• University of Iowa, M.A., 1973, Ph.D., 1977 (Comparative Literature)
• Bates, B.A., 1970 (English)

HONORS

• Eastern Kentucky University Faculty/Staff Incentive Grant, 1999
• Participant in NEH Summer Seminar, "Literature as a Socially Constructed Reality." Directed by Alvin Kernan, Princeton University, 1988
• Participant in NEH Summer Seminar, "Literary Theory and the Romantic Self." Directed by Morris Eaves and Michael Fischer, University of New Mexico, 1984
• Student, the School of Criticism and Theory. Major course: "The Theory of Literary History. "Instructor: Ralph Cohen, Northwestern University, 1982
• Founding Editor, Museum of Art Bulletin, University of Iowa, 1976-77
  

• Eastern Kentucky University, Assistant to Associate Professor, with tenure, 1981-
• Anna Maria College, Assistant Professor, 1978-81
• University of Iowa, Teaching Assistant, 1971-77
  

LEADERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Reviewer, Issues in Writing
• Appointed Moderator, Kentucky Philological Association Meeting, 1999
  
• Reader evaluating manuscripts in Asian literature for Publications of the Modern Language Association, 1986-
• Appointed Group Leader, Double Seminar: Bodies in Space; Constructions and Representations of Space, Place and Time, International Association for Philosophy and Literature, 1990
• Organizer of special session, Modern Language Association, for funded guest speaker, 1988
• Nominee for election to Modern Language Association's Poetry Division's Executive Committee, 1983
• Invited section chair, American Poetry, Twentieth Century Literature Conference, 1982-83
  

PUBLICATIONS

• "Prosody and 'The Emperor of Ice-Cream': The Elegiac in the Modern Lyric." The Wallace Stevens Journal 8 (1984): 96-102.
• "Interdisciplinary Concepts for Teaching Voice." The English Record 36 (1985): 15-16.
• "English Teaching: The Role of Controversy in Communal Creativity." The Leaflet 84 (1985): 25-29.
• "Woman's Sense of the Ludicrous in John Barth's 'Dunyazadiad.'" Studies in American Humor 4 (1985): 74-81.
• Review of The Idea of Lyric in Ancient and Modern Poetry, by W. R. Johnson, and The Three Genres and the Interpretation of Lyric, by William Elford Rogers. Genre 18 (1985): 101-104.
• Review of Women as Mythmakers: Poetry and Visual Art by Twentieth-Century Women, by Estella Lauter. American Poetry 3 (1985): 87-90.
• "Carnivalized Speech." Review of The Great Day: Poems 1960-1982, by John Tagliabue. Poet Lore 80 (1986): 239-244.
• "The Sublime in Michel Deguy's Aural Calligrams." Language and Style: An International Journal 20 (1987): 110-124.
• Review of Lyric Poetry: Beyond New Criticism, ed. Chaviva Hosek and Patricia Parker. Genre 20 (1987): 91-95.
• "The Poetry of Michel Deguy." World Literature Today 62 (1988): 47-50.
• Translation of "Poetics and Politics: A Roundtable" by Henri Meschonnic. New Literary History 19 (1988): 453-466.
• Review of Archetypal Patterns in Women's Fiction, by Annis Pratt, and Feminist Archetypal Theory, by Estella Lauter and Carolyn Rupprecht. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 13 (1988): 583-586.
• Translation of "Rhyme and Life" by Henri Meschonnic. Critical Inquiry 15 (1988): 90-107.
• "Interview" with Henri Meschonnic. Diacritics 18 (1988): 12-29.
• Co-translation of "Modernity Modernity" by Henri Meschonnic. With Alice Otis. New Literary History 23 (1992): 401-430.
• "Henri Meschonnic: Rhythm as Pure Historicity." New Literary History 23 (1992): 431-450.
• "A Poetics and an Ethics of Inclusion." Review of New and Selected Poems: 1942-1997, by John Tagliabue. 31 Dec. 1998 <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/preview-review/0943373441/002-7506417-3283235>.
• "Ten Ways of Encouraging Student Understanding and Appreciation in a Literature Course." The English Record 50.1 (Fall 1999): 44-48.
• "Ten Years of Promoting Editing Software for College Writers, or Why Use a Grammar/Usage/Style Checker?" Issues in Writing 10.1 (Fall/Winter 1999).

