VITA (Spring 2013)

Professor’s Name: Ann Moseley

Office Location: None (retired) Office Telephone: None (retired)

Campus Address: Department of Literature and LanguagesTexas A&M University-CommerceCommerce, Texas 75429

Home Telephone: 903-994-2264 or 994-2353

Home Address: 3119 County Road 4120Cumby, Texas 75433

Institution(s) attended and Degree(s) Earned:

1977 Texas Woman's University Post doctoral study(1 course in composition/reading, 1 in children’s literature)

1974 University of Oklahoma (Am. Lit.) Ph.D.1969 East Texas State University (English) M.A.1968 East Texas State University (English & French) B.A.

Permanent Faculty Designations (non-teaching now):

Professor of Literature & Languages EmeritaTexas A&M University-Commerce

William L. Mayo (University) ProfessorTexas A&M University-Commerce

Last Teaching Position:

Adjunct Professor, Texas A&M University-Commerce Spring 2010(Teaching graduate seminar on Willa Cather.)

Previous Teaching Positions:

Texas A&M University-Commerce, (formerly East Texas State University)

2000-present William L. Mayo Professor of Literature and Languages2003-2008 Professor of Literature and Languages, Early Retirement/

Modified Service (2 courses per year, directing graduate work)1991-present Professor of Literature and Languages 1987-1991 Associate Professor of Literature and Languages (4 years)1982-1987 Assistant Professor of Literature and Languages (5 years)1982-1990 Director of the Writing Center (Communications Skills Center)

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1979-1982 Supervisor of the Reading Center (3 years)1978-1979 Materials Development Specialist (1 year)1977-1978 Coordinator of the Reading Center (1 year)Fall 1975, Fall 1976 Adjunct Assistant Professor (2 years)1969-1971 Ad-Interim Instructor (2 years)1968-1969 Graduate Assistant

Other 1975 Part-time Instructor, Paris Junior College1975 English Teacher, Grades 8-12, Campbell High School 1973 English Teacher, Grade 11, Sulphur Springs High School 1971-1972 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Oklahoma

Conference Directorships

Co-director (with John J. Murphy and Robert Thacker( of the Fourteenth International Willa Cather Seminar. Flagstaff, AZ. June 16-22.

Professional Publications:

Books and Monographs (chronological, beginning with the most recent):

Willa Cather and Aestheticism: From Romanticism to Modernism.. Co-edited with Sarah Cheney Watson. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 2012.

The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather. Scholarly edition. Historical editor and author of Explanatory Notes and Historical Essay, Ann Moseley. Textual Essay by Kari Ronning. Lincoln: U of Neb. P, 2012.

Interactions: A Thematic Reader, 8th ed. Boston: Cengage-Wadsworth, 2012. With website, including Instructor’s Manual and eight lessons on modes of development.)

Interactions: A Thematic Reader, 7th ed. Boston: Houghton, 2009 (with Jeanette Harris). With Instructor’s Manual and Website.

Interactions: A Thematic Reader, 6th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006 (with Jeanette Harris). Book, Instructor’s Manual, and Website completed January 2005.

Strategies for College Writing, 2nd ed. New York: Longman, 2004 (with Jeanette Harris). With Instructor’s Manual and Website.

Interactions: A Thematic Reader, 5th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003 (with Jeanette Harris). With Instructor’s Manual and Website.

Strategies for College Writing. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 2000 (with Jeanette Harris). With Instructor’s Manual.

Interactions: A Thematic Reader, 4th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000 (with Jeanette Harris). With Instructor’s Manual.

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Interactions: A Thematic Reader, 3rd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997 (with Jeanette Harris). With Instructor’s Manual.

Interactions: A Thematic Reader, 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994 (with Jeanette Harris). With Instructor's Manual.

Contexts: Writing and Reading, 3rd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993 (with Jeanette Harris). Student Edition, Annotated Instructor’s Edition, and Instructor’s Resource Manual.

Interactions: A Thematic Reader. Boston: Houghton, 1991 (with Jeanette Harris). With Instructor's Manual.

Contexts: Writing and Reading, 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton, 1989 (with Jeanette Harris). Student Edition, Annotated Instructor's Edition, and Instructor's Resource Manual.

Ole Rolvaag. Western Writers Series. Boise, Idaho: Boise State UP, 1987.

Contexts: Writing and Reading. Boston: Houghton, 1985 (with Jeanette Harris). A developmental freshman English textbook with accompanying Instructor's Manual.

Of Edsels and Marauders. South Central Names Institute Publication No. 1. Commerce: Names Institute Press, 1971. Co-edited with Fred Tarpley.

Contributions to Books (chronological, beginning with most recent)

“Echoes of Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage in Willa Cather’s One of Ours.” Cather Studies 9. Forthcoming.

“Introduction: The ‘Intrinsic Beauty’ of Art.” In Willa Cather and Aestheticism: From Romanticism to Modernism. , ed. Sarah Cheney Watson and Ann Moseley. Madison: Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 2012. 1-14.

“Willa Cather’s Transitional Novel: The Song of the Lark as a Romantic-Naturalistic Novel with a Modernist Center.” In Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark. Ed. Debra L. Cumberland. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi, 2010.

“Willa Cather’s La Comédie humaine. A Writer’s Worlds. Vol. 8 of Cather Studies. Ed. Robert Thacker, John J. Murphy, & Françoise Palleau-Papin. Lincoln, U of Neb. P, forthcoming 2010. 148-63. Refereed.

“Edith Wharton and Willa Cather.” American Literary Scholarship: An Annual 2007. Ed. Gary Scharnhorst. Durham: Duke UP, 139-68, 2009. (I wrote the Cather portion.) Invited.

“Alice in The Troll Garden: Willa Cather’s ‘Flavia and Her Artists’ and Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.” Teaching the Works of Willa Cather. Ed. Virgil Albertini and Steven B. Shively. Maryville, MO: Greentower, 2009. 162-74.Refereed.

“Edith Wharton and Willa Cather.” American Literary Scholarship: An Annual 2006. Ed. David J. Nordloh. Durham: Duke UP, 2008. 117-37. (I wrote the Cather portion, pp. 125-37.) Invited.

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“Edith Wharton and Willa Cather.” American Literary Scholarship: An Annual 2005. Ed. Gary Scharnhorst. Durham: Duke UP, 2007. 141-64. (I wrote the Cather portion, pp. 148-64.) Invited.

“Edith Wharton and Willa Cather.” American Literary Scholarship: An Annual 2004. Ed. David J. Nordloh Durham: Duke UP, 2006. 127-150. (I wrote the Cather portion, pp. 135-50). Invited.

“From the Ancient Sinagua to Thea Kronborg: The Creative Ecology of The Song of the Lark.” Cather Studies: Willa Cather’s Ecologcal Imagination. Vol. 6. Ed. Susan J. Rosowski. Lincoln: U of Neb. P, 2003. 216-36. Refereed

“’The Hero Within’: Heroic Archetypes in Shadows on the Rock.” Cather Studies. Vol. 4. Ed. Robert Thacker. Lincoln: U of Neb. P, 1999. 97-117. Refereed.

