Dr.Lila L.Canizales lcanizales@tamiu.edu
Instructor
Emphasis
Composition and Rhetoric

Phone: (956) 326-9406

Office: PH 216D

Teaching: Composition and Literature

Research: Composing processes of basic writers, writing processes of young children,
integrating writing programs in Mexico

Education:

Ph.D. in English, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX
M..A .in English, University of Texas- Pan American, Edinburgh, TX
M.S. in Education, Laredo State University, Laredo, TX
B.S. in Education, Laredo State University, Laredo, TX

Representative Scholarly Activities:

2004- “El Desarollo de la Escritura en el Programa Escolar.”
Dies Estudios Sobre La Lectura. Ed. A. Paredo Merlo
Universidad de Guadalajara . 2004
Co-authored by Dr. Barbara Greybeck.

2004- “Special Considerations in the Teaching of Mexican-American
Students’ Composing Processes: The Problem of Text Control.”
Rio Bravo Journal. University of Texas- Pan American, Forthcoming.

2003- “Preparing Teachers Through a Field Experience in a Children’s
Writing Camp.”
The Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin.
Volume 70.1. 49-54. Fall 2003.
Co-authored by Dr. Barbara Greybeck and Mrs. Lizette Villa.

2003- “Preparing Teachers Through a Field Experience in a Children’s
Writing Camp.”
The Journal of Border Educational Research.
Vol. 2.16. 2003.
Co-authored by Dr. Barbara Greybeck and Mrs. Lizette Villa.