Curriculum Vita

Career Highlights
Scholarship / Creative Endeavors
Peer reviewed
Books 3
Articles 45
International/national conference presentations 52
New media installations/performances 4
Curated exhibits 1

Professional / Technical
Books 7
Reviews, introductions, proceedings, and recordings 59
Articles, reviews 316

Fellowships (Teaching and Research)
Digital Humanities Summer Institute
4-8 June 2012
University of Victoria
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Invited to teach a week-long course "Creating Digital Humanities Projects for the Mobile Environment"

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
7-25 June 2010
Humanities Gaming Institute
University of South Carolina
One of 20 competitive Fellowships funded by National Endowment for the Humanities grant

National Science Foundation CPATH
28-29 July 2008
"Digital Sound for Music, Theatre, and Film: A Computer Science/Art Collaboration."
Wake Forest University Department of Computer Science

Research Mentoring
Mentored top winners at Research Showcase, 2011, and 2010

Post-Doctoral Mentoring of Fulbright Visiting Scholar Dr. Nataliya Shyplova
2008-2009
Center of American Literary Studies
Bohdan Khmelnytsky State University, Cherkaksy, Ukraine
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Educational Background
Ph. D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA  1995
M.A. University of Alabama Birmingham, 1984

Academic Positions Held
The Creative Media & Digital Culture Program, Washington State University Vancouver, 2006-present

School of Arts and Humanities, University of Texas at Dallas, 2001-2006

School of Engineering, Southern Methodist University, 2003-2006

Scient, Dallas, TX, 2000-2001

English, Speech, and Foreign Languages, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, 1999-2000

Medtronic-Midas Rex Institute, Fort Worth, TX, 1998-1999

Department of Language and Communication, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA, 1995-1998
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Fellowships (Teaching and Research)
Digital Humanities Summer Institute
4-8 June 2012
University of Victoria
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Invited to teach a week-long course "Creating Digital Humanities Projects for the Mobile Environment"

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow (1 of 20 awarded)
Humanities Gaming Institute, University of South Carolina
June 7-25, 2010

National Science Foundation CPATH
28-29 July 2008
"Digital Sound for Music, Theatre, and Film: A Computer Science/Art Collaboration"
Wake Forest University Department of Computer Science

IUP Foundation Doctoral Fellowship
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
1993

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Awards and Honors
101 Best Websites Award. Dr. John's Eazy-Peazy Guides. International Society for Technology in Education. 2005. (Discussed in "Dr. John's Eazy-Peazy Guides." 101 Best Websites for Secondary Teachers. Ed. James Lerman. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education, 2005. 40.)

Webtext of Year Award. Finalist. "Computers and Writing 2000." Kairos: A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments. May 2000. (with Dene Grigar)

Hugh Burns Dissertation Award. Finalist. Computers and Composition. 1996.

Outstanding Dissertation Research Award. Indiana University of Pennsylvania. 1995.

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Publications
Works in progress
  • "NW Author's Life Shrouded in Mystery, Mythology." Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History. (solicited; awaiting acceptence)

  • "Brautigan Library: The Odyssey." Clark County History 2010. Ed, Howard Gingold. Clark County Society Historical Society and Museum. (accepted; awaiting publication)

  • "Walking-Talking": Flâneurs, Soundscapes, and the Creation of Mobile Narratives." Mobile Media Narratives. Ed. Jason Farman. University of Minnesota Press. (accepted; awaiting publication)

Books
  • Richard Brautigan: Essays on the Writings and Life. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. 2007.
    "Richard Brautigan: Essays on the Life and Work is a new collection edited by John Barber and published in the USA by McFarland. Richard Brautigan is surprisingly under documented and this collection goes some way to redressing the balance. A very useful source of information." Anonymous. "Latest Beat News." Beat Scene magazine website

    "Brautigan is one of those appealing, albeit forlorn, ghosts that haunt the commodious house that is American literature. No boorish poltergeist, this wraith stands quietly and all but forgotten in a shadowy corner, as if waiting for readers to arrive and take notice. Like any phantom, he is best approached slantwise, rather than subjected to the harsh light of critical analysis. In this spirit, Barber (digital technology and culture, Washington State Univ.) has assembled 32 essays by an assortment of Brautigan aficionados, among them Edward Dorn, Robert Creeley, Joanne Kyger, and Greg Keeler. Some of these pieces are new; others have been exhumed from obscure journals of years past. The collection proves both a potluck of personal reminiscence and a biographical sourcebook for those who wish to deepen the sense of uncanny familiarity and melancholy that this writer's work inevitably evokes. Although most admirers of Brautigan continue to lament the lack of a major literary biography or first-rate critical study, they nevertheless would agree with Keeler when he says that this does not really matter, because reading Brautigan's work is "strictly between the reader and the work. Anyone who dares get in the way and interpret it is playing with fire." Summing Up: Recommended. All readers; all levels." O'Grady, J.P. "Richard Brautigan: Essays on the Writings and Life." Choice 44 (10) June 2007: 264.

