EDUCATION

Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine

B.A. in German: Spring 1987, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität, Munich, Germany

Attended an exchange program through Wayne State University: 1985-1986

Hochschule für Politik, Munich, Germany

Audited courses on sociology, political science, and philosophy: 1986-1987

San Francisco State University

M.A. in English: Fall 1993

San Francisco State University

M.A. in German: Spring 1996, Departmental Honors

University of California at Berkeley

Ph.D. in Education: Fall 2001

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of California at Berkeley

ESL Instructor, College Writing Program, Summer 1997 & 1998

TESOL Instructor, College Writing Program, Summer 1999

San Francisco State University

German Instructor, German Program, 1988-1990

ESL Instructor and Teacher Trainer, American Language Institute, 1991-1993

ESL instructor, ESL Program, 1993-2001

San Francisco State University

Assistant Professor, Composition Program 2001-2008

Associate Professor, Composition Program, 2008-Present

HONORS AND AWARDS

University of California at Berkeley Fellowships, 1998-2001

Awarded university fellowships to obtain a Ph.D. in Education.

Application essay topics focused on literacy acquisition in cross-cultural settings.

Harry S. Truman Foundation Fellow, 1984-1990

Awarded a four-year fellowship for study, research, and preparation for a career in public service. Fellowship was based on research done in Turkey and Germany on how education and cross-cultural training facilitates or hinders the crossing of linguistic and cultural boundaries.

PUBLICATIONS

Generation 1.5 in college composition: Teaching ESL to US-educated learners of ESL. Roberge, M., Harklau, L. and Siegal, M. (Eds.). New York: Routledge, 2009

A teacher’s perspective on generation 1.5, in Generation 1.5 in college composition: Teaching ESL to US-educated learners of ESL. Roberge, M., Harklau, L. and Siegal, M. (Eds.). New York: Routledge, 2009

Who are generation 1.5 immigrant ESL students and what experiences characteristics and needs do they bring to our classrooms? The CATESOL Journal, 14(1), 107-130. Fall 2002

EDITED JOURNALS

Roberge, M. & Kinsella, K. (Eds.) (Fall, 2002). The CATESOL Journal, 14(1). (Journal of the Association of California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.)

Roberge, M. & Kinsella, K. (Eds.) (Fall, 2003). The CATESOL Journal, 15(1).

Roberge, M. & Kinsella, K. (Eds.) (Fall, 2004). The CATESOL Journal, 16(1).

Roberge, M. & Wald, M. (Eds.) (Fall, 2005). The CATESOL Journal, 17(1).

Roberge, M. & Wald, M. (Eds.) (Fall, 2006).The CATESOL Journal, 18(1).

Roberge, M. & Wald, M. (Eds.) (Fall 2007).The CATESOL Journal, 19(1).

Wald, M. & Roberge M. Eds.) (Fall 2008).The CATESOL Journal, 20 (1).

MISCELANEOUS PRINTED WORKS

The New Generation Gap.

Interview of Roberge by Sam Whiting in the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine. (December 14, 2003).

Academic literacy scaffolds for Generation 1.5 students: What Special Experiences, Characteristics and Educational Needs to They Bring to our English Classes?

Edited transcript of Roberge’s TESOL Intersession presented at the 37th Annual TESOL Convention, Baltimore, MD, 2003. Published by American University. http://www.american.edu/tesol/Roberge_article.pdf.

Meeting the needs of 1.5 generation students.

Report and review of Roberge’s Symposium on Multilingual Student Writer presented on February 26, 2005 at U.C. Berkeley. Report and review written by Smith, L. and Wu, A. San Francisco City College ESLetter, 30(2). (2005, November).

PRESENTATIONS

2001-2002 academic year

Institutional responses to college-level immigrant ESL students.

Paper presented at the annual conference of California Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL), San Francisco, CA, March 14-17, 2002.

Working with “generation 1.5” immigrant ESL students.

Paper presented at the annual conference of California Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL), San Francisco, CA, March 14-17, 2002.

Generation 1.5 immigrants: Introducing the learners and the issues.

Colloquium presented at the annual conference of California Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL), San Francisco, CA, March 14-17, 2002.

Introduction to generation 1.5.

Lecture presented at the Puente Project Academic Acceleration Workshop, San Diego, CA, April 22, 2002.

Making the jump to college writing.

Workshop presented at the Puente Project Academic Acceleration Workshop, San Diego, CA, April 22, 2002.

2002-2003 academic year

Working with immigrant ESL students in secondary schools.

Workshop presented to the Collaborative Academic Project Initiative, San Francisco State University, November 9, 2002.

