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 | EDUCATION
 | 1987-1992 - University of Southwestern Louisiana, Ph.D., English |
| 1985-87 - University of Southwestern Louisiana, M.A., English |
| 1978-82 - University of Northeast Louisiana, B.A., Journalism |
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| TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| 1993-present - Associate Professor of English, Valdosta State University |
| 1991-1993 - Instructor of English, University of Southwestern Louisiana |
| 1985-1990 - Teaching Assistant, University of Southwestern Louisiana |
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| CLASSES TAUGHT
| Composition and Grammar I
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| Advanced Grammar |
| Composition and Grammar
II |
| Journalism |
| World
Literature |
| Graduate-Level Seminars |
| Legal
Writing |
| Business Writing |
| Interdisciplinary Courses |
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| OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
| 1991-1993 - Technical writer for the Technology and Innovation division of
the Louisiana Productivity Center. Wrote and designed user's manuals, press
releases, and publicity material for products under development at the
Productivity Center. |
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| PRESENTATIONS
| "More Bricks with Less Straw: Online Learning and Workload." The
Thomas Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. Louisville, KY. October 5-8, 2000. |
| "Rewriting Law: From Legal Argumentation to Epistemic Rhetoric."
Conference on College Composition and Communication. Minneapolis, MN. April 12-15,
2000 |
| "An Uneasy Relationship: Technology and the Liberal Arts."
Annual Conference of the College English Association, Philadelphia, PA.
April 1-3, 1999. |
| "The Widening Gyre: Images as Central to the Global Village."
Rhetoric Society of America. Westin William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA. June
4-7, 1998. |
| "Technology, Symbol, and Discourse: Writing Within the Information
Overload." Annual Conference of the Georgia/Carolinas College English
Association. Conway, SC. February 27-28, 1998. |
| "Penetrating ‘Symbolspeak’: Reading the Images of Public
Discourse." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Phoenix, AZ.
March
12-15, 1997. |
| "From Aristotle to Bill Gates: The Modes of Persuasion in the
Information Age." Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and
Composition. Louisville, KY. October 9-12, 1996. |
| "Advertising and Composition: Symbolic Awareness in the Information
Age." Gulf Coast Conference on the Teaching of Writing. Point Clear, AL.
August 11-14,
1996, |
| "Composition and Symbols: Constructing Texts on the Information
Highway." Tennessee Philological Conference.
Nashville, TN. February 22-24, 1996. |
| "Teaching the Ironic Voice in the Composition Class." Annual
Conference of the College English Association.
Cleveland, OH. March 30-April, 1995. |
| "Legal Writing: A Place in the Undergraduate Curriculum?" Annual
Conference of the Georgia/South Carolina College English Association. Clemson, South Carolina.
February 10-11, 1995. |
| "Introducing Typography in Romantic Epistemology." Annual
Conference of the Georgia/South Carolina College English Association. Athens, GA.
February 11-12, 1994. |
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| PUBLICATIONS
| "Advising English Majors: Myths, Truths, and Dirty Little
Secrets." CEA Critic. 61.1 (Fall 1998): 34-43. |
| Abstract of "Composition and Symbols: Constructing Texts on the
Information Highway." Tennessee Philological Bulletin 33
(1996): 136. |
| "Irony, Advertising, and Composition: Recognizing Subtexts." Notes
on Teaching English 13.1 (1995): 17-23. |
| Pending--
 | "Technology, Symbol, and Discourse: Writing Within the
Information Overload." Imagery and Composition: Classrooms,
Curriculum, and Lives. Book under contract with Lawrence Erlbaum.
To be published in summer, 2001. |
| "The Widening Gyre: Images as Central to the Global
Village" Journal of Expanded Perspectives on Learning
Fall, 2000. |
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| ONLINE CONFERENCE
| "Being There: Wherever There Is" Computers and Writing Online
Conference, April 29, 1999. |
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| ACADEMIC SERVICE
| Hosted annual meeting of the Georgia/South Carolina College English
Association, Valdosta, GA, February 27-28, 1999. |
| Director of the South Georgia Writing Project, 1995-1998. |
| Department Committees:
| Departmental executive committee, 1999-. |
| Research, retention, and technology committee, chair, 1999- |
| Major programs committee, 1999- |
| Search committee, 1999 |
| Search committee for full-time, temporary instructor, chair, 1998. |
| Search committee for department head, member, 1997-. |
| Committee to evaluate applications for Regents’ Teaching Award,
member, 1997. |
| Search committee for faculty appointment, member, 1995-96. |
| Professional Writing Committee, chair, 1995-. |
| Technology and Facilities Committee, member, 1995-. |
| Graduate Committee, member, 1995-. |
| Search committee for faculty appointment, member, 1994-95. |
| Journalism Committee, member, 1993-95. |
| Composition Committee, member, 1993-95. |
| Research, Travel, and Lecture Committee, member, 1993-95. |
| Search Committee for faculty appointment, member, 1993-95. |
| Comprehensive committees for graduate students. |
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| College Committees:
| Arts and Sciences Technology Committee, 1999. |
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| University Committees:
| South Georgia Regional P-16 Council, member of review panel, summer,
1997. |
| Campus Communications Board, member, 1996- . |
| Policies and Procedures Committee, member, 1996-. |
| Subcommittee to write university-wide policy on academic integrity,
member, 1996- |
| Student Services Committee member, 1994-96. |
| Concerts and Lectures Subcommittee, 1994-96. |
| University System Committee: |
| Testing Subcommittee of Academic Committee on English, member, winter,
1995-spring, 1996. |
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| Workshops Conducted:
| SAT Preparation Course. September 22-October 29, 1998. Broadcast via
VSU’s Satellite uplink to high schools across Georgia. |
| GRE Preparation Course. Taught twice yearly since fall, 1993. |
| Workshop in Grammar for the Court Reporters’ Conference. February
22, 1997, VSU's Regional Center for Continuing Education. |
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| Grants:
| National Writing Project:
| 1998 - $14,000 |
| 1997 - $14,000 |
| 1996 - $14,000 |
| 1995 - $15,000 |
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| Other Service:
| Departmental pre-law advisor, fall, 1996-. |
| Co-op Faculty Coordinator, fall, 1996-. |
| Oversaw development of the Professional Writing Track to be
implemented in fall, 1998. |
| Oversaw development of the MA emphasis in Rhetoric and Composition. |
| University coordinator of RTP essay scoring, fall, 1996-. |
| Department coordinator of RTP essay consultations, spring, 1995-. |
| Joint seminar between the University System of Georgia and the
University of |
| Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcastle, England, summer, 1996. |
| Department supervisor of RTP essay scoring, spring, 1995-summer, 1996. |
| Co-authored a teaching manual for adjunct English faculty, summer,
1994. |
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| MEMBERSHIPS
| Modern Language Association |
| National Council of Teachers of English |
| College Conference of Composition and Communication |
| Georgia/Carolinas College English Association |
| Society of Technical Communications |
| Phi Kappa Phi, VSU chapter |
| President, 1997-1999 |
| Vice-President/Treasurer, 1996-97 |
| Treasurer, 1994-96 |
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Dr. Mark Smith