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1979 University of North Carolina, B.A.
1988 School for International Training, MAT
1999 Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D.
Writing and Inquiry
Academic Writing for Multilingual Students
Advanced English Grammar
Approaches to Teaching ESL and Teaching Second and Foreign Languages
Supervised Practicum in TESOL
Mark Putnam’s specializes in academic writing for both native and non-native speakers of English as well as methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) for students completing the TESOL Certificate. He is also the director of the Saunders Writing Center, which serves both graduate and undergraduate students from across Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê. He is active in research and as a conference presenter in the areas of second language teaching and learning, writing center pedagogy and administration, and teaching academic writing. In addition, he publishes in the field of literary translation.
Putnam has published three books in the area of poetry translation. His first,ÌýÚltimo Cuerpo de Campanas (The Last Toll of the Bells)Ìý(2006), presents a collection of Rafael Montesinos’ poems translated from Spanish into English. This was written along with Lola Hidalgo Calle. A second book, with Lola Hidalgo Calle, entitledÌýA Study of Twenty-First Century Andalusian PoetryÌý(2016) introduces seven 21st century Spanish women poets, Juana Castro, Rosa Diaz, Paloma Fernández Gomá, MarÃa Rosal, MarÃa del Valle Rubio, Pilar Sanabria and MarÃa Sanz, from the region of AndalucÃa, Spain, and includes representative poems from each poet in Spanish and translated into English. Most recently, with Hidalgo-Calle, he has published a book entitledÌýMore Andalusian Women Poets: The Artistry of Southern SpainÌý(2017). The text presents seven additional 21st century Spanish women poets, Matilde Cabello, Araceli Franco, Inés MarÃa Guzmán, MarÃa del Carmen Guzmán, Isabel Pérez Montalbán, Balbina Prior and Ana Patricia Santaella from the region of AndalucÃa, Spain, and includes representative poems from each poet in Spanish and translated into English.
Putnam is a member of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, National Council of Teachers of English and College Composition and Communication. His second language is Spanish.