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Curriculum Vita for Rebecca J. Rickly

Department of English

Box 43091

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX 79409-3091

Rebecca.Rickly@ttu.edu

 

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Vita Contents

• Education
• Professional Experience
• Publications
• Conference Participation
• Administrative Experience
• Professional Activities and Affiliations
• References

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D. in English, with a specialization in Composition and Rhetoric 1995, Ball State University, Muncie, IN. Dissertation: Exploring the Dimensions of Discourse: A Multi-Modal Analysis of Electronic and Oral Discussions in Developmental English. (Committee: Linda Hanson (chair), Webster Newbold, Paul Ranieri, and Larry Smith)

 

M.A. in English, with an emphasis in Composition 1986, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Thesis: Computers and Composing: A Pilot Study in Freshman Composition.

 

B.S. in English Education, 1982, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor in Rhetoric and Composition, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.   Taught Technical Communication, First Year English, and Graduate Courses in Composition and Rhetoric and Feminist Methods, all involving technology and taught in the computer classroom. Served on MA and PhD exam and dissertation committees. 2002-present.

 

Assistant Professor in Rhetoric and Composition, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. Taught Technical Communication, First Year English, and Graduate Courses in Composition and Rhetoric, all involving technology and taught in the computer classroom. Served on MA and PhD exam and dissertation committees. Associate Director of Composition. 1999-2002.

 

Visiting Assistant Professor in Rhetoric, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. Taught Technical Communication in the computer classroom. Served on MA and PhD exam and dissertation committees. Associate Director of Composition. 1998-99.

 

Lecturer III, English Composition Board, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Designed and Taught Writing Practicum, First Year Seminar, conducted writing workshops, and co-taught peer tutoring courses, all using computers on LAN and WAN. Co-created and Managed the WWW, e-mail, and Unix-based Online Writing Lab. 1994-present.

 

Contract Faculty Position, Ball State University, Muncie, IN. Taught Basic Writing and Freshman Composition using research and literature. Taught Business and Professional Writing through the Business Education Department. Held weekly workshops in Zenith computer lab using synchronous conferencing software. Co-created and taught collaborative basic writing classes involving the use of internet. Consultant for Writing Intensive courses in departments of Architecture in the Writing in the Design Curriculum program. 1991-1994.

 

Doctoral Fellow, Ball State University, Muncie, IN. Taught Basic Writing and Freshman Composition using research and literature. Held weekly workshops in Zenith and VAX computer labs. 1988-1991.

 

Lecturer, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Taught Business Writing, incorporating information and examples from my work as a technical writer. 1987-1988.

 

Technical Writer/Course Developer, AT&T, Dublin, OH. Wrote courses on UNIX system from preliminary documentation. Designed and conducted surveys concerning business writing and word processing. 1987-1988.

 

Eighth Grade Teacher, Holy Name School, Columbus, OH. Taught eighth grade in a self-contained curriculum. Incorporated writing across the curriculum and writing process philosophies. 1986-1987.

 

Teaching Associate, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Taught Basic Writing, Freshman Composition, and Intermediate Composition. Certified to teach Business and Technical Writing. Proposed, designed, and implemented pilot study involving word processors and drafting syllabus. 1983-1986.

 

High School Teacher, Mt. Madonna Ranch Academy, Gilroy, CA. Taught 8th - 11th grade English, Language Arts, Reading, and Literature. Coordinated Humanities curriculum. Performed various administrative duties. 1982-1983.

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PUBLICATIONS

Performing Feminism and Administration in Rhetoric and Composition Studies. Edited Collection (with Kris Ratcliffe), accepted for publication with Hampton Press.  (Forthcoming, 2007)

 

"Messy Contexts:  Research as a Rhetorical Situation."  Chapter in Digital Writing Research:  Technologies, Methodologies, and Ethical Issues.  Edited by Danielle DeVoss and Heidi McKee. Hampton Press, Inc.  (2007). Pp. 377-97.

