EDUCATION
Ph.D.
in English, University of California, Davis, 1989
M.A. in English, Kent State University, Ohio, 1980
A.B. in English, University of California, Berkeley, Honors, 1976
PROFESSIONAL
HONORS
Awards:
(*Teaching Awards)
Kent
State Academic Year Research Award, 2005-6
Kent
State Academic Year Research Award, 2001-2
*Kent State University Teaching Council, Graduate's Selection
Award, 2000
Kent State Teaching Development Award, 1994
Kent State Academic Year Research Award, 1994
*Golden Key Honor Society, Honorary Life Member, 1994
Kent State Academic Year Research Award, 1991
* Mortar Board Teaching Award, Laurels Chapter, Kent State University,
1990
Fellowships
and Grants
Kent
State University Teaching Council Grant, 1999
Kent State University Teaching Council Grant, 1998
Ohio Board of Regents Challenge Grant, 1996
Kent State University Teaching Council Grant, 1995
Fulbright-Hays Travel Grant, 1986-198
Lektor, Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, West Germany,
1986
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Anne
Bradstreet's Several Poems. Knoxville: U. Tennessee
P. Forthcoming.
A
Concordance to the Major Poems of Edward Taylor. Four
volumes. Lewiston, NY: Mellen, 2008.
A Concordance
to the Complete Works of Anne Bradstreet. Two volumes.
Lewiston, NY: Mellen, 2000.
A
Concordance to Edward Taylor's Minor Poetry. Two
volumes. Lewiston, NY: Mellen, 1992.
Books
Edited
Gathering
of Poets. Kent, OH: Kent State UP, 1992. (w/Maggie Anderson & Alex
Gildzen.)
Articles
"Polishing
God's Altar: Puritan Poetics in John Cotton's Singing of Psalmes." Studies in Puritan American Spirituality V
(1996): 1-33.
"On
Problems and Potentials of a Networked Graduate Class." Daedalus
Wings, Spring 1995, 7-8. (S. Witte)
"Singing
with Grace: Allusive Strategies in Anne Bradstreet's
'New Psalms.'" Studies
in Puritan American Spirituality 1 (1990): 148-169.
Chapters
in Books
"The
'Peculiar Elegance' of Edward Taylor's Poetic." In The Tayloring Shop, edited by Michael Schuldiner. Newark: U of Delaware
P, 1997. 68-101.
Encyclopedia
Entries
"The New England Primer." Encyclopedia
of American Poetry. Westport,
CT: Greenwood, 2005.
"Michael
Wigglesworth." American National Biography. New
York: Oxford UP, 1999. Vol. 23: 354-55.
"Andrew
Bradford." American National Biography. New
York: Oxford UP, 1999. Vol. 3: 352-53.
Other
Publications & Technical Reports
Five-Year
Technology Review. [Institution-wide review of technology
implementation in administrative and academic sectors.]
University Council on Technology. Kent, OH: Kent State
University, 1999. (P. Farrell, C. Bakes, R. Sikula,
A. Iden)
Proposal
for M.A. and Ph.D. specializations in writing/rhetoric/composition.
Subcommittee on graduate curriculum, division C,
Graduate Studies Committee, Department of English.
Kent, OH: Kent State University, 1996. (S. Witte,
P. Dunmire, & M.
Shaw)
Description
of courses proposed for the M.A. & Ph.D. specializations
in writing/ rhetoric/composition. Subcommittee
on graduate curriculum, division C, Graduate Studies
Committee, Department of English. Kent, OH: Kent
State University, 1996. (S. Witte, P. Dunmire, & M.
Shaw)
Cycle
of courses and preliminary rotation of faculty:
The M.A. & Ph.D.
specializations in writing/rhetoric/composition.
Subcommittee on graduate curriculum, Division C,
Graduate Studies Committee, Department of English.
Kent, OH: Kent State University, 1996. S. Witte,
P. Dunmire)
Proposed
doctoral major: Studies in literacy, rhetoric, and
social practice. Kent, OH: Kent State University,
Department of English, 1996. (S. Witte, P. Dumire,
F. Schwarzbach)
Technology & Writing
Research Classroom Student Manual, 1994; in-house
manual for TWRC students.