“Spatial Structures and Forms in The Professor’s House.” Cather Studies. Vol. 3. Ed. Susan Rosowski. Lincoln: University of Nebraska, 1996. 197-211. Refereed.

"The Journey Through the 'Space in the Text' to Where the Wild Things Are." Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Children's Literature Association, 1986. Eds. Susan R. Gannon and Ruth Anne Thompson, West Lafayette, IN: Education Department, Purdue U, 1988. 96-101. Refereed.

"Mythic Reality in Cather's Portrayal of the Land in O Pioneers!" Under the Sun: Myth and Realism in Western American Literature. Ed. Barbara Meldrum. New York: Whitson Press, 1985. 91-105. Refereed.

"Recursive Dimensions in Writing," Proceeding of Conference of College Teachers of English in Texas, 47 (1982): 57-62 (with Jeanette Harris). Refereed.

"The Discovery of Meaning in Reading and Writing: Instructional Techniques Based on Language Recursiveness." Innovative Learning Strategies, 1981-1982, Annual Yearbook of the College Reading Improvement Section of the International Reading Association. Ed. Rona F. Flippo, Newark, Del.: International Reading Association, 1982. Refereed.

"Mythological Names in Willa Cather's Fiction." The Scope of Names, South Central Names Institute Publication No. 7. Ed. Fred Tarpley. Commerce: Names Institute Press, 1981.

"The Opposite of Black: Names for White Americans." Of Edsels and Marauders, South Central Names Institute Publication No. 1. Ed. Fred Tarpley and Ann Moseley. Commerce: Names Institute Press, 1971

Articles, Notes, and Separates in Journals and Reference Books (chronological, beginning with most recent):

“Editing the Scholarly Edition of The Song of the Lark: The Legacy of Cather’s Journalism in the Social and Literary History of the Novel.” American Literary Realism 41.2 (Winter 2009): 133-53. Refereed.

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“Sanctuary and Transformation: Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Cather’s Shadows on the Rock..” Willa Cather Newsletter and Review. Special Edition. 51.1 (Spring 2007): 21-24. Invited.

“Reporting on ‘the Rhine [V]oice’: James Gibbons Huneker as Fred Ottenburg in The Song of the Lark.” Willa Cather Newsletter and Review 48.2 (Fall 2004): 30-31. Invited.

“The Religious Architecture of The Professor’s House and Death Comes for the Archbishop.” Literature and Belief 22.1 (2002): 1-16. Refereed.

“The Human Element: Prototypes in ‘The Ancient People.” Willa Cather Newsletter and Review 42.5 (Fall 2002): 45-46. Invited.

“Classics of Children’s Literature for Adult Summer Reading.” The Pride 54.3 (April 2001): 6. Invited.

“Cathedral Building in My Mortal Enemy: Myra Henshawe as Spiritual Grotesque.” Literature and Belief 18.2 (1998): 34-50. Refereed.

“Concentric Texts in The Professor’s House.” Western American Literature. 31.1 (1996): 35-47. Refereed.

"Signs in Speare's The Sign of the Beaver." The ALAN Review 22.3 (Spring 1995): 19-21. Refereed.

"A New World Symphony: Cultural Pluralism in The Song of the Lark and My Antonia." Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Newsletter 39.1 (Spring 1995): 1, 7-12. Invited.

"Betty Baker." Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Fiction. Ed. Frank N. Magill, Pasadena: Salem P, 1991. Invited.

"Paul Berna." Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Fiction. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Pasadena: Salem P, 1991. Invited.

"Mary Stolz." Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Fiction. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Pasadena: Salem P, 1991. Invited.

"Writing With Teachers," English Basics, Fall 1989, pp. 1-2.

"The Journey Through the 'Space in the Text" to Where the Wild Things Are." Children's Literature in Education 19 (1988): 86-93. Refereed.

"Recursive Dimensions in Writing." English Basics. January, 1988, pp. 3-4 (with Jeanette Harris).

"From Factory to Workshop: Revising the Writing Center." The Writing Center Journal (Spring/Summer 1984): 31-38. Refereed.

"ETSU Students Review." Signal 9 (1984): 4. (Note)

"The Pueblo Emergence Myth in Death Comes for the Archbishop," Southwestern American Literature 8 (1982): 27-35. Refereed.

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"Some Recommended Adolescent and Adult Novels in Northeast Texas." English in Texas 13 (1982): 94-95 (with Glen Irvin).

"The Do-Da Controversy--Daugherty vs. Dougherty." Backroads 1 (1980): 12-16

"An Integrative Approach to Developmental English." English in Texas 11 (1979): 33-35 (with Jon Jonz, Jeanette Harris, and Glenna Howell).

"The Dual Nature of Art in Cather's The Song of the Lark." Western American Literature 13 (1979): 19-32. Refereed.

"The Land Metaphor in Two Midwestern Immigrant Novels." MELUS 5 (1978): 33-38. Refereed.

Book Reviews (chronological, beginning with most recent):

Review of The Catherian Cathedral: Gothic Cathedral Iconography in Willa Cather’s Fiction. By Christine E. Kephart. American Literary Realism. Forthcoming spring 1912.

Review of Birthing a Nation: Gender, Creativity, and the West in American Literature by Susan J. Rosowski. Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas (JSAT) 32 (Oct. 2001): 87-88.

Review of the Scholarly Edition of Death Comtes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather. Historical Essay and Explanatory Notes by John Murphy. Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas (JSAT). 31 (Oct. 2000): 93-94.

Review of Willa Cather in Context: Progress, Race, Empire by Guy Reynolds. Western American Literature 32.5 (1998): 405-406.

Review of Willa Cather in Context: Progress, Race, Empire by Guy Reynolds. Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas (JSAT) 28 (October 1997): 98-99.

Review of Unbridled Spirits: Short Fiction about Women in the Old West. Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas 26 (October 1995): 77-78.

Review of Frontier Gothic: Terror and Wonder at the Frontier in American Literature. Eds. David Mogen, Scott P. Sanders, and Joanne B. Karpinski. Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas 25 (October 1994): 95-96.

Book Review of Isolation and Masquerade: Willa Cather’s Women, by Frances W. Kaye and Willa Cather and the Art of Conflict, by Patrick W. Shaw. Western American Literature 29.4 (1995): 344-45.

Review of Willa Cather by Edward Wagenknecht. Western American Literature 30.1 (1994)

Review of Willa Cather and the Art of Conflict by Patrick W. Shaw. Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas 24 (1993): 96-97.

Review of Come Sing, Jimmy Jo by Katherine Paterson. The Alan Review 15 (1987): 29.

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Review of When the Wind Is In the South and Other Stories by O. E. Rolvaag. Western American Literature 21 (1986): 67-68.

Review of Davita's Harp by Chaim Potok. The Alan Review 14 (1986): 43.

Review of Aren't You the One Who...? by Francis A. Miller, Signal 9 (1984): 12.

