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Education
Areas of Specialization
Academic Appointments
Administrative Appointments
Courses Taught
Honors, Awards, Fellowships, Grants
Committee Work
Publications
Conference Papers
Fiction Readings
Other Professional Activities
Professional Affiliations

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EDUCATION

• B.A. English/Creative Writing, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1976
• M.F.A. Creative Writing/Fiction, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1983
• Graduate Course Work in Rhetoric, Composition, and Literature, University of Arizona, 1984

• Writing Program Administration
• Writing Center Administration
• Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing Pedagogy
• Creative Writing/Fiction/Creative Writing Pedagogy

• Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Co-Director of Stanford Introductory Studies for the Program in Writing and Rhetoric and September Studies, Stanford University, 2008-date
• Associate Director, Program in Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University, 2000-2009
• Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Stanford University, 2001-2008
• Director and Associate Writing Specialist, University Composition Board, University of Arizona, 1997- 2000
• Acting Senior Coordinator, University Composition Board, University of Arizona, 1992-1997
• Assistant Coordinator, University Composition Board, University of Arizona, 1989-1992
• Lecturer, Department of English and Comparative Literature, San Diego State University, 1987-89
• Adjunct Lecturer, Department of English, University of Arizona, 1986-87
• Teaching Associate, Department of English, University of Arizona, 1984-86
• Graduate Assistant in Teaching, University of Arizona, 1980-84
• Instructor, Undergraduate Specials Program, Stanford University, 1976

• Assistant Director of Composition, University of Arizona, 1985-87, 1990-94
• Composition Coordinator, New Start Summer Program, Office of First-Year Programs, University Learning Center, and Minority Student Services, Dean of Students Office, 1985-87, 1990-1998
• Head Supervisor and Course Director for First-Year Composition, University of Arizona, 1985-87
• Assistant to the Director, Composition Program, University of Arizona, 1982-85

At Stanford University (1976, 2000-date):

• Undergraduate Special 78: The Fiction of J.D. Salinger
• PWR 3: The Uses of Classical and Contemporary Rhetoric; Purposeful Laughter--The Rhetoric of Comedy
• PWR/English 191: Expository Writing/Creative Non-Fiction Genres
• PWR 195: Peer Writing Tutor Training Seminar
• English 397A: Pedagogy Seminar

  For Stanford Continuing Studies

• Egl 121: Intermediate/Advanced Fiction Writing
• Egl 229: Jewish American Short Fiction, 1950-2000
• Com 07: Purposeful Laughter: The Rhetoric of Comedy
• Com 12: Make 'Em Laugh: A Comic Writing and Performance Workshop
• Com 17: Laughing Matters: Comedy at Work and Play
• Lit 124: Mysteries and Manners: Crafting the Short Story Tradition

At University of Arizona (1980-87, 1989-2000):

• English 100 (Basic Writing)
• English 101 (Expository Writing)
• English 102 (Critical Essays About Literature)
• English 103 (Honors: The Rhetoric of Argumentation)
• English 104 (Honors: The Rhetoric of Interpretation)
• English 197a (Thinking and Writing the University)
• English 207 (Sophomore Composition)
• English 210 (Introduction to Fiction Writing)
• English 301 (Creative Non-Fiction)
• English 304 (Intermediate Fiction Writing)
• English 306 (Advanced Composition)
• English 404 (Advanced Fiction Writing)
• English 393/493 (Internship--Writing Center Peer Consultants)
• English 591A (Methodology of Teaching Essay Writing)
• English 595A (Rhetoric of Exposition)
• English 591B (Methodology of Teaching Critical Reading and Writing)
• English 595B (Rhetoric of Literature and Critical Writing)
• English 596H (Modern Literature: The Teaching of Creative Writing); taught collaboratively with Debra Gregerman
• Summer Programs Seminar: Gender and Conflict in 20th Century Literature
• Humanities 245 (Race and Ethnicity in the United States: A Regional Perspective, taught collaboratively with Oscar Martinez, History, and Liz Bailey, Communications, for Transfer Summer Institute)
• LRC 197a (Investigating the University, for Fall Transition Program)
• LRC 493 (Internship--Undergraduate Research Projects)

