wilson Foundation fellow,1980-1981, College Assessment Program Evaluation fellow, 1986.