Courses Taught

• TED 490 tutor Training Seminar

Degrees

• B.S. CSU, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA. Speech Communication/Communication Disorders
• M.A. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, Speech Pathology
• Ed.D. University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO, Special Education/Learning Disabilities

Research Projects, Grants & Interests

• Urban Education Service Corps, An AmeriCorps funded Literacy Teacher Development Project
• Enhancing Critical Literacies Project, A Title V funded Project to enhance writing across the curriculum and improve out of class tutorial support for CSUDH students
• Transition Strategies for Students with Disabilities
• Developing and Enhancing Learning Cetners

Publications \ Presentations

• Mellblom,C. & Morales, A. “A. Measured Reading Levels of Upper Division Students at CSUDH. Results of a Two Year study”, in press, Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, spring 2002.
• C.Mellblom, Book Review, Learning Style Perspectives: impact in the classroom
  Lynne Celli Sarasin, in Exchanges: The On-line Journal of Teaching and Learning in the CSU, Fall 2001
• Mellblom,C. & Seaberry, J. “Engaging University Students in Community Service for Improved Educational Outcomes” National society of Experiential Education, Summer 2001.
• Mellblom, C & Hart, Garry “The Faculty Members Role in Advising Students with Disabilities”
  in Advising Student with Disabilities NACADA Monograph, n5 1997
• Pearman, E., Huang, A. and Mellblom, C. “The inclusion of all Students: Concerns and Incentives of all Educators”, Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, March 1997
• Mellblom, C. “Facilitating Reading Improvement through Encouraging Reading Enjoyment”, in Using Media in the College Classroom, Newsweek Educational Publication, 1993
• Huang, A., Pearman, E. And Mellblom, C., “Educating all Children in Schools: Attitudes and Beliefs about Inclusion” Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, June 1992
• Mellblom, C. Differing Perceptions among Special Educators regarding the needs of Secondary Students with Learning disabilities, Dissertation Abstracts, 1992
• Memory Strategies and their Relationship to Success with Mental Arithmetic, Learning Disabilities of America, Annual Meeting, February 2003, Chicago.
• Outcomes of Service Learning and Profiles of Teacher Training of Literacy Corps Members: accepted for presentation at AACTE national conference, Feb 2002, New York City
• Using Data to Meet Student Needs While Working Within a Budget: College Reading and learning Association annual meeting, Oct. 2001,Spokane
• Working Memory and spatial Representation in Mental Arithmetic: Implications and Teaching Suggestions, Council on Learning Disabilities, Austin, Oct. 2000
• Urban Education Service Corps, (UESC) An Alternative to Field Experiences. A project at work. An invited panel presentation at the Council of Great Cities Great Schools annual meeting, Los Angeles, Oct. 2000
• Reading Competencies of Upper Division University students: Strategies for Accommodating and Improving, College Reading and Learning Association, Reno Nov. 2000

Professional Associations

• American Speech, Language Hearing Association, ASHA
• Council for Exceptional Children, CEC Divisions for :Learning
• Disabilities; Developmental Disabilities and Mental Retardation;
• Teacher Education; Career
• Development and Transition;
• Council on Learning Disabilities
• California Association of Professors of Special Education
• College Reading and Learning Association, CRLA

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