Review of Robotics: Past and Present by David C. Knight, Signal 9 (1984): 12.

Review of Sweet Senior Insanity by Sonia Levitin. Signal 8 (1984): 12.

Review of Ten Miles High by Felice Buckvar, Signal, March-April 1982.

Review of Seems Like This Road Goes On Forever by Jean Van Leeuween, Signal, January-February 1982

Review of You Gotta Deal With It: Black Family Relations in a Southern Community by Theodore R. Kennedy, Signal, 1981, Supplementary Issue.

Review of Gaucho by Gloria Gonzales, Signal (December 1980): 9.

Review of The Swing by Emily Hanlon, Signal 4 (Summer 1980): 15.

Review of Writing Through Reading by John M. Hardaway and Francine Hardaway, Rocky Mountain Review 34 (Winter 1980): 77 (with Jeanette Harris).

Review of William Humphrey by James W. Lee, The Herald Banner, 1968.

Honors and Awards:

Plenary Speaker at and co-director of the 14th International Willa Cather Seminar, Flagstaff, AZ. June 16-22.

Plenary Speaker and Staff Member. Willa Cather: A Writer’s Worlds. The 11th International Willa Cather Seminar. Paris & Provence, France. June 24-July 1, 2007.

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. Explanatory Notes and Historical Essay for the Scholarly Edition of Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark. January-June 2002.

William L. Mayo Professorship, Fall 2000-present. (I received an annual stipend of $2,500 for the first three years of this lifetime designation.

H. M. Lafferty Distinguished Faculty Award for Scholarship and Creative Activity, April 2000

Seminar Fellow. Eighth International Willa Cather Seminar. Nebraska City, Nebraska, June 2000.

Seminar Fellow. Spiritual Frontiers 2000 Conference. Provo, Utah. March 2000.Seminar Fellow, Seventh International Willa Cather Seminar. Winchester, VA. June

1997.Honors Professor of the Year Award, Texas A&M University-Commerce, 1997.Alumna Ambassador [Honored Alumna Selected Annually by Student's Department],

Department of Literature & Languages, East Texas State University, Spring 1994.

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Best Paper Award for "John Smith: An American Columbus?" Presented to American Studies Association of Texas, Denton, TX, Nov 20, 1992.

TACT Teacher of the Year Award, 1992. Campus Nominee for Piper Professor, 1989, 1990.Nominated for Honors Professor of the Year, 1986.Reception for publication of Contexts: Writing and Reading. 2nd ed., given by

Houghton Mifflin publishers at South Central Modern Language Association, Arlington, Texas, October 1988.

Northeast Area Council of Teachers of English Creative Teaching Award, Spring 1979 (with Communication Skills Center staff).

Papers, Presentations, and Panels (chronological, beginning with most recent):

“Echoes of Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage in Willa Cather’s One of Ours.” 13th International Willa Cather Seminar. Smith College, June 2011.

“’The Best Days are the First to Flee’ or “the golden Light’?: Transience, Permanence, and Wisdom in Cather’s Later Fiction.” The Passing Show: Keynote Address. Willa Cather Spring Conference. Red Cloud, Nebraska. April 25, 2009.

“Willa Cather’s La Comédie humaine” Abbaye Saint-Michel. Provence, France. 30 June 2007. (Invited Plenary Speaker and Staff Member. Willa Cather: A Writer’s Worlds. The 11th International Seminar. Paris & Provence, France. June 24-July 1, 2007. )

Panel presentation for “The Passing Show.” Cather Foundation 51st Annual Spring Conference. Red Cloud, Nebraska. June 3, 2006.

“Alice in The Troll Garden.” Revised version. Willa Cather Scholars’ Symposium. Red Cloud, Nebraska. June 1, 2006.

“Editing the Scholarly Edition of The Song of the Lark: The Legacy of Cather’s Journalism in the Social and Literary History of the Novel.” The Willa Cather Scholarly Summit. Lincoln, Nebraska. June 23-25, 2004. Forthcoming.

Panel presentation. “Potential Research topics in The Song of the Lark.”. Cather Scholarly Edition Editors’ Roundtable. Western Literature Association Conference. Omaha, Neb. October 2001.

“From the Ancient Sinagua to Thea Kronborg: The Creative Ecology of The Song of the Lark.” International Cather Seminar 2000: Willa Cather’s Environmental Imagination. Nebraska City, Nebraska. June 2000.

“Sources for the Ottenburgs in Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark.” Part of a Panel Presentation of the Editors of the Willa Cather Scholarly Edition. International Cather Seminar 2000: Willa Cather’s Environmental Imagination. Nebraska City, Nebraska. June 2000.

“The Frontier Gothic in Willa Cather’s Southwestern Novels.” Spiritual Frontiers Conference 2000. Provo, Utah. March 2000.

“The Ecology of Walnut Canyon in Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark.” To be presented at the Eighth International Willa Cather Conference. Nebraska City, Nebrasks. June 2000.

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“The Frontier Gothic in Willa Cather’s Southwestern Novels.’’ Spiritual Frontiers 2000 Conference. Provo, Utah, Marach 2000.

“A Trip Through Walnut Canyon with Thea Kronborg.” Willa Cather Mesa Verde Conference. Mesa Verde, Colorado. October 22, 1999.

“Types of Pottery in Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark.” Part of a Panel Presentation of the Editors of the Willa Cather Scholarly Edition. Willa Cather Mesa Verde Conference. Mesa Verde, Colorado. October 23, 1999.

“An Epiphanic Moment in Researching the Notes for the Scholarly Edition of Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark.” Part of a Panel Presentation of the Editors of the Willa Cather Scholarly Edition. The Cather Colloquium. Lincoln, Nebraska. September 16, 1999.

“Categories for Notes for the Scholarly Edition of The Song of the Lark.” Part of a Panel Presentation entitled “A Roundtable Discussion with Editors: The Willa Cather Scholarly Edition.” American Literature Association 10th Annual Conference on American Literature. Baltimore, Maryland. May 29, 1999.

“The Cathedral and the Rock: The Spiritual Grotesque in Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Willa Cather’s Shadows on the Rock.” Mary Hardin-Baylor Literary Conference. Belton, Texas. January 1999.

“The Spiritual Grotesque in Willa Cather’s Shadows on the Rock.” Western American Literature Association Conference. Banff, Alberta (Canada). October 1998.

“The Spiritual Grotesque in Willa Cather’s Fiction [Sapphira and the Slave Girl].” Mary Hardin-Baylor Literary Festival. Mary Hardin-Baylor University. Belton, Texas. January 1998.

“Willa Cather’s Battle Yarn: Manly or Womanly?” American Studies Association of Texas, San Antonio, Texas. November 1997.

“The ‘Twisted’ Cedar Tree: Myra Henshawe as Spiritual Grotesque.” Western Literature Association Conference. Albuquerque, New Mexico. October 1997.

“Willa Cather’s Spiritual Grotesque: Sapphira and the Double S.” Seventh International Conference on Willa Cather.” Winchester, Virginia. June 1997.

