Regents Professor of English
M.A. in English, Jodhpur University & Texas Christian University Ph.D. in English, Texas Women's University
Areas of research and teaching: 19th century British literature, instructional technologies and media, online pedagogies
Selected publications:
"Coleridge’s Miracle of Rare Device: A Rhetorical Analysis of 'Kubla Khan'." CCTE (Sep. 1990): 46-51.
"A Rhetorical Analysis of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 12." POMPA (1986): 166-75.
"Major Aspects of Shakespeare’s Artistry in The Tempest." CLA Journal 22 (1979): 254-63.
"Melville’s Pierre as a Book of Sacred Truth." Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences (1975-76): 115-46.
Selected conference presentations:
"Linguistic Cousins and a College Course in Language Studies," Hawaii International Conference in Arts & Humanities, Honolulu, HI, January 2009.
"Advancing Student Learning in Cyberspace," TxDLA Conference, Galveston, TX, March 2007.
"Computer Applications for Writing Instruction," South Central Modern Language Association Annual Conference, Houston, TX, October 2005.
