Hadley H. Wood, Ph.D.

Office Information

Phone:	(619) 849-2295
Fax:	(619) 849-2566
Location:	Bond Academic Center, Room 03
E-mail:	hadleywood@pointloma.edu

Education

B.A.	Brown University, French
M.A.	Brown University, French
M.S.	San Diego State University, Counseling Psychology
Ph.D.	Harvard University, 16th and 17th Century French Literature

Teaching Experience

1977-present
Professor, Point Loma Nazarene University

Taught classes in French: Elementary French Language, Intermediate French Language, Advanced Grammar and Composition, French Phonetics, French Civilization, Survey of French Literature, French Conversation, Literature of 17^th Century, 19^th Century Novel, 20^th Century Drama.

Taught classes in English and Literature: Honors Composition, Literary Theory, Literary Criticism, Children’s Literature, Continental Literature, World Drama, World Masterpieces I, World Masterpieces II, and World Masterpieces III.

Taught Program Quick Start (now LEAP) and Psychology of Personal Development.

1976-1977

Lecturer, San Diego State University

Taught courses in Elementary French Language.

1971-1976
Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Brockport

Taught courses in French: Elementary French Language, Intermediate French Language, Conversation, Phonetics, French Civilization, 17^th Century Drama, 17^th Century Literature, 16^th Century Literature, Graduate Seminar on Molière.

Taught courses in Italian: Elementary Italian Language.

1967-1971
Tutor, Harvard University

Taught courses in French: Survey of French Literature, tutorials for general examination; directed Senior Thesis; redesigned the department’s organization of the tutorial system for majors (Oxford model).

Articles Published

• "An Interpretation of Rabelais's Ancien Prologue," French Studies 32 (1978), 398-407.
• "The Language of Love in Rotrou's Comedies," Romanic Review 75 (1984), 176-88.
• “Michel Foucault and Christian Scholarship,” Journal of Christianity and Foreign Languages, Volume 1 (Spring 2000), 87-110.
• “Death and Desire: Solutions to the Technical Problems of a Portrayal of Sainthood in Corneille’s Polyeucte,” Journal of Christianity and Foreign Languages, Volume 2 (Spring 2001), 47-65.

Textbooks Published

• En Avant! Instructor's Resource Manual. Houghton Mifflin, 1992.
• En Avant! Cahier d'exercices. Workbook for elementary college-level French text published with Houghton Mifflin, 1992.
• En Avant!, elementary college-level French text published with Houghton Mifflin, 1992.
• Reflets, Cahier d'exercices. Workbook for intermediate college-level French text. D.C. Heath, 1995.

Papers Delivered

• Panel led at N.Y. State Association of Foreign Language Teachers, annual meeting, 1975.
• “Jean Rotrou and the Language of Love in La Célimène.” Paper delivered at the MLA annual meeting, 1981.
• "Circles and Ellipses: Workshop on Teaching Elementary French." Annual Meeting of the AATF, 1992.
• "Teaching Grammar and Communication." Workshop at AATF Annual Meeting, July 1993.
• “Listening Discrimination in the Foreign Language Classroom.” Paper delivered at NACFLA conference, 1996.
• “Michel Foucault: An Introduction.” Paper delivered at NACFLA conference, 1999.
• “Polyeucte: Portrait of A Christian Martyr.” Paper delivered at NACFLA conference, 2000.
• “Le Véritable Saint Genest: The Interplay of Truth and Illusion in Rotrou’s Martyrdom Tragedy.” Paper delivered at NACFLA conference, 2001.

Professional Memberships

• Modern Language Association, 1970-1984
• American Association of Teachers of French, 1978-present
• North American Christian Foreign Language Association, 1996-present
• Treasurer 2001

University Service

Member of various faculty committees, 1977-2000

Created Faculty Forum, Departmental Chapel, and Women's Breakfast Group
Helped expand Faculty Chapels
Served as part of small group to create Women's Studies Minor

WASC Education Programs Committee, 1993-1995

Workshop and Retreat Director, 1995-1996

Department Chair for the Department of Literature, Journalism, and Modern Languages, 2000-2003

Expanded Literary Teas
Secured funding for Writer's Symposium and annual Poetry event
Brought nationally known critics to speak
Expanded LJML participation in undergraduate research
Led departmental assessment efforts
Supported faculty efforts to be professionally productive

Assessment Committee, 2000-

Helped design, administer, grade and analyze a holistic exam to be part of PLNU's assessment of General Education
Liaison to various humanities departments in their assessment efforts
Helped design a four-part series on assessment to help educate faculty in the assessment tasks facing them

Steering Committee for Women's Studies Program, 2000-

Planning Committee for Program Quick Start (now LEAP), 2000-

Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, 2001-

Created and maintain the following programs:

TNT (Teachers Noticing Teachers)

to help faculty talk together about teaching issues
to recognize faculty excellence
to provide peer mentoring

TechTime

to help faculty learn about the classroom and personal research
usefulness of various techniques
to provide peer mentoring

Pedagogy Reading Group

to encourage faculty exploration of available literature on pedagogy and its applicability to their classes

Diversity Reading Group

to help faculty create a diversity-friendly atmosphere at PLNU
to help faculty explore the shaping and sending dimensions of their work

First Things Reading Group

to encourage faculty to think about the intertwined nature of their faith and teaching

Bridge Initiatives

to help faculty co-ordinate their efforts with the co-curricular areas of PLNU
to encourage conversation between departments and the discovery of joint interests

Course Creation Grants

to encourage interdisciplinary thinking
to enable faculty innovation and creativity

Library Acquisitions

to link faculty to the larger academic world outside PLNU

Honors Program Committee, 2002-

WASC Steering Committee, 2004-

Primary Administrative Duties

Chair of General Education Committee

Develop procedures for ongoing oversight of general education, including an assessment program
Maintain campus-wide discussion on the purpose and goals of general education in the light of changing realities of academia

Chair of the First-Year Experience Committee

Director, Center for Teaching and Learning

Continue to run Center programs
Develop new initiatives
Respond to faculty concerns and interests

Director, Honors Program

Guide current Senior Distinction Project
Co-ordinate with other areas of the Honors Program

Faculty Development

Help co-ordinate various internal funding groups
Sit on Faculty Resource Committee

Personal Data

Hadley Wood is married to Nick Vanmatre and has a son who graduated from PLNU and a daughter who is in her second year as a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Wood has an enduring passion for music, gardening, travel and baseball.