Non-Credit Courses at Writing Works Center, Extended University

• Intermediate Fiction Writing Workshop
• Legal Writing
• Crafting the Short Story
• Fiction Workshop: Invention and Revision

At San Diego State University (1987-89):

• English 220 (Introduction to Literature)
• English 280 (Introduction to Creative Writing)
• English 500W (Advanced Composition)
• English 509 (Introduction to the Teaching of Writing)
• English 573 (Techniques of the Novel)
• English 581W (The Writing of Fiction)

• Tuition Fellowship, Stanford University, 1973-76
• Graduate Tuition Fellowship, University of Arizona, 1982
• Grant from University of Arizona Foundation to Fund Publication of Sonora Review, 1983
• Meritorious Performance as a Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona Foundation, 1983
• Nominee for FiveStar Faculty Award, Honors Program, University of Arizona, 1985, 1999
• Second Prize, Teachers as Writers Creative Non-Fiction Contest, Arizona English Teachers Association, 1986
• First Prize, O. Henry Festival Stories Competition, 1987
• SemiFinalist, University of Iowa Press Short Fiction Awards, 1987
• O. Henry Festival Stories Competition, 1989
• Semifinalist, PEN/Syndicated Fiction Competition, 1990
• O. Henry Festival Stories Competition, 1991
• Honorable Mention, American Fiction '91, 1991
• Outstanding Contribution to Minority Student Education, University of Arizona Office of Minority Student Affairs, 1992
• Grants from Extended University Multicultural Summer Programs Committee to fund Writers Series, "Writers in the University and Community: Multicultural Perspectives," 1992-1997
• First Prize, O. Henry Festival Stories Competition, 1993
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Leadership Award, University of Arizona, 1992
• Outstanding Service Award, Center for Transfer Students, University of Arizona, 1992-93
• Award for Excellence, University of Arizona Staff Advisory Council, 1994
• APEX Apple Award, APEX Early Outreach Program, 1996
• Distinguished Achievement in Humanities Outreach and Education, College of Humanities, 1997 (awarded to University Composition Board)
• First Place (tie), Teachers as Writers Fiction Contest, Arizona English Teachers Association, 1999

• Composition Program Advisory Committee, University of Arizona, 19821987, 19891995, 1996-1998, 1999-2000
• Committee to Revise Honors Curriculum in Freshman Composition, 1983
• Graduate Student Representative to Creative Writing Program, 1982-83
• Graduate Student Representative to English Department Council, 1983-84
• Chair, Committee to Revise Evaluation Procedures for First-Year Teachers, 1985
• Chair, Textbook Selection Committee for Freshman Composition, 1986
• Chair, Syllabus Committee for Freshman Composition, 1986-87
• State of Arizona Language Arts Textbook Committee (Grades K8), Arizona Department of Education, 1986
• Co-Chair, Task Force to Revise Library Skills Program and Workbook for First- Year Composition, 1987
• Creative Writing Committee, Department of English, San Diego State University, 1987-1989
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee, University of Arizona, 1990-1993
• Graduate Writing Initiative Committee, Graduate College, University of Arizona, 1991-93
• Commission on Critical Thinking and Learning Strategies, University of Arizona, 1992
• Intercollegiate Writing Committee (ex officio), University of Arizona, 1992-2000 (Chair of Subcommittee to Evaluate UDWPE)
• Faculty of Humanities Strategic Long-Range Planning Committee, 1993-94
• Dean's Academic Advisory Committee, College of Humanities, 1994-96 (Diversity, Strategic Planning, and GAT Issues Subcommittees)
• Provost's Core Curriculum Planning Committee, 1994-95 (Skills Team, Alternative Delivery Sub-Team)
• Appointed Personnel Organization Council, 1995-96
• Task Force on the Undergraduate Writing Experience, Office of Undergraduate Education, 1996
• Search Committee for Associate Director, Minority Student Services, University Learning Center, 1996 English Department Council, 1995-97
• English 101 Curriculum Committee, 1997
• Self-Study Committee, Academic Program Review, Department of English, 1997-98
• Search Committee for Assistant Director, APEX Early Outreach Program, 1998
• Search Committee for Associate Director, University Teaching Center, 1998
• Upper-Division Writing-Proficiency Exam Revision Committee, 1998-99
• Search Committee for Associate Dean/Director, Department of Multicultural Programs and Services, Dean of Students Office, 1999
• Search Committee for Assistant Director of Development and External Affairs, College of Humanities, 1999

