Dr. Timothy Mayers
Dr. Timothy Mayers
Associate Professor of English/Writing Studies
Timothy.Mayers@millersville.edu
Office: Hash 218
Phone: (717) 871-7296
Office Hours
M: 11:00-12:00
T: 9:00-11:00
W: 11:00-12:00
F: 11:00-12:00
Comments: other times by appointment
Additional Information
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 & 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.