Janet Moser

Education:

Ph.D., University Center & Graduate School (CUNY) - 1978 (French)

Areas of Expertise:

Janet Moser teaches freshman and advanced composition, English and comparative literature courses. More information may be found at http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/moser/.

Books and Publications

"Painting and Representation in Teaching Balzac." Cambridge Companion to Comparative Literature and Comparative Cultural Studies. Eds. Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek and Tutun Mukherjee. Cambridge University Press. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2012

"Playing for Keeps: Using Nabokov to Teach Composition." CEA Forum 40.1, Winter/Spring. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011

"The Uncommon in Common Reading Programs: The Brooklyn College Common Reading Program." Currents in Teaching and Learning Spring. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010

Moser, Janet and Virginia Cruickshank. "Adult Literacy: Critical Skills in Post-secondary Education and Employment." Journal of Jewish Communal Services 83.2, Spring. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2010

"Perspectives in Time: Using the Arts to Teach Proust and His World." International Journal of Education and the Arts. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009

"Voicing Reason: Personalizing the Undergraduate Research Paper." Journal of College Writing. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009

"Boulevards and Alleys: The Nineteenth-Century Cityscapes of Paris and St. Petersburg in Pere Goriot and Crime and Punishment." English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities. Fall. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008

"In Search of Another Way: Using Proust to Teach Freshman Composition." Teaching English in the Two-Year College September. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

"Using Nabokov to Teach Composition." College English Association Conference. St. Petersburg, Fla., April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011

"The Freshman Common Reading Program at Brooklyn College." Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Associations. Albuquerque, N.M., February. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010

"Using Canonical Literature as Models for Writing in Freshman Composition." New Jersey College English Association. Spring. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010

"Using Multimedia Technology to Teach Proust." EGSA Conference. University of North Carolina. January. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009

"Voicing Reason: Personalizing the Undergraduate Research Paper." Basic Composition in the Works Conference. Felician College. February. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009

"Using Art to Teach Proust." Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Conference. October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

Professional Leadership

Chairwoman, Freshman English Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012

Director, Freshman Composition. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2012

Member, Executive Committee, Phi Beta Kappa. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012

Member, First-Year Experience Board. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012

Member, Phi Beta Kappa Admissions Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012

Recording secretary, Phi Beta Kappa. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2012

Member, Executive Committee, English Department. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010

Member, Honors and Awards Committee, English Department. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010

Chair, Basic Skills Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009

Chair, Freshman English Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009

Director, Freshman Composition. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2009

Member, Admissions Committee, Phi Beta Kappa. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009

Member, Executive Committee, English Department. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009

Member, Executive Committee, Phi Beta Kappa. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009

Member, Honors and Awards Committee, English Department. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009

Recording Secretary, Phi Beta Kappa. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009

Chair, Basic Skills Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Chair, Committee for Promotion to Associate Professor. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Chair, Freshman English Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Director, Freshman English. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2008

Member, Admissions Committee, Phi Beta Kappa. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Member, Executive Committee, English Department. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Member, Executive Committee, Phi Beta Kappa. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Member, Honors and Awards Committee, English Department. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Recording Secretary, Phi Beta Kappa. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2008

Chair, Basic Skills Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Chair, Committee on Promotion to Associate Professor. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Chair, Freshman English Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Director, Freshman English. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2007

Member, Admissions Committee, Phi Beta Kappa. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Member, Executive Committee, Phi Beta Kappa. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007

Member, Honors and Awards Committee, English Department. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2007