Academics+

Talks:

 

"How to Teach Poetry So that Students Will Love It" (2 sessions; invited speaker) OCTE Fall Language Arts and Reading Conference, October, 2008

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“A Century of Fun, Firsts, and Frustrations: Women in the 20th Century,” (Invited Speaker) Berea Professional Women’s Organization, Berea, KY, April 2006

 

“Up All Night! Twenty-four Hours of Poetry,” Panel with Dr. Susan Kroeg and student Beth Howard, Sigma Tau Delta Convention, Kansas City, MO, March 2005

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“Vampires: Bad Boys and Demon Lovers in Myth and the Media,” Women’s Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, 1994

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“Lucy Stone in the 1990s, Or When Is a Last Name Just a Last Name?” Women’s Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND,     1993

 

“Serial Killers: Myth and Reality,” Women’s Center, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, 1993

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"Surviving Graduate School," University of North Dakota Orientation, 1992

 

 

Presented Papers:

 

“A poem begins with a lump in the throat”: The Importance of First Lines in Poetry, and How to Teach that Importance. KPA Conference, Western Kentucky UniversityMarch 2006.

 

“The Heart asks Pleasure—first—“: Fun and Humor in Teaching Poetry.” Innovations in Higher Education Conference. Berea, KY. 2003.

(also presented at the EKU Teaching and Learning Center, 2003)

 

“Whodunit? The Use of Unsolved Mysteries in Composition 102.” Annual Rhetoric and Composition Conference. Bend, OR,.1999.

 

“What Your Bathroom Is Trying to Tell You: Popular Language, Popular Attitudes, and Indoor Plumbing.” Popular Culture Association/American Culture AssociationConvention. Orlando, FL, 1998. (also panel chair)

 

“Cats and Dogs as Gender Metaphor.” PCA/ACA Convention. San Antonio, TX, 1997. ( also panel chair)

 

“Friends Forever: Movies and Television Construct Female Friendship.” PCA/ACA Convention. Las Vegas, NV, 1996. (also panel chair)

 

“I Want Your Money: Women and the Language of Money.” PCA/ACA Convention. Philadelphia, PA, 1995 . (also panel chair)

            

Panel Member, Special Session: The Constructions of Gender. PCA/ACA Convention. Philadelphia, PA, 1995.

 

“The Use of Poetry to Teach Gender Issues.” PCA/ACA Convention Chicago, IL, 1994. (also panel chair)

 

“He Said/She Said: Team Teaching Gender in the Composition Classroom.” PCA/ACA Convention. New Orleans, LA, 1993.

 

“Making Poetry From Pop Culture: Robert Hayden’s Aunt Jemima and Rita Dove’s Quaker Oats Man.” The Linguistic Circle of Manitoba and North Dakota Annual Conference. Grand Forks, ND, 1993.

 

“Shirley Jackson: The Virginia Werewolf of Séance Fiction.” LCMND, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1992.

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Manuscript Reviews

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The Truth of the Matter: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Outstanding Creative Nonfiction

 

Winding Roads: Exercises in Writing Creative Nonfiction by Diane Thiel 

         

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