    "This is a complex and thorough response to a writer how has often been dismissed as part of a vanished subculture. Brautigan is considered a major writer within the Japanese literary world, as well as within the French literary world. It is perhaps a measure of his success and the esteem with which he should be held that his writing has transcended national boundaries and found a permanent home in two of the world's most sensitive literary civilizations." Olson, Kirby. "Flower Power's Enduring Poet Laureate." American Book Review 28(5) July-August 2007: 22-23.

    "What this collection accomplishes is a larger portrait of the late American writer, moving from reminiscences of his early life and writings, to explorations and longer, critical essays on various aspects of his writings . . ." rob mclennan's blog 5 December 2006. McLennan, Rob. "Richard Brautigan: Essays on the Writings and Life, edited by John F. Barber."

    "Barber's volume is . . . heavy with anecdotal material, but there are enough solidly analytical pieces to make it an important resource for scholars. American Literary Scholarship: 2007. Ed. Gary Scharnhorst. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2009: 26-27.

    See also Google Books Preview and Google eBook

  • New Worlds, New Words: Exploring Pathways for Writing about and in Electronic Environments. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2001.
    (with Dene Grigar)
    See also Google Books HERE

  • Richard Brautigan: An Annotated Bibliography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. 1990.
    "Barber deserves praise for locating much of Brautigan's early work, which was often published only in broadside form and given away or printed in unindexed underground newspapers. . . . Will be welcomed by researchers interested in Brautigan and 1960s fiction and poetry." American Reference Books Association 92.

    ". . .the first (nearly) complete bibliography of primary and secondary Brautigan sources. . . Barber. . .has managed a noble task well." North Carolina Literary Review, Summer 1992.

    "Covering 1956-June 1989, includes the American writer's novels, poetry, and short stories; translations of his work; and as much of his early work as can be retrieved from broadsides and uncollected underground newspapers. The secondary bibliography includes reviews and criticism in the popular and scholarly press, and book-length bibliographies." Reference & Research Book New,, April 1991.

    "Barber has uncovered an enormous amount of material on Brautigan and annotated it intelligently, making this an essential purchase for academic libraries as well as for Brautigan collectors and scholars." Moore, Steven. Review of Contemporary Fiction, Summer 1991: 259.

    "...both a primary and a secondary bibliography." Gargan, H. M. Choice, March 1991: 1091.

    "Meant for scholarly research rather than casual readers, but Barber does offer a poignant forward that touches on his troubled friendship with the writer." Asheville Citizen-Times, 16 December 1990.

Articles
  • "The Brautigan Library: Questions and challenges of archiving electronic literature." Hyperrhiz.08 Issue 8 Spring 2011.

  • "Bringing Life to Richard Brautigan's Imaginary Library." Poetix Underground (8) March 2011. 89-93. Istanbul, Turkey.

  • "Trout Fishing in America—Richard Brautigan." Post-War Literature 1945-1970 (Resource Guide to American Literature). John Cusatis, ed. Columbia, SC: Bruccolli Clark Layman, March 2010. 104-109.

  • "Winged Words: On the Theory and Use of Internet Radio." Going Wireless: A Critical Exploration of Wireless and Mobile Technologies for Composition Teachers and Researchers. Ed. Amy C. KimmeHea. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2009. 275-288.
    (with Dene Grigar)
    Throughout the Odyssey, Odysseus' "winged words," called in ancient Greek epea pteroenta, sustain him in his journey, and gain him great gifts from gods and men alike. While this epic has come to represent what is left of an ancient, lost culture, the notion of well-crafted or passionate words, spoken aloud and intended to be heard by a listening audience, still remains. One iteration of winged words made possible by broadband networks is internet radio. . . . With this idea in mind, our essay describes a project, called the Nouspace Internet Radio project, that entails using of internet radio for undergraduate and graduate level rhetoric.

  • "Brautigan Bibliography and Archive: A Case Study for Archiving Electronic Literature." Hyperriz: New Media New Cultures 6 Summer 2009.
    Given agreement over the importance of archiving works of electronic literature, this essay asks how to proceed with such a venture. One example is provided by the presenter's efforts to create and maintain a digital archive of information focusing on the life and works of American author Richard Brautigan. The web-based portal, Brautigan Bibliography and Archive, provides heretofore unachievable associations and interconnections between multiple information kinds and sources (biographical, bibliographical, historical, ethnographical, as well as literary). The result is a unique and individual digital literary presence which may provide insight for others wishing to archive and curate works of electronic literature.