Fiction

• "Minkoff's Wife," Cimarron Review, Number 79, April, 1987
• "Minkoff's Wife" also appears in O. Henry Festival Stories 1987, TransVerse Press, April, 1987
• "The Shakes," ColoradoNorth Review, Volume 28, Number 1, 1987
• "Universe of Animus and Remorse," Other Voices, Number 8, 1988
• "Reparations," Beloit Fiction Journal, Volume 3, Number 2, 1988
• "Falls," Oxford Magazine, Spring/Summer, 1988
• "Leneeta and Charity Meet the Xerox Man," The Fiction Review, Volume 2, Number 2, Summer, 1988
• "In the Heart of the Cold, Cold City," O. Henry Festival Stories, 1989, TransVerse Press, April, 1989
• "Reprise," Tucson Guide Quarterly, Volume 8, Number 2, June, 1990
• "Forbrengen," American Fiction '91, Birch Lane Press, April, 1991
• "Okeechobee Deli," O. Henry Festival Stories 1991, TransVerse Press, April, 1991
• "Waking My Wife to Talk," Pleiades, Volume 2, March, 1992
• "Window Dressing," CPU Review, Volume 2, Number 1, October, 1992
• "The Uses of Wit," Tucson Guide Quarterly, Volume 11, Number 1, March, 1993
• "Max's Golem," O.Henry Festival Stories 1993, Trans-Verse Press, April, 1993
• "The Marriage of Earth and Sky," Tucson Guide Quarterly, Volume 12, Number 1, March, 1994
• "Angels Camp," Tucson Guide Quarterly, Volume 15, Number 2, June, 1997
• "Mystery and Manners," In Praise of Pedagogy: Poems, Flash Fiction, and Essays on Composing, edited by Wendy Bishop and David Starkey, Calendar Islands Publishers, 2000
• "Huntington House," O. Henry Festival Stories 2000, Webcom Limited, 2000
• "The Workshop Elf," Writing on the Edge, Volume 12, Number 2, Spring/Summer 2001

Poetry

• "Bar Mitzvah Lessons," In Praise of Pedagogy: Poems, Flash Fiction, and Essays on Composing, edited by Wendy Bishop and David Starkey, Calendar Island Publishers, 2000

Books

• Laughing Matters, Pearson Longman, 2009
• Crafting Fiction: In Theory, In Practice (with Clyde Moneyhun), Mayfield/McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 2001
• Living Languages: Contexts for Reading and Writing (with Nancy Buffington and Clyde Moneyhun), Blair Press of Prentice Hall, 1997
• A Student's Guide to Freshman Composition, fourth edition (with Clyde Moneyhun), Burgess, 1983; fifth edition (with Leslie Johnson and Clyde Moneyhun), Burgess, 1984; sixth edition (with Leslie Johnson and Paul Malone), Bellwether Press, 1985; seventh edition (with Paul Malone and Stacey Shropshire), Bellwether Press, 1986

Chapters

• "Aristotle and the Declaration of Independence," (with Clyde Moneyhun), in Literature: News That Stays News, edited by Candy Carter, NCTE, 1984
• Commentary on Three Student Essays, in A Student's Guide to Freshman Composition, eighth edition, edited by Stacey Shropshire, et al, Bellwether Press, 1987

Pamphlets

• A Teacher's Guide to Freshman Composition (with Moneyhun, 1982; with Johnson and Moneyhun, 1983; with Malone and Johnson, 1984; and with Shropshire and Malone, 1985), Inhouse Publication,
• Composition Program, University of Arizona "Recommended Reading List for CollegeBound High School Students," (with Johnson), Publication of Outreach Program, University of Arizona, 1985

