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Faculty Credentials : Spring 2008
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1. William H. Abbott (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA HISTORY/ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN(1961)
  • MA ENGLISH -- LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY(1965)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY(1973)
  • English and Romantic Literature 24+
  • Papers: "The Bridge Over the River Kwai: A Little Matter of Reconstruction." World War II Conference, June 1992. "A Step Beyond History: Spielberg's Schindler's List." West Virginia University Twenty-Second Annual Colloquium on Literature and Film, October 1997. "The Manner of Man Thou Art: A Case for Emergent Properties." Conference of the National Association for Humanities Education, March 1999. "The New Humanities and Its Measure." Conference of the National Association for Humanities Education, March 2001. Publication: Abbott, William H. "History and Hokum: A Little Matter of Reconstruction." World War II: Variants and Visions. Ed. Thomas O. Kelly II. Collingdale, PA: Diane Publishing Co, 1999.
  • SHSU Excellence in Teaching, 1986-87.
2. Ira R. Adams (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA SPANISH -- WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY(1967)
  • MA ENGLISH -- THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA(1969)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA(1972)
  • medieval literature 24+
  • historical linguistics 6
  • Selected Papers Published “Editing Piers Plowman B: The Imperative of an Intermittently Critical Edition,” Studies in Bibliography 45 (1992): 31-68. “Langland’s Ordinatio: the Visio and the Vita Once More,” Yearbook of Langland Studies 8 (1994: 51-84. “Evidence for the Stemma of the Piers Plowman B Manuscripts,” Studies in Bibliography 53 (2000): 173-94. (with Helena Halmari). “On the grammar and rhetoric of language mixing in Piers Plowman,” Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 103 (2002): 33-50. “The R/F MSS of Piers Plowman B and the Pattern of Alpha/Beta Complementary Omissions: Implications for Critical Editing,” TEXT 14 (2002): 109-37. “The Kane-Donaldson Edition of Piers Plowman: Eclecticism’s Ultima Thule,” TEXT 16 (2006): 131-41.
  • Books Published Ramon Lull, The Book of the Order of Chivalry, ed. and trans. Robert Adams (Huntsville, TX: Sam Houston State U P, 1991). 107 pp. An Electronic Edition of Oxford MS Corpus Christi 201, ed. Robert Adams, Hoyt Duggan, et al. (Ann Arbor, MI: U of Michigan P, 2000). CD-ROM.
3. Lee Bebout (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA LITERATURE -- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, DENTON, TX(1999)
  • MA CREATIVE WRITING -- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, DENTON, TX(2002)
  • PHD AMERICAN STUDIES -- PURDUE UNIVERSITY, WEST LAFAYETTE, IN(2007)
  • English 24+
  • Published Article “Hero Making in El Movimiento: Reies López Tijerina and the Chicano Nationalist Imaginary.” Aztlán: A Journal of Chicano Studies. Volume 32, number 2 (Fall 2007). Presentations “Returning to Aztlán: Chicano Nationalism, the Nativist Right, and the Immigration Debate.” American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Fall 2007. Session Chair, “The Underside of American Studies.” American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Oakland, CA, Fall 2006. “Competing Nationalist Projects.” Building Bridge-Crossing Bridges: Transdisciplinarity and American Studies conference, Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey, Summer 2006. “Performing Between History and Myth: Community Formation and Political Action of Luis Valdez and El Teatro Campesino.” Organization of American Historian Annual Meeting, San José, CA, Spring 2005.
4. Kimberly K Bell (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF GREECE, ATHENS(1990)
  • MA ENGLISH -- CLARK UNIVERSITY(1995)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY(2002)
  • Greek and Roman History 6
  • Greek and Roman Literature 6
  • Medieval Literature and History 24+
  • Old and Middle English Languages 24+
  • Recipient of CHSS Teaching Achievement in English Award, 2005-2006 and 2006-2007
  • Finalist, SHSU Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008, 2009
  • Co-editor of two peer-reviewed collections of essays: Cultural Studies of the Modern Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) and Text and Context: Oxford University, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 108 (Brill Academic Publishers, forthcoming 2010)
  • Three peer-reviewed articles on Homeric and Virgilian epic
  • Five peer-reviewed book chapters and articles on medieval literary texts (Havelok the Dane, King Horn, Saints' Lives, Chaucer's 'Tale of Sir Thopas', and Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain) and manuscripts (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 108).
  • Languages: Latin, Demotic Greek, French, Old and Middle English
  • Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in English and History. Ph.D. exams in Medieval Literature and Greek and Roman history. Passed all areas with high distinction
5. Tracy E. Bilsing (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(1983)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(1984)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY(1998)
  • British Literature 24+
  • Selected publications: “‘Rosalba and All the Kirchner Tribe’: Mary Butts’ ‘Speed the Plough’ and the Regenerative Image of the Feminine” in Essays in the Arts and Sciences 34.1 (Summer 2005): 61-73. “‘To every man the war is himself’: D. H. Lawrence, the Battle of the Sexes, and the Great War” in The CEA Critic (Summer 2005): 76-91. “The Process of Manufacture: Rudyard Kipling’s Private Propaganda.” in Twentieth Century Literature Criticism, Volume 167, Sept. 2005. Reprinted from War, Literature, and the Arts. Ed. Donald Anderson. 12.1 (Spring/Summer 2000): 76-98. Selected conference presentations: “Looping Mrs. Bathurst: Kipling’s Quest for the Feminine through the Modern” College English Association Conference, St. Louis, MO, March 27-29, 2008. “The Inverse of Passion: Elizabeth Bowen’s War Stories.” Thirteenth Annual Central New York Conference on Language and Literature,Cortland, NY, October 2003.
