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Patti See

 

Education

B.A., UW-Eau Claire, 1990
M.A., UW-Eau Claire, 1994

Patti supervises tutoring programs for multicultural students, first-generation/low-income students, and students with disabilities. She also teaches the following developmental education courses: 

  • GEN 100 - Introduction to University Curriculum
  • GEN 102 - College Learning Strategies in the Discipline
  • GEN 103 - Critical Thinking in the Discipline
  • GEN 110 - Strategies for Academic Success
  • GEN 201 - Student Success Seminar

She created and teaches the following women's studies courses:

  • WMNS 210 - Culture of Third Wave Feminism
  • WMNS 260 - Maleness in Contemporary American Film
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Patti's articles, fiction, and poetry have appeared in The Journal of Developmental Education, Salon Magazine, The Wisconsin Academy Review, The Southwest Review, Women's Studies Quarterly, and other magazines and anthologies. She co-authored with Professor Bruce Taylor (English) Higher Learning: Reading and Writing About College, Prentice-Hall, 2nd edition, 2005.

Follow the links below to read a sample of Patti's work:

"Money Pit" (When a university faculty union distributes the salary list, public record becomes private hell.)
"Nearly a 'Tween" Sexing the Political:  A Journal of Third Wave Feminists on Sexuality
"Good Divorce, Good Gunfight" Sexing the Political:  A Journal of Third Wave Feminists on Sexuality
"Suburbs, Summer 1972"  Brevity:  A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction
 "Poet Meets Counselor"  Women Writers: A Zine
"Girls Night Out."  13th Warrior Review
"Thighs Like Fresh Peaches"  Vestal Review:  A Flash Fiction Magazine.  January 2002
"Notes on a Tuesday Date"  Conversely:  The Smart Take on Relationships

Awards

  • 2004 Academic Staff Excellence in Performance Award, UW-Eau Claire
  • Finalist, 2003 Bush Artist Fellowship, Top 24 out of 263 literature entries.
  • 2002 Student Recognition Award from Services for Students with Disabilities.
  • "Girls' Night Out" nominated for a Pushcart Prize, 2002.
  • Distinguished Service Award, American Ethnic Coordinating Office, UW-Eau Claire, 1997.
  • "Sop's On," Finalist, 1999 Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize, Top 30 out of 750 entries.
  • "Love's Bluff," Finalist, National Writer's Union 1997 Poetry Competition, Top 20 out of 780 entries.
  • Finalist, 1996-97 Loft Mentor Series Competition, Top 10 out of 120 entries.
  • "Telling My Mother I Can't Say the Rosary," 2nd place poetry--The Writer's Place, 1996.