Journal Articles

• "Questions for a Reader/Critic," (with Duane Roen and Clyde Moneyhun), The Writing Instructor, Spring, 1984
• "Aristotle in the Composition Classroom," (with Clyde Moneyhun), Arizona English Bulletin, Volume 26, No. 2, Winter, 1984
• "Hermeneutics From the Inside Out," Arizona English Bulletin, Volume 27, No. 3, SpringSummer, 1985
• "Transactional Evaluation: The Right Question at the Right Time," (with Duane Roen and Clyde Moneyhun), Journal of Teaching Writing, Volume 5, No. 1, Spring, 1986
• "Creating the Profession: GAT Training Programs," (with Duane Roen and Jan Swearingen), Writing Program Administration, Volume 10, Numbers 12, FallWinter, 1986
• "The CTeam," (with Duane Roen), Teaching English in the TwoYear College, Volume 14, Number 2, May, 1987
• "CCCC: Voices in the Parlor," (with six cowriters), Rhetoric Review, Volume 7, Number 1, Fall, 1988
• "The Rhetoric of Blues" (song lyrics), included in Making and Unmaking the Prospects of Rhetoric, proceedings of the Rhetoric Society of America conference, Erlbaum, 1997

Reviews

• Review of Hearts, by Hilma Wolitzer, and A Philip Roth Reader, by Philip Roth, in Sonora Review, Number 2, Fall, 1981
• Review of The Phototropic Woman, by Annabel Thomas, in Sonora Review, Number 3, Spring, 1982

Essays

• "On Being On Base," Arizona English Bulletin, Volume 28, No. 3, Spring, 1986

Edited Journals

• Sonora Review Fiction Editor (Numbers 3 and 4);
• Managing Editor (Numbers 5 and 6) Arizona English Bulletin
• Guest Editor (with Clyde Moneyhun), Volume 27, Number 3, SpringSummer, 1985; Issue Theme: Teaching Literature and Creative Writing Faculty Advisor for Pacific Review, 1989

National/Regional

• "The Uses of Published Student Writing," Conference on College Composition and Communication, New York, March, 1984
• "The Interpretive Community in the Composition Classroom," CCCC, Minneapolis, March, 1985
• "Two Curricular Strategies for Creating the Interpretive Community," Wyoming Conference on Freshman and Sophomore Composition, Laramie, June, 1985
• "Towards Models of Advanced Composition: Bergson's Theory of Laughter," CCCC, Atlanta, March, 1987
• "Heteroglossia and Standards of Literacy: Consequences for Composition," Wyoming Conference on English, June, 1987
• "Hermeneutic Potential and the Epistemology Gap," Speech Communication Association Conference (panel sponsored by International Society for the History of Rhetoric), Boston, November, 1987
• "Politics and the Voices of CCCC: Language, Awareness, and Reform" (panel discussion), CCCC, St. Louis, March, 1988
• "Her Master's Voice: Gender and Rhetorical Power in Singin' in the Rain," Rhetoric Society of America, Arlington, Texas, May, 1988
• "Prolonged Deviance: Freud's Masterplot and Narrative Writing," CCCC, Seattle, March, 1989
• "The Ideology of Detail in the Writing of Fiction," Wyoming Conference on English, Laramie, June, 1990
• "Representation, Tradition, and Gender in the Teaching of Fiction Writing," Rocky Mountain MLA, Phoenix, October, 1991
• "Exploring a New Context for Writing Across the Curriculum: The Graduate Minority Writing Program," CCCC, Cincinnati, March, 1992
• "Rereading Adrienne Rich: Gendered Culture and 'Aboutness' in the Feminist Classroom," RMMLA, Ogden, Utah, October, 1992
• "Fear of the Borg: Star Trek and the Postmodern Challenge to Humanism," Far West Popular Culture Association, Las Vegas, January, 1993
• "Constructing Heroes and Villains in the Drama of Political Correctness," CCCC, San Diego, April, 1993
• "Crisis and Change: Composition in the 21st Century," discussion leader, Oxford, Ohio, October, 1993
• "Canon Go Boom: Multicultural Composition Readers," CCCC, Nashville, March, 1994
• "Cultural Studies and Composition," NCTE, Orlando, November, 1994
• "The Board and the Dammed: A Case Study in the Forms and Value of Service," WPA Summer Conference, Oxford, Ohio, August, 1996
• "Illuminating Academic Culture: A Curriculum for Connecting 'New' Students to 'Old' Institutions," NCTE Southwest Regional Conference, Mesa, October, 1996
• "Portfolios from F to S: Writing Your Way from First-Year to Senior Year at the University of Arizona," NCTE Southwest Regional Conference, Mesa, October, 1996
• "Writing Center Satellites and WAC: To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before," Rocky Mountain MLA, Albuquerque, October, 1996
• "A Modified Smiley: Revision, Craft, and Analytic Method in the Writing Workshop," NCTE Conference on Assigning, Responding to, and Assessing Writing, Sonoma County, April, 1997
• "Crafting Stories, Stories of Craft: Method and Revision in the Fiction Workshop," CCCC, Chicago, April, 1998
• "The Full Service Writing Program in the Full Service English Department in the Full Service Research University," Council of Writing Program Administrators Annual Summer Conference, Tucson, July, 1998
• "Humanizing the Invisible Process: Portfolios, Placement, and Assessment," University Composition Board panel, CCCC, Atlanta, March 1999
• "Narrative Writing and Rhetorical Effectiveness: Generating Proofs from Experience," Stories in the Classroom: Narration as Knowledge, NCTE Regional Conference, Tucson, April 1999
• "Narration as Embodied Ethos: Sharing Substance through Story," CCCC, Minneapolis, April, 2000
• "Crafting Creativity: The Role of Guided Writing in the Imaginative Community," CCCC, Denver, March, 2001
• "Comic Performance as a Human (and Rhetorical) Activity," Writing as a Human Activity, UCSB, October, 2001
• “Henri Bergson’s ‘Laughter’ and the Rhetoric of Comic Performance,” CCCC, Chicago, March, 2002
• “Ethos Behind the Mask: Toward a Rhetoric of the Comic,” RSA, Las Vegas, May, 2002
• “PWR Couplings: A Writing Program’s Progress, Or, Life Beyond English,” WPA, Park City, July, 2002
• “Ownership/Intellectual Property: Our Definitions Are Not the Only Ones,” CCCC, New York, March, 2003
• “Radical Transformations: Administrative Shifts in Writing Program Administration,” WPA, Grand Rapids, July, 2003
• "Purposeful Laughter: Toward a Rhetoric of Comic Appeals," CCCC, San Antonio, March, 2004
• "Working the Rooms of a Crowded House: The Writing Program and Undergraduate Education," WPA, Newark, Delaware, July 2004
• "Another Turn, Another Revolution: Current-Traditional Comic Rhetoric and the Rise of Boomer Humor," CCCC, San Francisco, March, 2005