“Willa Cather’s ‘Battle Yarn’: Manly or Womanly?” American Studies Association of Texas. San Antonio, Texas November 1997.

“Willa Cather’s Heroes and Heroines of the West.” A Slide Presentation for Barrus Day. Texas A&M University-Commerce. April 7, 1997.

“Cultural Frontiers in the Southern Gothic Novel.” American Studies Association of Texas. Marshall, TX. November 22, 1996.

“Alice in the Troll Garden.” Western Literature Association, Lincoln, Neb., October 3, 1996.

“Willa Cather’s Female Heroes of the West [slide presentation].” Conference on Women in Texas [and the West], East Texas State University, March 1996.

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"'The Hero Within': Hero Archetypes in Shadows on the Rock." Sixth International Willa Cather Seminar, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, June 28, 1995.

"Walden Ice as a Metaphor for Art." American Studies Association of Texas, San Marcos, TX. November 17, 1994.

"Cultural Signs in The Sign of the Beaver." Children's Literature Section, South Central Modern Language Association, New Orleans, LA. November 11, 1994.

"A New World Symphony: Cultural Pluralism in Cather's The Song of the Lark and My Antonia" Western Literature Association, Salt Lake City, UT. October 7, 1994.

"Balancing Professional Scholarship and Family Responsibilities." Faculty Development Seminar, East Texas State University, Commerce, TX. Spring, 1994.

"The House of Knowledge." Commencement Address for Graduate School, East Texas State University, Commerce, TX. May 14, 1994.

"A New World Symphony: Cultural Pluralism in Willa Cather's Fiction." American Studies Association of Texas, Waco, TX. November 19, 1993.

"Spatial Structures and Forms in The Professor's House." Western Literature Association Conference, Wichita, KS. October 7, 1993.

"Concentric Texts in The Professor's House." Fifth International Conference on Willa Cather, Hastings, NE. June 22, 1993.

"John Smith: An English Columbus?" American Studies Association of Texas, Denton, Texas. November 20, 1992.

"Images of Snow White: Illustrations and Interpretations." Children's Literature Section. South Central Modern Language Association, Fort Worth, Texas. October-November 1991. Refereed.

"Building a TASP Force," TASP Advisory Conference, Austin, TX. April 8, 1990. Refereed.

"Space, Time, and Myth in Willa Cather's The Professor's House," Santa Fe Conference on Willa Cather: A Critical Appraisal, sponsored by Texas Tech University and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 9-12, 1989. Refereed (20 papers of 75 chosen).

"From Theory to Practice: Integrating Reading and Writing for TASP," Conference sponsored by Coordinating Board and Houston Community College System, Houston, Texas, April 27-29. Refereed.

"Integrating and Networking: Planning for the TASP and Beyond," Texas Junior College Convention, Austin, Texas, February 17-18, 1989. By invitation.

"Using Thematic Units to Teach Adolescent Literature." Texas Joint Council of Teachers of English, District X and XI Workshop, Richardson, Texas, October 1, 1988.

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"Basic Writing, Writing Centers, and Holistic Testing of Writing." Paris Junior College, Paris, Texas, February 1987.

"From Sendak's Outside Over There to 'Inside in Here.'" Children's Literature Section, South Central Modern Language Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1986. Refereed.

"The Quest Myth in Children's Fantasy." Texas Joint Council of Teachers of English, Area Workshop, Commerce, Texas, October 1986.

"The Journey Through the Space in the Text' to Where the Wild Things Are." Children's Literature Association, Kansas City, Missouri, May 1986. Refereed.

"Using a Holistic Examination in a Developmental Reading/Writing Program." South Central Modern Language Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma, November 1985 (with Norbert Elliot).

"Whitebear and Graybear: Cultural Identity and Alienation in O. E. Rolvaag's Fiction." Western American Literature Association Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, October 1985. Refereed.

"Selection and Analysis of Topics for Proficiency Exams." Conference of College Composition and Communication, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 1985 (with Norbert Elliot). Refereed.

"Reading and Writing Relationships." Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, Richland College, Dallas, Texas, October 1984.

"Giants in the Earth as Mythic Mosaic." Western American Literature Association Convention, Reno, Nevada, October 1984.

"Writing Centers in Secondary Schools: A Workshop." Texas Joint Council of Teachers of English, Dallas, Texas, February 1984.

"From Factory to Workshop: Revising the Writing Center." Organizational Meeting of the Texas Association of Writing Center Directors, Conference of College Teachers of English, Waco, Texas, March 1983.

"Revising, Editing, and Proofreading: A Process Within A Process," Texas Joint Council of Teachers of English, Austin, Texas, February 1983 (with Jeanette Harris).

"Recursive Dimensions of Writing." Joint Meeting of the Conference of College Teachers of English and the College English Association, Houston, Texas, April 1982 (with Jeanette Harris).

"Dark Laughter: The Comic Spirit in Stephen Crane's Whilomville Stories." Western Humor and Irony Membership Conference on Linguistic Humor, Tempe, Arizona, April 1982.

"A Survey of Adolescent Reading Preferences in Northeast Texas." Signal (Special Interest Group on Adolescent Literature), International Reading Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 1981 (with Glenn Irvin).

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"The Congruence of Reading and Writing: Anticipation and Recursion." Western College Reading Association, Dallas, Texas, April 1981 (with Jeanette Harris and Jon Jonz).

"Do or Da: The Daugherty Name Controversy." The American Names Society, Modern Language Association, Houston, Texas, December 1980; also presented to the South Central Names Institute, Commerce, Texas, June 1979.

"Using Fairy Tales as an Introduction to Literature." Texas Joint Council of Teachers of English District VIII, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas, October 1980 (with Richard Tuerk).

"The Shadow Quest: Individuation in Ursula LeGuin's A Wizard of Earthsea." Literature and Psychology Section, South Central Modern Language Association, Memphis, Tennessee, October 1980. Refereed.

"Developing a Content-Centered Reading Program for College Students." Southwest Regional Conference of the International Reading Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 1980.

"Linguistic Strategies for Sentence Comprehension," Applied Linguistics Section, South Central Modern Language Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1979 (with Jeanette Harris).

"The Western vs. the Southern Point of View in Willa Cather's Fiction." Western Literature Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 1979.

"Using the Essay Exam to Integrate Reading and Writing in a Remedial Freshman English Course." Conference on College Composition and Communication, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 1979.

"Mythic Reality in Cather's Portrayal of the Land in O Pioneers!" Western Literature Association Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 1978; also presented to the Faculty of the Department of Literature and Languages, Faculty Colloquium No. 2, East Texas State University, February 1979.

"The Pueblo Emergence Myth in Cather's Death Comes for the Archbishop." Folklore Section, South Central Modern Language Association, Hot Springs, Arkansas, October 1977. Refereed.

"Problems of Organizing a Remedial Reading Center." Conference on Composition, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas, September 1977.

"Interpretations of Fairy Tales." Children's Literature Conference, East Texas State University, Dallas, Texas, August 1977.

