In Berkeley, delighted by the victory over Requirement 14

                                                                               With scholar and author Hans Guth

With Raylyn Moore Memorial Award winner Ben Goodwin

                                                                                                                         With Poet Laureate of the United States Robert Pinsky

 With Dr. Idelle Sullens Memorial Award winners

Rishna Gracie and Ted Maryuma

                                                                                                                                          Me 'n My Shuffle

                                                                  On Athabasca glacier

With Steinbeck Award winner Aubrey Bauer           With Steinbeck Award winner Sabrina Russo                        With Sullens Award winner Walt Matteson

                       With Jim Tunney and Sullens Award winner Jose Loza               With Jim Tunney and Sullens Award winner Josef Laredo

                                        With Beth Penney, Jim Tunney, and Sullens Award winner Stephanie Whigham

                 South of Carmel with Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott

                                                                                            On the river

Orcas Island Biplane                                                                             With Dr. Idelle Sullens Memorial Award recipient Hans Dobbratz

With Sullens Award winner Christelle Harris and President Carl Ehmann

Being engulfed by papers

                       Angst                                                                                                                             Circa 1975, Fort Ord, signs of the zodiac tie!

2006 Young Rhetoricians Conference Organizing Committee

Lynn Davis, Michael Wilson, Dave Clemens

Lynn Davis, Jamie Burling, Dave Clemens 

2008 Raylyn Moore Award Winner Jessica Bender

2008 Sullens Award Winner Danelle Ragone

email me  dclemens@mpc.edu

Now, let me tell you a little more about myself and what I teach:

David Clemens

MPC Great Books Certificate Program Coordinator

Monterey Peninsula College

980 Fremont

Monterey, CA 93940

dclemens@mpc.edu

831-646-4267

Education

Two years Monterey Peninsula College, one year UC Berkeley, two years Sonoma State College, BA, MA.  Forty plus post-MA units at Berkeley, UCLA, BYU, CSU-Pomona, CSU-Bakersfield.  UCLA Certificate in Online Teaching 1997; WebCT Certificate 2003.

Recent Publications:

• Blogger at <www.nasblog.org>
• “Great Books 2.0,” The Chronicle of Higher Education (2009).
• “Exposing the Big Lies About SLOs,” Community College Advocate (2008).
• “An Unavoidable Pity:  The Future of Literature Courses in the Two-Year Colleges” inside english (2007).
• “On Forbidden Roads,” San Francisco Chronicle Magazine (2005).

Older Publications:

• Monterey Herald (“Bearded Fort Ord Invader” and “Multiculturalism promotes tolerance and diversity at the expense of individualism”).
• San Jose Mercury (“The Freshman Bookshelf” and “The Exploitation of Part-time Teachers”).
• San Francisco Chronicle (“A Teacher Talks Back”).
• New Directions in Teaching (“God Bless Captain Vere?”).
• Informal Logic (“Technoethics”).
• Teaching English in the Two Year Colleges (“Stacking Arms”)
• inside english (“Five Myths of Assessment”).
• Association of Literary Scholars and Critics Forum (“Kumawar vs. Jane Austen”).
• National Association of Scholars Open Forum (“Sex and the Multiversity”).
• Media and Methods, Contributing Editor 1984-1994, (“MTV”).