6. Thieme Jackson Bittick (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS(1986)
  • MA ENGLISH LITERATURE -- CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS(1995)
  • English 24+
  • Two novels accepted for publication (forthcoming)
7. Joshua Calvin Bowen (P)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA HISTORY -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2004)
  • MA HISTORY -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2006)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2008)
  • English 24+
  • History 24+
  • Completed ENG 567, Practicum in Teaching College Composition, which is a study in current composition theory and practice. Course completed in Fall, 2006
  • Teaching supervised through class visitation by and conferences with the Department Chair
8. Charles W. Bridges (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY(1969)
  • MA ENGLISH -- STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY(1973)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY(1976)
  • Rhetoric and Teaching Composition 9
  • Dissertation--an application of Kenneth Burke's theories for freshman composition 18
  • American Literature 24+
  • Co-author, Longwood Guide to Writing (4th ed.) [a freshman composition textbook, 736 pp.]
  • Director of National Writing Project affiliate sites in New Mexico and Texas, 15 years [workshops in writing and the teaching of writing]
  • Participated in NEH Summer Seminar on contemporary trends in composition theory and practice (8 weeks, U Pitt, 1977; funded by NEH)
9. Dawn Babbett Caplinger (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2001)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2004)
  • English 24+
  • “Multiple Disciplines, One Goal: Assessing the Effectiveness of Writing Centers in Meeting the Interdisciplinary Needs of Clients and Consultants.” Writing Across the Curriculum, Rice University, 2002. “Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent: Fiction Turns Factual: Anarchy, Terrorism, and the 21st Century.” 28th Annual International Conference of the Joseph Conrad Society, London, England 2002. “Separate Voices, One Discourse: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, An Experiment with Collaborative Writing in the Developmental Classroom.” South Central Writing Center Conference, University of Arkansas, 2003. “He Said? She Said? Robert Graves’ Goodbye to All That versus Evadne Price’s Not So Quiet . . : A Study of the Gendering Discourse of War.” 6th Annual International Robert Graves Conference, Robert Graves Society and St. John’s College (Oxford), Paris, France, 2004.
10. Paul W Child III (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY(1978)
  • MA ENGLISH -- JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY(1984)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME(1992)
  • Restoration and 18th-Century British Literature; General Literary Studies 24+
  • All prominent publications have concerned Restoration and 18th-century literature and culture.
  • PhD qualifying orals in prose fiction from 1719-1837 (Defoe to Dickens). PhD dissertation on eighteenth-century medicine and medical literature. Extensive conference activity in Restoration and 18th-century topics. Member of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (1987 to present). NEH Summer 2007 Fellowship in seminar on Anglo-Irish literature of the Restoration and 18th century. Generalist comprehensive examination in MA program and rigorous five-day generalist examination in PhD program.
11. Linda Byrd Cook (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(1976)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(1977)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY(1998)
  • Women's Literature 24+
  • •BOOK: Dancing in the Flames: Spiritual Journey in the Novels of Lee Smith. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Inc. P, 2009. •SELECTED ARTICLES: Censorship of ‘Literary Pornography.’” Academic Exchange Quarterly 13.3 (Fall 2009): 162-66. •“The Emergence of the Sacred Sexual Mother in Lee Smith's Oral History.” Southern Literary Journal 31.1 (Fall 1998): 119-42. •“An Interview with Lee Smith.” Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee University Review 47.2 (Summer 1997): 95-118. •“Reclamation of the Feminine Divine: ‘Experiencing the Spirit Directly’ in Lee Smith’s Novels.” Humanities in the South 90 (2004): 28-42. •“Reconciliation with the Great Mother Goddess in Lee Smith’s Saving Grace.” The Southern Quarterly 40.4 (Summer 2002): 97-112. •“Spiritual Journey: An Interview with Lee Smith.” The Southern Quarterly 47.1 (Fall 2009): 74-103.
  • Numerous conference presentations on various women writers. Undergraduate Women's Literature taught for 11 years. Graduate Women's Literature taught for 5 years.
  • PhD qualifying oral and written exams in 20th century British and American women writers and critical theory. PhD dissertation on prominent woman writer. Member of Southern Women Writers Association and Society for the Study of American Women Writers.
12. Mary Genelle Cook (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA HISTORY -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2002)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2004)
  • English 24+
  • 14 years experience in a computer science corporation, including work as technical writer (supports ENG 330)
13. Brandon Davis Cooper (P)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA -- (2004)
  • MA -- (2006)
  • English 24+
  • Completed ENG 567, Practicum in Teaching College Composition, which is a study in current composition theory and practice. Course completed in Fall, 2007 Teaching supervised through class visitation by and conferences with the Department Chair
  • Graduate student; graduate teaching assistant
14. Lee F Courtney (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY(1963)
  • MA ENGLISH -- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY(1964)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- EMORY UNIVERSITY(1975)
  • English Literature 24+
  • Director, BearKat Learning Academy, 2005-present.
15. Frances Rachel Crawford (P)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2004)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2006)
  • English 24+
  • Certified as a Teacher Consultant by the Sam Houston Writing Project, 2005
  • “My Little Man,” “Miss Lucy,” “To John, With All My Love” (poetry). Third Story. Vol. 9 (2004).
  • Papers presented: “Virtual Space: Another Frontier.” (panel presentation) with Diane Dowdey. 2007 International Writing Center Association and South Central Writing Centers Association Joint Conference. April 12, 2007. Houston. “What Our Students Know About Grammar and How They Learned It.” College English Association Conference. April 7, 2006. San Antonio. “Defining A Successful Writing Center.” (panel presentation) with Diane Dowdey. Qualitative Research Network Workshop at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 25, 2006. Chicago. “What Is A Successful Writing Center?” (panel presentation) with Diane Dowdey. South Central Writing Centers Association Conference. February 24, 2006. Little Rock.
  • “Why Michael, Jose, LaShonda, Christopher, And Jennifer Don’t Know How To Edit: What Has Happened To America’s Future Grammarians?” Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 17, 2005. San Francisco. Review by Stephanie Vie available at http://wac.colostate.edu/atd/reviews/cccc2005/viewmessage.cfm?messageid=97). “Reaching The Community: Writing Center Staff Talk to High School English Teachers” (panel presentation) with Barbara Jones, and Diane Dowdey. South Central Writing Centers Association. March 5, 2005. Baton Rouge. “Whose Time Is It?” (panel presentation) with Penny Pitrucha, and Nathan Roberts. South Central Writing Centers Association. March 4, 2005. Baton Rouge.
