EDUCATION:
Ph.D. University of Missouri--Columbia, 1975
Major: English Literature
Minor: Philosophy
M.A. University of Missouri--Columbia, 1964
Major: English Literature
B.J. University of Missouri--Columbia, 1963
Major: Journalism (News/Editorial)

DISSERTATION:
To Move Wild Laughter in the Throat of Death: An Anatomy of Black Humor
William Holtz, Director Employs rhetorician Kenneth Burke's dramatistic pentad to generate a rhetoric of Black Humor. Focuses on contemporary American novels of Friedman, Heller, Kesey, Elkin, Barth, Percy, Pynchon, and Vonnegut.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Academic Employment::
1993- Professor
Michigan Technological University
1981-Present Associate Professor
Michigan Technological University
1977-1981 Assistant Professor
Michigan Technological University
1976-77 Assistant Professor
Columbia College
Columbia, MO
1975-76 Resident Lecturer
University of Maryland--University College
Overseas Program (Bermuda, Labrador, Iceland)
1969-75 Teaching Fellow
University of Missouri-Columbia
1964-68 Instructor of English
Jefferson College
Hillsboro, MO

Courses Taught at Michigan Tech:
Undergraduate:
First-year English (HU 101-102-103, HU 101Honors), Advanced Composition (HU 327), Ethics (HU 251), American Literature (HU 203, HU 341—Major American Authors, HU 442—Contemporary American Fiction, Contemporary American Poetry ), British Literature (HU 353—Romantic Poets, HU 354—Victorian Literature, HU 314—The British Novel), Introduction to Poetry (HU 248), Introduction to the Short Story (HU 249), Creative Writing (HU 210—The Writing of Poetry, The Writing of Short Fiction, HU 412—Advanced Creative Writing), Introduction to Literary Studies (HU 217), Composition and Literature (HU 446), Special Topics (HU 450, HU 460, HU 470).
Graduate:
Writing and Editing of Literary Nonfiction for Publication (initially HU 523, now HU 522), Special Topics (HU 520, HU 571, HU 590), Research (HU 500, HU 600), Reading Literature (HU 531), HU 621 (Seminar in Literary Studies—Contemporary American Poetry).
CREATIVE WORK AND SCHOLARSHIP:
Creative Writing (Poems):
Books:
Plato’s Breath. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1997, 72 pp. 1996 May Swenson Poetry Award Winner.
Chapbooks:
Hand Shadows, Maryville, MO: GreenTower Press, 1988, 34 pp. Second edition, 1989. Third edition, 1990. Chapbook.
Running Patterns, Chico, CA: Flume Press, 1985, 30 pp. Second edition, 1986. Chapbook.
Poems in Magazines:
“Fall Run,” Pike Creek Review, Inaugural Issue, October, 1997, 13-14.
“The Rest of the Story,” Pike Creek Review, Inaugural Issue, October, 1997, 15-16.
“Graffitti,” Pike Creek Review, Inaugural Issue, October, 1997, 17-18.
“First Fantasy,” New Letters , 63:2, Summer 1997, 134-35.
“The Sweet Life, 1961,” The Chariton Review, 23:1, Spring, 1997), 117.
“Goiter,” Northeast, #1 (Winter, 1996-97), 44-45.
“Hints for Dissection: Gray’s Anatomy, The Marlboro Review, #2 (Summer/Fall, 1996), 61-62.
“Red Light, Green Light,” Green Mountains Review, 9:1 (Spring/Summer, 1996), 85.
“Supply, Demand,” Green Mountains Review, 9:1 (Spring/Summer, 1996), 86.
“Saved,” Atlanta Review, 2:1 (Fall, 1995), 65.
“Taking No Prisoners,” Atlanta Review, 2:1 (Fall, 1995), 67.
“The Last Word,” North Coast Review, #8 (Summer, 1995), 35-36.
“Radical Mastectomy,” New Collage Magazine, 24:1 (Summer, 1995), 23.
“Banking,” The MacGuffin, 11:3 (Fall, 1994), 110-111.
