Academic Development Program: 

Program Coordinator

Tennessee Technological University

Janet F. Whiteaker

Assistant Professor

Academic Development Program Coordinator

Education

• Developmental Education Specialist, Kellogg Institute, National Center for Developmental Education, Appalachian State University, 1992; Advanced Kellogg, 1995; Advanced Kellogg, 1998
• MA, English, Tennessee Technological University, 1981
• BA, German, Tennessee Technological University, 1972

Research Interests

• Assessment in Developmental Education
• The Writing/Reading Connection
• Intermittent Central Suppression of Binocular Vision

Courses Taught

• Developmental Writing, Fall and Spring semesters
  • DSPW0800 Syllabus
  • DSPW0800 Policy Statement
  • Online Resources for Writing
  • Writing Videos available in ADP Writing Lab
• Learning Strategies
• English 1010, occasionally
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Publications

• Whiteaker, J. F. (2005) Wolf Canyon, Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse.  ISBN: 1-4208-1437-0 [novel]
• Whiteaker, J. F. (2003) Ariana, Bloomington, IN: 1stBooks., ISBN: 1-4107-4443-4 [novel]
• Whiteaker, J. & Lewald A. (2004) Developing College Writing Skills with Stylebook and Learning Strategies 4th edition. Boston: Pearson.

• Eaves, Thomas F., Sr. (2003) A Simplified Study of the Epistle to the Hebrews. Tracts for the Nations.

  [editor/proofreader].

• Whiteaker, J. (2003) Academic Development Program Policies and Procedures Manual.
• Whiteaker, J. (2002) Developmental Writing Instructor’s Manual, 6^th revised edition.

• Whiteaker, J., Zolg, C. & Pigg, J. (Spring 2002). Identifying and reversing intermittent central suppression to improve reading. Selected Conference Papers NADE 2000, vol. 6. 62-64.

• Whiteaker, J., Zolg, C., & Pigg, J. (2001). Identifying and reversing intermittent central suppression to improve reading. Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 17(2), 93-95.

• [Previous publication on intermittent central suppression (JOVD, Fall 2000) quoted in “Binocular Visual Sensation in Reading a Unified Theory,” by Eric S. Hussey, O.D., in Journal of Behavioral Optometry, 12 (5), 119-126]

• Miller, J.E., Whiteaker, J., Zolg, C., Pigg, J.., & Hazzelton, T. Identifying and reversing intermittent central suppression in students with low reading comprehension as a method of improving student performance in reading. Journal of Vision Development 31 (Fall 2000): 131-137.

• Whiteaker, J. (2001) Writer's Stylebook (4^th ed.). Boston: Pearson.[3^rd ed., Simon & Schuster, 1998; 2^nd ed. Simon & Schuster, 1993; 1^st ed. Ginn Press, 1989]

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Address

• Academic Development Program
  Tennessee Technological University
  55 University Drive, Box 5171
  Cookeville, TN 38505-0001
  U.S.A.

• Office: Foster Hall 407A
• Phone/V-Mail: 931-372-3456
• E-Mail: jwhiteaker@tntech.edu
• FAX: 931-372-6275

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