16. Jessica Jean Cullison (P)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, GENERAL -- UNIV OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN(2003)
  • English 24+
  • Completed ENG 567, Practicum in Teaching College Composition, which is a study of current composition theory and practice.
  • Teaching supervised through class visitations by and conferences with the Department Chair
  • Certified as a Teacher Consultant by the Sam Houston Writing Project, 2007
  • Holds Texas Educator Certificate for Language Arts and Reading, 8-12. Two years experience, secondary public schools teacher.
17. Matthew Philip Davis (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- AUSTIN COLLEGE(2000)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2005)
  • English 24+
  • “New Voices” Graduate Student Conference, Georgia State University, Oct. 21‐23, Atlanta, GA. Panel Discussion with Brook Barnes and Nathan Roberts: “A Lacanian Analysis of the Protagonist.” “Eugene Gant’s Search for the Signified: Negotiating the Symbolic in Thomas Wolfe’s Look Homeward, Angel.”
  • English Instructor, BCM Language Center, Kwangju, South Korea. August 2000‐February 2003
18. Jose Alonso De La Garza (P)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BBA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS/TRADE/COMMERCE -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2006)
  • English Graduate Hours 24+
  • Completed ENG 567, Practicum in Teaching College Composition, which is a study in current composition theory and practice. Course completed in Fall, 2006 Teaching supervised through class visitation by and conferences with the Department Chair
  • Certified as a Teacher Consultant by the Sam Houston Writing Project, 2006
  • “Outside Voices: Interdisciplinary Consultants in the Writing Center.” South Central Writing Centers Association, Norman, OK. 2008 (accepted). “Making Students Feel Comfortable in the Writing Center: Having the Thriller Writing Center Experience.” South Central Writing Centers Association, Little Rock, AR. 2006. “Cultural Space: Launching Concepts into the Space of Understanding.” International Writing Centers Association, Houston, TX. 2007. “Outside Voices: Interdisciplinary Consultants in the Writing Center.” South Central Writing Centers Association, Norman, OK. 2008 (accepted).
  • Certified Master Tutor, College Reading and Learning Association, 2006.
  • Graduate Student/Graduate Teaching Assistant.
19. James J. Dent (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA BIOLOGY -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(1973)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(1976)
  • English 24+
  • 4 years experience, professional technical writer and documentation specialist. 29 years teaching experience, technical writing and composition.
20. Robert E. Donahoo (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA JOURNALISM/ENGLISH -- BAYLOR UNIVERSITY(1978)
  • MA ENGLISH -- DUKE UNIVERSITY(1979)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- DUKE UNIVERSITY(1988)
  • English and American Literature 24+
  • Book Chapters: “Moving with the Mainstream: A View of Postmodern American Science Fiction.” In Critical Essays on American Postmodernism. Ed. Stanley Trachtenberg. New York: Twayne, 1995. 152 165. “Lewis Shiner and the 'Good' Anarchist,” (written with Chuck Etheridge). In Fiction 2000: Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative. Ed. George Slusser and Tom Shippey. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1992. Juried Articles “Buried Memory: 1918 and the Uses of the Past.” Horton Foote Review 1 (2005): 21-33. “Subject to Limitations: O’Connor’s Fiction and the South’s Shifting Populations.” The Flannery O’Connor Review 2(2004): 16-30. “Remembering and Forgetting: History and Memory in Horton Foote’s The Last of the Thorntons. Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas 34 (2003): 1-13. “O'Connor's Catholics: A Historical-Cultural Context.” Literature and Belief 16.2 (1996): 100-113.
  • “Healing the Cultural Divides: Reading ‘A Good Man Is Hard to Find’.” The Journal of Contemporary Thought 4 (1994): 7-21. “Tarwater's March Toward the Feminine: The Role of Gender in O’Connor’s The Violent Bear It Away.” CEA Critic. 56 (Fall 1993): 96 106. “The Problem with Peelers: Wise Blood as Social Criticism.” The Flannery O'Connor Bulletin 21 (1992): 43 57. “O'Connor's Ancient Comedy: Form in ‘A Good Man Is Hard to Find.’” Journal of the Short Story in English 16 (1991): 29 39. “Toward a Definition of Resurrection: Tolstoy's Novel as Theology and Art.” Literature and Belief 11 (1991): 1 12.
  • President of the Flannery O’Connor Society, June 2006-present (term expires 2009). Editorial Advisory Board Member for The Bedford Anthology of American Literature, Vol. II. (2007-present). Editor of Cheers! The Newsletter of the Flannery O’Connor Society. June 2002-June 2006. President of the South Central College English Association (1998-99), having previously served as Vice President (1997-98) and Secretary (1996-97). President of the Texas College English Association, 1998-99, having previously served as Vice President (1997-98) and Secretary (1996-87). Book Review Editor for The Texas Review, 1995-2000. Reviewer for manuscript of Reading and Writing the College Experience. Longman Publishers, 2002. Reviewer for the manuscript of Voices of the American South. Longman Publishers, 2002. Editorial Assistant for American Literature, 1986-87.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, “Reconsidering Flannery O’Connor,” participant. July 2007. Sam Houston State University Research Enhancement Grant for 1997. College English Association Robert Hacke Scholar Teacher Award, 1994.
  • Bibliography: Contributing Bibliographer for The CCCC Bibliography of Composition and Rhetoric, 1989, 1990, 1991. Creative Publications: “Jack.” (a short story). New Texas (2006): 78-89. “Fishing Round Mars” (a work of creative non-fiction). Concho River Review 13.1 (Spring 1999): 49-56.