“The Psychological Present,” The Centennial Review, 37:3 (Fall, 1993), 540-541.
“The Cat in the Hat: A Sequel,” Nightsun, 13 (Fall, 1993), 18.
“Shit Happens,” Tar River Poetry, 33:1 (Fall, 1993), 43.
"Winter Storm," The Cream City Review, 17:2 (Fall, 1993), 206-207.
"Dancing School," Calliope, 16:2 (Spring/Summer, 1993), 5-6.
"The Drinker," Calliope, 16:2 (Spring/Summer, 1993), 7-8.
"Toxic Site," Midwest Poetry Review, 13:4 (April, 1993), 30.
"Dead Language," Zone 3, 7:3 (Fall 1992), 44-45.
"French Toast," Caesura, 9 (Spring, 1991), 80.
"Weekend: Brule River, Wisconsin," The Northern Review, 5:2 (Fall/Winter, 1991), 34.
"Stopping to Dance," New Letters, 58:1 (Fall, 1991), 78-79.
"Hex Hatch," Great River Review, 20 (1991), 97-100.
"Wrestling," The Hiram Poetry Review, 47 (Winter, 1990), 27-28.
"The Place Called There," TheHiram Poetry Review, 47 (Winter, 1990), 25-26.
"The Stranger," South Coast Poetry Journal, 9:1 (Fall, 1990), 33.
"Entropy of Everyday Things," South Coast Poetry Journal, 9:1 (Fall, 1990), 28-29.
"Aphasia: The Breakdown of Language," Poet & Critic, 22:1 (Fall, 1990), p. 19.
"Antediluvian: Kansas City, Summer, 1953," The Nebraska Review, 17:2 (Spring/Summer, 1989), 25-26.
"Hurricane Season," The Nebraska Review, 17:2 (Spring/Summer, 1989), 26-27.
"Thoughts on a Child's Nose Swallowed by a Dog," The Laurel Review, 22:1 (Winter, 1988), 65-68.
"Slow-Pitch Tournament: Alston, Michigan," The Laurel Review, 21:1 & 2 (Winter/Summer, 1987), 92-93.
"Meeting at the Bloody Brook Bar," The Laurel Review, 21:1 & 2 (Winter/Summer, l987), 91.
"The Kirby Man," The Laurel Review, 21:1 & 2 (Winter/Summer, 1987), 88-90.
"Spring Burial," New Letters, 54:1 (Fall, 1987), 66-67.
"On Rereading The Sun Also Rises," New Letters, 54:1 (Fall, 1987), 65-66.
"At the Breathing Place," Sidewinder, 3:2 (Spring 1987), 67.
"Thirty-Fifth Bombing Mission, Cerignola, Italy," Interim, 5:1 (Spring, 1986).
"Stalking Prairie: Madison, South Dakota," Interim, 5:1 (Spring, 1986), 22.
"Goose Farmer, 1936: A Photograph by Roman Vishniac," Interim, 5:1 (Spring, 1986), 21.
"Tracking," Milkweed Chronicle, 6:3 (Fall, 1985), 18.
"Walt Whitman at Timber Creek," The Mickle Street Review, 7:1 (1985), 9-10.
"Young Girl at Her Scales," The Panhandler, 15 (Spring, 1985), 36.
"Stopping in a Deaf Child Zone," The Panhandler, 15 (Spring, 1985), 37.
"Running Patterns," Kansas Quarterly, 16:4 (Fall, 1984), 13.
"Only Child," Stone Country, 12:1 & 2 (November, 1984), 41.
"News Brief," Kansas Quarterly, 16:4 (Fall, 1984), 4.
"Missouri Voices," The Chariton Review, 10:1 (Spring, 1984), 50.
"Men's Night Out," Poetry Today (December, 1983), 16.
"In Front of a Small Town Radio Station," Tendril, 16:3 (Summer, 1983), 39.
"Skunk Hour in Hancock, Michigan," Cottonwood, 30:3 (Spring, 1983), 5.
"Skipping Stones," Cottonwood , 30:3 (Spring, 1983), 4.
