Judy Arzt, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Academic Excellence and Associate Professor
Contact
Phone: 860.231.5353
E-mail:
jarzt@sjc.edu
Web Page:
www.sjc.edu/jarzt
Upon completion of her doctoral degree in Education with an emphasis in curriculum and instruction (specifically computer technology), Dr. Judy Arzt came to Saint Joseph College with fresh ideas. In addition to pioneering a writing-across-the-curriculum and content tutorial program, she launched the College's renowned writing portfolio program in 1989. Over the years, the program garnered several awards including: the Writing Program Certificate of Excellence from the National Council of Teachers of English; a listing in a National Gallery of Model Assessments; and three commendations from the New England Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges (NEASC).
Most recently, Dr. Arzt initiated a writing associates program, linking writing experts with specific courses. As a result of the collaboration, students receive customized assistance with writing course papers and professors report significant gains in student writing abilities. In 2001, Dr. Arzt began the College's online writing tutorial program, establishing the College as one of the first in the region to offer such a service. The program now offers 3,000 hours of annual assistance and has serviced more than 2,000 students.
Having studied at large state universities, Dr. Arzt continues to be impressed by the beauty of the Saint Joseph College campus, the individualized attention students receive, and the small class sizes. She identifies with the College's mission of providing a nurturing environment for all students to succeed in achieving a high-quality, rigorous education. Dr. Arzt teaches in a variety of departments but particularly enjoys her Computers in the Classroom course, in which she helps students plan for technology infusion at the K-12 level, influencing generations to come.
Degrees
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
M.A., State University of New York at Albany
B.A., State University of New York at Albany
Selected Conference Presentations, Publications, and Awards
Arzt, J. “Social Networking: Critical Thinking, Multimedia, and New Literacies,” paper presented at College Composition and Communication Conference, Atlantic, GA, April 5, 2011.
Arzt, J., & Scoppetta, J. “Assessment Study of a Writing Fellows Program within the Writing Center and the Study's Broader Implications for Campus-Wide Assessment,” research study presented at International Writing Center Association Conference, Atlantic, GA, April 5, 2011.
Arzt, J. “Variations in Writing Associates Models, Bearing Fruit: Research into Writing Fellows Programs,” panel presented at Northeast Writing Center Association Conference, University of Southern New Hampshire, Manchester, NH, March 12, 2011.
Arzt, J., Curran, M., & Richard, K. “Preparing Our Future Teachers for Online Collaboration, Communication, and Productivity: Weaving Web 2.0 Tools into Pre-Service Education Courses.” In Creating Technology-Rich Teacher Education Programs: Key Issues (eds. D. Polly, C. Mims, & K. Persichitte), Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011 (in-press).
Arzt, J., & Richard, K. “Using Web 2.0 and Multimedia Tools in the College Classroom,” paper presented at 3rd Biennial Conference on Writing, Crossing the Great Divide: Critical Thinking and Writing in the Majors, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT, November 19, 2010.
Arzt, J. “Remix: Commingling Online Tutoring with a Writing Associates Program, paper presented at College Composition and Communication Conference, Louisville, KY, March, 18, 2010.
Arzt, J. "Riding the Wave: Best Practices for Online Tutoring," paper presented at Conference of College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, March 2009.
Arzt, J., Barnett, K., & Scoppetta, J. "Online Tutoring: A Symbiotic Relationship with Writing Across the Curriculum Initiatives," article published in Across the Disciplines, 6, January 2009.
Arzt, J., Barnett, K., Fagan, T., & Scoppetta, J. "Initiatives for Retooling Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum," panel presented at Second Biennial 2008 Writing and Critical Thinking Conference, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT, November 2008.
Arzt, J. "Cultivating a Culture of Assessment," paper presented at Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference, Denver, CO, July 2008.
Arzt, J., & Barnett, K. "Writing Program Council Assessment Gallery, Model Assessments: Saint Joseph College, Writing Portfolios," paper published by National Council of Teachers of English and Writing Program Administrators Council, July 2008, available: http://wpacouncil.org/SaintJoseph.
Arzt, J. "Portfolios and Language Identity," paper presented at Conference of College Composition and Communication, New York, March 2007.
Arzt, J. "Library and Learning Center Collaborations: Within and Outside the Walls," in Centers for Learning: Writing Centers and Libraries in Collaboration. (pp. 93-115). Eds. J. Elmborg & S. Hook. Chicago: American Library Association, 2005.
Raines, A., Arzt, J., & Mueller, S. "Review of Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch's Virtual Peer Review: Teaching and Learning about Writing in Online Environments," The Writing Lab Newsletter, 29, April 2005.
"Writing Program Certificate of Excellence," awarded at Conference of College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, 2004.
Arzt, J. "How I Became Interested in the Computers and Writing Community," in Computer and Writing: The Cyborg Era. Ed. James A. Inman. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004.
Arzt, J. et al. "The View from Where We Stand: The Role of Place in WPA Work," roundtable panel presented at the Council of Writing Program Administrators, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, July 2004.
Arzt, J. "Online Public Discourse Communities: Reconfiguring College Teaching," paper published and presented at International Conference on Advances in Infrastructures for Electronic Business, Science and Education on the Internet, L'Aquila, Italy, July 2003.
Arzt, J. "Public Discourse and Web Authoring in College Teaching," paper published and presented at International Conference on Advances in Infrastructures for Electronic Business, Science and Education on the Internet, L'Aquila, Italy, July 2003.
Arzt, J. "Online Public Discourse," paper presented at Rhetoric & Democracy in the Age of the Internet Conference, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, June 2003.
Arzt, J. "Electronic Portfolios' Transformative Effects on Assessment," paper presented at Conference of College Composition and Communication, New York, March 2003.
Arzt, J. "Expanding the Curriculum: Public Discourse and Web Authoring," paper presented at Computers and Writing Conference, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, May 2001.
Arzt, J. "Proactivity and Center Literacy: Writing Center Initiatives Across the Curriculum," paper presented at National Writing Centers Association, Baltimore, MD, October 2000.
Arzt, J. "Expanding the Classroom: Public Discourse in the Electronic Classroom," paper presented at Central New York Conference on Language and Literature, Cortland, NY, October 2000.
Arzt, J., Brylowe, T. Cooke, B., & Hockman, W. "Teaching to the Portfolio: How Portfolio Assessment in the Writing Center Changes Ownership and Authority in a Writing Community," panel presented at Northeast Writing Centers Association, Keene, NH, March 2000.
Arzt, J. "Assessing Writing: Its Impact on the Evaluation of Written Work," paper presented at New England Educational Assessment Network, New Haven, CT, September 2000.