  • Introducing Africa: A Guide to Teaching African Literature in the AP Classroom. Durham, N.C.: Talent Identification Program, 1992. Teacher's Manual for an Advanced Placement Course in "Language and Composition". Co authored with Lucy Haagen, et al. Durham, N.C.: Talent Identification Program, 1986.
21. Diane Dowdey (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY(1976)
  • MA ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, COLUMBIA(1977)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON(1984)
  • American Literature, Rhetoric and Composition, Literature in English, since 1914 24+
  • Author of two compositon textbooks: The Researching Writer published by Holt and TR5: To Research, To Read, To Reason, To Write, To Report: An Introduction to Research Writing published by Simon and Schuster “Online Education and Writing Across the Curriculum.” Panelists Statements. WAC 2002: The Sixth National Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Houston: Rice University, 2002. "Stephen Jay Gould: 'This View of Science.'" Markham Review 16 (1987): 26‐34. "Rhetorical Techniques of Audience Adaptation in Popular Science Writing." Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 17 (1987): 275‐285.
  • "Citation and Documentation Across the Curriculum." Constructing Rhetorical Education. Edited by Marie Secor and Davida Charney. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1992. 330‐351. "Bridging the Gap: Science for a Popular Audience" in Proceedings in Technical and Business Communication: The Conference on College Composition and Communication, Minneapolis‐ 1985. Ed. Douglas M. Catron. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University, 1985. 147‐155.
  • “Virtual Space: Another Frontier.” International Writing Centers Association. April 12-14, 2007. Houston. “Negotiation Strategies for Tutors.”Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 21-24, 2007. New York. “Negotiation Strategies for Tutors.”Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 21-24, 2007. New York. “Teacher or Editor? Helping Tutors Negotiate Their Role.” College English Association. April 6-8, 2006. San Antonio. “Defining Success at a Writing Center: A Qualitative Approach.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 22-25, 2006. Chicago. “What is a Successful Writing Center? A Problematic Definition” South Central Writing Centers Association Conference. February 23-26, 2006. Little Rock, Arkansas. “Reaching the Community: Writing Center Staff Talk to High School English Teachers.” South Central Writing Centers Association Conference. March 3-5, 2005. Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • “What is a Successful Writing Center? A Problematic Definition” South Central Writing Centers Association Conference. February 23-26, 2006. Little Rock, Arkansas. “Reaching the Community: Writing Center Staff Talk to High School English Teachers.” South Central Writing Centers Association Conference. March 3-5, 2005. Baton Rouge, Louisiana “Shakespeare on Writing Center Leadership.” South Central Writing Centers Association Conference. February 19-21, 2004. Stillwater, Oklahoma. “Building Community in Tutor Training.” Conference on College Composition and Communication. March 24-27, 2004. San Antonio. “The Third Person at the Conference: Communicating with the Faculty.” South Central Writing Centers Association Conference. February 20-22, 2003. Fayetteville, Arkansas. “Evaluating the Impact of a Writing Center” International Writing Centers Association . October 23-25, 2003. Hershey, Pennsylvania.
22. Janet B. Fair (P)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA HUMANITIES -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(1977)
  • MED ELEMENTARY EDUCATION -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(1983)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(1990)
  • English 24+
  • State of Texas grades 9-12, certification in English Language Arts. State of Texas grades K-12, certification in French High School. Advanced Placement workshops (12 years)
23. William P Fleming (P)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BBA BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(1965)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(1966)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO(1972)
  • American Literature, Drama 24+
  • Excellence in Teaching - 1997 (SHSU) Excellence in Service - 1995 (SHSU) Outstanding Academic Advising Administrator - 2004 (NACADA)
24. David Taylor Gaines (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BJ JOURNALISM -- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN(1968)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(1998)
  • English 24+
  • Educator Certification, State of Texas, Secondary English, December 29, 1996. Educator Certification, State of Texas, Secondary Journalism, December 29, 1996
  • Publisher, SportsPage Magazine, September 2001 - May 2003. Publisher, Horseman Magazine, December 1976 - June 1991. Editor, Atlanta Citizens Journal, March 1974 - November 1975. Police Reporter, Odessa American, March 1969 - August 1969. Police Reporter, Galveston Daily News, September 1968 - March 1969.
  • Numerous awards in journalism for editorial writing, feature writing, editing, photography, design, and general excellence.
25. Deborah Beth Greene (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2002)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2004)
  • English 24+
  • “From Tutors to Teachers: An Evolution of Thought.” College English Association, San Antonio, TX. 2006 “Dirty Bag of Grammar.” Southwest Writing Center Association, Little Rock, AR. 2006. “Active‐Passive Express.” Southwest Writing Center Association, Little Rock, AR. 2003. “Classical Rhetoric and PowerPoint.” SWWCA, Stillwater, OK. 2004.
  • Certified Master Tutor, College Reading and Learning Association, 2004
  • Free-lance technical writer, 6 years.
26. Julie E Hall (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH(1979)
  • MA ENGLISH -- THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL(1983)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL(1993)
  • American Literature, Beginnings to 1865, The American Novel, The American Short Story, Studies in Nathaniel Hawthorne 12
  • Nomination, Excellence in Research Award, SHSU, 2007
  • 1 peer-reviewed book and 5 additional peer-reviewed articles on nineteenth-century American writers. Book: _Reinventing the Peabody Sisters_ (U of Iowa P, 2006; on nineteenth century American women writers) Articles: 1. "Writing at the Crossroads," forthcoming in _Legacy_. 2. "'At the Crisis of Our Fate': Sophia Hawthorne's Civil War Correspondence." In _Reinventing_. 3. "'Coming to Europe,' Coming to Authorship: Sophia Hawthorne and her _Notes in England and Italy_." In _Legacy_, Vol. 19 Now 2 (2002). 4. "'Tracing the Original Design': The Hawthornes in Rappaccini's Garden." In _Nathaniel Hawthorne Review_ 21.1 (Spring 1995). 5. "A Source for 'Drowne's Wooden Image' and Hawthorne's Dark Ladies." In _Nathaniel Hawthorne Review_ 16.2 (Fall 1990). 5 International presentations 10 National and regional presentations
  • 2 SHSU Faculty Research Enhancement Grants (2001 and 1997); Dissertation Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1988; Teaching Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990-91; Phi Beta Kappa, University of the South, 1978.
