C.S. Lewis and the Inklings

African Literature and Culture

World Rhetoric(s)

Intro to Linguistics

Southern U.S. Women Writers

Introductory Writing

Graduate Writing

Tagmemic Rhetoric

Area: Rhetoric and Writing; Literary theory; world rhetoric; indigenous storytelling; Linguistics; distance education

Research Interests: Africana Studies; C.S. Lewis and the Inklings; online pedagogy and learning; world rhetoric; rhetorical theory

Recent Publications:

C.S. Lewis; Life, Works, Legacy; 4 volume reference set. (Praeger, 2007).

"Redeeming the Time: Pike's Tagmemics and its Impact on Rhetoric and Composition Theory," 571-88, Language and Life: Essays in Memory of Kenneth L. Pike. Eds. Mary Ruth Wise, Thomas N. Headland, Ruth M. Brend. Dallas: SIL, 2003.

Chronicles of Narnia DVD Set (liner notes; trivia game) BBC Home Vision Entertainment, 2002.

"C. S. Lewis and Literary Criticism," 330-48. Reading the Classics with C. S. Lewis, Ed. Thomas L. Matin. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2000.

"Redeeming the Time: Kenneth L. Pike's Tagmemics and Its Impact on Rhetoric and Composition," In press. Kenneth L. Pike: His Life and Work: A Festschriften, Ed. Thomas Headlund (SIL, June, 2002.)

Head Script Consultant, C. S. Lewis: An Examined Life. Oregon Public TV, 2000-01.

"C. S. Lewis and Literary Criticism." In Reading the Classics With C. S. Lewis, Ed. Thomas Martin (Baker, 2000), 330-48.

The C. S. Lewis Readers Encyclopedia. Editorial Board. (Zondervan, 1998). Served as co-editor; wrote/co-wrote 25 entries.

Searching for Great Ideas: Conversations Between Past and Present. (Harcourt, 1997). 2nd Edition. With Thomas Klein and Thomas Wymer.

Work In Progress:

If I Never Get Back: A Metaphysics of Baseball