"Door Hanging," Passages North, 4:1 (Spring/Summer, 1983), 3.
"Nightwatch in Keflavik," The Mississippi Valley Review, 7:2 (Spring, 1978), 62.
"Letter from Labrador," The Mississippi Valley Review, 7:2 (Spring, 1978), 61.
"Reservation," The Chariton Review, 4:1 (Spring, 1978), 13.
"Parings," The Chariton Review, 4:1 (Spring, 1978), 12.
"Midnight Cessations in Iceland," The Chariton Review, 4:1 (Spring, 1978), 11.
"The Infinite Moment," Aspen Leaves, 2:2 (Summer, 1975), 143.
"Shut-Ins," Aspen Leaves, 2:2 (Summer, 1975), 141-142.
"Getting and Spending," Aspen Leaves, 2:2 (Summer, 1975), 141.
"Weather Signs," Poetry Almanac, 2:1 (Fall, 1972), p. 24.
Poems First Published in Book Form:
from Plato’s Breath (1997):
“Shop Class, 1955”
“Plato’s Breath”
“The Cat in the Hat: A Sequel”
“The Woman in Blue”
“Story Fragment in Snow”
“Game of Touch”
“Killer Hold”
from Hand Shadows (1988):
"Magic Tricks," p. 3.
"After Reading Wordsworth's Prelude, Book I," p. 6.
"Sibling Rivalry," p. 8.
"Miscarriage, Goose Bay, Labrador, 1976," p. 9.
"Sperm Test," p. 11.
"Old Stories, New Lives," p. 13.
"Catalog People," p. 18.
"Snowbound, Burning Coal," p. 22.
"Child, Hear the Boy," p. 33.
"The Catch," p. 34.

from Running Patterns (1985):
"Timing," p. 1.
"In the Stroller Passing, the Child's Stare," p. 2.
"Breaking Silence," p. 3.
"Poem for the Sons of a Dead Friend," p. 4.
"Rules for Permanence," p. 6.
"Graceless Under Pressure, I Think of Belle Star," p. 10.
"Phobic," p. 13.
"The End of the World: Reprise," p. 14.
"The Labor of Order Has No Rest," p. 15.
"Punting at Dusk," p. 26.
Anthologized Poems in Print and In Press:
“Red Light, Green Light,” in The 1997 Anthology of Magazine Verse & Yearbook of American Poetry, Alan F. Pater, (Ed.), Beverly Hills, CA: Monitor Book Company, 1997.
"In Front of A Small Town Radio Station," in Inheriting the Land: Contemporary Voices from the Midwest, Mark Vinz and Thom Tammaro (Eds.), Minneapolis, MN: The University of Minnesota Press, 1993, p. 159.
"Door Hanging," in Passages North Anthology, Elinor Benedict (Ed.), Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 1990, p. 326.
"Missouri Voices," in The 1985 Anthology of Magazine Verse & Yearbook of American Poetry, Alan F. Pater, (Ed.), Beverly Hills, CA: Monitor Book Company, 1985, p. 152.
"Door Hanging," in The 1984 Anthology of Magazine Verse & Yearbook of American Poetry, Alan F. Pater (Ed.), Beverly Hills, CA: Monitor Book Company, 1984, p. 156.Scholarship in Rhetorical and Literary Theory:
Book Chapters:
"Voicing the Self: Toward A Pedagogy of Resistance in a Postmodern Age," in Voices on Voice: Perspectives, Definitions, Inquiry, Kathleen Blake Yancey (Ed.) NCTE; 1994, pp. 242-274.
“Voicing the Self reprinted in Landmark Essays on Voice, Peter Elbow (Ed.), Hermagoras Press, Davis, CA, 1994, pp187-211.
"Cross-Disciplinary Writing Programs: Beginnings," lead chapter in The Language Connection: Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum,, Art Young and Toby Fulwiler (Eds.), NCTE, 1982, pp. 3-13.
