Spring 2012 Office Hours: 

   MW 5:00-5:50
    TR 3:00-3:50, 5:00-5:50
    and by appointment.

   Links:
    
      Kirkwood Center for Online Writing (KCCCOW)
     Bedford's/St. Martin's guide to research    

 
     "Quicker Liquor" in  Slate.com
     "The Grim Neurology of Teenage Drinking"
     pdf of CQ Reasrcher "Drinking on Campus"
     Iowa City Press-Citizen "Pro-21: ER Quieter, Arrests Down"

      Cato Unbound: Is College Worth It
      "If the BA is the Work of the Devil . . ."
      "Charles Murray in Pursuit of Happiness"
     pdf of CQResearcher, "The Value of a College Education"
     Charles Murray, "College Daze" 
      "Which Colleges are Worth Your Investment" at PayScale
    

     Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio HTML online
     Willa Cather, My Ántonia
     Willa Cather, "Paul's Case"
     Toni Cade Bambara, "The Lesson"
     Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"
          "Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes"
     Cynthia ozick, "The Shawl" (opens as doc)
     Sherman Alexie, "What You Pawn I will Redeem" inThe New Yorker
     Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour" (pdf)
     Amy Tan, "Two Kinds" (link to pdf) (also, link to html)
  
      

Courses I Teach:

Elements of Writing 

College Writing 

     Syllabus for Spring 2012
     Second Writing Assignment
    
Composition I:
     
Composition II     

L3 ELA Writing
        
Forms of Literature: Fiction

     Syllabus for Spring 2012 
      Group Project
         
Forms of Literature: Nonfiction 

Forms of Literature:  The Story Cycle

     Syllabus for Spring 2012
       
Forms of Literature: Drama

Literature and Culture: American Dreams 

     Syllabus for Spring 2012  

Honors Project

Education:

B.A. with Honors in English University of Iowa
M.A. University of Iowa