Conference/Workshop Presentations

  • “Imagining College: Teaching for Critical Thinking” at the 17th Annual Teaching Academic Survival Skills (TASS) Conference, West Palm Beach, FL. March 5-8, 2006.
  • Love’s Bluff: A Feminist Reading” at the University of Wisconsin System’s 30th Annual Women’s Studies Conference, “Warrior, Mythic, and Everyday Women: Women’s Ways of Leading,” Black River Falls, Wisconsin. April 21-22, 2006.
  • “Everyday Feminism: Catching the Next Wave” at the United Council’s 10th Annual Women’s Leadership Conference Many Women / Many Voices Laying the Foundation for Our Movement, UW-Eau Claire, November 19, 2005.
  • “Got 2, Give 1: Living Kidney Donation” for Women on Wednesdays, Hibbard Hall Penthouse, UW-Eau Claire, November 16, 2005.
  • “Those Movie Moments: Using Film and Literature in an Interactive First-Year Classroom” at Pearson/Prentice Hall’s “Symposium on Student Success: Motivating for Achievement.” Chicago, IL, November 4, 2005.
  • “Women and Body Image in Recent American Film” at the American Association of University Women-Eau Claire branch meeting. September 21, 2005.
  • “Awareness Points for Interacting With _____ Students: A Guide for Better Understanding Diverse Student Groups” at the UW-System Academic Staff Leadership Conference, UW-River Falls, July 15, 2005.
  • “Diversity in the Classroom: Multicultural Panel Discussion,” UW-Eau Claire, April 14, 2005.
  • “Cellulite Closet: Women and Body Image in Recent American Film” at the AAUW-Austin branch meeting. Austin, MN, April 2, 2005. And at Women on Wednesdays. UW-Eau Claire, May 12, 2004.
  • “‘Not Your Mother’s Feminism’: A Glimpse at the Third Wave” at the American Association of University Women-Chippewa Falls branch meeting. Chippewa Falls, WI, February 21, 2005; at the AAUW-Hastings branch meeting. Hastings, MN, October 25, 2004; at the AAUW-WI Joint State Convention with AAUW-Minnesota. Bloomington, MN, April 30-May 1, 2004; and at the Women on Wednesdays, UW-Eau Claire, November 20, 2002.
  • “Teachers on the Big Screen: Observation and Analysis in the First-year Experience Class” at the Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, Phoenix, AZ, February 4-8, 2005.
  • “What the World Was Like Then: Feminism in Your Living room” at the Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership (WWHEL) conference Confluence: Celebrating Women with Vision. UW-Eau Claire, October 14-15, 2004.
  • “Keeping Men in College” at Get Wired and Inspired: 2004 UW-System Academic Staff Leadership Conference. UW-Stout, July 29-30, 2004.
  • Invited speaker: “Doing Feminism: The Influence of Thelma and Louise on Contemporary Feminism” at the American Association of University Women-WI, Joint State Convention with AAUW-Minnesota. Bloomington, MN, April 30-May 1, 2004.
  • “Speaking Out: Women with Disabilities Share Their World from Their Perspective.” UW-Eau Claire, March 10, 2004.
  • “Liberating Act: Identifying Barriers One Step at a Time” at Critical Connections: Pedagogies of Engagement, UW System Institute on Race and Ethnicity. UW-Madison, February 26, 2004.
  • “Movie Moments: ‘Doing’ Feminism Before ‘Talking’ Feminism” at the 28 th Annual Women’s Studies Conference Women’s Sphere: Reconfigured Traditions . UW-Stout, October 24-25, 2003.
  • “Every Day Feminism: Evolving Leaders in the Third Wave.” Keynote Address at the Wisconsin College Women Leaders Conference Women With Clout – Women Who Collaborate, Lead, Organize, Unify andThink. UW-Eau Claire, June 6-8, 2003.
  • “What are Millennials Reading?” Professional Development Workshop for Counseling Services staff, UW-Eau Claire, April 15, 2003.
  • “Getting Off Probation: A Counseling/Learning Center Approach to Success” at the American College Personnel Association’s 79th Annual Convention, Minneapolis, MN, March 31, 2003.
  • “Feminism Across Generations: Faculty, Staff, and Students Talk about How They Came to Feminism.” Women’s History Month Event, UW-Eau Claire, March 15, 2003.
  • Invited pre-conference workshop “Coming of Age Film and Fiction in an Interactive First Year Classroom” at the Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, Atlanta, Georgia, February 21-25, 2003.
  • “Make Your Lives Extraordinary:  Managing Self Instead of Time,” American Multicultural Student Leadership Conference, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, April 19-20, 2002.
  • "Coming of Age: Film and Fiction in an Interactive First-Year Experience Class," at WI Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts/Wisconsin Communications Association Joint Convention, Appleton, WI, April 26-27, 2002; and at Twenty-First Annual Conference on the Freshmen Year Experience, Orlando, FL, February 15-19, 2002.
  • ““Sequencing Writing in the First-year Classroom,” Students in Transition-West Conference, Irvine, CA, January, 1999. And at Network in Excellence in Teaching (NET) Brown Bag, UW-Eau Claire, April 3, 2000.
  • Character Exercise,” Mississippi Valley Gifted/Talented Network’s Creative Writing Festival, UW-La Crosse, March 15, 2000.
  • “The Act of Revision,” A Writing Workshop for High School Students. L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, WI, February 17, 2000.
  • “Beyond Study Skills: Reading and Writing About College,” WI Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts 2000 State Convention, Madison, WI, April 6-8, 2000. And at First-Year Experience Conference-West, San Francisco, CA, January 27-29, 2000.
  • "Transition to College Through the Experience of First-Year Literature," Wisconsin Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts 1999 State Convention, Madison, WI, May, 1999.
  • “He Said, She Said,” WI Council of Teachers of English 1998 State Convention, Madison, WI, May 1-2, 1998.
  • "Using Imaginative Literature to Ease the Transition to College for First Year Conference on the Freshman Year Experience, Columbia, SC, February, 1998.
  • “An Introspective Approach to Developing Critical Thinking,” Women in Higher Education Brown Bag Series, UW-Eau Claire, Spring 1997.
  • “Scrubbing,” 126th Annual Conference: Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, UW-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI, April 27, 1996.
  • "Think Like Spock: Developing Critical Thinking in Educationally Disadvantaged Freshmen," Popular Culture Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, March, 1996.
  • “Personal Growth Through Community Service,” Food For Thought Brown Bag Series, UW-Eau Claire, Spring 1995.

 

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