Inter-chapter:
On using writing in a literature class, in Bringing Writing to Reading: When Writing Teachers Teach Literature, Art Young and Toby Fulwiler, Eds., Portsmouth, NH:Heinemann Boynton/Cook, 1995, p. 23.
Articles:
"A Different Truth: The Uses of Exploratory Discourse," The Iowa English Bulletin, 34 (Spring, 1986), 23-28.
"A Response to 'Iowa English Teacher Alert'," Iowa English Bulletin, 31 (Fall, 1982), 4.
"Respecting the Image: A Transactional View of Language and Cognition," Iowa English Bulletin, 31 (Fall, 1982), 5-9.
"Writing in Industry: An Analysis of Discourse" (with Bruce Petersen), Proceedings of 1981 Conference on College Composition and Communication Sessions on Technical Writing Part I, J. C. Mathes and Thomas E. Pinelli (Eds.), NASA Conference Publication,, 291-304. Also presented.
"Writing Across the Curriculum: A Theoretical Background" (with Bruce Petersen), Fforum, (February, 1981), 65-70.
"James Britton and the Importance of Audience," English Language Arts Bulletin, 20 (Winter/Spring, 1980), 5-7.
"Cross-Disciplinary Writing Workshops: Theory and Practice," College English, 42 (October, 1980), 154-166.
"Creative Writing and Creative Composition," College English, 40 (November, 1978), 283-287.
Major Papers Presented:
"Voice After Post-Structuralism," Conference on College Composition and Communication, Nashville, 1994.
"Composing, Self, and Postmodernism," Conference on College Composition and Communication, Boston, 1991.
"Poetry, Literacy, and the Savage Mind," Conference on College Composition and Communication, St. Louis, 1988.
"Poetic Discourse and the Teaching of Expository Writing," Conference on College Composition and Communication, New Orleans, 1986.
"A Theory and Pedagogy of Exploratory Discourse," Conference on College Composition and Communication, Detroit, 1983.
"Findings in the Comparative Analyses of the Features of Academic and Business Discourse," Modern Language Association, New York, 1981.
"Stylistic and Organizational Features of Business and Academic Discourse," Conference on College Composition and Communication, Dallas, 1981.
"Respecting the Image: A Transactional View of Language and Cognition," Michigan Academy, Detroit, 1980.
"Writing and Learning," Conference on College Composition and Communication, Minneapolis, 1979.
"Winning Hearts and Minds: A Call for Creative Composition," Midwest Modern Language Association, Chicago, 1977.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE:
Poetry-Related Activities:
Invited Readings:
Poetry Reading, Finnish American Heritage Center, Suomi College, March, 1997.
Poetry Reading, MTU Summer Institute for the Arts and Sciences, June, 1997.
Poetry Reading, MTU Summer Institute for the Arts and Sciences, June, 1996.
Poetry Reading, Lake Linden High School, November, 1995
Poetry Reading, Humanities Department Colloquium, April, 1995
Poetry Reading, MTU Summer Institute for the Arts and Sciences, June, 1995
Poetry Reading and discussion, Michigan Tech Summer Institute for Gifted Students, June 1992.
Poetry Reading, WMTU Radio, Houghton, MI, Winter, 1992.
Poetry Reading, Escanaba, MI, in conjunction with celebration of publication of The Passages North Anthology, a collection of best work to appear in Passages North during its ten-year history under Editor Elinor Benedict, September, 1990.
Poetry Reading, Michigan Tech Tea, January, 1990.
Poetry Reading, Michigan Tech Arts Festival, April, 1989.
Poetry Reading , Modern Literature Conference, Louisville, KY, February, 1989.
Poetry Reading, New Letters on the Air, Public Radio, Kansas City, MO, October 1988.
Poetry Reading, Northwest Missouri State University, October, 1988.
Poetry Reading, Michigan Tech Summer Institute for the Arts and Sciences, June, 1988.
Poetry Reading and Lecture, Upper Peninsula Writers' Association Conference, Alberta, MI, October 1987.
Poetry Reading, Michigan Tech Summer Institute for Gifted Students, June, 1987.