"A New World Symphony: Cultural Pluralism in Willa Cather's Novels." Joint Meeting of the Conference of College Teachers of English and the College English Association, San Antonio, Texas, March 1977. Refereed.

"The Land Metaphor in Two Midwestern Immigrant Novels by O. E. Rolvaag and Sophus Keith Winther." MELUS (Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States) Luncheon, Joint Meeting of the Conference of College Teachers of English and the College English Association, San Antonio, Texas, March 1977. Refereed.

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Grants:

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. “The Explanatory Notes and Historical Essay for the Scholarly Edition of Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark. January-June 2002. $24,000.

Organized research Grant. “Editing the Scholarly Edition of Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark.” Texas A&M University-Commerce. 1999-2000. $4,672.00

Texas A&M-Commerce faculty mini-grant on Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark. 1998-1999. $500.00; 2000-2001. $300.00.

Texas A&M-Commerce faculty mini-grant on Willa Cather and the Spiritual Grotesque. 1997. $500.00.

East Texas State University faculty mini-grant on the hero concept in Willa Cather’s Shadows on the Rock. 1995. $400.00. .

East Texas State University faculty mini-grant on Henry David Thoreau. 1994. $400.00. East Texas State University faculty mini-grant to bring to campus Sue Ellen Bridgers,

award-winning writer of adolescent novels. Ms. Bridgers' spoke with my students in English 506 (Problems in Adolescent Literature) and then spoke at a luncheon for area teachers and community members. Funded for the academic year 1985-86 in the amount of $500.00. Final report submitted fall 1986.

East Texas State University Organized Research Grant, "A Study of the Life and Works of Ole Edvart Rolvaag. "Funded for the academic year 1985-86 in the amount of $7942.00. Final report submitted fall 1986.

Co-directed East Texas State University Organized Research Grant entitled "A Study of the Effect of Content-Centered Reading/Study Skills Instruction on the Reading Improvement of Selected College Freshman and Sophomores." Funded for the academic year 1979-80 in the amount of $7,434.30. Final report submitted April 1984 (with Glenna Howell).

Co-directed East Texas State University Organized Research Grant entitled "A Study of the Effect of Content-Centered Reading Instruction in History on the Reading Improvement of Selected College Freshman." Funded for spring semester of 1979 in the amount of $997.45. Final report submitted April 1981 (with Glenna Howell).

College Teaching Experience

Courses Taught (I have taught several of these courses multiple times.):

English 100 Introduction to College Reading and Writing (same as 1301)English 101 Problems of Communication English 101H Problems of Communication, HonorsEnglish 102 Problems of Communication English 111 Developmental Reading English 112 Speed Reading English 201 Introduction to Literature (same as 1302)English 202 Multi-Ethnic Literature English 305 Children's Literature English 313 English Usage and Composition English 317 Word Building English 323 Mythology English 333 Advanced CompositionEnglish 341 Technical WritingEnglish 351 Development of the American Novel Before World War I English 352 Development of the American Novel After World War I

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English 406 Adolescent Literature English 441 A Survey of American Literature English 442 A Survey of American Literature English 486 The Hero in Ancient and Modern Society English 490H Honors Readings English 491H Honors Thesis English 497 The Hero in Ancient and Modern SocietyEnglish 504 Picture Books and the Art of Illustration English 505 History and Classics of Children's Literature English 506 Problems in Adolescent Literature English 507 The Oral Tradition and Modern Fantasy for Children English 508 Historical and Realistic Literature for Children English 509 Poetry and Drama for Children English 516 Colonial American Literature English 518 Thesis English 519 American Literary RealismEnglish 522 Major Figures in American Literature: Willa Cather English 529 Workshop in Adolescent Literature; Workshop in Children’s Poetry English 595 Research Literature and TechniquesEnglish 597 Classical Myth and EpicEnglish 697 Willa Cather SeminarEnglish 718 Dissertation English 775 Colloquium: Teaching Literature in College English 776 Colloquium: Teaching of Basic Skills Writing English 797 Special Topics Colloquium

Directing Graduate Student Work

Dissertations Directed (chronological, beginning with most recent):

Lance Weldy. Seeking a Felicitous Space: The Dialectics of Women and Frontier Space in Giants in the Earth, Little House on the Prairie, and My Antonia.” Summer 2003.

Sarah Watson. Servant of Beauty: Willa Cather and the Aesthetic Movement. Summer 1999.Sheba Kulothungen. The Soul in the Making: Edward Taylor’s Preoccupation with the Word.

May 1998.

Master's Theses Directed (chronological, beginning with most recent):

Hill, Natalie. “Spiritual Development and Criticism of Christian Hypocrisy in Olaudah Equiano’s Slave Narrative of the Enlightenment Period.” Summer 2002.

Draper, Susan. “Verbal and Visual Representations of ‘Rapunzel.’” Fall 2001.McMillen, Toni. “A Study of Henri Bergson’s Influence on Willa Cather’sThe Professor’s House.”

Summer 2001.Stokes, Marget. “Music in the Novels of Laura Ingalls Wilder.” Spring 2000. Tyrell, Susan. “The Theme of Conformity and Nonconformity in the Novels of Lois Lowry.”

Summer 2000. Birkhead, Wendi “The Hero’s Quest: A Critical Look at The Hero and the Crown and The Blue

Sword.” 1995.Crouch, Elaine. "Luminism in My Antonia: Mirror Scenes of Color and Light.” 1995.Hastings, Sara Kay. "S. E. Hinton's Novels: A Reflection of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs." 1993.

Wells, Kathy. "Myth as Theme and Structure in William Humphrey's Early Novels." 1987.

Honors Theses Directed (chronological, beginning with the most recent):

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Connally, Robert. “Biblical Influence on Part III of the Mayan Popol Vuh.” Defended May 2000. Awarded with Highest Honors, December 2000.

Lester, Cindalee. “Beyond the Glass Slipper: Positive Roles of Women in Grimms’ Fairy Tales.” Awarded with Highest Honors. May 1998.

Brunz, Mary. “Character Development of Chingachgook in the Leatherstocking Tales.” Proposed fall 1997 but not completed.

Thrush, Lisa. “Classical Myth and Epic in Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage. Awarded with Highest Honors. Summer 1998.

Vaclavik, Tina. “Allusions to Hamlet in Selected Novels of Willa Cather.” Awarded with Honors. Summer 1994.

Robinett, Georgia. "A Study of Piaget's Developmental Stages as Reflected in Selected Works of Children's Literature." Awarded With High Honors. Summer 1989.

Tandy, Christine. "A Study of the Hitopadesa with a View to Rewriting it for English-Speaking Children." Awarded With High Honors. Spring 1989.

English 595 Papers Directed (chronological, beginning with the most recent)

Trish Beshears. The Influence of Ruskin on Kate Greenaway. Spring 2005. Edwards, Kim. Homer’s Odyssey as Key to Character and Structure in Cynthia Voigt’s Homecoming.”

