Publications

• non-fiction social history (Rochdale: The Runaway College), 2019, original edition1987 (available as an eBook)
   
• twelve short stories (three repeated in anthologies)
   
• twelve poem series (one translated into French)

   

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Teaching

as it used-to-be

• Writing and Rhetoric II OnLine (Junior Composition, English 3080J)

All coursework is conducted through the internet and students can enroll from anywhere in the world.   The course is in session during OU semesters and in addition, when available through Independent Study, enrollment is continuous when vacancies occur.  This course started in 1996 and has been taught and revised continuously since then.

• Overview of Writing and Rhetoric II OnLine for public viewing (the course itself has restricted access)

 

• Writing and Rhetoric II OnCampus (Junior Composition, English 3080J)

Lab-based. This course is primarily intended to improve writing skills -- but students do so while developing strategies for using computers in the writing process. Language proficiency from basic grammar to stylistic polish is emphasized as a platform for higher concerns of structure and insight. Computers are used as both content and tool. Assignments are drawn from a range of styles and forms: descriptive, personal essay, narrative, investigative, comparative, persuasive, analytical, and interpretive. Critiquing of papers examines style, structure, and logic as in any composition course..  (offered since 1995)

 

• Writing and Rhetoric I OnCampus (Freshman Composition, English 1510)

Lab-based. This course uses a familiar art to illuminate and improve writing skills.  Movies give students a colorful, energetic source of ideas and content to work with as they practice and experiment with clarity, structure, fluency, and rhetorical control.

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