27. Sirkka Helena Halmari (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA -- UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE, FINLAND(1978)
  • MA ENGLISH PHILOLOGY -- UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE, FINLAND(1984)
  • MSS LIBRARY SCIENCE -- UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE, FINLAND(1986)
  • MA ENGLISH COMPOSITION -- CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN BERNARDINO(1990)
  • MA LINGUISTICS -- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES(1992)
  • PHD LINGUISTICS -- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES(1994)
  • Linguistics 24+
  • Philology 24+
  • English Composition 24+
  • 1 single-authored book, 1 co-edited book, ca. 30 journal articles and book chapters.
  • Director of the Academic Spoken English Program (2001-2003), University of Florida.
  • SHSU, CHSS. Research Achievement in English Award 2005-06. Excellence in Research Award 2004-05.
  • Åbo Akademi University, H.W. Donner Visiting Professor, November-December 2008.
  • Fulbright Senior Specialist Roster, member for a 5-year period from October 2007.
28. Melanie A Hanson (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • AB ENGLISH -- SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY(1975)
  • MA ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS(1998)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS(2004)
  • Book: Decapitation and Disgorgement: The Female Body as Text in Early Modern English Drama and Poetry (8th volume in the series “Studies in English Literatures”). Koray Melikoglu, ed. Ibidem-Verlag, Hannover, Germany, 2007. Articles: “‘You’ve Come a Long Way Baby’: An Update on the Perpetuation of Decapitation Advertisement and its Commodification of Female Sexuality in Las Vegas, Nevada.” Popular Culture Review. Las Vegas, NV: UNLV Press. Winter 2006. “The Jouissance of Disgorgement: Isabella Whitney’s ‘Will’ speaks to Helene Cixous” (Feminismo/s. Maribel Penalver Vicea and Rosa Rodriguez, eds. Magda, 6th issue – September 2006. “‘To Sew is To Pray’: Disgorging the ‘Speech of the Creator,’”Louise Erdrich: New Essays in Criticism. Brajesh Sawhney, ed. Kurukshetra University, Haryana, India, December 2007.
29. Darci N Hill (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY(1970)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY(1972)
  • PHD RHETORIC -- TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY, DENTON, TX(1989)
  • Renaissance Literature, Rhetoric and Composition 24+
  • “George Herbert and the Heroic Tradition: A consideration of the Third Movement of The Temple.” Reformation and Renaissance Review, 5.2 (Spring 2003), 245-54. “Monotony by Design: George Herbert’s ‘Sinne Group.’” Journal of Literature and Belief, 19 (Summer 1999), 177-89. “Mark Studdock as Hero: Another Look at C.S. Lewis’ That Hideous Strength.” Mythlore, 84 (Summer 1998), 22-27. “‘The Church Militant’ Resurrected: Mythic Elements in George Herbert’s The Temple.” Mythlore, 79 (Summer 1995), 29-32.
30. Barbara Annkidd Jones (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BSHE INTERIOR DESIGN -- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS(1963)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(1995)
  • English 24+
  • WebCT Certification Level 2, Montgomery College, 2006. WebCT Certification Level 1, Montgomery College, 2005. Distance Learning Facilitator Certification, Montgomery College, 1999; Online Certification, Sam Houston State University, December 11, 2009.
  • “Writing across the Curriculum in Composition,” Third National Writing Across the University Conference, Charleston, SC, February 1997. “Linking Technology and Writing Perspectives from Faculty,” Fourth National Writing across the University Conference, Miami, FL, February 1998. “Assessing Writing Centers: For Whom, By Whom,” Writing Centers Association Meeting of Conference of College Teachers of English, Amarillo, TX, March 2001. “Writing Centers and Time” South Central Writing Center Association Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, March 2005. “Looking Back, Looking Forward: Writing Centers as the Center of WAC.” South Central Writing Center Association, Little Rock, AK, February 2006. Panel Presentation, Thirty-Seventh Annual Conference of the College English Association, San Antonio, TX, January 2006. “Punctuation as a Continuing Problem,” Thirty-Seventh Annual Conference of the College English Association, San Antonio, TX, April 2006.
31. Scott Aaron Kaukonen (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA POLITICAL SCIENCE -- HOPE COLLEGE(1991)
  • MFA CREATIVE WRITING -- THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, TUCSON, AZ(1994)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - COLUMBIA(2006)
  • Creative Writing, American Literature 24+
  • Recipient, 2008 Creative Writing Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts. Ordination (collection of short stories), winner of the Ohio State University Prize for Short Fiction, published by OSU Press in 2005. Winner, 2004 Nelson Algren Prize from the Chicago Tribune 2003 AWP/Prague Summer Fellow in Fiction, Association of Writing Programs.
  • Short Stories: “Punnett’s Squares,” Chicago Tribune, Oct. 31, 2004. “Ordination,” Third Coast, Fall 2004. Books: Ordination (a collection of short stories), The Ohio State University Press, winner of The Ohio State University Prize for Short Fiction (Spring 2005).
32. Marion Douglas Krienke (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(1959)
  • MA ENGLISH -- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY(1965)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO(1976)
  • SHSU Excellence in Teaching Award, 1990.
  • “The Theme of Damnation in Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus.” University of Toledo Regional Conference on Renaissance Studies. Toledo, OH, 1991. “A Tragic Vision in Shakespeare’s Lear.” South Central Modern Language Association. San Antonio, TX, 1988.
