Professor Bob Broad
Professor
Office
STV Stevenson Hall 403
Office Hours
Zoom Office Hours for fall 2020 (in weeks the university is in session):
--Tuesdays 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
--Thursdays 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
--and by appointment.
(If you are not currently enrolled in one of my courses and you would like to meet with me in my Zoom Office Hours, please email me at rlbroad@ilstu.edu to arrange Zoom access.)
--Tuesdays 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
--Thursdays 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
--and by appointment.
(If you are not currently enrolled in one of my courses and you would like to meet with me in my Zoom Office Hours, please email me at rlbroad@ilstu.edu to arrange Zoom access.)
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
I have taught and conducted research at Illinois State University since 1994. This institution strongly values both teaching and research--and has honored me with awards for both--so I feel professionally at home here.
Teaching Interests & Areas
Writing studies, writing assessment, pedagogies of composition and literature, English education, and research methods.
Research Interests & Areas
Writing assessment (portfolio and communal assessment), relationships between literacy and democracy, English education, and qualitative research methods.
Ph D English
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio
MA English
Middlebury College
Middlebury, Vermont
BA English
Connecticut College
New London, Connecticut
Outstanding Faculty Member
Sigma Tau Delta (English Honors Society)
2018
Outstanding Faculty Member
Sigma Tau Delta (English Honors Society)
2016
Outstanding Researcher (Humanities)
College of Arts and Sciences
2012
Outstanding University Teacher Award
Illinois State University
2009
Outstanding Teacher (Humanities)
College of Arts and Sciences
2004
Teaching Initiative Award
Illinois State University
1996
Book Review
Review of Henry Chauncey: An American Life by Norbert Elliot.
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(2015), 8, Journal of Writing Assessment
Book, Authored
We Need to Talk: A New Method for Evaluating Poetry
Michael Theune, Bob Broad.
(2017), Multilingual Matters
Book, Chapter
So Many Data, So Much Time: Living with Grounded Theory in a Rhetorical Autoethnography
Bob Broad.
(2017), Reflections on Qualitative Research in Language and Literacy Education.
The Poetry of Evaluation: Helping Students Explore What They Value in Verse
Michael Theune, Bob Broad.
(2015), 171 - 182, Creative Writing and Education, Multilingual Matters Press
Mapping A Dialectic with Edward M. White (in Four Scenes).
Bob Broad.
(2012), Writing Assessment in the 21st Century: Essays in Honor of Edward M. White, Hampton Press
Strategies and Passions in Empirical Qualitative Research.
Bob Broad.
(2012), Writing Studies Research in Practice: Methods and Methodologies, SIU Press
Journal Article
Value Hunger: Feeding the Need for Assessment in Poetry.
Michael t, Bob Broad.
Birmingham Poetry Review, 44 (Spring), 63-88, (2017)
This is Not Only a Test: Exploring Structured Ethical Blindness in the Standardized Testing Industry.
Bob Broad.
Journal of Writing Assessment, 9 (1), (2016)
(Re-) Mapping the System: Toward Dialogue-Driven Transformation in the Teaching and Assessment of Writing.
David Slomp, Roger Graves, Bob Broad.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 60 (3), 538 - 558, (2015)
How We Evaluate Contemporary Poetry: An Empirical Inquiry.
Bob Broad, Michael Theune.
College English, 73 (2), 113-137, (2010)
Other
Reflection on a Role for Qualitative Inquiry.
Bob Broad.
Journal of Writing Assessment, 9 (1), (2016)
Presentations
What We Value in IU ENG W-131: An Ongoing Collaborative Inquiry
Robert Broad.
Indiana University Writing Program Directors’ Symposium., Indianapolis, IN, October 8, 2011
Program Assessment for WPAs: A Day-Long Workshop and Resource Festival
Robert Broad, Michele Eodice, Diane Kelly-Riley.
Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA) annual conference, Baton Rouge, LA, July 14, 2011
Qualitative Research on Assessing Students’ Writing
Robert Broad.
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, GA, April 6, 2011
Learning More about What SLACs Value in Their Students’ Writing
Robert Broad.
Liberal Arts Colleges Writing Program Administrators (SLAC-WPA) annual conference, Granville, OH, January 14, 2011
Teaching Composition and Communication as Critical Inquiry
Robert Broad, Chad Kahl, Patricia Meckstroth, Sally Parry.
Forty-Third Annual Community College and University Articulation Conference, Urbana, IL, April 18, 2007