 

"Distributed Learning, Distributed Teaching:  Integrating Technology and Objective Assessment into First Year Composition." Chapter in Delivering College Composition: The Fifth Canon.  Edited by Kathi Yancey.  Boynton/Cook.  (2006). Pp. 183-197.

 

"The Future of Computers and Writing:  A Multi-Vocal Textumentary."  Article, with Nick Carbone, Michael Day, Joel English, Trish Harris, Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Ted Nellen, Mike Palmquist, Rich Rice, Steven D. Krause, and Bill Hart-Davidson. Computers and Composition.  (2004).

 

"Computer-Mediated Communication as Reflective Rhetoric-in-Action:  Dialogic Interaction, Technology, and Cross-Curricular Thinking." Chapter in Electronic Collaboration in the Humanities:  Issues and Options.  Ed. James A. Inman, Cheryl Reed, and Peter Sands.  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.  (2004).  Pp. 35-48.

 

"Making Rhetoric Viable/Making Rhetoric Visible In First Year Writing Courses."  Chapter in What Makes Writing Good in the Late Age of Print, ed. By Jeff Galin, J. Paul Johnson, and Carol Haviland.  Hampton Press. (2003).  Pp. 99-110.

 

"Writing Centers and WAC."  Invited online forum participant. Academic.Writing.  (2002).  Available online at:  http://wac.colostate.edu/aw/forums/spring2002/

 

"Feminist Approaches to Mentoring Graduate Students: Conflict, Power, and Collaboration." Chapter, co-written with Susanmarie Harrington, in Preparing College Teachers of Writing. Ed. Betty Pytlik and Sarah Liggett. Oxford UP. (2002). pp.108-120.

 

"Review of New Worlds, New Words:  Exploring Pathways for Writing About and In Electronic Environments."  Ed.  John Barber and Dene Grigar.  Hampton Press, 2001."  With Susan Lang, Diane Davis, and Geoff Sirc.  Kairos, Vol 6, No. 2, 2001.  http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/6.2/binder.html?reviews/davis

 

"Technology, Institutional Assessment, and Big Brother."  Solicited article for WPA Newsletter.   Vol 2, No. 2, Spring, 2001.  pp. 8-11.  Available online at:  http://www.ilstu.edu/~ddhesse/wpa/newsletter/wpanewsletspring01.pdf

 

"Review of Electric Rhetoric:  Classical Rhetoric, Oralism, and a New Literacy."  Kathleen E. Welch.  Cambridge, MA:  MIT Press, 1999."  Journal of Business and Technical Communication.  Vol 15, No. 1, Jan. 2001.  Pp. 119-21.

 

The Online Writing Classroom. Book, co-edited with Susanmarie Harrington and Michael Day. Hampton Press. (2000). 396 pp. (Linked review available in Kairos 5.2)

 

"The Tenure of the Oppressed: Ambivalent Reflections from a Critical Optimist." Article accepted for publication by Computers and Composition, Tenure 2000 issue. Vol. 17, No. 1, 2000. Pp. 19-30.

 

"The Near and Distant Future of OWL." Chapter, co-written with Barbara Monroe, Bill Condon, and Wayne Butler. Researching the Technological Center: Examining Technology Use in Writing Centers. Ed. James A. Inman and Donna Sewell. (2000). Pp. 211-222.

 

"The Gender Gap in Computers and Composition Research: Must Boys Be Boys?" Computers and Composition. (Vol. 16, No. 1, April 1999). Pp. 121-140.

 

"Promotion, Tenure, and Technology: Do We Get What We Deserve?" Chapter in Electronic Networks: Crossing Boundaries/Creating Communities. Ed. Tharon Howard, Chris Benson, with Dixie Goswami and Rocky Gooch. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann-Boynton Cook (1999). Pp. 225-239.

