Jacqueline Goffe-McNish
Professor of English and Humanities
408 Dutchess Hall
SUNY Dutchess
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
846-413-8445
mcnish@sunydutchess.edu

Education

	NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, New York College of Teacher Education Ph.D., English Education , Proposed Graduation 2007 (I have completed all of my course work.)
	SUNY COLLEGE AT BROCKPORT, Brockport, New York M.Sc., English Education, 1990
	New York State Teaching Certification English K-12 and Business 7-12, 1987
	SAINT JOHN FISHER COLLEGE, Rochester, New York B.Sc., Management Science, 1986. Minor in Human Resource Management
	CHURCH TEACHERS' COLLEGE, Jamaica, W.I. Teachers' Certification in English and General Science, 1980. Double Major: English and General Science
	BROWNS TOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Jamaica, W.I. Cambridge A'Levels 1977. English, Geology and Zoology

Proposed Dissertation

The place of study abroad courses in the two years college curriculum.

Teaching and Research Interests

	Primary Field: Composition (both freshman and advanced)
	Secondary Field: Caribbean and African American Literature
	Other Interests: American Literature, Shakespeare, technical Writing, literary theory.

Awards

1979	Leadership and Dependability, Church Teachers College
1980	Distinction for Individual Study, Church Teachers College
1989 - 1990	Underrepresented Graduate Fellowship, SUNY, Brockport
1993 - 1994	Black Achiever of New York
2004 - 2005	Who is Who Among Teachers

Papers Presented

1990-1991	Rochester City School Teachers Center, Black Literature in the Classroom
1991	New York English, Introducing Black Literature to grades six through twelve
1992	Broome County English Teachers Conference, Black Literature in the Classroom
1992	New York State Youth Incarcerated Annual Conference, Teaching English to a Diversified Population
1993	Newburgh, New York English Teachers, Multi-Cultural Teaching Methods
1994	Post Secondary Pedagogy Conference, Portfolio Evaluation
1994	Conference for Mental Health, Multi-Cultural Education in the Public School
1996	Post Secondary Pedagogy Conference, Study Abroad Courses Revisited
1997	Dutchess Community College, Presentation of the Other: A Look at Caribbean Literature
1998	SUNY New Paltz , Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea
2000	Dutchess Community College, The Use of DIWE to teach Freshman Composition
2003	Dutchess Community College, Study Abroad Courses:Jamaica Experience

Education Experience

9/91 to Present	DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Poughkeepsie, New York Professor of English and Humanities Freshman and Advanced Composition , Technical Writing and African American, Caribbean and Twentieth Century Literature Classes. Composition classes at IBM. Supervisor: Institutional Education: English . Ended 1995
9/92 to 5/95	STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, New Paltz, New York Adjunct Professor, Education Department & Black Studies Department Graduate Courses: Educating the Child of Color, Psychology of the Black Child.
9/90 to 6/91	MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Rochester, New York Adjunct Instructor, English/Philosophy Department
9/87 to 9/90	ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Rochester, New York Taught English to grade seven to twelve.
9/79 to 3/81	KNOX COLLEGE & BISHOP GIBSON HIGH SCHOOL, Jamaica, W.I. English Teacher - Taught English Language and Literature and General Science to seven through twelfth grades. Taught Freshman Composition to Community College students at Knox Community College.

Courses taught

Other Experience

Professional service

Professional experience

Community Service