Education: B.A. English, University of Oklahoma, 1974 M.A. English, University of Oklahoma, 1978 Ph.D. English, University of Oklahoma, 1994

Specialties:
English Education
Writing: Composition, Creative

Courses Regularly Taught:
· Methods and Materials for Teaching English
· Literature for Adolescents
· Theory in the Teaching of Composition
· Composition I and II

Research: (Representative Publications)
Dynamic Argument, published by Houghton Mifflin, 2007.

Current Project:
Dynamic Argumen Brieft, to be published by Houghton Mifflin, 2009.
Dynamic Writing, published by Houghton Mifflin, 2008

Honors/Awards:
· 2006 Arkansas State University Advisor of the Year
· 1996 Faculty Achievement Award for Service