Summer 2004.Cherie Murdock. “The Hero Quest in C. S. Lewis’s The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.” Fall 2004.Dunn, Shannon. “’The Hero Within’: Heroic Archetypes in O Pioneers!” Fall 2003. Seung-Won Kim. “‘Rip Van Winkle’: The First Genuine Short Story in American Literature.”Fall 2003. Thrush, Lisa. “Ironic Use of Religious Imagery in Stephen Crane’s Maggie: A Girl of the Streets.

Summer 2003. Brown, Marscha. “Sister Carrie Alone: One Girl’s Failure to Mature Through Adult Stages of Life.”

Fall 2002. Davis, Josie. “The Snow Queen’ within Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark.” 2001.Robinett, Georgia. “Henri Bergson’s ‘Laughter’ as a Key to the Humor in Peter Pan.” 2001.Ent, Kristen. “The Magic Element in the Cinderella Tales: Variants from Russia, Germany, France,

Scotland, and China.” 1997. Hunt, Betty. “Mind Styles and Basic Writing Skills: A Philosophical Perspective.” 1993.Martin, Jan. “The Magic of Marcia Brown.” Spring 1984.

Dissertation/Thesis/595 Committees (alphabetical):

Abell, Janie. "Combining Texts Through Captions and Subtitles in Commercial Film and its Effect on Second Language Acquisition." Thesis. May, 1994.

Allan-Newbery, Judy. "Animals in Modern Fairy Tales." Thesis. 1985.Ballard, Phillip. "Richard M. Weaver's Contribution to the Teaching of Writing and Rhetoric." Thesis.

1987.Berry, Kelis. “Organic and Imposed Structures in Peer-Group Workshops.” Dissertation. 1998.Brannon, Will. “Searching for Fulfillment: The Role of Surrogate Family in Cormac McCarthy’s Suttree

and Blood Meridian.” Thesis. 1998. Cissell, Mary. 595 paper on Hispanic Children’s Literature. Completed fall 2003. Davis, Elizabeth. "The Rhetorical Poetics of Marianne Moore: A Structuralist and Semiotic Analysis of

Style." Dissertation. 1988.Rob Donehoo. Creative thesis directed by Dr. Robin Reid. Fall 2005. Doran, Bonne. "Mastery of the Spectrum: Alice Walker's Color Symbolism." Thesis. 1987.Frailicks, Brent. A Study of Impressionism in The Red Badge of Courage.” Proposed fall 2000.Faulkner, Susan Bullard. "Computers and Freshman Composition: Faculty Attitudes and Adaptations."

Dissertation. 1992.

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Kimbrough, Wayne. "Charlotte's Web: A Comparison of the Novel, the Play, and the Film." Thesis. 1989.

Rachel Lawton. Dissertation on Alice in Wonderland directed by Richard Tuerk. Fall 2005.Lawton, Rachel. Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. 595 Thesis. Spring 2000.McDaniel, Bradley. 595 paper on L. Frank Baum’s The Wizarad of Oz. Fall 2001. Mizell, Kay. “Major Shifts in Writing Assessment for College Admission: 1874-1964.” Dissertation.

1994.Morse, Rhonda. 595 paper on “Little Red Riding Hood.” Completed Summer 2002.Nabors, Sherry. "College English Methods Texts: Signs of a Paradigm Shift?" Dissertation. 1993.Phillips, David. “Uses of Celtic Legend and Arthurian Romance.” 1993.Lisa Hull Reed. “Lois Lowry’s Use of Young Protagonists in an Attempt to Create Social Change in The

Giver and Gathering Blue.” Samudio, Donna. "Emerson and Pope: Tracing the Link Between Emerson's 'Self-Reliance' and Pope's

'An Essay on Man.'" Thesis. 1990.Schindley, Wanda. "A Rhetorical Analysis of Mark Twain's Letters from the Earth." Dissertation. 1990.Smith, Christopher Jason. "Murderous Innocence: The Moral Dilemma of Modern Man in Robert Penn

Warren's All the King's Men and Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov." Thesis. 1994.Stanley, Pat. "The Effects of Purpose and Frequency in Learning from Context." Dissertation. 1989.Thomas, Janis. "Bess Streeter Aldrich: Reflections of Conflict Between Home and Career in A Lantern

in Her Hand, A White Bird Flying, and Miss Bishop." Thesis. 1994. Tom, Larkin. “Instinctive and Reflective Lives: Moral Perspectives on Eudora Welty’s Losing Battles.”

1994.Watts, Lori. Thesis on Ellen Glasgow. Finished. Werchan, James. "An Empirical Study of the Use of Holistic Evaluation as a Classroom Activity."

Dissertation. 1992.

Committee Work and Other Service

On-Campus Service

University ConsultingPreparation of proposal for Liberal Studies (or Liberal Arts) degree program at Texas A&M University-Commerce, spring 2005.

University Committees:Chair, Faculty Development Leave Committee, 2002-Chair, Distinguished Alumnus Committee, 2001-Chair, SACS Sub-Committee on Graduate Programs, Fall 2001 (leave in spring 2002)Chair, Mayo Foundation Scholarship Committee, 1997-2001, 2002-2003Chair, Regents Scholarship Committee, 1996-1997.Chair, English Usage Test Committee, 1982-1984Member, Graduate Council Ad-Hoc Committee on Guidelines for Doctoral Review, 2002-2003Member, SACS Compliance Committee, 2001-Member, Search Committee for Physiologist/Environmental Biologist, 2000-2001Member, Search Committee for Biology Professor, 1999-2000Member, Presidential Search Committee, 1997-98.Member, Pre-Professional Committee, 1997-present.Member, Graduate Council Sub-Committee on Admissions & Standards, 1994-96; 2000-2001.Member, Financial Aid Committee, 1991-93 Member, TACT Awards Committee, 1992-93Member, Graduate Committee of SACS, 1991-1992Member, Search Committees for Assistant Professors in Elementary Education in Reading,

1990Member, Regents' Scholarship Committee, 1987-1996

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Member, Committee on Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP), 1988-1990Member, Faculty Research Committee, 1988-1989; 2000-2001Member, Search Committee for Dean of Arts and Sciences, 1989Member, Faculty Work Load Committee, 1988Member, Search Committee for Dean of Arts and Sciences, 1985Member, Search Committee for Placement Director, 1983-1984Member, International Student Advisory Committee, 1983-1985Member, University Interscholastic League Committee, 1983-1985Member, Faculty Senate Committee on Academic Facilities and Scheduling, 1982-1983; 1984-

