Southeast Missouri State University^TM

AP Experience

• AP teacher of English Literature
• AP reader of  English Literature

Education

• M.A., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1969: English and history
• M.A., University of Chicago, 1970: English
• Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 1979: American Literature
• M.A., UMKC, 1982: English Education
• Ed. Spec., UMKC, 1989: Educational Administration
• M.A., Loyola University-New Orleans, 1999: Theology

Current Positions

English teacher and department chair at Blue Springs High School and Blue Springs South High School

• Composition Instructor, Longview Community College, Kansas City, MO
• Independence School District: Creative Writing teacher in George Caleb Bingham Academy
• Schools Director, Greater Kansas City Writing Project

Professional Accomplishments

• Chairman of committee to compose Blue Springs School District's Communication Arts Curriculum
• Team member of National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Evaluation
• National Council of Teachers of English and Missouri Association of Teachers of English
• National Education Association, Missouri

Awards

• Phi Beta Kappa, University of Missouri Chapter
• National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for Historical Fiction Seminar at Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
• Teacher of the Year at Blue Springs High School and Blue Springs South High School: 1985, 1990, 1993
• Kansas City Star and Kansas City Learning Exchange "Excellence in Teaching Award": 1995
• National Board Teaching Certification in Adolescent/Young Adult Language Arts: 1999