 

"Reflection and Responsibility in (Cyber)Tutor Training: Seeing Ourselves Clearly On and Off the Screen. "Wiring the Writing Center. Ed. Eric H. Hobson. Salt Lake: Utah State UP. (1998). Pp. 44-61. (Book awarded the 1999 National Writing Centers Association Scholarship Award)

 

"The Way We Will Have Become: The Future Histories of Computers and Writing." Coverweb, co-written with John Barber and Dene Grigar in Kairos, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 1998.

 

"What Matters Who Writes? What Matters Who Responds? Issues of Ownership in the Writing Classroom." A hypertext written by Andrea Lunsford, Michael Salvo, and Susan West in Kairos , Vol. 1, 1996.

 

"Building Professional and Classroom Community through Online Interaction in Text-Based Virtual Realities." Chapter written with Michael Day and Eric Crump in Computer Networking and Scholarship in the 21st Century University, Series in Computer-Mediated Communication in Education, Work, Society. Eds. Teresa M. Harrison and Timothy Stephen. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1996. Pp. 291-311.

 

"Our Colleagues Interact on a MOO." Solicited MOO transcript, with Eric Crump, Michael Day, Locke Carter, Johndan Johnson-Eilola, and Pamela Takayoshi,. Published in Computers and the Teaching of Writing in American Higher Education: 1979-1994: A History. Ed. Gail E. Hawisher, Paul LeBlanc, Charles Moran, Cynthia L. Selfe. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corporation, 1996. Pp. 287-30.

 

"Locating the Writing Center in the Aviary." Article in the ACE newsletter, Vol. 4, No. 4, Spring, 1996.

 

"It's Fun to Have Fun But You Have to Know How! or, How Cavorting on the Net Will Save the Academy." Article written with Eric Crump (and others) in CMC Magazine, January, 1995.

 

"Computers and Writing: Seeing Our Future by Knowing Our Past." Produced a live national teleconference held at Ball State University, June, 1994.

 

"Online Tutor Training: Examining the Role of Synchronous Conferencing in Establishing a Professional Community." Article, co-written with Cynthia Johanek, in Computers and Composition, Vol. 12, No. 2, 1995. Pp. 237-46.

 

"Using InterChange as a Bridge to the Internet." Article in Wings, Vol.1, Number 2.

 

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PRESENTATIONS

"The Contact Zone:  Required Research Methods Courses."  Paper accepted for delivery at Conference on College Communications (CCCC), March, 2005.

"Distributed Teaching, Distributed Learning on ICON."  Paper accepted for delivery at Computers and Writing Conference, May 2004.

"Publish or Perish:  Teaching Academic Survival Skills Along with Content." Paper delivered at Conference on College Communications (CCCC), March, 2004.

"Feminist Administration:  A Contradiction in Terms?"  Paper delivered at Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, October, 2003. 

"Caravan: Understanding and Navigating the Gaps Between in Distance Education."  Paper delivered at Conference on College Communications (CCCC), March, 2003.

"Publish or Perish:  Teaching Graduate Students to Become Academic Survivors."  Paper delivered at Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW), Marcy, 2003. 

"Minding the Gaps:  Re-Assessing Teaching in Distance Education to Meet the Changing Needs of Our Students."  Town Hall presentation delivered at the eighteenth annual Computers and Writing Conference, May, 2002.

"Taking it to the Streets:  Preparing Graduates to Teach Beyond First Year Composition."  Paper delivered at Conference on College Communications (CCCC), March, 2002.

"Learning by Osmosis:  Preparing Graduate Students to Teaching Beyond First Year Composition."  Paper delivered at Modern Language Association (MLA) Conference, December, 2001.

"Entrepreneurial Thinking, Feminist Methodology, and a Rhetoric of Production: Learning from Industry How To Professionalize our Programs."  Paper delivered at the Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, October, 2001.

"Programmatic Writing Technology: Responsible Development, Responsible Implementation, Responsible Assessment." Paper delivered at Writing Program Administrators' Conference (WPA), July, 2000.

"It's 2001, and We're Off to Teach the Wizard!" Special invited presentation at the sixteenth annual Computers and Writing Conference, May, 2000.