  • "Digital Archiving and The New Screen." Transdisciplinary Digital Art: Sound, Vision and the New Screen. Eds. Randy Adams, Steve Gibson, Stefan Muller Arisona. Berlin: Springer, 2008. 110-119.
    Failure to preserve, migrate, and archive digital performances, artworks, literary expressions, hyperlinked resources, and interactive experiences created for the new screen—as well as connections between their multimedia components, the texts, the images, the coded mechanisms that drive their interactivity—threatens their survival as markers in our collective artistic, literary, and cultural heritage. . . . Digital archiving focuses on the preservation, presentation, and addition of value to such digital works."
    See also Google Books HERE

  • "Richard Gary Brautigan." Encyclopedia of Beat Literature. Ed. Kurt Hemmer. New York: Facts on File. 2007. 27-28.

  • "Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan." Encyclopedia of Beat Literature. Ed. Kurt Hemmer. New York: Facts on File. 2007. 320-321.

  • "All About . . . Eclecticism as a Professional Path to English Studies." Technology and English Studies: Innovative Professional Paths. Ed. James Inman and Beth Hewett. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. 2006. 47-59.
    "Barber looks into [his] past for an understanding of the innovative path [he has] forged in the academy. Remembering key moments in his professional and personal development, [Barber] explores how our experiences really do shape the possibilities we consider for ourselves. These experiences are clearly untraditional, but at the same time, are vital; such experiences define . . . and continue to inspire [Barber] toward excellence in technology and English studies."
    See also Google Books HERE
    Review HERE

  • "A New Web for the New Millennium." Technical Communication and the World Wide Web. Eds. Michael Day and Carol Lipson. Lawrence Erlbaum. 2005. 113-131.
    "Barber speculates about the future directions of the Web—specifically the wireless Web—and the skills that technical communicators will need to develop content for such communication modes. . . . According to Barber, our curricula will need to help technical communicators learn to adapt information for delivery to a variety of wireless devices, with different interfaces and constraints. . . . Technical communicators will need to learn to adapt and repurpose content across platforms for a multiplicity of targeted audiences and users. . . . Barber suggests that technical communicators may need to learn computer and scripting languages as well as a variety of wireless scripting languages. His analysis suggests that technical communicators should also be given backgrounds in visual design and art history, video and audio production, as well as technologies that enable their incorporation with text."
    See also Google Books HERE

  • "Consciousness and Teleportation: A Report from the 6th Swiss Biennial." NeuroQuantology 30 March 2005: 3-6.

  • "Consciousness and Teleportation: A Report from the 6th Swiss Biennial." Journal of Consciousness Studies 12(3) March 2005: 83-86.

  • "Myths, Aboriginal Songlines, and Consciousness." Qi and Complexity: Consciousness Reframed 2004: The 6th International Research Conference. Ed. Roy Ascott. Beijing, China, 2005: 161-168.
    (with Dene Grigar)

  • "Community Voices." Computers and Writing: The Cyborg Age. Ed. James Inman. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004: 36-37.
    "As a community, what vision do we have for ourselves? How can we, as a community, continue to share ideas in the future? How can we connect to literacy scholarship that would be of interest, perhaps even inspiration to our own work with computers and writing? How do we incorporate our voices, individual and community, into the dialogues of others? How can we use current and developing technologies to encourage the creation of new forms of writing for new audiences? What vision can we develop OF our community? What vision can we develop FOR our community? As cyborgs [incorporating ideologies, methodologies, theories, practices, and techniques of others], who do we best proceed? Will our progress be slow and clunky, impeded by dysfunction and lack of identification among ourselves? Will we proceed quickly and sleekly, enhanced by a rhizomatic sybiosis that signifies collaboration and social construction?"
    See also Google Books HERE

  • "Parallel Worlds in Science Fiction Literature." Leonardo Electronic Almanac. Eds. Nisar Keshvani and Michael Punt. The MIT Press and the International Society for Arts, Sciences, and Technology, November 2004.

