Degrees

B.A., University of Iowa

M.A., California State University-San Bernadino

Ph.D. English, University of North Dakota

Specializations

• Rhetoric and Composition
• Visual Rhetoric
• Distance Education/Computers in the Classroom

Interests

Samuel Johnson, Decadence

University/Program Connections

• Chryst Writing Center (109B Chryst Hall)

Community and Club Connections

Passions & Distractions

Creative Non-fiction

The Sixties

Film

Gardening & Landscaping

Courses Taught

• English 110: Freshman Composition
• English 311: Advanced Composition
• English 331: Modern Rhetorical Criticism
• English 331: Memoir Writing
• English 340: Visual Rhetoric
• English 472/672: Writing Workshop/Rhetoric and Composition Seminar

Sample Publication

"Rhetoric, Technology, and Community in the Composition Classroom" (dissertation)

"Student Resistance to All Laptops All of the Time: How it Can Change Your Teaching" The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association. 33.2 (Spring 2000): 27-38.