Education
BS
in Education, double major in Spanish/English, U of Wisconsin-Whitewater; MA
in English, U of Hawaii, emphasis in medieval and Old English; PhD in
English, U of Oklahoma, emphasis in Composition/Rhetoric/ Literacy
Research Interests
Writing Program
Administration; Issues of Academic Quality and the Politics of the
Professional Advancement of Rhetoric/Writing as a Discipline; all aspects of
Teacher Preparation in writing instruction and the assessment of writing; 18th
and 19th century rhetorical history, especially Mary
Wollstonecraft’s theoretical contribution to Enlightenment Rhetoric
Area(s) of Specialization
Courses Taught at UCCS
(select a course to view its syllabus)
ENGL 131 - Rhetoric and Writing,
Language, Literacy, the Politics of Schooling
ENGL 301 - Advanced Composition
ENGL 301 - Advanced Composition for Teacher Preparation
ENGL 483 - Survey of Contemporary Theoretical Approaches to Teaching Writing
ENGL 484 - Practicum in the Teaching of Writing
ENGL 486 - Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing: Activist Rhetoric and Film
ENGL 486 - Sp. Topics in Rhetoric and Writing: Ethnic-American Rhetorical
Traditions
ENGL 486, Film 390, WMST
490 - Special Topics in Rhetoric and Writing: Feminist Rhetoric and Film
Most Recent Research Project Underway
“WPA as Rhetor: Scholarly Production and the Difference a Discipline Makes, ” Analytical account of the Writing Program’s rhetorical initiative to reconstitute its intellectual and material grounds of work as a discipline among peer others.
“Assessing the Impact of Individualized Writing Instruction on Writing Performance and First-Year Retention at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. ” Quantitative/qualitative assessment research study of the impact of writing conferences on the quality of students’ writing.
Junior Faculty as Writing Program Administrators: Institutional Practices and Politics. LaFayette, Indiana: Parlor Press, 2007. Co-edited with Alice Horning.
“Labor Relations: Collaring jWPA Desire, ” Junior Faculty as Writing Program Administrators: Institutional Practices and Politics. LaFayette, Indiana: Parlor Press, 2007. Co-edited with Alice Horning.
“Ethical Options for Addressing the Issue of Junior Faculty Appointments in Writing Program Administration. ” Junior Faculty as Writing Program Administrators: Institutional Practices and Politics. LaFayette, Indiana: Parlor Press, 2007. Co-edited with Alice Horning.