  • "Hackers, Cyberpunks, and Cyberians: Texts Detailing Human Intertwining with Technology." TnT: Texts and Technology. Eds. Ollie Oviedo and Janice Walker. Hampton Press, 2003. 57-88.
    "Barber delves into the topic of why and how hackers, cyberpunks, and cyberians—the people who frequent cyberspace, a notional place created through the use of computer technology—in their exploratory and evolutionary efforts (while often seen as countercultural, radical, or antisocial) may in fact produce a wide variety of cultural and social forms and phenomena that can help shape new expressions of self, community, culture, and reality that both preserve old values and embrace new opportunities. Barber maintains that living amphibiously—one foot in the physical world, the other in the electronic sphere—these hackers, cyberpunks, and cyberians are 'texts' detailing the implications the rest of us might face as our lives become increasingly intertwined with technology."
    See also Google Books HERE

  • "New Media Translation Theory and the Online Brautigan Bibliography." With Dene Grigar. Proceedings from the Digital Arts and Culture 2003. Ed. Adrian Miles. Melbourne: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 2003. CD-ROM. 2003.
    (with Dene Grigar)
    Reprinted
  • "Following in the Footsteps of the Ancestors: From Songlines to Illuminated Digital Palimpsests." New Worlds, New Words: Exploring Pathways for Writing about and in Electronic Environments. Eds. John F. Barber and Dene Grigar. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2001. 145-184.
    "These new electronic, cyber-contexts will be protean. Reacting as well as responding, they will encourage dense, demanding, expressive narratives from authors/composers, subtle responses from readers/interactors. They will promote a move from reading and then interacting in different environments to reading and interacting in the same environment. From sequential to merged experience. From simulation to immersion. A more believable sense of participation, interaction, reality through utilization of oral, written, and visual literacies."

  • "Introduction, Or Philosophizing About the Art and Techne of Writing in this Book." New Worlds, New Words: Exploring Pathways for Writing about and in Electronic Environments. Eds. John F. Barber and Dene Grigar. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2001. 7-17. (with Dene Grigar)
    "In venturing thoughts, ideas, and scenarios about what will have become of the modalities and issues of writing about an in electronic spaces, we hope to stimulate further discussion regarding the exploration of these environments."

  • "Two Future Webs and Their Impacts on Teaching." Kairos: A Journal For Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments. Fall 2001.

  • "Teaching in the Online Classroom: Thoughts and Ideas." The Online Writing Classroom. Eds. Michael Day, Becky Rickly, and Susanmarie Harrington. New York: Hampton Press, 2000. 243-264.
    "Synthesizes ongoing participant-observer ethnographic studies of university-level writing teachers making the transition from the traditional to the online classroom to address questions of how they can effectively and productively utilize the online classroom for teaching and support for their pedagogies and curricula."
    See also Google Books HERE

  • "A CW2K Strands Metaweb." Kairos: A Journal For Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments. Spring 2000.
    (with Dene Grigar and Hugh Burns)

  • "Idealism, Pragmatism, and Skepticism in 'Computers and Writing' at the Fin de Siècle." academic.writing: interdisciplinary perspectives on communication across the curriculum.
    (with Dene Grigar)

  • "All Watched over by Machines of Loving Grace: Promoting Cybernetic Ecology in Writing Classrooms." academic.writing: interdisciplinary perspectives on communication across the curriculum. Spring 2000.

  • "How in the World Can 'Where in the World ...' Promote Second-Language Writing Skills?" academic.writing: interdisciplinary perspectives on communication across the curriculum. Spring 2000.

  • "Looking Elsewhere: Career Options Other than then Tenure Track Teaching Position for M. A.s and Ph. D.s in English." Computers and Composition: An International Journal for Teachers of English 17 (1) 2000: 69-95.
    (with Dene Grigar, Eric Crump, Tari Fanderclai, Karen Howell, and Linda Jorn)

  • "A Brief, Selective, and Idiosyncratic History of Computers." Electronic Networks: Crossing Boundaries/Creating Communities. Eds. Tharon Howard and Chris Benson. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1999. 22-50.
    "Provides and engaging history of computers, tracing their evolution from early mechanical devices in the 1830s to today's Internet-accessible desktop PC."
    See also Google Books HERE

  • "The Sorcerer's Apprentice: 21st Century Metaphors for Teaching Language and Literacy in a Time of Chaos." Readerly/Writerly Texts. Fall/Winter 1999: 81-92.
    (with Dene Grigar)

  • "Cybernetic Engines." Kairos: A Journal For Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments. 4.1. Fall 1999.

