Nov 14th, 2012
Jackson State Community College faculty member, Dr. Teri Maddox, has been awarded the TASSR (Tennessee Association for Student Success & Retention) Award for Outstanding Service to Students in Learning Support Programs during the third annual conference held October 24-26 in Dickson, Tenn.
TASSR is a professional organization for postsecondary faculty and staff who are currently or were formerly involved in programs to improve student persistence in obtaining their chosen degrees. These efforts encompass a number of areas: learning support programs (formerly known as developmental studies programs), tutoring, learning laboratories, retention initiatives, enrollment management, learning communities, cohort programs, first-year programs, adult student services and TRIO programs. TASSR was formerly known as TNADE (Tennessee Association for Developmental Education), and is an affiliate of the National Association for Developmental Education.
I am proud of the writing teachers who work with underprepared students because we focus on helping students learn the skills they need to be successful not only in college-level writing but also in work-force writing. Winning this award helps recognize all the teachers and support persons whose goal is to help underprepared students succeed in college and in life, said Maddox.
She received a Bachelor of Arts from Lambuth University and then attended The University of Memphis to earn a Master of Arts in Teaching, a Master of Arts in English with a concentration in professional and technical writing and a doctorate in higher education from the University of Memphis in 2004. Her dissertation research involved studying the retention of developmental math students.
She then attended the Kellogg Institute at Appalachian State University in 2004 and earned the title of Developmental Education Specialist.
Maddox teaches English and foreign language classes at Jackson State. For more information regarding Dr. Maddox, visit http://faculty.jscc.edu/tmaddox/.