Poetry Reading, Copper Country Community Arts Council Meeting, May, 1987.
Poetry Reading, Michigan Technological University, December, 1985.
Poetry Reading, University of Massachusetts-Amherst MFA Graduate Writing Program Series, Winter, 1983.
Poetry Reading, WMNU radio, Marquette, MI, Fall 1978.
Poetry Reading, St. Louis Poetry Society, Spring 1972.
Related Achievements:
Interview (live, 1 hour), KOPN (Public Radio), Columbia, MO, for May Swenson Poetry Prize, November 17, 1997
Interview (taped, 30 minutes), Utah Public Radio, for May Swenson Poety Prize , September 44, 1997
Poetry Judge, Isle Royale National Park Artist-in-Residence Program, May 1991.
Judge, Lawrence and Elsie Klein Creative Writing Prize, 1988-present.
Coordinator, Lawrence and Elsie Klein Creative Writing Prize, Michigan Tech, 1988-1995. This prize of $ 1000 is awarded annually to a Michigan Tech undergraduate for the best single piece of creative writing submitted to the contest each year.
Poetry Workshop, Michigan Tech Summer Youth Program, June 1989.
Poet-in-Schools Lecturer, Lake Linden High School, May 1989.
Poet in Residence, Copper Country Community Arts Council Summer Arts Camp, July 1989.
Poet in Residence, Copper Country Community Arts Council Summer Arts Camp, August 1988.
Poet-in-Schools Presentations (15) at Mohawk, Calumet, and Ripley Elementary Schools, November 1987.
Poetry Reading and Lecture on "Poetry and Sense of Place," Lake Linden Public Library, October 1987.
Poet-in-Schools Lecturer, Lake Linden and Calumet Middle Schools, November 1986.
Poet-in-Schools Lecturer, Houghton High School, May 1986.
Director, Michigan Tech Humanities Department Visiting Writers' Series, 1985-present.
Co-Director, Michigan Tech Humanities Department Visiting Writers' Series, 1978-1983.
Creative Writing Instructor, Michigan Tech College for Kids Program, Spring, 1981.
Chair, Creative Writing Section, Midwest Modern Language Association, 1978-79, 1979-80.
Rhetoric-Related Activities:
Invited Workshops and Presentations:Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO, 1989.
Keynote Speaker, "Writing Across the Curriculum: Theory and Practice," Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO, 1988.
Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, Dillard University, New Orleans, LA, 1987.
Co-Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, Consortium of Texas Community Colleges, Houston, TX (with Toby Fulwiler), 1986.
Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, 1985.
Co-Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, Consortium of Texas Community Colleges, Houston, TX (with Toby Fulwiler), 1985.
Co-Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District, St. Paul, MN (with Toby Fulwiler and Art Young), 1984.
Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, South Dakota State College, Madison, SD, 1983.
Co-Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga (with Toby Fulwiler), 1983.
Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, Northern State College, Aberdeen, SD, 1982.
Co-Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga (with Toby Fulwiler), 1982.
Co-Director. Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (with Robert Jones), Green Lake, WI, 1981.
Co-Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop for University of Wisconsin-Center System (with Robert Jones), Madison, WI, 1981.
Co-Director, Post-Convention Workshop, National Council of Teachers of English (with Toby Fulwiler and Peter Schiff), Cincinnati, OH, 1980.
Co-Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, Michigan Council of Teachers of English (with Toby Fulwiler), Boyne Highlands, MI, 1980.
Co-Presenter, Workshop on Composing, Calumet Middle Schools, 1980.
Co-Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, Michigan Council of Teachers of English, East Lansing, MI, 1980.
Presenter, Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, Suomi College, 1980.
Presenter, Lake Superior States Association Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, Hurley, WI, 1979.Michigan Tech University Faculty Workshops:
(selected)
Co-Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Institute, Ford Forestry Center (with Cynthia Selfe), 1986.
Co-Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Institute, Ford Forestry Center (with Elizabeth Flynn), 1985.
Co-Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Institute, Ford Forestry Center (with Bruce Petersen), 1981.