"Four Computer-based Environment Options for the Writing Classroom: CommonSpace, Daedalus Online, First Class, and TOPIC. " Preconference workshop at the sixteenth annual Computers and Writing Conference, May, 2000.

"Gender and Technology in Education: Politics, Culture, and Power." Paper delivered at All-University Conference on the Advancement of Women in Higher Education, April, 2000.

"Staying on TOPIC: Modeling Responsible Distance Education in First Year Composition." Roundtable Presentation, scheduled for Conference on College Communications (CCCC), April, 2000.

 

"Professional Development and Teacher Training: Non-Voluntary Opportunities for Growth and Reflection." Roundtable presentation, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference, November, 1999.

 

"Feminist Approaches to Mentoring Graduate Students: Power, Identity, and Collaboration." All University Conference for the Advancement of Women in Higher Education, April, 1999.

"Where (and When and How) Do I Begin? Taking Literacy to the Streets--a Love Story." Roundtable presentation, Conference on College Communications (CCCC), April, 1999.

 

"NCTE's Instructional Technology Committee and You: Enhancing Professional Growth." Roundtable presentation, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), November 1998.

 

"The Virtual Town Hall." Coordinated online Virtual Town Hall meetings for the Fourteenth Annual Computers and Writing Conference, May, 1998.

 

"I Sing the Body Electric: Losing the Body, but Gaining a Voice." Roundtable presentation, Conference on College Communications (CCCC), April, 1998.

"Reflection and Responsibility in Cybertutor Training." National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference, November, 1997.

 

"On-Line Writing and Learning (OWL): Responding to University, School, Local, and Business Communities." Forum, Conference on College Communications (CCCC), March, 1997.

 

"The Theory, Design and Creation of Online Writing Labs." Preconference workshop, Conference on College Communications (CCCC), March, 1997.

 

"Technology Changing the Classroom: Using, Learning, Playing, Teaching in MUDs." Postconference workshop, Twelfth Annual Computers and Writing Conference, May, 1996.

 

"On-Line Writing and Learning (OWL): Connecting University, School, Local, and Business Communities." Panel presentation with Bill Condon, Wayne Butler, and Barbara Monroe, scheduled for the Computers and Writing Conference, May, 1996.

 

"So Now You Have One Computer in Your Classroom: What Are You Going To Do With It?" Workshop demonstration scheduled for National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference, November 1996

 

"Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, on the World Wide Web." Preconference workshop, Conference on College Communications (CCCC), March, 1996.

 

"Internet Use for Furthering Professional Activities." Forum presentations, Conference on College Communications (CCCC), March, 1996.

 

"An Introduction to Online Writing Labs." Preconference workshop, National Council of Teachers of English, November, 1996.

 

"The Price of Technology: How Working with Technology can Affect Promotion and Tenure." Roundtable, The Wyoming Conference on English, June, 1995.

 

"What's Good for the Goose is (Not Necessarily) Good for the Gander: Gender's Influence on Participation Levels in Oral and Online Classroom Conversation." Eleventh Annual Computers and Writing Conference, May, 1995.

 

"Virtual Construction Sites: Building Learning Spaces on the Internet." Panel presentation with Locke Carter and Judi Kirkpatrick, Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), March, 1995.

 

"Technology for Techical and Professional Communicators: Professional and Academic Uses of Computer, Networking, and Multimedia Technologies in Technical and Professional Communications Classes." Workshop at Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), March, 1995.

 

"A Discussion of Using MOOs, MUDs, and IRC in Writing Classrooms: Sites of (Social) Construction." Forum/Poster Session at Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), March, 1995.

 

"Using the Internet to Teach Reading and Composition." Workshop sponsored by Assembly for Computers in English (ACE) at National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference, November 1994.

 

"Students Learning about Discourse Communities by Observing Real-Time Network Interaction." Roundtable, Conference on College Communications (CCCC), March 1994.

 

"Internet Relay Chat: Networking Students Around the World." Assembly for Computers in English (ACE) Poster Session, Presented at National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference, November 1993.