33. Andrew J Lopenzina (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST(1999)
  • MA ENGLISH LITERATURE -- UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE(2000)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE(2006)
  • American Literature 24+
  • “The Stone Canoe: Tracing Indigenous Roots in the Writings of William Apess.” The Northeast Modern Language Association Conference (Buffalo, Mar. 2008). “Photographic Transubstantiation: Before and After Shots and the Myth of Transformation at the Indian Boarding School.” South Atlantic Modern Language Association Convention (Atlanta, Nov. 2007). “‘The Door of the Tomb Opens, and Metamora Appears’: Resurrecting King Philip in John Augustus Stone’s Metamora and William Apess’ Eulogy.” The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference (Albuquerque, February 2007). “Compromised Currencies: Why Samson Occom is not Pictured on the One Hundred Dollar Bill.” The North Eastern Modern Language Association Conference (Baltimore, March 2007). “‘This Indian Land’: Sustaining Native Space in Eighteenth-Century Natick.” The Interdisciplinary Meeting in Indigenous Studies (Norman, OK, May 2007).
  • “What to the American Indian is the Fourth of July: Where Abolitionist Rhetoric Meets Native American Advocacy in the Writings of William Apess and Frederick Douglass.” Native American Literature Symposium (Minneapolis, April 2005). “A Tale of Two Settlements: Cooperstown, Brotherton and the Projection of Wilderness Community in Eighteenth-Century America.” The Southern American Studies Association Conference (Baton Rouge, February 2005). “Crossing the Threshold: Reading Masculine Silences in John Williams’ The Redeemed Captive.” The American Studies Association Conference (Hartford, October 2003).
  • "Shadow Casting: Survivance and the Problem of Historical Recovery." Gerald Vizenor: Texts, COntexts, Contemporaries, eds. Deborah Madsen and Robert Lee, University of New Mexico Press, Due Fall 2010. “Compromised Currencies: Why Samson Occom is not Pictured on the One Hundred Dollar Bill.” Sovereignty, Separatism and Survivance: Ideological Encounters in the Literature of Native North America, ed. Benjamin Carson. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2009: 17-45.
34. Alice Mary Marcom (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA MODERN AND MEDIEVAL LANGUAGES -- NEW HALL CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND(1977)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2006)
  • English 24+
  • “Returning to Johnny Texas: A New Look at a Classic Work for Children.” American Studies Association of Texas, San Antonio, TX, 19 November 2004.
  • As a Graduate Assistant, completed ENG 567, Practicum in Teaching College Composition.
35. Barbara Elaine Miles (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER(1992)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(1997)
  • English 24+
  • 3 years of experience as Office Manager and Editor for Texas Review Press, Sam Houston SU.
36. Sharon Melissa Morphew (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BSED ELEMENTARY EDUCATION -- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA(1986)
  • MA ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA(1989)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA(1994)
  • Creative Writing 24+
  • 19th and 20th-century British and American Literature 24+
  • My graduate work was in 20th Century British and American Poetry, Contemporary American Poetry since 1950, and Feminist Revisionist Myth. I did extensive work on the "Odyssey," and my dissertation was an original book of poems which consisted of a revisionist update of the "Odyssey" from Penelope's point of view.
  • I am the recipient of several honors in the field of poetry writing, including: The Randall Jarell International Poetry Prize, The W.B. Yeats Society Prize in Poetry, The Cecil J. Hackney Literary Award, The Academy of American Poets College Prize, The La Jolla Poets Press National Poets Series Prize, a Tennessee Arts Commission Grant in Poetry, etc....
  • I have published a chapbook of poems "Hunger and Heat (The Missionary Letters)" (Anabiosis Press, 1995). I have also published two full-length collections "The Garden Where All Loves End" (La Jolla Poets Press, 1997) and "Fathom" (Turning Point Press, 2006). In 2010, a third full-length book of poems, "Weeding Borges' Garden" will be published by Turning Point Press. My poems appear regularly in some of the top poetry journals in the U.S., such as "The Georgia Review," "Shenandoah," "Prairie Schooner," "Alaska Quarterly Review," "Parnassus: Poetry in Review," "Seneca Review," ect... I also read my poems at poetry festivals and writing conferences across the country.
  • I enter my students' creative work in the Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers Student Competitions on a yearly basis and at least one of my students has received a prize every year, but 2007. I have been included in "Who's Who Among America's Teachers."
37. Carroll F. Nardone (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA BROADCASTING -- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO(1982)
  • MA JOURNALISM -- THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, COLUMBUS(1986)
  • PHD RHETORIC AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION -- NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY(2002)
  • “Assessment Strategies as Formative Evaluation.” Academic Exchange Quarterly. 9.3 (2005): 293-298. “Seeing and Reading through the Culture of War.” Academic Exchange Quarterly. 9.4 (2005): 204-209. (Co-author: Tracy Bilsing) “Complicating Tensions and Reproducing Culture: Searching for Models in Technical and Scientific Communication.” Published proceedings of the annual meeting of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication, Utah State U, Logan, UT. 3-5 October 2002. Ed. Ann Blakeslee. Ann Arbor, MI: CPTSC, 2003. 49-51. “The Global Impact of E-Mail”. Eds. Alkhafaji, A. and Biberman, J., Business Research Yearbook: Global Business Perspectives. Lanham, Maryland: UP of America, 2002: 203-208. (Co-authors: Louis K. Falk and Sharaf Rehman) “Integrated Marketing Texts and Hidden Ideologies,” Eds. Alkhafaji, A. and Biberman, J., Business Research Yearbook: Global Business Perspectives. Lanham, Maryland: UP of America, 2001: 51-55.
  • Senior Member, Society of Technical Communication
  • Industry-related research: “Driving the Workplace: Preparing Students to Define and Manipulate Information Technologies.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 4-6 October 2007. “Responding to Forces of Change in Industry: Single Sourcing, Postmodern Theory, and Technical Writing Pedagogy.” Rocky Mountain Modern Languages Association annual meeting. Couer D’ Alene, ID. 23-25 October 2005.
