
Professor of English at Bemidji State University
Grand Forks, North Dakota Area

Professor of English at Bemidji State University
Grand Forks, North Dakota Area
Teaching academic writing since 1986. Teaching in hybrid classrooms since 1987. Teaching in networked classrooms since 1990. Teaching web content writing and web design for content writers since 1995. Teaching with and about weblogs and wikis since 2002.
Performed research in student online interactions and student use of online discussions in learning and writing 1994.
Visiting researcher at Institute of Educational Technology, Open University, UK, 2001.
Director of Composition, 1998 - 2007.
Director of the Writing Resource Center, 1987 - 1998.
Currently researching hybrid mixes of face to face and online teaching in first-year composition.
digital rhetoric, first-year composition, teaching with technology, hybrid teaching, weblogs, wikis, computer-mediate communication, student online interaction, teaching with new media, mobile learning
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 1986 — Present (23 years 4 months)
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
2001 — 2001 (less than a year)
PhD , Rhetoric and Composition , 1990 — 1992
MA , English Lit, ELiterary Theory, Composition and Rhetoric , 1975 — 1984
wikis, weblogs, digital rhetoric, teaching with technology, web content writing, web design, semiotics, rhetorical theory, web 2.0, online freelancing
NCTE, Kairos