Fun Facts

Higher Education is my life!

About Me

I hold a BA degree in Communications Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara (1977), and an MA and PhD in English from University of California at Riverside (1982, 1987)..

Experience

I am a dedicated professional with nearly thirty years of experience teaching English composition, literature, theater, and film. I have taught in large urban universities, community colleges, liberal arts colleges, and religious institutions, and have amassed a large number of scholarly publications and conference presentations.

In my many years of teaching English, I have witnessed many changes in student needs with regard to both composition and the fundamental issues of mechanics, grammar a

Approach

Throughout my years of teaching, I have consistently maintained that the learning experience must be based on the fundamental intellectual honesty of specific support and precision of language to encourage the essential curiosity and pursuit of informed assessment that can lead students, in time-honored fashion, “from wonder to wisdom.”