Hector J. Vila

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Héctor J. Vila, PhD., a Professor of English (CUNY/William Paterson University), and the former Associate Director of the Center for Educational Technology, is now Assistant Professor in Writing, Middlebury College.

He received a PhD from New York University. He has worked extensively with reading, writing and technology, primarily with "marginalized students."

The work is captured in his book, Life-Affirming Acts: Education as Transformation in the Writing Classroom (Heinemann, 2000).

He has contributed to the book, Twenty Teachers Working (Falmer Press, 1999), writing about portfolio use in the writing classroom.

He has also written extensively on teaching and technology, presenting uses of technology at national conferences. The most recent example is Digital Stories in the Liberal Arts Environment: Educational Media Communities at the Margins, Media Communities (Waxmann Munster, New York/Munchen/Berlin, 2006).

(view examples of digital stories here)

email: Héctor J. Vila, Phd

phone contact: (802) 443-2181
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Héctor J. Vila, PhD., a Professor of English (CUNY/William Paterson University), and the former Associate Director of the Center for Educational Technology, is now Assistant Professor in Writing, Middlebury College. He received a PhD from New York University. He has worked extensively with reading, writing and technology, primarily with "marginalized students." The work is captured in his book, Life-Affirming Acts: Education as Transformation in the Writing Classroom (Heinemann, 2000).

He has contributed to the book, Twenty Teachers Working (Falmer Press, 1999), writing about portfolio use in the writing classroom. He has also written extensively on teaching and technology, presenting uses of technology at national conferences. The most recent example is Digital Stories in the Liberal Arts Environment: Educational Media Communities at the Margins, Media Communities (Waxmann Munster, New York/Munchen/Berlin, 2006). (view examples of digital stories here) email: Héctor J. Vila, Phd phone contact: (802) 443-2181 Of