Diane Whitley Grote
Teaching Experience
Aug. 2023-July 2024 Assitant Department Chair for the Textbook and Technology Committee
Review textbooks for specific courses; call for new textbook recommendations; meet with publishers; vote on new textbooks; develop a Quality Management (QM) shell for online 1301 courses; present the shell to the department; develop a QM process geared for the CLS Department.
Jan. 2009-July 2014 Assistant Dean, multi-department, Austin Community College—Eastview Campus
I serve as an on-site reference to review or solve student and faculty issues and assist
in supervising support staff at my home campus. If required, I coordinate with the
department chair to provide necessary instructional equipment and supplies to
support faculty and provide feedback on administrative performance of faculty and
staff to the department chair or dean.
Aug. 2011-Present Professor of English, Austin Community College--Eastview Campus
See description of duties below
Aug. 2000-Present Associate Professor of English, Austin Community College—Eastview Campus
I am responsible for teaching various levels of English courses including composition
I, introduction to writing, composition II (short stories), early American literature
(regular and honors), contemporary American literature, Contemporary British
literature, and Introduction to Literature ONLINE using Blackboard. I create syllabi
and writing assignments for all classes. I also attend regular departmental meetings,
serve on hiring committees, grade evaluation committees, and participate in the
decision making process of adopting textbooks.
Feb 1999-Aug. 2000 Writing Center Director, St. Philip's College
I was responsible for tutoring students with their writing, helping them with the use of computers, generating handouts, visiting instructors’ rooms to inform classes about the Center, creating a web site for the Center, and anything else related to the operation of this newly established facility.
Jan-May 1998 English as a Second Language Instructor, Brookhaven College
I guided students through the principles of grammar and writing in order to prepare them for freshman English courses. I created tests and writing assignments that interested students, thus motivating them to learn.
1992-June 1997 English Instructor, Brookhaven College
I taught all levels of English including introduction to writing, introduction to literature, early American literature and contemporary American literature. I stressed group work in order to prepare students for future jobs; I exposed students to literature they were unfamiliar with in order to provide them with a more expanded knowledge of English; I also taught introduction to writing using computers in order to familiarize students with the reality of what role technology will play in the future.
1988-Aug 1992 English Instructor, Del Mar College
I taught introduction to writing using computers, tutored in the writing skills lab, and, again, stressed the importance of group work by requiring group projects be completed.
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Conference Presentations
2019, Feb. 28-Mar 2, I presented at the Conference of College Teachers of English in Kingsville, Texas. Essay title: Utopia Revisited in the Classroom: The Effectiveness of a Student-Led, Care Theory-Based Approach.:" Winner of the Rhetoric Pedagogy Award.
2019, Feb. 28-Mar 2, I presented at the Conference of College Teachers of English in Kingsville, Texas for the Texas College English Association. Essay title: "Edsel Blues: An Overhaul of Methodology"
2018, July 13--co-presented with John Matteson (Pulitzer Prize winner) at the Annual Thoreau Gathering in Concord, MA. Title: Thoreau at the Crossroads: Choosing Between Environmental Armageddon and the Uber-State
2012, January —conducted a presentation at the American Historical Association’s Annual Conference in Chicago, IL. The focus was an updated presentation about my Emerson Project. Title: Emerson’s Transparent Eyeball: Tribute Through The Eyes of a Transcendentalist
2011, October--I conducted a presentation at the Community College Humanities Association National Conference in Ft. Worth, TX. The focus was my use of visual images to teach American literature. Title: Visualizing American Literature: Interpreting Literature Through Images
2011 March--conducted a presentation at the Organization of American Historians Conference in March 2011; the session was based on participation at the NEH "Landmarks of American History" Summer Workshops: Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians. Presentation title: "The Wampanoag: A Study in Primary Sources"
2010 October--conducted a presentation at the annual Southwest Division CCHA Conference; title: "The Wampanoag: A Study in Primary Sources"
2010 April—conducted a presentation at the Organization of American Historians Conference in April 2010; the focus is my Emerson Project (see Academic Highlights); title: “Emerson’s Transparent Eyeball: Tribute Through The Eyes of a Transcendentalist”
2007 March— conducted a presentation titled “I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar: Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s Perpetual Need for Equality in Her Land” during the Women’s History Month celebration. Eastview, Austin, Texas
2003—invited to read a creative writing piece titled “Amending the Hairpiece” at the Conference of College Teachers of English in San Antonio, Texas.
2003 Feb. — presented a workshop titled, “What do Oreo Cookies and Coconuts have in Common? Diversity in Life and Literature” at The Third International Conference in Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations in Honolulu, HI.
2001—presented a creative writing piece titled “Café y Galletas” at the Conference of College Teachers of English in Amarillo, Texas.
