...Along with learning to develop fiction and non fiction writing pieces, students also learn how to apply conventions and how to improve their editing skills. I've also worked with students who struggle with reading comprehension. Through vocabulary activities and discussion, students have found their reading abilities improve. (read more)
...My Ph.D. in communication provides me with strong contemporary and practical approaches to writing instruction. Since starting graduate school in 1968, I have taught public speaking. I taught the subject to 8th graders, company presidents, middle managers, and college freshmen. (read more)
After spending a few semesters at Wake Forest University, I finished my bachelor's at Southern Methodist University (SMU) while working full-time. Then I began grad school at the University of Dallas (UD), where I ultimately earned an MA in English and a PhD in Literature (writing my dissertation o... (read more)