Education and Professional Experiences

Education

• Doctor of Education, Adult Education with a concentration in Writing Across the Disciplines, Nova Southeastern University, Programs in Higher Education, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1995–Dissertation–Creating a Model Writing Across the Curriculum Program for Secondary School Teachers
• Master of Arts in Writing, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 1988–Thesis–Designing a High School Writing Center
• Master of Science in English, Radford University, Radford, VA, 1975
• Bachelor of Arts in English, Radford College, Radford, VA, 1965–English and Biology Collegiate Professional Certificate

Professional Experience

• Caldwell Chair of Composition – The McCallie School, Chattanooga, TN (1991–present). Endowed chair to direct writing center and WAC program, teach independent writing, poetry and peer tutoring courses, team teach a multidisciplinary senior seminar entitled “Oceans: Past and Present,” facilitate faculty workshops and in-service programs for new teachers, technology use, cross-disciplinary concerns, and grant application writing.
• Graduate School Adjunct Professor – Lesley University, Cambridge, MA – Curriculum & Instruction Division, Language and Literacy–The Teaching of Writing (2003–present).
• Graduate Committee Advisor on Writing Across the Curriculum Dissertation Committee (2003–present) – West Georgia University, Carrollton, GA 
• AP Language and Composition Exams (Table Leader 2004–present; Reader 1997–2004), AP Literature Exams Reader (1996).
• IWCA Summer Institute Leader – www.wisc.edu/writing/institute (University of Wisconsin–Madison) Summer 2003.
• Field Faculty Advisor – Vermont College Graduate Program (2000–02). Worked with MA in English student specializing in Holocaust literature.
• Visiting Professor – Utah State University (1998) – English Dept.–Undergraduate/graduate-levels.
• English Teacher and Writing Center Director – Red Bank Regional High School (1966–1991) – grades 9–12 Honors, College Preparatory, Skills Levels – Electives in Business English, Mythology, Creative Writing in the Performing Arts Program.

Service

• Columnist and editorial board – Secondary CAC/WAC column – Academic.Writing (http://wac.colostate.edu/aw) now Across the Disciplines (http://wac.colostate.edu/aw/secondary/) – Online professional journal (2000-present).
• Write column "Compass Points" in Southern Discourse, SWCA journal (2003-present). 
• Invited guest writer/instructor (2003) – Young Writers’ Camp – (Mercersburg Academy, PA).
• Writing Workshop Leader – Writing for Publication and Beyond – Photographic Society of Chattanooga – Four evening sessions for members. Participants write, share research, learn how to publish, and write query letters. (2002).
• Field faculty and mentor – NCTE CoLEARN (Centers of Literacy Education Achievement, Research, and Networking) (2002).
• Writing Coach – Well-Connected Educator Program of the National Writing Project (1996–1999). Online coaching of  post-secondary teachers to help them with their writing for publication.
• Panelist/Expert – How Schools and Colleges—and Communities—Collaborate to Improve Learning (1994) Video-teleconference. Robert Morris College – Writing Across the Curriculum: Making It Work Series.