  Professional Activities  

• Coordinator, Monterey Peninsula College Great Books Certificate Program <www.mpc.edu/greatbooks> .
• Convener, “Great Books II” panel, 2009 Association of Literary Scholars and Critics National Conference.
• Regional Director, English Council of California Two Year Colleges.
• Chair, Monterey Peninsula College Academic Freedom Committee.
• Presenter:  Cutting Edge Session “OMG: My Prof’s Wired!” 2009 Young Rhetorician’s Conference, Paper Title “Can the Great Books be Electrified?”
• Moderator, “Staring Down Mountains—Keeping Perspective,” 2009 Young Rhetorician’s Conference.
• Presenter: 2008 Young Rhetorician’s Conference, “Warnings, Disclaimers, and Caveats:  How to Build a CYA Syllabus (and Why You Need One).”
• Presenter and Moderator, Community College Association Spring 2008 Council presentation, "SLOs, Accreditation, and Your Contract," paper title "The Lies About SLOs."
• Presenter, Community College Association Fall 2008 Council "SLOs."
• National Steinbeck Center Day of Writing judge.
• Presenter and Moderator, National Endowment for the Arts and National Steinbeck Center Big Read of Fahrenheit 451, "Technology and the Way We Live Now," paper title "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace."
• Presentation Moderator:  2007 English Council of the California Two Year Colleges, "Pornography:  The Critical Need for Precise Definition in Critical Thinking."
• Panel Moderator and Respondent:  2007 Young Rhetoricians Conference, "The World as Text: Critical Thinking and Pop Culture."  
• Panel Chair:  2006 Young Rhetoricians Conference, "W(h)ither Lit?"
• Presenter:  2005 Hawai’i International Conference on Arts and Humanities, “Hollywood and the Future of Life.”
• Presenter:  2005 Young Rhetoricians Conference, “Sex and the Multiversity.”
• Presenter:  2004 Young Rhetoricians Conference, “Hollywood and the Future of Life.”
• Presenter:  2003 Young Rhetoricians Conference, “Five Myths of `Assessment’.”
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE).
• National Association of Scholars (NAS).
• California Association of Scholars (CAS).
• Association of Literary Scholars and Critics (ALSC).
• Futures Studies Association.
• Foresight Education and Research Network.
• Educational/Consulting Advisory Board, Acceleration Studies Foundation (ASF).
• Modern Language Association (MLA).

Recent Radio, TV, and Film Appearances

·        Indoctrinate U (film, 2008).

·        Our American Heritage (TV, 2009).

·        College Connection (radio, 2009).

·        Your Town Radio and TV Program (2009).

Recent Interviews

·        InsideHigherEd.com (2009).

·        The National Association of Scholars (2009).

·        The Monterey County Weekly (2009).

·        Monterey Herald (2008).

·        California Educator (2008).

Community Activities

·         Moderator and Presenter, National Endowment for the Arts/National Steinbeck Center Fahrenheit 451 Big Read Panel, “Technology and the Way We Live Now” (2008).

·        Judge, National Steinbeck Center Day of Writing (2008, 2009).

·        National Steinbeck Center “Day of Writing” tutor (2004, 2005, 2007).

·        Presented photographic exhibitions “TRANSFORMATIONS,” images of Wrangell Island, Alaska, and “Intimate Strangers,” images of the Rem Koolhaas Seattle Public Library (2008).

·        Curator for first American showing of pastels, drawings, and mixed media artwork of Steve Walker, British artist and author (2006).

·        Arranged a reading by Poet Laureate of the United States Robert Pinsky (2005).

·        Arranged a reading by Robert Mezey, poet and translator of Jorge Luis Borges (2006).

·        Arranged a reading by Poet Laureate of the United States, National Book Award winner, and Pulitzer Prize recipient Robert Hass (2007).

·        Arranged a reading by Poet Laureate of the United States Donald Hall (2009). 

·        Presenter, Monterey Kiwanis Club, “Hollywood and the Future of Life” (2007).

·        Currently working with author Mark Muehlstein on his book manuscript.

 Honors and Awards 

• Apgar Foundation Grant
• Allen Griffin Excellence in Teaching Award (2006).
• Monterey County Weekly cover story, "Big Ideas" (2005).
• Named Monterey County Weekly’s “Best Reason to Go Back to School” (2004).
• George Faul Academic Excellence Grants (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
• Future Teachers "Outstanding and Inspirational Teacher Award" 2004
• Title III Grant (Conversion of More, or Less, Than Human? course to online) (2003)
• California Teachers Association WHO (We Honor Ours) Award

College Website

< http://www.mpcfaculty.net/david_clemens/default.htm>

Courses Taught

English 1A  Composition and Analytical Thinking

English 1B  Introduction to Literature

English 2  Composition and Critical Thinking

English 38  More, or Less, Than Human? (online)

English 10 Literature By and About Men (online)

English 5 Introduction to Great Books (online)

"I feel privileged to be in this class, you have prepared an extremely remarkable curriculum."

Also I wanted to tell you I thought this was a great class, very enlightening and I am thrilled I took it.

 It took a lot of work for you to get it started and I wanted to tell you I think it was worth the effort so Well done you!

 Many of the lessons and readings I have shared with my dad, who also really enjoyed them, and we had many

 conversations on class material. Just thanks!

Rebecca