Helping language minority students improve their writing skills in secondary schools.

Workshop presented to Literacy Leadership Institute, sponsored by California Reading and Literature Project and the California Development Institute, San Francisco State University, January 9, 2003.

Generation 1.5 Immigrant ESL students: Issues and institutional responses.

Workshop presented to the Immigrant Student Issues Coalition, University of California, Berkeley, February 27, 2003.

Giving structure to writing assignments: Modeling and scaffolding for secondary students.

Workshop presented to the Collaborative Academic Project Initiative, San Francisco State University, March 1, 2003.

Helping language minority students improve their writing skills in secondary schools.

Workshop presented to the Secondary Reading Institute, sponsored by California Reading and Literature Project/California Development Institute San Francisco State University, March 15, 2003.

Institutional response to college-level immigrant ESL students.

Paper presented at the Conference of College Composition and Communication (CCCC), New York, NY, March 19-22, 2003.

Institutional responses to postsecondary immigrant ESL students.

Paper presented at the annual conference of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Baltimore, MD. March 25-29, 2003.

Serving “generation 1.5” in college writing programs.

Paper presented at the annual conference of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Baltimore, MD, March 25-29, 2003. (co-presented with Lisa Heyer, Coordinator, SFSU ESL Program)

Academic literacy scaffolds for generation 1.5 students.

Colloquium presented at the annual conference of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Baltimore, MD, March 25-29, 2003. (co-presented with Kate Kinsella)

How to publish in a TESOL publication.

Panel participant at the annual conference of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Baltimore, MD, March 25-29, 2003.

Working with “generation 1.5” immigrant ESL students.

Pre-convention Institute presented at the annual conference of California Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL), Pasadena, CA, April 10-13, 2003.

Making the jump to university-level writing: Preparing ESL students for transfer to a 4‑year college.

Panel presentation at annual conference of California Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL), Pasadena, CA, April 10-13, 2003.

How to publish in CATESOL.

Panel presentation at annual conference of California Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages Association (CATESOL), Pasadena, CA, April 10-13, 2003.

2003-2004 academic year

Helping language minority students improve their writing skills in secondary schools.

Workshop presented to the Secondary Reading Institute, sponsored by the California Reading and Literature Project/California Development Institute, October 18, 2003.

How to publish in a TESOL publication.

Panel discussion presented at the annual conference of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Long Beach, CA, March 30-April 3, 2004.

Working with generation 1.5 immigrant ESL students and their texts.

Pre-conference Institute presented at the annual conference of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Pasadena, CA, April 10-13, 2004.

Generation 1.5 immigrant ESL students: Identification, assessment, and placement.

Paper presented at the annual conference of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Long Beach (TESOL), CA, March 30-April 3, 2004. (co-presented with Lisa Heyer, Coordinator, SFSU ESL Program)

How to publish in CATESOL.

Panel presentation at annual conference of California Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages Association (CATESOL), Santa Clara, CA April 22-25 2004.

2004-2005 academic year

Working with Generation 1.5 students in ESL classes.

Workshop given to Hudson County Community College, Passaic County Community College, and New Jersey City University faculty, Jersey City, NJ, October 1, 2004.

Working with generation 1.5 students in content area classes.

Workshop given to Hudson County Community College, Passaic County Community College, and New Jersey City University faculty, Jersey City, NJ, October 2, 2004.

Preparing language minority students to transfer from community colleges to 4 year institutions.

Presentation given to Laney College English Faculty, Oakland, CA, October 13, 2004.

Working with generation 1.5 in mainstream composition classes (Grammar and editing for generation 1.5)

Workshop presented at the Conference of College Composition and Communication (CCCC), San Francisco, CA, March 16-19, 2005. (co-presented with Lisa Heyer, coordinator of the SFSU ESL Program).

Strategies for working with generation 1.5 students.

Feature speaker at the Symposium on Multilingual Student Writers, University of California Berkeley, February 26, 2005.

Working with generation 1.5 in mainstream composition classes (Grammar and editing for generation 1.5).

Workshop presented at the annual conference of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), San Antonio, March 30-April 2, 2005. (co-presented with Lisa Heyer, coordinator of the SFSU ESL Program).

2005-2006 academic year

Generation 1.5 student characteristics.

Keynote address given at the conference of the Northern New England Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (NNETESOL), Manchester, NH, November 12, 2005.

Working with generation 1.5 writing.

Workshop presented at the conference of the Northern New England Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (NNETESOL), Manchester, NH, November 12, 2005.

Goals of Composition Instruction: Freshman student essays and course exit standards.