PAPERS

• "Prosody and 'The Emperor of Ice-Cream': The Elegiac in the Modern Lyric." Poetry Division, MLA. New York, 1983.
• "Good Causes Bury Good Poetry: Talking to Oneself in Candles in Babylon." Twentieth Century Conference. Louisville, 1984.
• "Brisure and Rapprochement in Michel Deguy's Aural Calligrams." Division on Twentieth Century French Literature, MLA. Washington, D.C., 1984.
• "Women's Sense of the Ludicrous in John Barth's 'Dunyazadiad." American Humor Studies Association, SAMLA. Atlanta, 1985.
• "Candor in Denise Levertov." MLA. Chicago, 1985.
• "A Feminist Approach to Scheherazade's 'The Lady and Her Five Suitors.'" Division on Asian Literature, MLA. Chicago, 1985.
• "Dissemblance Behind the Veil: Scheherazade, Murasaki, Barth." International Association for Philosophy and Literature. Seattle, 1986.
• "The Critique of Rhythm: A Historical Politics of the Subject." Twentieth Century Literature Conference. Louisville, 1987.
• "A Reply to Three Presentations on Stylistic Literacy: Teaching Style in Advanced Composition." CCCC. Atlanta, 1987.
• "Spacetime and Narrative Semiotics." Twentieth Century Literature Conference. Louisville, 1988.
• "Poetry and Politics: A Discussion with Henri Meschonnic." MLA. New Orleans, 1988.
• "Merwin and Meschonnic: Heracliteans in Modern Armor." Twentieth Century Literature Conference. Louisville, 1989.
• "The Critique of Rhythm: A Theory of Intersubjectivity." International Association for Philosophy and Literature. Atlanta, 1989.
• "Barth's 'Dunyazadiade': Woman as Double Agent." Twentieth Century Literature Conference. Louisville, 1990.
• "Constructing the Body: Spacetime and the Elegiac." International Association for Philosophy and Literature. Irvine, 1990.
• "Critical Style: Marking the Gap between Theory and Practice." Twentieth Century Literature Conference. Louisville, 1992.
• "Using Editing Software in Freshman Composition." Kentucky Philological Association. Georgetown, 1992.
• "Creating Interest in World Literature Core Courses." Kentucky Philological Association. Murray, 1993.
• "Michel Deguy: A Rhythm of Brisure/Jointure, A Concept of Interruption." International Association for Philosophy and Literature. Edmonton, Alberta, 1994.
• "Teaching Reading Competence or Teaching Literature?" Kentucky Philological Association. Bowling Green, 1995.
• "Candor in Levertov." International Association for Philosophy and Literature. Villanova, 1995.
• "The Public Trial of O. J. Simpson: American Epic Theater." Twentieth Century Literature Conference. Louisville, 1996.
• "Romance/Disillusionment/Reconciliation and Other Dynamics of Undergraduate Classes." Kentucky Philological Association. Morehead, 1996.
• "Tragic Theater or American Epic? The O. J. Trial As Cultural Spectacle." International Association for Philosophy and Literature. Fairfax, West Virginia, 1996.
• "Institutional Politics in Teaching World Literature: A Study of the Course-Past, Present, and Future-at a State Regional University in Kentucky." Transitions: A Conference on World Literature. Boone, North Carolina, 1996.
• "What Is Multiculturalism? Mediation, Inclusion, and Alternative Cultural Practices in the Literature Classroom." Kentucky Philological Association. Richmond, 1997.
• "Teaching Practices, Learning Styles, and Lesson Plans in the World Literature Classroom." The Second Annual World Literature Conference at Appalachian State University. Boone, North Carolina, 1997.
• "The Transfer of Grade School to the College Classroom." With Caroline Boes. Kentucky Philological Association. Highland Heights, 1998.
• "Parallels Between Teaching Second Grade and Teaching at Any Level." With Caroline Boes. The Lexington School Professional Development Meeting. Lexington, Kentucky, 1998.
• Moderator/Respondent for Panel on "Rethinking What We Teach: Changes in English Studies." Nineteenth Annual Maywoods Symposium on Choices That Shape Our Curriculum: Why Do We Teach What We Teach?" Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, 1999.
• "Ten Ways of Arousing Enthusiasm in a Core Literature Course." Kentucky Philological Association. Louisville, 1999.
• "Using Editing Software in College Composition." Annual Improving Instruction Conference. Hazard, Kentucky, 1999.
• "From Ivory Tower to World Stage, From Poetics to Ethics." Postmodern Sites: Session on "Higher Education and Postmodernity, or The Postmodern Condition Twenty Years After." International Association for Philosophy and Literature. Hartford, 1999.
• "Photo-Essay: The Wordless Hook." Seminar on The Essay. Conference theme: "Interdisciplinary Studies: In the Middle, Across, or in Between?" American Comparative Literature Association. New Haven, 2000.

   

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