State

• "Better Writing Assignments and Better Assessment of Writing," Arizona English Teachers Association Conference, Prescott, October, 1983
• "Creating Writing Assignments: The Topic Is Not Enough," AETA, Phoenix, October, 1984
• "Assessing Student Writing," (seminar leader), Arizona State University High School/College Articulation Conference, Tempe, April, 1985
• "Responding to Student Writing: The Transactional Approach,
• " AETA, Tucson, October, 1985
• "Creating the Interpretive Community in the Composition Classroom," (workshop leader), AETA, Tucson, October, 1985
• "The Rhetorical Uses of Laughter," Gila/Pinal English Teachers Conference, Central Arizona College, Coolidge, February, 1986
• "Approaches to Literacy," Conference on Improving Writing in Arizona Schools and Colleges, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, July, 1986
• "Revising English 101 at the University of Arizona," AETA, Scottsdale, October, 1986
• "Writing From Experience Into Understanding," (workshop leader), AETA, Scottsdale, October, 1986
• "Prose Style: That Old Black Magic or Window on the World," Gila/Pinal English Teachers Conference, Central Arizona College, Coolidge, February, 1987
• "Humor in the Humanities: Strategies for Teaching Cultural Literacy," AETA, Phoenix, October, 1990
• "Multicultural Education and the Attack on Political Correctness," AETA, Coolidge, February, 1992
• "Inventing Education: An Integrated Program in Reading, Writing, and Researching the Text of the University," AETA, Chandler, November, 1992
• "Composing the Postmodern Self: Screening the Si(gh)t(uation)e of Creativity," AETA, Chandler, October, 1993
• "Exploring the Writer Within," National Organization for Human Service Education, Tucson, October, 1994
• "Fiction Writing Workshop: Invention, Craft, and Vision,"AETA, Phoenix, October, 1994
• "New Directions in Assessment and Placement," Arizona English Articulation Task Force, Tucson, September, 1998
• "'Nothing Can Happen Nowhere': Setting in Fiction," AETA, Flagstaff, October, 1998
• "You Are Now: Simultaneity and Synchronicity in Narrative Writing," AETA, Apache Junction, October, 1999