Introduction
to Writing in the Computer Lab, 1990; in-house
publication for Kent State students.
Other Publications
VAX
RT-11 User's Manual, Programmer's Manual, Reference
Manual, Installation Manual, Digital Equipment Corporation, December 1989
(Developmental Editor; Copy Editor).
"Mark Twain & Bret Harte," "Twain Harte, The
Gold Country's Pioneer Subdivision," "Stanislaus
National Forest, Land of Many Uses," "Tales
of Twain Harte Trout," "Pinecrest," "Return
to the Good Old Days," and other articles in Twain Harte Recreation Guide, Motherlode Publishing Company, 1978,
32 pp.; rpt. Sierra Recreation Guide, Motherlode
Publishing Company, 1979, 1980.
Work
in Progress
Singing Spiritual Songs: Poetics in Puritan America.
Book-length study of early American poetry. (Ms. in circulation.)
"A
Concordance to the Major Poems of Edward Taylor."
TEACHING
Kent
State University, Assistant Professor (1989-1995);
Associate Professor (1995-present)
Faculty
Associate, Faculty Professional Development Center, Coordinating
Learning Communities, 2005-2007
Director,
Technology and Writing Research Classroom: Design,
Hardware & Software Acquisition, Classroom Setup, etc.;
Program Development, Instructor Training & Support;
Research-base Support & Continuing Instructional
and Technical Support; Internal Workshops in Technology-enhanced
Pegagogy, Outreach Workshops (for Tri-C English
Department and Hudson EECAP). (1992-2002)
Undergraduate
Courses: (most recent preparations first)
Whitman & Dickinson Senior Seminar
Environmental Literature & Criticism
Hypertext Fiction
U.S. Literature to 1865
English Studies
Bible
as Literature
Expository Prose
Advanced Argument
Dickinson Senior Seminar
Honors Colloquia ("Youth and Society," "Poetry in the Western
Tradition")
Introduction to Shakespeare
Introduction to Shakespeare/Honors
Great Books I & II
Surveys of American Literature I & II
Advanced Composition
Shakespeare
American Poetry to 1900
Nineteenth-Century American Novel
American Novelists
Graduate
Courses: (most recent preparations first)
Research & Pedagogy in Critical Reading
Writing Technologies
Rhetorics of Slavery in the American Renaissance
Methods in the Study of Literature
The Last Great Puritan Seminar
New approaches in Early American Studies
Historicist Theory & Criticism
Print Culture in the American Renaissance
Cultural Encounters: Early American Literature
of Cultural Conflict
Teaching with Technology
Print Culture in the New Republic
Classical Rhetorical Theory
Systems & Theories of Writing & Representation
American Lyric Poetry
Public & Private in Whitman & Dickinson
Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities
Nineteenth Century Poetry & Poetics
Early American Poetry & Poetics
Puritan Figures
The Invention of American Literature
Edward Taylor Honors
Honors
Theses & Portofolios
Hannah Aldergate (Portfolio Director, 2005)
Alma
Fildes (Reader, 1996)
Dante Mancini (Reader, 1993)
Women's
Studies Thesis
Mary Layne Kalbfleisch, "Emily Dickinson and Women's
Ways of Knowing" (1991, director)
Writing Portfolios:
Elizabeth Kowalczyk (1990, director)
Mary
Layne Kalbfleisch (1991, director)
MaryAnne Martin (1991, reader)
Carl Newlen (1992, reader)
Diedre Shivley (1993, director)
Dissertations
Sara M. Kosiba, "A Successful Revolt?: The Redefinition
of Midwestern Literary Culture in the 1920s and 1930s." Director
w/Robert Trogdon, 2007.
Michael
J. Serra, "Is Metacomprehension for Multimedia Presentations Different than for Text Alone." [Psychology]
Graduate Representative, 2006.
Kenneth
R. Marunowski, The Euro: A Multimodal Study in Presence.
Reader, 2006.
Alison
Hutira, "The Wondrous Narrative in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century American Literature and Culture." Director,
2006.
Kevin
P. Kopper, "Arthur
St. Clair And The Struggle For Power In The Old Northwest,
1763-1803." [History] Reader, 2005.
