Degrees

B.A. English, University of Scranton, 1988

B.A. Philosophy, University of Scranton, 1988

M.A. Creative Writing, Binghamton University, 1990

Ph.D. English (Rhetoric and Composition), University of Rhode Island, 1998

Specializations

• Composition Studies
• Creative Writing
• History, Curricula, and Institutional Structures of English Departments
• Contemporary American Poetry & Poetic Theory

Community and Club Connections

• APSCUF-Millersville Delegate to Lancaster United Labor Council

Passions & Distractions

• My children, Connor and Anna
• New York Rangers hockey
• New York Giants football
• Rush (the rock band, not the radio talk-show host)
• Bad Religion (punk-rock band whose lyricist has a Ph.D. degree!)

Courses Taught

• ENGL 311: Advanced Composition
• ENGL 312: Technical Writing
• ENGL 471: Creative Writing
• ENGL 472: Writing Workshop
• ENGL 651: Literary Criticism
• ENGL 672: Seminar in Rhetoric and Composition

Sample Publications

• (Re)Writing Craft: Composition, Creative Writing, and the Future of English Studies, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005.
• "Reading the Networks of Power: Re-Thinking 'Critical Thinking' in Computerized Classrooms" co-authored with Kevin Swafford, in Literacy Theory in the Age of the Internet, Columbia University Press, 1998