1985Member, International Student Advisory Subcommittee on Testing, 1984-1985

Departmental Committees:Chair, Search Committee for American Literature Positions, 2002-2003Chair, Executive Committee, 1987-1988; 2000-2003Chair, Student Development Committee, 1997-98.Chair, Faculty Development Committee, 1993-96Chair, Children's Literature Examination Committee, 1993-96Chair, Search Committee for Composition Faculty Member and Director of Composition--2

positions, 1992-93Chair, Curriculum Committee, Fall 1990Chair, Search Committee for Assistant Professor of Reading in Department, Spring 1990Chair, Search Committee for Director of the Reading Center, 1989-1990Chair, Student Development Committee, 1989-1990Member, Faculty Development, 1991-1993; 1998-presentMember, Search Committee for British Literature Specialist, 1999-2000Member, Student Development Committee, 1988-1989Member, Executive Committee, 1985-1987; 1995-1996Member, Curriculum Committee, 1983-1985Member, Curriculum Sub-committee on Plagiarism, 1983-1984Ex-officio member, Ad Hoc Committee to Review Karen Reynolds' Grade Appeal, 1983Member, Composition Committee, 1982-1983Member, English 100 Subcommittee, 1978-1983Member, Screening and Appointments Committee, 1982-1983Member, Self-Study Subcommittee on Students and Evaluation, 1981-1982

Contests and Other Academic ServiceReader, The Mayo Review, Poetry, 1998-2000Judge, Paris Junior College Creative Writing - Poetry, 1994Judge, Regional Ready Writing, 1992 Judge, German Dance, NET-OLE Competition, 1991Co-Director and Judge, UIL Regional Ready Writing Contest, 1989Director, UIL Regional Ready Writing Contest, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988Judge, Paris Junior College Creative Writing Contest, 1989Judge, UIL Regional Poetry Interpretation, 1984Judge, UIL District Prose Interpretation, Preliminaries and Finals, 1984Director, UIL District Ready-Writing Contest, 1983Judge, UIL Spelling Contest, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983Judge, NET-OLE French Poetry Reading, 1982, 1983, 1984Judge, Sigma Tau Delta Spelling Bee, 1979, 1980Judge, Sigma Tau Delta Writing Contest, 1979Judge, UIL Ready-Writing Contest, 1978, 1985, 1989Director April Festival Spelling Bee, 1978

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Class Workshops/Lectures on Reading, Writing, Literature

"The Writing Process and the Writing Center," Freshman Seminar on Higher Education, Fall 1988. Dr. Lockhart and Dr. Edwards, Instructors (30 minutes).

"Services of the Writing Center," English 101, Fall 1988, Dr. Buckley, Dr. Reynolds, Dr. McCarron, Dr. Fuller, Instructors (5 sections, 10 minutes each); English 102. Fall 1988, Dr. Tuerk, Instructor (10 minutes).

"Adolescent Literature," English 403 (Methods of Teaching English), Spring 1985, 1986, 1987: Fall 1989. Dr. Tarpley, Instructor (4 one-hour presentations).

"The Writing Process and Time Management," English 102, Spring 1983, Mr. Richard Parrish, Instructor.

"Study Skills," Social Work 328, Spring 1982, Dr. Johnson, Instructor."Research Techniques," Elementary Education 595, Fall 1981, Dr. Coker, Instructor."The Research Paper," English 102, Spring 1982, Dr. Neidhardt, Instructor."Study Reading, Sociology 161, Spring 1981, Mrs. Nowell, Instructor."Study Skills: Time Management, Study Reading, Notetaking, and Testtaking," Sociology 111, Spring

1981 (3 sections), Ms. Karen Copeland and Ms. Mays, Instructors."How to Improve Your Notetaking Skills," New Center for Learning CPI classes (3 combined sections),

Spring 1980, Eileen Rees, Jim Reynolds, Charlie Embry, etc., Instructor."Study Reading," Social Work 225, Spring 1980, Dr. Bob Johnson, Instructor."Interpreting Walt Whitman's 'When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd' and 'Out of the Cradle

Endlessly Rocking,'"Graduate American Poetry Class, Spring 1979, Dr. Richard Tuerk, Instructor (one hour).

"Study Skills: Time Management and Study Reading." ROTC classes (2 sections), Fall 1979, Capt. Kennedy, Instructor.

"Study Skills: Notetaking and Testtaking," ROTC classes (2 sections)."The Thesis Sentence," English 100, Spring 1979, Dr. Jim Byrd, Instructor."Symbolism in Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym," English 441, Spring 1978, Dr.

Tuerk, Instructor (one hour).

University Workshops

"Services of the Communication Skills Center," Early Orientation and Orientation Workshops. July and August 1989 (with Liz Buckley); July and August 1988; July and August 1987; July and August 1986; July and August 1985.

"Study Skills Overview: Making It in the College Classroom." Orientation Workshop, August 29, 1984.

"Writing Resumes." University-wide workshop. Spring 1984, 1985."Services of the Communication Skills Center." Early Orientation Workshop, June 15 and July 29, 1984."Study Skills." Orientation Workshop, January, 1984."Writing Center Services." Orientation for New Faculty Members, August 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987."Improving Your Study Skills." Early Enrollment Workshop, July 1983."How the Communication Skills Center Can Help You with your Writing Process." Early Enrollment

Workshop, July 1983."Communication Skills Center Services: Writing and Study Skills." Orientation Workshop, January

1983"Summaries and Essay Exams." Orientation Workshop, August 1982."Spelling and Vocabulary Development." Orientation Workshop, August 1982."Services of Reading and Writing Centers." LAUNCH Meeting, March 1982."Study Skills." Orientation Workshop, ETSU, January 1982."Time Management." Orientation Workshop, ETSU, January 1982."Research and Notetaking." Workshop for graduate students writing theses and dissertations, Summer

1989 (with Jeanette Harris)."Study Skills for Psychology Students." ETSU, Fall 1979.

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Off-Campus Community Service

Member of Hopkins County Democratic Women, 1999-Editorial Advisor for Cumby Telephone Cooperative, 1998-Miller Grove School Goals Committee, 1987-1989.Pastor Search Committee, Cornerstone Baptist Church. Cumby, Texas, 1989.Junior High Sunday School Teacher, Cornerstone Baptist Church Cumby, Texas, 1987-1990."What's in a Name?" Program presented to the Junior Waverly Club, Sulphur Springs, Texas, January,

1986.Professors as Substitutes for Classroom Teachers Professors, April 1983.Book Reviewer, Signal (Special Interest Group on Adolescent Literature), International Reading

Association Special Interest Group.Presented program entitled "Just Across the Hunt County Line: The Daugherty-Dougherty Name

Controversy" to the Hunt County Historical Association, Greenville, Texas, March 1982.Presented program on "Suzanne Morris: Texas Novelist" to the meeting of the Twentieth-Century Club,

Cumby, Texas, April 1982.Member of the Cumby High School Book Selection Committee for Reading is Fundamental Program,

Cumby, Texas 1981-1982.Chair, English Committee of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Reevaluation of Rains

Junior and Senior High Schools, March 1981.Presented program on "Name Origins" to meeting of the Twentieth-Century Club, Cumby, Texas, April

1981.Presented program on "The Dougherty Name Controversy," Cumby High School PTA, Cumby, Texas,

January 1981.

