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BS Ed English, Language Arts – Eastern Montana College 1984
MS Ed Multidisciplinary Option – Montana State University – Billings 2000
PhD Curriculum & Instruction, Literacy – University of Minnesota – TC 2017
Literacy and the Motivation to Literacy;
Literature, including American and world literary works
Poetry
Intersections of philosophy and praxis from biblical perspectives
Jesus is identified as The Word of God made Flesh (John 1:1, 14), and literacy is the gift of being able to understand words. Far-stretch? I am convinced that literacy is part of the essential nature of humanity that demonstrates Imago Dei, or the stamp of God’s own image in humanity. Motivation to communicate through words drives me to teach others to use this great gift.
Dissertation Title:
Mutually Humble Collaboration in College Literacy Courses:
Same Papers, Dialogical Responses
In process of publication is a 40-day meditation on the final words of Jesus while He hung on the Cross. I have co-authored this work with Larry Long, a Crown College alumnus. Due to print in 2022/23 through Westbow Press. Jesus Still Speaks: The Seven Last Words of Jesus from the Cross. This text is a compilation of meditations including Scripture, original poetry, and meditations on Jesus’s words during the crucifixion.
Over 400 poems and prose pieces, some of which I have published and presented at Crown College during chapels and at the Crown College Alumni’s Fireside Chat held in the spring of 2022 in person and online.
In addition, I have served as a reviewer/editor for several graduate theses, a dissertation, and a textbook chapter published by Dr. Aeisha Thomas.
I am a published reviewer for the ALA’s CHOICE Reviews. At last count, I am over a dozen reviews. Sample from 2017: Back to School: Explore how institutions in higher education are uniting scholarship with community action and participation (review of the week).