 

"Teacher Training from the Inside Out." National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference, November 1993.

 

"Seeing the Big Picture: Using Internet Relay Chat to Explore Community in the Writing Classroom." Indiana Teachers of Writing (ITW), October, 1993.

 

"Constructing Ourselves Dialogically: Gender as a Social Construct in Electronic and Oral Class Discussions." Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, July, 1993.

 

"IRC in the Classroom: Student Access to Focused Communities." Ninth Annual Computers and Writing Conference, May, 1993.

 

"Elizabeth Palmer Peabody: Charting the Geography of Nineteenth Century American Education." Conference on College Composition and Communications (CCCC), April, 1993.

 

"Gender as a Social Construct: The Influence of Gender and Sex-Role Affiliation on Synchronous Computer-Mediated Conferencing." Third Missouri Graduate Conference, February 1993.

 

"Keeping in Touch: Using Technology in the Writing Center." East Central Writing Center Association (ECWCA) Conference, January 1993.

 

"Internet Relay Chat and the Composition Classroom." Co-presented with Eric Crump and Michael Day at the National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) Conference, November, 1992.

 

"Boundaries of Discourse: Breaking, Acknowledging, Creating." Collaborative paper presented with Dr. Linda Hanson at the Eighth Annual Computers and Writing Conference, May, 1992.

 

"Effective Business Writing: Process and Product." Workshop co-presented with Dr. Michael Munley at the Indiana Agricultural Leadership Convention, November, 1991.

 

"Here 'Drop Dead' Speaks: Invoking Bakhtin in the Composition Classroom." Indiana College English Association (ICEA), September, 1991.

 

"The Process of Processing: Collaborative Writing in the Computer Classroom." Seventh Annual Computers and Writing Conference, May, 1991.

 

"Reevaluating Hierarchy in Kenneth Burke's A Rhetoric of Motives." Collaborative paper presented with Barbara Stedman at the LSU/Texas A Conference on Languages and Literature, February, 1991.

 

"Using Real-Time Conferencing Software in Electronic Discussions: Giving Marginalized Students a Voice." Roundtable, Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, July, 1990.

 

"The Electronic Voice: Empowering Women in the Classroom." Sixth Annual Computers and Writing Conference, May, 1990.

 

"Reflexivity in Research: Dealing with the Human Element." Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), March, 1990.

 

"Women's Ways of Learning: How Women Learn to Write Using Word Processors." Indiana College English Association (ICEA), October, 1989.

 

"Word Processors and Business Writing: Implications for the Future." Midwest Regional Conference for Business Communication, April, 1988.

 

"'You're So DOS': How Men and Women Appropriate Computer Jargon Differently." National Popular Culture Conference, March, 1988.

 

"Discovering Audience Through Writing Across the Curriculum." Ohio Catholic Education Association, (OCEA), October, 1987.

 

"Integrating Word Processors into the Writing Lab." Week-long seminar for Columbus Public Schools, Summer Tech, July, 1987.

 

"Word Processors and the Writing Process." Week-long seminar for Columbus Public Schools, Summer Tech, July, 1987.

 

"English and Education: The Tie that Binds." College English Association of Ohio (CEAO), May, 1987.

 

"Computers and Composing: A Pilot Study in Freshman Composition." Presented to Ohio Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts (OCTELA), March, 1986.

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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Co-Director of Composition, Texas Tech University. Held office hours to address complaints and difficult situations. Met with students and TAs. Co-created and managed Peer Collaboration Teams and mentoring program. Instituted Intensive Mentoring Program on basis of student evaluations. Organized composition workshops, and co-coordinated departmental professional development workshops. 2000- 2006.

 

Associate Director of Writing, Texas Tech University. Held office hours to address complaints and difficult situations. Met with students and TAs. Coordinated Peer Collaboration Teams, Course Portfolios, and Teaching Portfolios. Co-coordinated specialized mentoring program.1998-2000.

