| Degrees: |
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Ph.D. English, University
of Oregon, 1994 (with distinction) |
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M.A. English, University
of Oregon, 1989 |
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B.A. Criminal
Justice and Sociology, with English minor, University
of Alabama, 1986 |
| Teaching
Awards: |
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Who's Who Among
America's Teachers, 1997 |
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Outstanding
Composition Teacher of the Year, University of Oregon, 1994 |
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Excellence in
Teaching Composition, University of Oregon, 1988 |
| Published
Articles: |
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"Romantic
Friends or 'A Different Race of Creatures'" Feminist
Studies 21.2 (1995): 317-340. |
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"Henry David
Thoreau," "Diana Frederics," and "Romantic
Friendship," encyclopedic contributions in Gay and
Lesbian Literary Heritage, ed. Claude J. Summers (Henry
Holt, 1995). |
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"Surveying the
Intersection: Secrecy, Pathology, and the Discourses of Racial
and Sexual Identity," Critical Essays: Gay and Lesbian
Writers of Color, ed. Emmanuel S. Nelson (Haworth, 1993). |
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"Confession
and Case History" Confessional Politics: Women's
Sexual Confessions, ed. Irene Gammel (Southern Illinois
University Press, 1999). |
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"Mary E.
Wilkins Freeman," American Women Prose Writers,
1870-1920, a volume of the Dictionary of Literary
Biography, edited by Sharon M. Harris, Heidi L. M. Jacobs,
and Jennifer Putzi, 1999. |
| Committees: |
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Instructional
Planning Team |
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| Teaching
Philosophy: |
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The value of
creating interactive relationships between student, teacher,
and culture is fundamental to my teaching philosophy. In all
of my classes, I strive to create a student-centered classroom
where critical reading and thinking, active engagement, and
participation in discussion play a central role in the reading
and writing process. By empowering students with these skills,
I encourage them to take responsibility for their own
learning, ultimately teaching them how to learn. |
| Personal
Interests: |
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hiking, snow
shoeing, flower photography, and solar energy |
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