Professional Organizations

Conferences Attended

International/NationalSpiritual Frontiers 2000 Conference, 2000American Literature Association Conference, 1999Willa Cather Mesa Verde Conference, 1999Willa Cather International Seminar, 5th in 1993, 6th in 1995, 7th in 1997, 8th in 2000, 11 th in

2007Children's Literature Association, 1986, 1991, 1992 College English Association, 1977, 1982Conference on College Composition and Communication, 1979International Reading Association, 1978, 1981National Council of Teachers of English, 1985-presentSanta Fe Conference on Willa Cather: A Critical Reappraisal, 1989Sigma Tau Delta, 1982Western Humor and Irony Membership (WHIM) Conference, 1982Western Literature Association, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1991-1998, 2001 Willa Cather International Seminars 1993, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2011, 2013Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Conference, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2006,

2007, 2009

Regional/StateAmerican Studies Association of Texas, 1992-1996Conference of College Teachers of English, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1985Mary Hardin-Baylor Literary Festival, 1997, 1998, 1999

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South Central Modern Language Association, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993

Southwest Regional Conference of the International Reading Association, 1980Texas Association of Writing Center Directors, 1983, 1984, 1985Texas Coordinating Board Conference of TASP, 1989Texas Junior College Convention, 1989Western College Reading Association, 1981

Local and AreaChildren's Literature Conference sponsored by East Texas State University, 1976 Conference on Composition sponsored by East Texas University, 1977Northeast Texas Area Council of Teachers of English Meeting, 1978Texas Joint Council of Teachers of English, 1973, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988South Central Names Institute, 1970, 1976, 1979

Memberships (past and present):

International/NationalAssembly on Literature and Adolescents (Alan)Children's Literature AssociationCollege English AssociationConference on College Composition and CommunicationInternational Reading AssociationModern Language AssociationNational Council of Teachers of EnglishSigma Tau DeltaSociety for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States Special Interest Group for

the Study of Adolescent Literature (Signal)Western Literature AssociationWilla Cather Pioneer Memorial FoundationWriting Center Association

Regional/StateAmerican Studies Association of TexasConference of College Teachers of EnglishNortheast Area Council of Teachers of EnglishSouth Central Modern Language AssociationTexas Joint Council of Teachers of EnglishWestern College Reading Association

Offices and Other Professional Service

Staff Member and Plenary Speaker. Eleventh Willa Cather International Seminar. Paris and Provence, France. June 2007.

Seminar Fellow, Eighth International Willa Cather Seminar. Nebraska City, Nebraska. June 2000.Seminar Fellow, Spiritual Frontiers 2000 Conference (invocation), Provo, Utah. March 2000.Manuscript Reviewer for Willa Cather Newsletter & Review. 2004-presentManuscript Reviewer for Western American Literature, Spring 2000 and laterManuscript Reviewer for Twentieth-Century Literature. 1999-2003 and laterManuscript Reviewer for Great Plains Quarterly. 1998-1999.Seminar Fellow, Seventh International Willa Cather Seminar. Winchester, Virginia, June 1997. Chair, 19th Century British Section. Eighteenth Annual International Conference of the Children's

Literature Association. Hattiesburg, Mississippi. May 31, 1991. Chair, Developmental Programs in Reading and Writing. South Central Modern Language Association,

1990, 1983 (prepared programs).

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Secretary, Developmental Programs in Reading and Writing. South Central Modern Language Association, 1989, 1982.

Chair, Children's Literature Section, South Central Modern Language Association, 1988 (prepared program).

Chair, Texas Association of Writing Center Directors. Affiliate of the National Writing Centers Association and the Conference of College Teachers of English, 1984-1985 (prepared program).

Secretary, Children's Literature Section, South Central Modern Language Association, 1987.

Administrative Experience

Co-Director, Communication Skills Center 1989-1990Director of the Writing Center 1989-1990

Examined and ordered computer hardwareExamined and ordered computer softwareHelped Dr. Liz Buckley, Ad-Interim Director of the Reading Center, to re-establish

Reading CenterWrote English 100 Syllabus to coordinate with TASP Reading and Writing ComponentsPlanned new courses and course sequence for TASP RemediationMade available to English 100 teachers test scores from TASP Pre-TestPlanned and supervised follow-up studies of English 100/TASP studentsPerformed other duties for CSC and WC as outlined below

Director of the Communication Skills Center 1983-1990(Co-Director with Dr. Glenna Howell 1983-1985)

Managed the Communications Skills Center budgetAppointed tutors for the Communication Skills CenterSupervised the work of the Communication Skills Center secretary and the student

workersPrepared semester and annual reports about Communication Skills Center attendance

and services and provided additional Communication Skills Center information to the administration as requested

Conducted regular student evaluations of the tutorial services of the Communication Skills Center

Director of the Writing Center 1982-1990

Supervised and guided the performance of Writing Center tutorsPlanned and presented tutor training workshops at the beginning of each semesterConducted staff meetings as needed to continue training and development of tutorsSupervised the record-keeping activities of the CenterCoordinated the lab component of English 100 Designed, revised, and supervised writing programs, including mastery tests

(Elementary Education 356, Business Education 344, and Social Work 328)Consulted with instructors in English and other disciplines about class and individual

assignmentsDetermined material needs and met those needs through developing or ordering

materialsConducted tours and made class visits to acquaint instructors and students with Writing

Center servicesTutored in the Writing Center

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Developed and revised English Usage Test Writing Center ProgramDeveloped and revised Individual Referral Form to emphasize individual instruction in

Writing CenterRevised and updated the "Handbook for Communication Skills Center Tutors"

Supervisor of the Reading Center 1979-1982

Supervised the activities and guided the performance of the Reading Center tutorsCoordinated and presented tutor training workshops at the beginning of each semesterWrote "Handbook for Reading Center Tutors"Conducted monthly staff meetings for training and development of tutors Supervised the record-keeping activities of the CenterCoordinated the lab components of English 100, 111, and 112Designed and supervised reading programs requested by specific instructors or

departments, such as English 101, English 112, Social Work, and Secondary and Higher Education 401

Determined material needs and met those needs through developing or ordering materials

Made class visits to acquaint students and instructors with the services of the Reading Center

Tutored in the Reading Center in reading skills, study skills, and literature

Materials Development Specialist 1978-1979

Developed materials for remedial reading, basic writing, and reading literature for use in both the Reading and Writing Centers

Designed an interdisciplinary reading program in history, political science, sociology, and psychology (with Glenna Howell)

Developed reading guides, vocabulary guides, and guides for taking essay tests for the freshman history textbook.

Designed syllabus for English 100 (with Jon Jonz, Jeanette Harris, and Glenna Howell) and developed materials for the lab component of the course

Selected and ordered materials for the Reading and Writing CentersTutored in the Reading and Writing Centers

Coordinator of the Reading Center 1977-1978

Designed and implemented a tutorial reading program for the new Reading Center in the Communication Skills Center

Coordinated staff development workshops for Reading Center tutorsSupervised graduate and undergraduate tutors in the Reading CenterSupervised records for the Reading CenterDeveloped materials for use in the Reading CenterSelected and ordered new materials for the Reading CenterWrote syllabus for the Reading CenterWrote syllabus for Speed Reading 112Tutored in the Reading Center