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

• 1996-1999 Morse-Alumni Distinguished Professor, University of Minnesota

• 1995-1999 Professor, Department of English, University of Minnesota

• 1988-1994 Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Minnesota

• 1984-1988 Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Minnesota

• 1980-1983 Instructor, Groups Special Services Composition Program, Indiana University

• 1979-1984 Associate Instructor, English Department, Indiana University

• 1977-1979 Teaching Assistant, English Department, Syracuse University

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS

• 2023-2026 Strategic Advisor, Campus Writing and Speaking Program, North Carolina State University

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

• 2005-2006 Interim Director, Ph.D. Program in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, North Carolina State University

• 1993-1999 Director of Writing Courses, College-in-the-Schools Program, University of Minnesota

• 1988-1996 Director of Composition, Program in Composition and Communication, University of Minnesota

• 1986-1988 Coordinator of Advanced Composition, Program in Composition and Communication, University of Minnesota

• 1984-1986 Co-Director, Teacher Training Program, Program in Composition and Communication, University of Minnesota

• 1982-1983 Coordinator, Writing Program, Groups Special Services, Indiana University

• 1980-1983 Assistant to the Director of Composition, Indiana University

• 1978-1979 Assistant to the Director of Freshman English, Syracuse University

• 1977-1979 Administrative Assistant, Project Advance, Syracuse University