 

Online Writing Lab Coordinator, University of Michigan. Co-created and managed the e-mail, WWW, and Unix-based OWL. Co-taught peer tutoring courses and trained students to use the OWL. Maintained Web pages and usage statistics. Coordinated publicity. 1995-1997.

 

Assistant to the Director of the Writing Program, Ball State University. Helped revise and coordinate the writing program. Taught small group of teacher preparation classes. Handled complaints. Evaluated essays written for credit. Compiled and edited The Writing Program, a publication required in all freshman English classes. 1990-1991.

Director of the English Computer Labs, Ball State University. Directed DOS and VAX computer labs. Scheduled and monitored lab workers. Maintained records of computer usage by lab and semester. Oversaw computer hardware. Helped revise computer competency statement and student guide. 1989-1990.

Associate Director of the English Computer Labs, Ball State University. Introduced writing classes to the computer labs. Monitored lab workers and hardware. Developed self-paced instructional units for the VAX computer lab. 1989.

Administrative Associate, The Ohio State University. Assistant to the Director of Writing. Helped develop new Freshman Composition syllabus. Assisted in coordinating and implementing teacher training program. Supervised new TAs. Evaluated transfer credit and essays for EM credit. 1984-1985.

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS

State and National:

Editorial Board, Computers and Composition, 1998-present.

Editorial Board, Kairos: A Journal for Teachers in Webbed Writing Environments 1996-present.

Program Reviewer, Computers and Writing Conference, 1994; 2000.

Program Reviewer, CCTE, 1999.

Chair, Instructional Technology Committee (ITC) (three year appointment), 1996-present

Seven C's (CCCCCCC), Executive Committee, 1995-present.

Instructional Technology Committee (ITC), 1994-present.

Chair, ITC subcommittee on Tenure, Hiring, and Working Conditions, 1994-1996.

Alliance for Computers in Writing (ACW), 1993-present.

Assembly for Computers in English (ACE), Executive Committee, 1992-present.

College Composition and Communication (CCC), 1983-present.

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), 1983-present.

Modern Language Associate (MLA), 1993-1995.

Indiana Teachers of Writing (ITW), 1989-1994.

Contributing Bibliographer to the CCC (formerly Longman) Bibliography of Composition and Rhetoric, 1986-1991.

 

Texas Tech University

Composition Committee, 1998-present.

Technical Communication and Rhetoric Committee, 1999-present.

Graduate Studies Committee 2000-present.

Special Events and Development Committee, 1999-present.

Awards Committee, 2000-present.

Merit Committee, 1999-2000.

Graduate Council, 2001-2005.

 

The University of Michigan:

Outreach Committee, 1995-97.

Technology Committee, 1994-97.

Peer Tutoring Committee, 1994-97.

Professional Development Committee, 1994-97.

 

Ball State University:

Writing Committee, voting member, 1992-1994.

Computer Competency Committee, 1992-1994.

Graduate Studies Committee, 1992-1994.

Contract Faculty Committee representative, 1992-3.

Computer Committee, 1988-1991.

Developmental Writing Subcommittee, 1990.

 

The Ohio State University:

Grader, Composition Assessment Program, The Ohio State University/Columbus Public Schools, 1984-86.

English Graduate Organization (EGO) Representative, 1985-86.

Freshman English Policy Committee, 1986.

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REFERENCES

Professor William Condon, Director of University Writing, Department of English, Avery 202, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-5046, (509) 335-2268

 

Professor Linda Hanson, Department of English, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, (765) 285-8583.

 

Professor Fred Kemp, Co-Director of Composition, Department of English, Box 43091, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, (806) 742-2500, ext. 267.

 

Professor Cynthia Selfe, Department of Humanities, Michigan Technical University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931, (906) 487-2447.

 

Professor Carole Clark Papper, Director of Writing, Department of English, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, (765) 285-8580.

 

Professor Madonne Miner, English Department Chair, Department of English, Box 43091, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, (806) 742-2501.

 

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