Cherok, Richard
J. Cherok, “Debating for
Good: Alexander Campbell’s Challenge to Skepticism in
Antebellum America.” [History] Reader, 2002.
Daniel
P. Barr, “Contested Land:
Competition and Conflict Along the Upper Ohio Frontier,
1744-1784.” [History] Reader, 2001.
Fred Wright, "From Zines To E-Zines: The Electronic Evolution of a Literary Medium." Director, 2001.
Scott
Smith, " (Un)constraining the Body: the male body in
the poetry of Edward Taylor, Walt Whitman, and Allen Ginsberg," Reader,
2000.
Samantha
Early, "The Construction of 'Slave' in African-American
Literature," Director, 1998.
Jacqueline
Bryant, "The Figure of the Mammy in African-American
Literature," Reader, 1997.
Rokicky, Catherine
M., “Christian
Statesman and Reformer: James Monroe of Oberlin, 1821-1898.” [History]
Reader, 1996.
A.
Turkastanni, "Muslim Slaves and Their Narratives," Reader
1995.
Jacquie
Justice, "'Heaven & Earth in Jest': Annie Dillard
and the American Sublime," Director, 1995.
Master's
Theses
Jeremiah
Mykytuk, "Of Vines, Pearls, and Worms : An Examination of
Nature in the Puritan Aesthetic." Director, 2006.
Jennifer
Flach, "Key Words, Participants, and Activities: An
Exploration of Changing Relationships in a Community Literacy
Center," Reader
(1995)
University
of California at Davis, Associate
in English (1980-1989)
Undergraduate
Courses
Advanced Composition
Advanced Composition in Computer Classroom
Technical Writing in Writing Across Curriculum Program
(Engineering, Biology, Genetics)
Introduction to Literature
Remedial Composition (Equal Opportunity Program)
Freshman Composition Johannes
Gutenberg University in Mainz,
West Germany, Lektor (1986-1987)
Undergraduate
Courses
American Literature, History and Culture
Computer-Assisted Research in English
English Composition and LanguageGraduate
Early American Poetry
University
of California Extension at Davis, Instructor (1985)
Fulbright Scholar Orientation Program
Kent
State University, Teaching Assistant (1978-1980)
Freshman Composition
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES
Editorial Board, The Charles Brockden Brown
Electronic Archive and Scholarly Edition Project. A scholarly
edition of 6 volumes of uncollected CBB writings in print
and web editions, with web editions of the Bicentennial Edition
of the novels. Contracted with Kent State University Press
and housed jointly at Central Florida University and Kent
State University. 2004-continuing.
Advisory Board, The Charles Brockden Brown
Electronic Archive and Scholarly Edition Project. 2002-2004.
Conference
Papers and Sessions
Chaired
"Peculiarities of Discourse in the 'Puritan' Poets," SEA March
2009.
"The Shared Muse: Bradstreet and Collins in 1650s London." NEMLA,
March 2008.
Session
Chair, “Rhetorical Approaches to Literature.” RMMLA,
October 2007.
“Objective Wounds: Rhetorics of Representation Early New England War Narratives.” Society
of Early Americanists, June 2007.
“Souls, Tomahawks, and Moveables: Social Practices in Early American War
Narratives.” RMMLA October, 2006.
“Rhetorical
Construction of the Reader in Early America.” Rhetorical
Approaches to Literature, RMMLA October 2005.
“Computer Classroom Space Management: Why should we do it
THAT way?” CEAO Conference, October 2005. (w/Takayoshi,
Remley.)
Moderator, Ohio Learning Communities Exposition, June 2005.
Session Chair, “Online Information Literacy in the Disciplines.” Georgia
Conference on Information Literacy, October 2004.
“Online Information Literacy in English Studies.” Georgia
Conference on Information Literacy, October 2004.
“Using Faculty Learning Communities to Build Information
Literacy: Ohio InfoLit Learning Community Grant.” Georgia
Conference on Information Literacy, October 2004.
“Kent State’s Kairotic Moment: Mission, Assessment,
Learning Management, Technology Grants and the Learning Community” and “Information
Literacy LC and Ohio Information Literacy LC.” International
Learning Community Conference, Miami OH, June 2004.