1991—invited to read an essay titled, “A Woman’s Place: The Discrimination Against Women in The Shoemaker’s Holiday” at the Conference of College Teachers of English in San Antonio, Texas and the Writing Skills Center Conference in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Professional Publications
“Utopia Revisited in the Classroom: The Effectiveness of a Student-Led, Care Theory-Based Approach” will be published in the CCTE Studies, Vol. “Utopia Revisited in the Classroom: The Effectiveness of a Student-Led, Care Theory-Based Approach” will be published in the CCTE Studies, June 2019, Vol.
Presentation “Thoreau at the Crossroads: Choosing Between Environmental Armageddon and the Uber-State” co-developed with John Matteson was published in The Concord Saunterer: A Journal of Thoreau Studies, New Series Vol. 26
A brief article about my Emerson project was published in the "Words and Deeds" section of the Emerson Society Papers, Fall 2011, Vol. 22, No. 2
The essay titled, “'Pausochu—a little journey' (Wood 120): Understanding the Wampanoags Through a Study of Their Language" to be published in CCHA Review Special Edition" Plymouth, MASS: Landmark of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians, Fall 2011
The essay titled, “Café y Galletas” was published in the CCTE Studies, Vol. LXVI, 2001.
The essay titled, “A Woman’s Place: The Discrimination Against Women in The Shoemaker’s Holiday” was published in CCTE Studies, Vol. LVI, 1991.
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Academic Highlights
2017, June 17-July 1, I served as Co-director of the NEH Summer Institute: "Transcendentalism and Social Reform in the Age of Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller," held in Concord, Massachusetts
2015, July 12-25, I served as Co-director of the NEH Summer Institute: "Transcendentalism and Social Reform in the Age of Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller," held in Concord, Massachusetts
2013, July, I served as Co-director of the NEH Summer Insitute: "Transcendentalism and Social Reform in the Age of Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller," held in Concord, Massachusetts
2012, July 7-20, I served as Co-Director of the NEH Summer Institute: "Transcendentalism and Social Action in the Age of Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller," held in Concord, Massachusetts
2012, July 8-21, I served as Co-director of the NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture: Workshops for Community College Faculty workshop titled, “Concord, Massachusetts: Feminists, Utopians, and Social Reform in the Age of Emerson and Thoreau”
2011, sabbatical recipient (effective Fall 2012); focus: content related to transcendentalists, with special emphasis on Ralph Waldo Emerson
2011--NEH Landmark Workshop: Thomas Jefferson: Legacies and Landmarks--July 17-23, 2011 Participant
2010—NEH Landmark Workshop: Plymouth, Massachusetts: Landmark of Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians—July 18-24, 2010 Participant.
2009 November—I was granted permission to photograph Ralph Waldo Emerson’s study as I am conducting research on the artwork displayed in the room. This project transpired from having attended the NEH Landmark Workshop in Concord, MA, July 2009
2009—NEH Landmark Workshop: Concord, Massachusetts: A Center of Transcendentalism and Social Action in the 19th Century--July 19-25, 2009 Participant
2008—NISOD Excellence Awards Recipient
2008—2007 I served on the Women’s History Month Committee and helped organize the events scheduled; celebration titles “Women’s Art: Women’s Vision” (07) and “Generations of Women Moving History Forward” (08)
2004—I served as Program director for the TYCA conference held in Austin, TX. I designed program covers, accepted proposals for possible conference workshops, organized committee meetings, and contacted those whose proposals were accepted.
2001 July—I was selected to participate in the Active Learning Strategies Summer Institute. I joined 19 other selected colleagues for two weeks, 4 hours a day to share, learn, and create new learning strategies for the classroom.
2001—I was selected to participate in the Great Teaching Retreat as a representative for Austin Community College.
2000—I was asked to read “Café y Galletas” at the monthly Phi Theta Kappa meeting, Austin Community College.
2000—I created the curriculum for an early American literature course with emphasis on six authors—Emerson, Hawthorne, Poe, Thoreau, Melville, and Whitman—exploring their connections with each other and their writing. I was responsible for creating course objectives, determining course content, and choosing course books; I teach the course each spring semester.
1997—I was responsible for creating curriculum for an American literature course with emphasis in nautical subject matter. I was responsible for creating course objectives, determining course content, and creating a course textbook.
1994—I was selected to participate in the Kaleidoscope Convention, a national program that promotes diversity in leadership in higher education. (San Antonio, Texas)
1993 summer—I was selected to participate in the Great Teaching Seminar, a week-long intensive setting where we shared, learned, and created new teaching techniques to implement in the classroom.
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Professional Organizations
- Conference of College Teachers of English
- Community College Humanities Association
- National Council Teachers of English
- The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society
- The Margaret Fuller Society
- The Thoreau Society
- Two-year College English Association
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Published: January 08, 2025