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Parkhurst

Christine Parkhurst, MA

Associate Professor of English and Humanities

Schools/Departments School of Arts & Sciences

Contact christine.parkhurst@mcphs.edu
617.732.2906

Academic and Administrative Appointments

Coordinator of ESL Program and OPE

Education
BA, University of Vermont
Maitrise in Applied Linguistics, University of Nice (France) 
Areas of Teaching
Applied Linguistics
Oral Communication for Health
 English Composition
Introduction to Film  
Scholarly Interests
Applied Linguistics
 Health Communication
 English for Specific Purposes
 Medical Humanities
 English for Health Care
English Composition
 Film 
Honors
"A communication course for a linguistically diverse student population," American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Article 36, Issue 2, Volume 71, 2007.

"Nipping plagiarism in the bud: using Turnitin to teach novice science writers how to paraphrase," with Elizabeth Moore, The Write Stuff: The Journal of the European Medical Writerss Association, Vol. 15, No. 4, 2006.

"An Oral Communication Curriculum for Health Science Majors," Proceedings, IEEE International Professional Communication Conference, Limerick, Ireland, July, 2005.

"Developing a Sustainable Faculty Mentoring Program," with C. Zeind, M. Zdanowicz, K. MacDonald and P. Wizwer, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Vol. 69, No. 100, Fall 2005 
Current Professional Memberships, Service & Leadership
Member, AACP (American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy), 1996- present
Member, TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages), 1980-Present
Secretary, English for Specific Purposes Interest Section of TESOL, 2006-2007

 Board Member, English for Specific Purposes Interest Section of TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages), 2004-2006

Member, MATSOL (Massachusetts Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages), 1978-present

Chair, Liberal Education Special Interest Group of American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, 1997-1999
Personal Interests

Writing (poetry published in Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of Medical Humanities, other publications)