“Personal Narrative as Social Practice: the Preface in Early
American Print Culture” American Literature Association,
May 2004.
“On Common Space.” American Society for Eighteenth
Century Studies, March 2002).
"Carping Tongues and Censorious Poets: The Construction of
Readers in 17th-Century America" (American Literature Conference,
May 2001).
"The
Rhetoric of Loss: Generic and Social Change in the Captivity Narratives," Society
of Early Americanists Conference, Williamsburg, March 2001.
Session
Chair, "Confronting Methodological Problematics in the Study of Situated
Literacy," American Educational Research Association
Conference, April 1998.
"New Work Rules: Collaborations, Genres, & Technologies," Conference
on College Composition and Communication, April 1998.
"Literacy as Socially Embedded Practice: A Program for Studying Literacy
in workplace Contexts," American Educational Research
Association, April 1997. [co-authored: Craig, Dunmire, Greenwood,
Haas, Witte.]
Session Chair, "Toward an Integration of Social/Cultural
and Cognitive Perspectives on Writing," American Educational
Research Association, April 1997.
"The Workplace Literacy Laboratory: A CRWL Project Report," Society
for
Critical
Exchange,
April
1997.
Session
Chair, "The Poetics of Early American Narrative," American
Literature
Association Conference, May 1996.
"Crosses
and
Crossings: Instructors' Conceptions of Technology and the Re-Construction of
Classroom Practices," Computers & Writing
Conference,
May
1996.
"Exploring
New
Territory: Electronic Talk in the Graduate Seminar," Conference
on College
Composition
and
Communication,
March
1996.
"The
'Peculiar
Eloquence' of Edward Taylor's Poetics," Modern
Language
Association
Convention,
December
1995.
"Writing
Technology" with
Steve
Witte,
Technology:
Conference
within
a Conference
at Kent
State
University's
Regional
Conference
on College
Teaching,
October
1995.
Session
Chair, "Explorations of Context in the Study of Discursive
Practices," College
English
Association
Conference,
March
1995.
"Teaching
an Expanded
Canon in Early American Literature: Using Student Primary-Research Projects," American
Literature
Association
Convention,
June
1994.
Session
Chair, "Reconstructions of Early American Poetry," American
Literature
Association Convention, June 1994.
"'Polishing
God's
Altar': John Cotton's Puritan Poetics in Singing of Psalms," Northeast Modern Language Association Convention,
April
1994.
"EARAM-L:
An Electronic
Bulletin Board for Early Americanists," American
Literature
Association
Convention,
May
1992.
Respondent, "The
Arts
in Puritan America," Modern
Language
Association
Convention,
December
1991.
"Heathen
Legends
and Spiritual Things in Anne Bradstreet's 'Contemplations'," American
Literature
Association
Convention,
May
1991.
Respondent, "Spiritual
Experience
in Puritan American Literature," Modern
Language
Association
Special
Session,
December
1990.
Session
Chair, "Constructions and Transformations of Identity in
American
Literature," Lacan
Conference,
Kent
State
University,
May
1990.
"Empowering
Student
Writers: The Changing Politics of Student Interaction in the Computer Classroom," Pacific
Coast
Writing
Centers
Association
Conference,
Long
Beach
State
University,
1988.
"Metaphrasing
and
Old English: Teaching Old English on the Computer," Modern
Language
Association
Conference,
Washington,
D.C.,
1984
(software
demonstration
and
paper).
"Teaching
Inflected
Languages with Metaphrasing," Philological
Association
of the
Pacific
Coast,
Vancouver,
B.C.,
1984.Invited
Lectures/Papers:
"Technology
in the
Twenty-first Century Classroom," Kent
State
University
Faculty
Senate, Invited
address, April 1998.
"New
Writing Technologies
for the Classroom," Ohio
EECAP Workshop at
Kent State University,
November 1995.
"Using
Computers in the Writing
Classroom," Ohio
EECAP Workshop at
Hudson High School,
Hudson, OH, May 1995.
"A
Brief and True Narrative
of Some Remarkable Passages Relating to Sundry Persons Afflicted by an Exaggerated
Passion for Books, or A Manual for Readers," Address
to Sigma Tau Delta, Kent State University, November 1990.