Local

• "Student Writing as Model Writing," Articulation Conference, University of Arizona, March, 1983
• "Current Composition Research and Classroom Applications," Articulation Conference, University of Arizona, February, 1985
• "Grammar and Usage in Journalism, New Journalism, and BellesLettres," Editing Program for Minority Journalists, University of Arizona, June, 1985
• "Prose Style in Journalism and Academia," Editing Program for Minority Journalists, University of Arizona, June, 1986
• "Revising English 101," Articulation Conference, University of Arizona, March, 1987
• "Standard English," Editing Program for Minority Journalists, University of Arizona, June, 1987
• "Evaluating Student Writing," GTA Orientation, Department of English, San Diego State, January and August, 1988
• "Gender and Usage: Who's In Charge Here," Editing Program for Minority Journalists, University of Arizona, June, 1990
• "NonSexist Language," Graduate College/UTC Orientation Program, University of Arizona, August, 1990
• "Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Heroic Uses of Language,"(moderator), University of Arizona, January, 1991
• "Developing Multicultural Perspectives in the Composition Classroom," Project/IMPACT Diversity Conference, April, 1991
• "Voice in Fiction," Southern Arizona Writing Project, June, 1993
• "A Short History of Style," Editing Program for Minority Journalists, July, 1993
• "Notes on Jewish Humor," Hillel Foundation, Graduate and Young Professionals Speakers Series, November, 1993
• "Classical Rhetoric and Legal Writing," Tucson City Attorney's Office, Continuing Legal Education Program, December, 1993
• "Weaving Voices: Multiculturalism and the Craft of Fiction,
• " TUSD Multicultural Education Conference, April, 1994
• "Grammar, Style, and the Magic of Rhetoric," Editing Program for Minority Journalists, June, 1994-1999
• "Strategies for Writing and Teaching Fiction," Southern Arizona Writing Project, June, 1996
• "How Do We Read? Analyzing Texts," Tucson English Teachers, February, 1998
• "Reading and Writing Fiction in the English Classroom," Department of English Spring Conference, February, 1998
• "Creativity and Commonplaces: A Rhetoric for Fiction Writers," Fundamental Controversies in Composition and Rhetoric Conference, November, 1998
• "Why Theory? What Theory? How Theory?", Department of English Spring Conference, February, 1999

• Writers at Work, Tucson, March, 1981
• Living Writers Series, San Diego, November, 1988
• Writers at Work, Judges Reading, Tucson, May, 1992
• Sonora Review InsomniYakathon, Tucson, February, 1994
• Stanford Continuing Studies Faculty Reading, Stanford, April, 2001

• Outreach visits to school districts in the state of Arizona to discuss writing with students and faculty
• Inservice orientation/workshop for Ares Fellows (legal writing tutors), University of Arizona College of Law
• Cofounder and facilitator of Graduate Writing Improvement Program, University of Arizona Graduate
• College Inservice workshops on the writing process and writing across the curriculum for university, community college, and K12 faculty
• Writing Seminar for College of St. Francis Health Arts Program
• Textbook and textbook proposal reviews for St. Martin's Press, MacMillan, Harper Collins, Oxford University Press, D.C. Heath, Holt Rinehart, Prentice Hall, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Mayfield Press, Blair Press
• Listed in Directory of Poets & Writers, Inc.
• Coordinator, Teachers as Writers Contest, Arizona English Teachers Association
• Judge, Writers at Work Fiction Contest, University of Arizona Creative Writing Program
• Judge, ACT-SO Competition, Tucson Chapter, NAACP
• Judge, NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing
• Judge, Student's Guide to First-Year Composition Essay Contest
• Reader and Table Leader, Educational Testing Service, SAT-W Essay Exam
• Editorial Boards of WPA Journal and InReview

• Associated Writing Programs
• Conference on College Composition and Communication
• National Council of Teachers of English
• Association of Teachers of Advanced Composition
• Council of Writing Program Administrators
• Poets & Writers, Inc.
• Rhetoric Society of America
• Modern Language Association
• International Writing Centers Association