Workshop for Geology Department on Improving Quality of Masters' Theses, 1980.
Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop for Humanities Faculty, Ford Forestry Center (with Toby Fulwiler and Robert Jones), 1979.
Co-Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Institute, Ford Forestry Center (with Toby Fulwiler), 1979.
Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop for Social Sciences Department (with Toby Fulwiler), 1979.
Co-Director, Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Institutes, Ford Forestry Center (with Toby Fulwiler), 1977-78.
Other Workshops, Conferences, and Seminars:
"Critical Theory and the Undergraduate Curriculum," Indiana University of Pennsylvania, September 1990.
Chair, "Creative Writing Across the Curriculum," Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, 1984.
Chair and Organizer of National Writing Project Workshop, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Denver, 1978.
National Writing Project Directors' Meeting, National Council of Teachers of English, Kansas City, MO, Fall 1978.
"The English Curriculum Under Fire," University of Chicago, Summer 1978.

GRANTS AND AWARDS:
1996: Winner of the 1996 May Swenson Poetry Award; publication of book-length collection, Plato’s Breath , by Utah State University Press scheduled for Spring 1997.
1996: Poetry manuscript (Plato’s Breath) selected as a finalist in the New Issues Press Poetry Series.
1996: Selected for inclusion in the 1997 edition of The International Who’s Who in Poetry & Poets’ Encyclopedia, published by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England.
1997: Nominated for a Pushcart Prize for magazine publications during 1996.
1996: Nominated for a Pushcart Prize for “Supply, Demand,” published in The Green Mountains Review, Spring 1996.
1995: Poetry Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, March 1995 during sabbatical leave Spring quarter, 1995.
1995: Selected for inclusion in the 1995 revised edition of The International Who’s Who in Poetry & Poets’ Encyclopedia, published by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England.
1992: Selected for inclusion in 1993 edition of The International Who's Who in Poetry & Poets' Encyclopaedia, published by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England.
1990: Listed in Michigan Directory of Humanities Scholars, published by the Library of Michigan, Lansing, MI.
1989 to present: Listed in Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers.
1987: Poems from The Laurel Review--"The Kirby Man," "Meeting at the Bloody Brook Bar," Slow-Pitch Tournament, Alston, Michigan"-- nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
1985: Poems from Running Patterns--"Timing," Missouri Voices," "Only Child," "Skipping Stones," and "In Front of a Small Town Radio Station"--nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
1985: Rules for Permanence (retitled Running Patterns) winner of the Flume Press National Chapbook Competition (judged by David Wojahn); cash prize and fifty free copies.
1984: Rules for Permanence a finalist in the Lamont Hall Memorial Chapbook Series for Poetry sponsored by Andrew Mountain Press;
1984-85: Rules for Permanence a finalist in the State Street Press National Chapbook Competition.
1983-84: Sabbatical leave as Visiting Scholar, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; studied in the MFA Creative Writing Program with poet Donald Junkins.
1983: Selected to attend Bread Loaf Writers Conference; studied with Howard Nemerov.
1983: Creativity Grant ($ 5,000) from Michigan Tech to work on a chapbook manuscript of poems.
1982: Selected to attend Bread Loaf Writers Conference; studied with Linda Pastan.
1980: Michigan Tech Faculty Research Grant ($5,000) for a project entitled "Comparative Analysis of Academic and Industrial Discourse."
1978-79: $ 2500 Matching Grant from Copper Country Intermediate School District for Upper Peninsula Writing Project.UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
Administrative Experience:
Associate Department Chair, 1992-96
Director, Liberal Arts and General Studies, 1986-1993.
Director, First-Year English, 1980-83.
Co-Director, Upper Peninsula Writing Project (Affiliate of National Writing Project), 1978-80.
Director, Missouri Writing Project (Affiliate of National Writing Project), 1977-78. Committees:
(Selected)
Humanities Department:
First-year English Committee, 1977-1982, 1981-82 (Chair), 1984-85, 1991-92 (Chair).
Writing Across the Curriculum Committee, 1977-87.
