L. Dawn Lukas

Adjunct Faculty,
English

1638
Emeritus
Santa Rosa

Voicemail: (707) 527-4999 Extension 5441
llukas@santarosa.edu

Classes

• Section 4792 of ENGL 1A: College Composition -- Spring 2013: January 14, 2013 - May 15, 2013 -- Santa Rosa
  
  
• Section 4804 of ENGL 1A: College Composition -- Spring 2013: January 15, 2013 - May 16, 2013 -- Santa Rosa
  
  
• Section 9763 of ENGL 1A: College Composition -- Summer 2013: June 17, 2013 - August 8, 2013 -- Petaluma
  
  

Education

2005-2006 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
• Certificate in Teaching Post-Secondary Reading

2003-2006 Portland State University, Portland, OR
• Master’s Degree in English
• Emphasis: Rhetoric & Composition, Early American Literature

1998-2000 San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
• Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature

1996-1998 Mendocino College Ukiah, CA
• Associate of Arts Degree in English

Academic Experience

Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA: Fall 07 – present


• English 100 (Academic Reading and Writing)
• English 1A (Reading & Composition)

Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA: Fall 2005 – Fall 2010


• English 60 (Writing Lab)
• English 80 (Introduction to College Reading and Writing)
• English 200 (Reading & Composition I)
• Business Math
  

Dawn of Understanding: 2005-2010
• Owner/manager of Dawn of Understanding Educational services, providing private tutoring as well as SAT preparation workshops

Midcounty Memo Newspaper: 2001-2003

• Department Editor


...Plus over ten years of private tutoring

Presentations and Publications

After being frustrated with the available textbooks, L. Dawn Lukas wrote a textbook for teaching college English: information appears below. Many books were bloated and hard to understand for students. Lukas' textbook is focused on practical matters: it contains concise, straightforward, and most of all, useful information about how to read and write effectively. The textbook is currently in the second edition.


College Composition and Reading:
Information and Strategies, 2nd edition
By L. Dawn Lukas
ISBN 978-0-7575-8953-9


The textbook is available through amazon.com and through the publisher, Kendall-Hunt, at www.kendallhunt.com