Workshop presented at the conference, English Composition at Community Colleges and SFSU: Sharing Goals and Strategies,” February 10, 2006.

Generation 1.5 and heritage language learners.

Panel presentation given at the annual conference of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Tampa, FL, March 15-18, 2006.

How to publish in a ESOL publication.

Panel presentation given at the annual conference of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Tampa, FL, March 15-18, 2006.

How to publish in CATESOL.

Panel presentation given at the annual conference of California Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages Association (CATESOL), San Francisco, CA, April 6-9, 2006.

Teaching immigrant learners of English.

Workshop given at Boise State University, Boise, ID, May 15, 2006.

Responding to the needs of Generation 1.5 immigrant ESL students in a two-track college writing program. Presentation given at the University of California Linguistic Minority Research Institute Annual Conference, Irvine, CA May 6, 2006.

Teaching immigrant and Generation 1.5 students.

Lecture and workshop presented to the San Jose Evergreen Community College District Leadership Institute Program, June 13, 2006

Helping Generation 1.5 students improve their literacy skills.

Workshop presented to the Reading Institute for Academic Preparation, August 17, 2006

2006-2007 academic year

Working with immigrant ESL students.

Workshop presented at the Reading Institute for Academic Preparation (RIAP), San Francisco, CA, February 3, 2007.

Smoothing the transfer path from community college to a 4-year college.

Panel presentation given at the conference, Sharing Goals and Strategies: Teaching Writing in Community Colleges and 4-year Colleges, San Francisco, CA, March 9, 2007.

Working with generation 1.5 students.

Preconvention Institute given at the annual conference of California Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages Association (CATESOL), San Diego, CA, April 15, 2007.

Working with ESL, generation 1.5 and developmental students in classes across the curriculum.

Workshop presented to MiraCosta Community College, Carlsbad, CA, April 21, 2007.

Working with multilingual students in classes across the curriculum.

Workshop presented to Hudson Community College, Jersey City, NJ, May 18, 2007.

2007-2008 academic year

Cal-PASS Professional Learning Council co-chair.

Led monthly discussion forums for ESL and Composition instructors. September 2007-December 2007.

Generation 1.5 students: Best practices for student success.

Workshop presented to the Santa Monica Community College District, Santa Monica, CA, March 7, 2008.

Designing literature-based teaching units in composition classes.

Panel presentation given at the conference, Sharing Goals and Strategies: Teaching writing in Community Colleges and 4-year Colleges, San Francisco, CA, March 14, 2008.

Academic literacy narratives of immigrant ESL students.

Paper presented at the Conference of College Composition and Communication (CCCC), New Orleans, LA, April 2-4, 2008.

Working with generation 1.5 students.

Preconvention Institute given at the annual conference of California Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages Association (CATESOL), Sacramento, CA, April 10-13, 2008.

How to publish in CATESOL.

Panel presentation at the annual conference of California Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages Association (CATESOL), Sacramento, CA, April 10-13, 2008.

Working with multilingual students across the curriculum.

Workshop presented to the Passaic County Community College District, Passaic, NJ, May 15, 2008.

2008-2009 academic year

Helping English language learners develop editing skills.

Workshop presented at the Reading Institute for Academic Preparation (RIAP), San Francisco, CA, August 16, 2008.

Working with multilingual students on writing.

Workshop presented at the San Mateo School District, February 6, 2009.

Working with multilingual students across the curriculum.

Workshop presented to Santa Rosa Community College, Santa Rosa, CA, February 12, 2009.

Generation 1.5 students: Best practices for student success.

Workshop presented to the Reaching “At‑promise” Students Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, February 20, 2009

Working with generation 1.5 students.

Workshop given at the annual conference of California Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages Association (CATESOL), Pasadena, CA, April 16, 2009.

How to publish in CATESOL.

Panel presentation at the annual conference of California Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages Association (CATESOL), Pasadena, CA, April 16, 2009.

2009-2010 academic year

Working with English learners on intensive and extensive reading.

Workshop presented at the San Mateo School District, September 22, 2009.

Integrating reading and writing instruction.

Workshop to be given at ESL/BS English Consortium Colloquium, Santa Monica, CA, October 23, 2009

Applying principles of universal design to ESL teaching.

Workshop to be given at the annual conference of California Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages Association (CATESOL), Santa Clara, CA, April 22-25, 2010

Working with language minority students 2 year colleges.

Workshop to be given at the annual conference of California Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages Association (CATESOL), Santa Clara, CA, April 22-25, 2010

Preparing new community college faculty, addressing diverse student needs.

Workshop to be given at the annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, Louisville, March 17-20, 2010.