Work Address

Home Address

English Department Smith 370 Brigham Young University--Idaho Rexburg, ID 83460-4540 (208) 496-1454 E-Mail: [email protected] Fax: (208) 496-5454

518 Rolling Hills Drive Rexburg, ID 83440-2517

Education

M.A., English, 1982 Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Thesis: The Word within the Word: A Study of Patrick White's Style

Profession

English Instructor, Brigham Young University—Idaho/Ricks College, 1982-

Professional Publications

Aims and Options: A Thematic Approach to Writing. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995.

Aims and Options: A Thematic Approach to Writing. 2/e Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999.

Courses Developed

Contemporary British and American Literature Rhetorical Studies Advanced Writing for Business Theory of Language—Grammar and Usage Teaching English in Secondary Schools Basic Writing Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum Contemporary World Literature Literature for Young Adults Teaching Adolescent Literature Teaching Language Arts Advanced Writing for Elementary Ed Majors

Professional Positions

Courses Regularly Taught

Contemporary British and American Literature Rhetorical Studies Advanced Writing for Business Theory of Language—Grammar and Usage Teaching English in Secondary Schools Advanced Technical Communication Teaching Writing Multicultural American Literature American Literature Basic Writing Contemporary World Literature Critical Reading and Writing Studies in Writing and Reading Processes

Dean of College of Language and Letters, Brigham Young University—Idaho, 2001-2008 English Department Chair, Ricks College, 1997-2001 Director of Composition, Ricks College, 1992- 1997 National Two-Year College English Associate Chair/Chair/Past Chair Nominee, 2001 Conference on College Composition and Communication Executive Committee Nominee, 2000 National Two-Year College English Association Executive Committee, 1997National--Two-Year College English Association, National Representative, 1997NCTE Two-Year College English Association National Task Force, 1996Chair, Two-Year College English Association--West, 1993-1996 Reviewer, TETYC, (Teaching English in the Two-Year College), 1991State Chair of Studies and Research, Idaho Council of the International Reading Association, 1987-1990

Professional Awards

Ricks College Distinguished Teaching Award, 1996 BYU-Idaho Honorary Faculty, 2003 Who s Who Among America s Teachers, 1996, 2000

Papers Presented at CCCC

(Conference on College Composition and Communication) 2007 New York—“It’s More than ‘Just the Facts, Mam’: Use of Story to Enhance Identity in Social Science, Technical, and Business Writing” with Elaine Hawker and Darin Hammond 2005 San Francisco—“Company and Community: Spiritual Values in the Rhetoric of Business Writing” 2004 San Antonio—“Shared Beliefs and Student-Centered Censorship: ‘This Book Offends Me’” 2003 New York—“Power Assessment Workouts: Strategies for Successful Learning” 2002 Chicago—“Teaching Technical Communication in the Two-Year College” 2001 Denver—“Shared Vision—Improving Relationships between Two-Year Colleges and Universities.” 2000 Minneapolis Teaching the First Year: Exemplary Practices from the Two-Year College 1999 Atlanta Technology, Democracy, and the Two-Year College: Avenues to Access 1998 Chicago-- TYCA Tips for Writing CCCC s Program Proposals with Lynn Troyka 1998 Chicago-- TYCA: Visions of the Two-Year College in the 21st Century with Gloria Newman 1997 Phoenix-- Beyond Just Teaching : Connecting Culture, Composition, and the International Student with Darin L. Hammond 1996 Milwaukee-- Extending Boundaries: Allowing a Transforming Spiritual Voice in Academic Discourse 1995 Washington, D.C.-- Reducing Two-Year English Faculty Burn-Out into the Twenty-First Century 1994 Nashville--"Professional Development on a Shoestring" 1993 San Diego--"Where Does the Two-Year College Fit in the Writing Process? 1992 Cincinnati--"Whose Writing Standards Anyway?" 1989 Seattle--"Continued Professional Development: Creating Teacher Training/Retraining Workshops" 1988 St. Louis--"How Universities Prepare Future Teachers to Teach Writing: A National Survey" 1986 New Orleans--"Corporate Composition: Peer Writing" 1985 Minneapolis--"The Rhetorical Cycle" 1984 New York--"' That Has Made All the Difference' : Frost and the Teaching of Composition" 1983 Detroit--"How Johnny/Jane Writes: The Complex Word

Articles Commissioned by Salem Press

Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography, 1991 Hunger of Memory, Richard Rodriguez The Twentieth Century: Great Events, 1991 1979 Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident 1986 Duvalier Overthrown by Haitians Twentieth Century Sports Champions, 1990 Duke Kahanamoku Larry Mahan Peter Vidmar Yasuhiro Yamashita Masterplots II: Juvenile Fiction Series, 1990 Dicey's Song, Cynthia Voigt Halfback Tough, Thomas Dygard The God Beneath the Sea, Leon Garfield

Papers and Responses Published

Change and the Need for Flexibility, TETYC, December 1999 Review of Teachers Thinking, Teachers Knowing: Reflections on Literacy and Language Education, TETYC, February 1996 Involving Students in the Composition Classroom in IDEAS Plus Book 13, NCTE, 1995 "Ten-Year-Old Files," TETYC, 1993 "Sponsoring Departmental Conferences," TETYC, 1992 "Detective Fiction," (response) English Journal, 1992 "Under Our Noses: Papers Students Don' t Write," New Perspectives, 1991 "Teaching Values in the Classroom," (response) English Journal, 1988 "Sports Novel in Olympic Year," (response) English Journal, 1988 "Adolescent Fiction for Adults," (response) English Journal, 1987 "Movies and Literary Concepts," TETYC, 1986 "Writing Swiftly: Jonathan Swift and Principles of Good Writing," New Perspectives, 1986 "Personal Histories Meet Painful Challenges," Idaho English Journal, 1985 "Robert Cormier and Kohlberg' s Levels of Morality," The Leaflet: Journal of the New England Association of Teachers of English, 1985

Lectures Presented

Idaho's "Let's Talk About It" Series (NEH) Charles Lummis'A Tramp Across the Continent, 1991 Vardis Fisher' s Mountain Man, 1990, 1991 Judith Guest' s Ordinary People, 1987, 1989, 1991 John Fowles'The French Lieutenant's Woman, 1988, 1989 Other Presentations The See-ers: Viewing Students and Ourselves, TYCA--West, Chair Address, 1996 "Professional Development on a Shoestring in Two-Year Colleges," WACTETYC, 1993. "Multicultural Literature for Children," Idaho Reading Council, 1993 "Civic Literacy and the Community College Writing Class," WACTETYC, 1992 "Strength Through Writing," Idaho Farm Bureau State Convention, 1991 "Creating Composition Scholars," WACTETYC, 1991 "Native Americans in Children' s and Young Adult Literature," ICIRA, 1989 "How Coaches Motivate Athletes in Young Adult Sports Literature," ICIRA, 1987 "Teaching Morality Through Young Adult Novels," ICIRA, 1985 "Teaching Young Adult Novels Through Movies," ICIRA, 1985