Education & Employment

EDUCATION

• Ph. D. English Language, Specialization in Composition Theory and Research, Indiana University, 1984 Dissertation: Composition and Communicative Intention, dir. Barry Kroll

• M. A. English Language, Indiana University, 1982

• M. A. English and Creative Writing, Syracuse University, 1980

• B. A. English, Syracuse University, 1977 (magna cum laude)

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

• 2007-pres. Distinguished University Professor, North Carolina State University

• 1999-pres. Professor of English, North Carolina State University

• 1996-99 Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Minnesota

• 1995-99 Professor, Department of English, University of Minnesota

• 1988-94 Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Minnesota

• 1984-88 Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Minnesota

• 1980-83 Instructor, Groups Special Services Composition Program, Indiana University

• 1979-84 Associate Instructor, English Department, Indiana University

• 1977-79 Teaching Assistant, English Department, Syracuse University

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS

• 2023-pres. Senior Strategic Advisor, Campus Writing and Speaking Program, North Carolina State University

• 1999-2023 Director, Campus Writing and Speaking Program, North Carolina State University

• 2005-06 Interim Director, Ph.D. Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, North Carolina State University

• 1993-99 Director of Writing Courses, College-in-the-Schools Program, University of Minnesota

• 1988-96 Director of Composition, Program in Composition, University of Minnesota

• 1986-88 Coordinator of Advanced Composition, Program in Composition, University of Minnesota

• 1984-86 Co-Director, Teacher Training Program, Program in Composition, University of Minnesota

• 1982-83 Coordinator, Writing Program, Groups Special Services, Indiana University

• 1980-83 Assistant to the Director of Composition, Indiana University

• 1978-79 Assistant to the Director of Freshman English, Syracuse University

• 1977-79 Administrative Assistant, Project Advance, Syracuse University