BA in English, Eastern Washington University , summa cum laude , 1990. A process pedagogy is informed by portfolios and informational technology. Students write more than 6000 words, using multiple drafting and revising techniques to develop clear, unified and well supporting paragraphs, sections, and essays. Content area, except for the student-chosen major research paper, is popular culture. Assignments include correspondence, usage, instructions, graphical manipulation, and technical evaluations and reviews.
Final project is a complete redesign of the course web page.
Course covers classical Greek through contemporary and modern rhetoric. Perspectives , a freshman composition reader focusing on popular culture. Regular reviews of Star Trek novels. Coordination of American membership of international Coleridge society. Director, Freshman English , Creighton University.