Grant
Activity (Funded
Only)
"Ohio Learning Network Regional Center," Ohio Learning
Network Grant, 2006-7, $45,000, renewable for 3 years.
“Ohio Information Literacy Learning Community.” Ohio
Learning Network Grant, 2004-2005. $25,000.
“Information Literacy in English Studies” OBOR
Grant, 2003-2004. $5,000.
"The Works of Anne Bradstreet," Kent State University Research Council
Award, October 2000. Summer Research
Grant.
Work
of Culture: a graduate faculty colloquium. Kent State
University Teaching
Council Grant. $2,500. 1999-2000. (C. Culleton, K. Floyd)
Work
of Culture: a graduate faculty colloquium. Kent State
University Teaching
Council Grant. $2,500. 1998-1999. (L. Brawley, C. Culleton)
Exploring
literate practices in the workplace communities college graduates
enter: A proposal for basic research and for creating a Center
for Research in Workplace Literacy (CRWL). Research
Challenge Grant
proposal submitted to the Vice President for Research
and Graduate Studies, Kent State University. $100,000. January
11, 1996. (S. Witte, P. Dunmire)
"Hypertext & Writing
Instruction," Kent
State University
Teaching Council,
May 1995. $1,415.
"Interactive
Writing Instruction in the Computer Classroom," Kent State
University College of Arts & Sciences
Teaching Development
Award (for summer
1995), March 1995.
$6,500.
"A
Concordance to the Complete Works of Anne Bradstreet," Kent
State University
Research Council
Award, October
1993. Semester
Leave.
"Singing
Spiritual Songs: Puritan Poetics." Kent
State University
Research Council
Award, October
1989. Semester Leave.
Grant Proposal
Writing Activity:
Teaching
'The Secret Sharer with Technology. Grant proposal submitted
to the National Endowment for the Humanities, Education Development
and Demonstration. September, 1997. (S. Reid, C. Trogdan, M.
Kreyche)
Literacy and Activity: The Production and Use of Literacy Within
and Across Workplace and Postsecondary Settings. Research proposal
submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, National Institute on
Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning. $147,938.
June 6, 1997. (S. Witte, P. Dunmire, C. Haas, C. Greenwood, R. Queen)
Improving College-to-Work Transitions: A Cross-Disciplinary Capstone
Event for Integrating Instruction in Communication with Workplace Practices.
Grant proposal submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, Fund for
the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. $315,735.64. First round
proposal October, 1996; second round full proposal March 14, 1997 (S.
Witte, P. Dunmire, C. Greenwood, C. Haas, R. Queen)
A Technology Infrastructure for Basic Research on Workplaces of the
Future: A Tripartite Examination of the Relationships between Work and
Literate Activity, the Roles of Literacy Technologies, and Ohio Undergraduates
Transitions into Workplaces. OBOR 1997 Investment Fund Competition
Proposal. $1,614,799. October 1996. (S. Witte, P. Dunmire, C. Haas)
Collaborative Technology
in Two Teaching Units: "Conrad's 'Secret
Sharer'" and "May
4, 1970." Grant proposal
submitted to the National Endowment
for the Humanities, Education
Development and Demonstration.
September, 1996. (project director,
Craig; S. Reid, N. Birk, M.
Kreyche, D. Tiene)
Literacy and school-to-work transitions: Bridging the gap. Research
proposal submitted to the Ciba Educational Foundation. c. $100,000. May,
1996. (C. Haas, S. Witte, P. Dunmire, M. Shaw)
Literacy as situated actvity. Field-Initiated Studies Educational
Research Grant Proposal submitted to the U.S. Department of Education,
National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong
Learning. $957,879. January 4, 1996. (S. Witte, P. Dunmire)
Improving advanced ability to communicate among college graduates:
The development of a prototype for integrating curriculum, workplace
and civic practice, and assessment. Grant proposal submitted to the
U.S. Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary
Education. $642,312. October 18, 1995. (S. Witte, P. Dunmire)
Professional Organization Memberships
Alliance for Computers & Writing
American Educational Research Association & AERA Writing & Literacy
SIG
American Literature Association
American Studies Association
Computers & Writing Association
American Literature Section & American
Literature to 1800 Section
Midwest Modern Language Association
National Council for Teachers of English
Northeast Modern Language Association
Society of Early Americanists Professional
Organization Offices Held
Society of Early Americanists, Advisory Board 1992-1995; 1995-1998; 1998-2001;
2001-2004.