  • Historical Research: “Historical Precedence in Ways of Knowing: Early American Scientific Texts and their Postmodern Culture.” Association for Teachers of Technical Writing annual meeting. New York, NY. 21 March 2007. “New Literary Spaces: Scientific Texts in the Early American Republic” Northeast Modern Languages Association, Philadelphia, PA. 2-5 March 2006. “Early American Scientific Texts: Building a Community of Authority.” Poster Presentation. Association for Teachers of Technical Writing. San Francisco, CA. 16 March 2005.
38. Jon N Nelson II (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2005)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2007)
  • English 24+
  • Certified as a Teacher Consultant by the Sam Houston Writing Project, 2006
  • As Graduate Assistant, completed ENG 567, Practicum in Teaching College Composition. Teaching supervised by Department Chair, including class visitation.
39. Ralph W. Pease (P)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA SPEECH -- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN(1957)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY(1965)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY(1972)
  • Shakespeare, American Literature, Film in Literature 24+
  • Minnie Stevens Piper Professor, 1987. SHSU Excellence in Teaching Award, 1983.
  • Texas Public School Teachers Certification, English and Language Arts, 1961.
  • Article: “Huck Finn Talks About What Mr. Twain Did to His Story” Mark Twain Journal, Spring, 1983. Included in SUNY DVD RAM of First Edition Copy of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and significant articles, 2004. Books: The Police Officer's English Language Handbook, (Sam Houston Criminal Justice Press, 1979 with reprints 1983). Police Report Writing, with Robert Johnson (San Diego College, Harcourt Brace, 1982)
  • “Changing Film Images of Christ: Making Christ More ‘Human.’” Conference on Christianity and Literature, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1991. “The Vigilante Theme in American Film.” Literature and Film Circle, Florida State University, 1989. “Gone With The Wind: Novel and Film After 50 Years.” Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy annual meeting, 1989. “Ellen Terry’s Shakespearean Roles.” Shakespeare Association of America, New Orleans, 1982. “‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’: Hamlet as Murderer.” South Central Modern Language Association, Fort Worth, TX, 1973.
40. Deborah Lynne Phelps (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BS ENGLISH -- TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY(1983)
  • MA ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE(1986)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE(1991)
  • British Victorian and Romantic Literature 24+
  • Poetry Chapbook: Deep East. Concord, CA: Small Poetry Press Select Poetry Series, Feb. 2001. Winner, True Millenia Chapbook Prize.
  • Articles: A"Jorie Graham." Multicultural Writers Since 1945. New York: Greenwood, 2004. "Claire Messud." Multicultural Writers Since 1945. New York: Greenwood, 2004. "Jamaica Kincaid." Multicultural Writers Since 1945. New York: Greenwood, 2004. 'You take us for harlots': Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Women Warriors." CCTE Studies 1997: 77-85. "As the Faculty Turns: Hiring, Retiring, and Curriculum Change." CEA Magazine 1997: 53-62. "Service on the Side: Literature Professors and the Teaching of Technical Writing." CCTE Studies 1996: 65-74. "Anna Jameson." British Travel Writers 1837-1875. The Dictionary of Literary Biography. Ed. Barbara Brothers and Julia Gergits. Columbia, SC: Bruccoli, Clark, Layman, Inc., 1996: 184-190. "Pouring Tea and Filing Suit: Academic Women and the Feminist Generation Gap." Concerns Winter 1995: 15-21.
  • "Women's Writing, Technical Writing: Gender Difference in the Technical Report Process." Rhetorical Designs for Professional and Technical Writing: A Teacher's Guide. Ed. William E. Tanner. Dallas: Caxton's, 1994: 111-117. "'At the Roadside of Humanity': Elizabeth Barrett Browning Abroad." Creditable Warriors: English Literature and the Wider World, 1830-1876. Ed. Michael Cotsell. London: Ashfield, 1990: 225-242.
41. Penny Cryer Pitrucha (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2005)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2007)
  • English 24+
  • Certified as a Teacher Consultant by the Sam Houston Writing Project, 2006. Certified Master Writing Tutor, College Reading and Learning Association, 2004.
42. Nathan Ryan Roberts (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY(2003)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2005)
  • English 24+
  • “The Montressor Method.” South Central Writing Center Association, Baton Rouge, LA, March 2005. “A Lacanian Analysis of Defoe’s, Robinson Crusoe." New Voices Conference, Atlanta, GA, October 2005.
43. Paul D. Ruffin (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BS ENGLISH -- MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY(1964)
  • MA ENGLISH -- MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY(1968)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI(1974)
  • Creeative Writing, American Literature 24+
  • Published 2 novels, 3 short story collections, 11 edited books, 6 collections of poetry, and 2 collections of essays. Published some 80+ stories, 800+ individual poems, and 23 essays in magazines and journals. Individual stories and poems anthologized in 22 collections.
  • Director, Creative Writing Program, SHSU Founding Editor, Editor-in-Chief, The Texas Review Founder and Director, Texas Review Press Faculty Advisor, Sam Houston State Review
44. Bernadette Vivian Russo (P)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BS CRIMINAL JUSTICE -- NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY(1998)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2009)
  • English Graduate Hours 24+
  • Certified by the State of Texas to teach Reading, English, and Social Studies Composite, 4-8 and in (Special Education) Public schools teaching experience
  • Certified as a Teacher Consultant by the Sam Houston Writing Project, 2007
  • Completed ENG 567, Practicum in Teaching College Composition, which is a study in current composition theory and practice. Course completed in Fall, 2007 Teaching supervised through class visitation by and conferences with the Department Chair
  • Graduate student; graduate teaching assistant
  • Has taught English and language arts in Texas middle schools
  • Conference presentation to TCTELA regarding writing instruction and composition
  • Taught Freshman Composition I and II as well as Literature of Western World (ENG 265W) as full-time pool faculty
  • M.A. in English conferred December 2009.
