EDUCATION
Georgia State University (Feb. 1998). Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition. Dissertation title: The Rhetoric of Science Writing in a Laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Western Carolina University (Dec. 1988). M.A. in English literature/composition. Thesis title: Using Scenarios to Train Tutors in a Writing Center.

Purdue University (Dec. 1982). M.A. in Russian literature. Study included one semester in Moscow.

West Virginia University (May 1980). B.A. in Russian language. Study included one summer in Leningrad.


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, fall 2005–current, Juniata College.

Assistant Professor, 2000–2005, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ: writing for the workplace, composition/engineering lab, composition II, Russian language.

Assistant Professor, 1995–2000, Georgia Perimeter College (formerly Dekalb College), Atlanta, GA: rhetoric, composition, literature, humanities.

Instructor, 1991–1995, Dekalb College: English composition.

Adjunct Instructor, spring 1990 and fall 1990, Dekalb College: composition.

Adjunct Instructor, January 1989 to May 1989, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC: composition/literature.

Graduate Assistant Instructor, August 1988 to December 1988, Western Carolina University: composition/literature.

Writing center tutor, July 1987 to July 1988, Western Carolina University.

Classes Taught:
Medical Writing
Business Writing
Foundations of Western Literature
Essay Writing
College Writing Seminar
Nonfiction Prose
Freshman composition and rhetoric, I
Freshman composition and rhetoric, II
Combined course in composition and engineering design lab
Writing for the Workplace
History of the English language
Early British literature (Beowulf, Gawain, Morte Darthur, Chaucer, Shakespeare)
Early western literature (Homer, Virgil, Dante)
Early western civilization (Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, medieval Europe)
Russian grammar (all levels of introductory grammar)


Foreign Teaching Experience:
St. Petersburg, Russia, 4-week study abroad program at St. Petersburg Technical University, summer 2000.

St. Petersburg, Russia, 3-week study abroad program at St. Petersburg Technical University, summer 1999.

London, England, 5-week study abroad program at Roehampton Institute, summer 1998.

Greece and Italy, study/travel trip, summer 1997. The trip was focused on classical Greek and Roman history and culture.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Writing and Editing

Synergy Medical Education (Plymouth Meeting, PA), May 2004–spring 2005.
Freelance: In-house consultant, conducting extensive PubMed research, compiling research reports for clients, formatting in AMA style, working on marketing material, writing national newsletter articles for physician and medical personnel audiences, and editing/writing articles for medical journals.

Camden County Soil Conservation District (Berlin, NJ), Nov. 2003—December 2004.
Freelance: Technical editing and consulting for five watershed reports for the state of New Jersey.

McCulley-Cuppan (Salt Lake City, UT), December 2004–March 2004.
Freelance: Performed pharmaceutical document assessments, analyzing for logic, organization and presentation; developed and presented professional writing seminar for a company in southern New Jersey.

Slack Inc. (Thorofare, NJ), Orthopedics Today magazine.
Freelance: Technical writing of three articles based on clinical research reports and conversations with the physicians/authors.

Thomsen Electronic and Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ), 2001.
Freelance: Developed user documentation for television testing prototype developed by Rowan University engineering department for Thomsen Electronic.

ProDeCon, LLC (Atlanta, GA), 1998–2000.
Freelance: Designed, implemented and maintained a website for a structural engineering company. Also did writing consultation advising the company president.

Game and Fish Publications (Marietta, GA), Aug. 88–Sept. 89.
Fulltime: Copy editor for six regional and one national sporting magazines. Responsible for proofreading, line editing and final text.

W. W. Norton and Company (New York, NY), Feb. 85–June 86.
Fulltime: Editorial assistant to biology editor, responsible for fact checking, maintaining contact with authors, and proofreading.

Other Work Experience

Webmaster. ProDeCon, LLC (Atlanta, GA), October 98–June 2000.
Russian Interpreter. Jewish Family Services (Atlanta, GA), Sept. 90–Aug. 91.
U. S. Air Force. 1973–1977. Served as hospital laboratory technician.

Plus a large number of odd jobs: factory work (four times), temporary labor, plasma center phlebotomist, building roof trusses, making salads.


SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

Professional Publications:

“BiDil, the First ‘Race-Based’ Drug” in submission.

“Graphics and Ethos in Biomedical Journals” Technical Communication and Writing vol. 38, no. 2 (2008).

“Graphics and Invention in Engineering Writing” Technical Communication vol. 54, no. 1 (2007).

“When Professional Biologists Write: An Ethnographic Study with Pedagogical Implications” Technical Communication Quarterly vol. 12 no. 3 (2003).

“Ancient Egyptian Rhetoric in the Old and Middle Kingdoms” Rhetorica vol. 20 no. 3 (2002).

“The Discovery of Time in Moscow” Humanities in the South, Fall 1999.

“The Southern Quandary of Being OK but Southern” Weber Studies, Summer 2000.

 “Synthesizing Process and Product in Writing Across the Curriculum” Dialogue, vol. 1.

“Scenarios for Tutor Training” Writing Lab Newsletter, Purdue University, 1989.

Conference Presentations:

“Race and Genes” scheduled for American Medical Writers Association conference, October 2008, St. Louis, Missouri

“Controversy Over the First Race-Based Drug Approved by the FDA” scheduled for Conference on College Composition and Communication, April 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana

“Measuring Improvement in Medical Writing” workshop given at American Medical Writers Association conference, October 2006, Albuquerque, New Mexico

“Classical Rhetoric, Rabbits that Glow, and Engineering Education” National Conference of Teachers of English, Baltimore, MD, Nov. 15-18, 2001.

“Use of Classical Rhetorical Framework for Critical Analysis of Science and Engineering Issues” American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, June 2000.

“Using Rhetoric to Look at the Debate on Genetically Modified Organisms” American Society for Engineering Education Regional Conference, Glassboro, NJ, April 2000.

“The Klan Spider Spins its Websites” Humanities and Technology Association conference, Charlottesville, VA, Oct. 18-20, 2000.

“Comp No More–Making It a Rhetoric Class” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Minneapolis, April 12-15, 2000.

“The Southern Quandry: Being OK but Southern” Southern Humanities Council Conference, Hampton, VA, March 19-20, 1999.

“Yall Quit Callin’ Me Southern: Resisting and Accepting the Culture,” Southeast Regional Conference of the Community College Humanities Association, Atlanta, GA, October 1998.

“It’s Just Words: Rhetorical Literacy in Freshman Composition,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, Phoenix, March 1997.

“Babes in Cybertown: Freshman Writers on E-Mail,” Southeastern Conference on English in the Two-Year College (SCETC), Atlanta, GA, January 1996.

“Using Portfolios in a Freshman Writing Course,” Workshop, SCETC, Jacksonville, FL, January 1995.

“Using Portfolios in a Freshman Writing Course,” SCETC, Charleston, SC, January 1994.

 

FICTION PUBLICATIONS

“Grey and Simple” in Fiction International
“The Clowns in the Circus of Love” in The Cynic (online magazine)
“Child, Stand Up” in Blue Moon Review (online magazine-under "hypermedia")
“Humanity” in Poets, Artists & Madmen
“What's Your Name” in Crazyhorse, Anniversary Edition
“To Be Dancing With the Dead” in Poets, Artists & Madmen
“The Smallest Dreams in the City” in Cimmerian Journal
“Cave Tale” in Poets, Artists & Madmen
“Snowfool” in Skylark
“Wondrous Gifts for My Own True Love” in Nomad
“And the Printer Is Working” in Nomad
“Sex With Monsters” in Sign of the Times