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Faculty Credentials : SummerII 2008
English


1. 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)
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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
9. Kandi A Tayebi (F)
Short Vita
 Courses TaughtRelevant Academic Degrees
and Course Credits Earned		Other Qualifications
 
  • BA ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO(1985)
  • MA ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO(1991)
  • PHD ENGLISH -- UNIVERSITY OF DENVER(1999)
  • English 24+
  • English literature 24+
  • critical theory 24+
  • American literature 23
  • major publications in British Romanticism. All publications utilize theoretical approaches. Publications covering both quantitative and qualitative approaches to the humanities and to social sciences.
  • comprehensive exams on 18-19th century British literature and theory, 20th-century British literature and theory, and medieval literature
  • Numerous professional peer-reviewed presentations on British Romanticism. All presentations utilize theoretical approaches. Presentations covered both quantitative and qualitative approaches to research in both the humanities and social sciences.
  • dissertation on late 18th early 19th century Romantic British writer.
  • Master's thesis on 19th century British writer.
  • Master's comprehensive exams on American, World, and British literature and theory.
10. Zachary Ryan Vande Zande (P)
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.

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