Executive and/or Steering Committees, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 90-91, 91-92, 92-93, 93-94, 94-95, 95-96.
Rhetoric/Communication Search Committee, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87.
Foreign Language Search Committee, 1984-85.
Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1981-82, 1982-83 (Chair), 1984-85, 1985-86 (Chair), 1986-87 (Chair), 1989-90, 1993-94, 1996-97 (Chair), 1997-98 (Chair)
Literature Committee, 1984-85 (Chair), 1990-91 (Chair).
General Education Committee, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1988-89 (Chair), 1989-90.
Head Search Committee, 1987-88 (Chair).
Graduate Committee (Research and Scholarship), 1989-90.
Writer/Graphic Artist Search Committee, 1989-90 (Chair).
Core Curriculum Committee, 1990-91.
Liberal Arts Committee, 1990-91 (Chair), 1991-92 (Chair), 1992-93.
Fine Arts Steering Committee, 1992-93.
Departmental Charter Committee, 1992-93 (Chair), 1993-94 (Chair), 1994-95.
Scheduling Coordinator for American Literature and Creative Writing, 1988-present.
Elections Officer, 1992-93, 1993-94, 94-95, 95-96.
Writing Center Director Search Committee, 1994-95.
Curriculum Revision Committee, 1993-94.
Grievance Committee, 1996-
Undergraduate Steering Committee, 1995-96College of Science and Arts:
Science and Arts Planning Committee, 1978-79.
Dean's Advisory Committee, 1981-82.
Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1981-82.
General Education Committee, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93.
Black History Month Planning Committee, 1988-89.
Science and Arts Dean's Search Committee, 1990-91.
University:
University Senate, elected three-year term (1989-1992).
University Senate Academic Calendar Change Committee, 1989-90.
General Education Committee, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93 (Interim Chair).
President's Task Force on Trade Offs: Undergraduate Education Committee, 1991-92.
University Senate Committee to Redefine Constituency and Redraft Senate Constitution, 1990-91 (Chair), 1991-92 (Chair).
University Senate Board of Control Liaison Committee, 1991-92.
University Senate Committee on Establishing Guidelines for the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs Search, 1991-92.
University Core Curriculm Committee, 1990-91.
Phase II Walker Arts Center Program Planning Committee, 1993-
University Academic Integrity Committee, 1995-
Advising Duties:
Academic Advisor for all Liberal Arts and General Studies students; also advise
Scientific and Technical Communications majors and graduate students in Rhetoric and Technical Communications M.S. and Ph.D. programs.
Faculty Mentor.
Faculty Resource Team.
Faculty Adviser for Alpha Xi Zeta Sorority.PUBLIC SERVICE
Founding Board member (elected), Martha Griffiths Women's Resource Center, 1990-91
Board member (elected), Copper Country Community Arts Council, 1994-

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE:
Associate Editor of The Laurel Review (a national literary magazine), 1989-present.
General Editor of Blue Ice Anthology (an annual anthology of literary nonfiction written by graduate students in HU 522 (The Writing and Editing of Literary Nonfiction), 1985-1993.
Reviewer for Reader (Elizabeth Flynn, Editor), 1989-92.
Editorial Staff, Tailings (a Humanities Department Literary Magazine), 1979-80.
Reviewer, University of Missouri Press, 1978-79.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Association of Literary Scholars and Critics, 1996-
Associated Writing Programs, 1985 to present.
National Council of Teachers of English, 1977 to present.
College Composition and Communication, 1977-present=
Modern Language Association, 1977-1984.
Midwest Modern Language Association, 1977-1980.
Rhetoric Society of America, 1977-1980.
Michigan Council of Teachers of English, 1978-1980.REFERENCES:
Professor William Holtz: English Department, University of Missouri-Columbia
Professor Donald Junkins, MFA Program, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Professor Winifred Horner, English Department, Texas Christian University
Professor Arthur P. Young, English Department, Clemson University
Professor Toby Fulwiler, English Department, University of Vermont
James McKinley, Editor, New Letters, University of Missouri-Kansas City