List Owner & Moderator, EARAM-L
(Listserv List for Early Americanists)
SERVICE
State
of Ohio Service
Ohio Learning Network Committee on Innovative Learning and Teaching,
2005-6.
Facilitator, Ohio Information Literacy Learning Community
(5 institutions, 36 faculty), 2004-2006.
University
Service
Faculty
Professional Development Center, Faculty Associate, 2005-2006.
Library Educational
Policies Committee,
2002-2003.
University Technology
Council, Chair (elected),
2000-2002.
UTC Ad hoc Subcommittee
on Information Services
Policies, 2002-present.
University Web Strategy
Task Force (appointed),
2000-present.
University Technology
Council, Standing
Subcommittee on
Administrative Computing,
2000-2002.
University Technology Council,
Vice-Chair (elected), 1999-2000.
University Technology Council,
Five-Year Technology Review Committee,
1998-99.
University Technology Council,
Undergraduate Studies Appointment,
1998-2002.
University Technology Council,
College Arts & Sciences Appointment,
1996-99.
Distance Learning Committee,
Appointed 1996-1998.
Academic Computing Services, Academic
Support Team, Appointed, 1995-1997.
Director of Academic Computing
Services Search Committee, Appointed
1994-5.
Moulton Hall Learning & Technology
Center, Academic Planning
Committee, Appointed, 1994-97.
English
Department Service
Acting Chair, Spring 2009
Graduate Studies Coordinator, 2008-present.
Co-Doctoral Program Chair, Elected, Literacy, Rhetoric,
and Social Practice, 2005-2006.
Doctoral Program Chair, Elected, Literacy,
Rhetoric, and Social Practice,
2002-2003
Director, Technology & Writing
Research Classroom Program, 1992-2002
Department Webmaster, 1995-2000
OnLine/Web Course Instructor
Evaluator 1997-2001Committees
Graduate Studies Committee, LRSP
Chair, 2002-2003
Faculty Advisory Committee, Elected
At-large Kent, 2000-2001
Handbook Revision Sub-Committee,
2000-2001
Temporary Faculty Review Committee,
2000-2001
Literature Doctoral Committee,
Elected, 1999-2002
Library Committee, Chair, 1998-2003
Graduate Studies Committee, Rhetoric
Faculty Rep., Elected,1998-9
Faculty Advisory Committee, Elected,
1997-1998
Grievance Committee, 1997-98
Part-time Instructor Evaluation
Committee, 1997-98
Graduate Studies Committee, Elected,
1997-1998
Department Grievance Committee,
1997-1998
Tenure Policy Revision Committee,
1997
Undergraduate Studies Committee,
Elected, 1994-1996
Undergraduate Studies Committee,
Elected 1992-1994
Undergraduate Studies Committee,
Elected, 1990-1992
Writing Program Committee, Elected,
1994-6
Writing Program Committee, Appointed,
1993-4
Writing Program Committee, Elected,
1991-1993
Computer Committee, 1989-1992
Ad hoc Tenure Guidelines
Revision Committee, 1997-98
Ad hoc Composition Studies
Program Development Committee,
1996
Ad hoc Graduate Course
Inventory; American Literature,
1996
Ad hoc Evaluation Form
Review Committee, 1994
Ad hoc Core Curriculum
Committee, 1993
Ad hoc Promotion/Tenure
Guidelines Committee, 1993
Ad hoc Committee on American
Literature Surveys, 1990
Faculty Search Committee (Composition),
1998
Faculty Search Committee (Composition),
1997
Faculty Search Committee (Composition),
1995
Faculty Search Committee (Composition),
1994
Knight Chair & Writing Program
Coordinator Search Committee,
1992-3
Department Chair Search Committee,
Elected, 1991-1992
Writing Program Coordinator Search
Committee, 1991-1992