  • “Shadows of Home: Phantom Pains of Dyaspora and (Dys)ease in ‘Caroline’s Wedding,’” 12th International Conference of the Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars (ACWWS), April 20th-24th 2009, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
45. Steven Scott Rydarowski (P)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BS PSYCHOLOGY, GENERAL -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2006)
  • English 21
  • Completed ENG 567, Practicum in Teaching College Composition, which is a study in current composition theory and practice. Course completed in Fall, 2006 Teaching supervised through class visitation by and conferences with the Department Chair
  • Certified as a Teacher Consultant by the Sam Houston Writing Project, 2007
46. Tannie H Shannon (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2000)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2004)
  • English 24+
  • Professional editorial experience
  • Book: Seed of Villainy, Texas Review Press, Sam Houston SU, Huntsville, TX, 2007.
47. April A Shemak (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH/FRENCH -- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON(1993)
  • MA ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND(1998)
  • PHD ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE -- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND(2003)
  • English Literature: Postcolonial Literature and Theory 24+
  • English Literature: Postcolonial Literature and Theory 24+
  • “Re-Membering Hispaniola: Edwidge Danticat’s The Farming of Bones,” Modern Fiction Studies, special issue: “Postmodernism and the Globalization of English” ed. Michael Bérubé. 48:1 (Spring 2002) 83-112. “Alter/Natives: Myth, Translation and the Native Informant in Pauline Melville’s The Ventriloquist’s Tale,” Textual Practice,19:3 (2005) 353-372. “A Wounded Discourse: The Poetics of Disease in Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban,” Postcolonial Text, 2:3 (June 2006) 1-23.
  • Enhancement Grant for Professional Development, Sam Houston State University, May 2008-June 2009, Enhancement Grant for Professional Development, Sam Houston State University, June 2007-May 2008. Faculty Research Enhancement Grant. Sam Houston State University. Summer 2006.
  • Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies
48. Joul Layne Smith (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- HOWARD PAYNE UNIVERSITY(2005)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2007)
  • English 24+
  • As Graduate Assistant, completed ENG 567, Practicum in Teaching College Composition. Teaching supervised by Department Chair, including classroom visitation.
49. Melanie Kay Sweeney (P)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA SPEECH COMMUNICATION -- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY(2006)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2008)
  • English Graduate Hours 21
  • Completed ENG 567, Practicum in Teaching College Composition, which studies current composition theory and practice. Course completed in Fall 2006
  • Teaching supervised through class visitation by and conferences with the Department Chair
  • Graduate Student/Graduate Teaching Assistant
50. David Wayne Sweeten (P)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, GENERAL -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2007)
  • English 24+
  • 3 years experience as a peer tutor in the Sam Houston Writing Center
  • Completed ENG 567, Practicum in Teaching College Composition, Fall 2007. Teaching supervised by Department Chair, to include classroom visitation, Spring 2008.
  • Graduate student; graduate teaching assistant
51. Semira Janet Taheri (P)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, GENERAL -- (2005)
  • English 24+
  • Certified as a Teacher Consultant by the Sam Houston Writing Project, 2007
  • “Understanding Through Metaphor,” South-Central Writing Center Association, Norman, OK, March 2008. “Approaches to Paragraphing: ESL and Multisensory,” Texas Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts, Houston, TX, January 2008. “Cultural Space: Launching Concepts into the Space of Understanding,” International Writing Centers Association, Houston, TX, April 2007.
52. Ann E Theodori (P)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BAED ENG LANG ARTS -- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-KEARNEY(1990)
  • MA ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN(1998)
  • English 24+
  • Certified as a Teacher Consultant by the Nebraska Writing Project
  • Texas Educator Certificate, Standard, English Language Arts and Reading (Grades 8-12) Nebraska Educator Certificate, Standard, English Language Arts (Grades 7-12)
  • Director of Summer Young Writers Camp, Sam Houston Writing Project, 2008 (forthcoming)
53. Samuel Jacob Unger (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2002)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2007)
  • English 24+
  • “Tutoring Our Elders: A Dialogue on Writing Centers and the Non-Traditional Student,” South Central Writing Centers Association (February 2006). “Tutoring Our Elders: Writing Centers and Cultural Space for the Non-traditional Student,” International Writing Centers Conference (April 2007). “The Potency of Imago Dei: The Theology of Subcreation in Tolkien’s Mythopoeia,” International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 2007).
54. Zachary Ryan Vande Zande (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BS PSYCHOLOGY -- TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE STATION(2004)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(2007)
  • English 24+
  • Books: Legitimate Art. Victoria: Loose Teeth Press, 2006. Apathy and Paying Rent. Victoria: Loose Teeth Press, May 2008 (forthcoming).
  • Peer tutor, Sam Houston Writing Center, 2006 As Graduate Assistant, completed ENG 567, Practicum in Teaching College Composition, Fall 2006. Teaching supervised by Department Chair, including classroom visitation.
55. Audrey St Pierre Young (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(1993)
  • MA ENGLISH -- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY(1995)
  • English 24+
  • Texas Teaching Certificate, English and Language Arts 9-12.
  • Two Writing Across the Curriculum Writing Awards
  • Adjunct Faculty Member of Women's Advisory Committee, 2006-2007
  • B.A.degree Summa Cum Laude
56. Eugene O. Young (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- WEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY(1968)
  • MA ENGLISH -- WEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY(1975)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE(1979)
  • American Literature 24+
  • "Texas Music at the Crossroads." National Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Houston, TX, March 2002. "Between the Wish and the Thing: The Battle of Zacatecas and Mexican History in All the Pretty Horses." National Conference of the Cormac McCarthy Society, San Antonio, TX, October 1999. "Student Editing Internships in Low-Industry Geographical Areas." Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, GA, March 1987.
  • Honored for "Extraordinary and Sustained Service" to the College English Association, awarded at the National Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 1992.
  • Article: "Joanna Burden as Joe Christmas' Alter Ego." The Rectangle, Spring, 1976. Proceedings: "Student Editing Internships in Low-Industry Geographical Areas." Proceedings of the 1987 Conference on College Composition and Communications.
  • Director, Elliott T. Bowers Honors Program, 2006-present.

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