
Apr 4, 2021
The Permanence of Wilbur Samuel Howell
For so many centuries, as the Roman Empire, rhetorical education prevailed for the most part in a continuum from Quintilian until the...


Aug 1, 2019
Tribute to Northern Illinois University
After two years as Visiting Assistant Professor at NIU, my time as a Huskie has come to an end. It was my first job after earning my PhD...


May 18, 2018
Hegel and the Teaching of Culture
I just finished the 2017-18 academic year teaching Introduction to Communication Studies (COMS 252) at Northern Illinois University, a...


Oct 18, 2017
Bring your book to class. Open the book. Say something!
Recently a student interviewed me for a class project. The 19-question interview covers many aspects of teaching, including goals for the...


Jun 1, 2017
Designing a Composition Course
I have now finished my Ph.D. and my first year as an Adjunct Professor. Here's a report from the field. I started graduate school in 2006...


Oct 24, 2016
Aesthetics and Sensation in Rhetoric
From the end of my dissertation, Kenneth Burke's Adolescence, 1915-1920: An Archival Study of Influence: At the end of 1918, after a few...


Apr 24, 2016
Reflections on Leaving the CWC
As we finish the academic year 2015-2016 at the Center for Writing and Communication (CWC) at the University of Memphis, I wanted to...


Mar 7, 2016
Website launched
It's time I enter the 21st century! I tried Facebook and it wasn't really my thing, but I've had a great experience using the Wix.com...