  • "Defending Your Life in MOOspace, and Other Stories of Academia on the Electronic Edge." High Wired: On the Design, Use, and Theory of Educational MOOs. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1998. 192-231.
    (with Dene Grigar).
    "Based on Grigar's history-making online dissertation defense, held at LinguaMOO in 1995, the essay analyzes the event and its implications for future scholarship, in an innovative format, a collage of MOO dialogue, MOO slides, ASCII maps of the MOOspace, emails, and multivocal sections. As Grigar and Barber conclude, there can be problems with the use of this medium at the highest levels of academic work, which have to date resisted the integration of technology. They invite members of the academy to step out onto an 'electronic edge' where technology and the university offer unlimited resources for making and marking new technologies."
    See also Google Books HERE

  • "The Way We Will Have Become: The Future (Histories) of Computers and Writing." Kairos: A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments 3.2. Fall 1998.
    (with Dene Grigar and Becky Rickly)

  • "Composition Teachers and Computer Conferences: Finding a Productive Fit." Studies in Technical Communication: Selected Papers of the 1994 1995 CCCC and NCTE Meetings. Ed. Brenda Sims. Denton: University of North Texas, 1997. 77-92.
    "Insights gained from ongoing ethnographical studies of writing teachers using computer conferences for teaching and learning composition. Discusses theoretical relevance, methodology, and context of studies. Elaborates on insights from these studies. Provides recommendations for teachers considering utilizing computer conferences as sites for teaching and learning."

  • "The Seven Ages of Computer Connectivity, or Flush With Possibilities and Faced with Decisions." Kairos: A Journal For Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments. March 1997.

  • "Wizards, Wired Women, Historians, Contrarians, Eulogizers, and Other Online Personae." Kairos: A Journal For Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments. March 1997.

  • "Networked-Computer Technology and Distance Education: Evolving Vision." Proteus: A Journal of Ideas. Spring 1997. 8 12.

  • "Teaching and Learning in the Virtual Classroom: A Look to the Future." Composition Forum 7 (Fall 1996): 111-118.

  • "The Electronic Forum, or the Agora Reinvented." Lingua MOO Archives. June 1996. (formerly archived at lingua.utdallas.edu:7000/1701)

  • "The Classroom of the Future Is Here Now." PCTE [Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English] Newsletter April 1995. 1, 2, 3.

  • "A Cybernaut's Log, or, How a Novice Learns To Use the Internet." Works & Days 12 (Spring/Fall) 1995. 207-220.

  • "Cyberspace and the Mythform of Reality." PreText: A Journal of Rhetorical Theory . 16 (1-2) Spring/Summer 1995.

  • "Rendezvous." The 23. Winter 1994. 1, 4.

  • "Teaching Writing in the ESL Computer Classroom." The ACE Newsletter Fall 1994. 5-6.

  • "Looking back at Richard Brautigan." Poetry Digest October 1994. 58-64.

  • "Why I Write." The English Record June 1993. 5-6.

  • "Writing In A Convertible With The Top Down." PCTE Newsletter May 1993. 6, 7.

  • "Interaction With Computers." Footnotes Spring 1993. 5-7.

Reviews, Introductions, Proceedings, and Recordings

Guest Editor, Journal
  • Guest Editor. Readerly/Writerly Texts. Fall/Winter 1999.
    (with Janice Walker)

E-Learning Sites and Materials
  • Virtualit. Bedford/St. Martin's Press, 2003.
    (with Dene Grigar and Heather Jensen)
  • Perspectives: Case Studies for Readers and Writers. 2001. Joanna Gibson, print-text author. Allyn & Bacon and Longman Publishers, 2001.
  • The Language of Argument. Larry Burton and Daniel McDonald, print-text authors. Allyn & Bacon and Longman Publishers. 2001.
    (with Dene Grigar, Heather Jensen, and Christa Downer)
  • Literature. Edgar Roberts and Henry Jacobs, print-text authors. Prentice-Hall Publishers. 2000.

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Research
Digital Archives / Database Narratives
The Brautigan Library, January 2010-present
Curator and director. Led negotiations to move this library of nearly 300 manuscripts and associated papers to the Clark County Historical Museum where it became a permanent, interactive exhibit. Working with community and university volunteers to develop literacy outreach efforts centered on The Brautigan Library and to develop plans for accepting and sharing submissions of digital narratives.

The Brautigan Bibliography and Archive, November 2000-present
An actively curated, comprehensive, interactive information structure noted as the preeminent bio-bibliographic resource on the life and work of American writer Richard Gary Brautigan (1935-1984). Investigates ergonomic interaction with information systems.

Presentations
International and National Conferences
  • "Walking-Talking: A Digital Narrative Flâneur Experience in Vancouver, Washington." International Digital Media and Arts Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 4-6 November 2010.
    A locative, mobile narrative of Vancouver historic and cultural locations using spoken voice audio recordings playable on mobile telephones. Maps provide geolocations of tour points where recordings can be played. Interactors can, via mobile telephones, prepare and submit personal responses, or create new voice recordings about points of interest. These narratives provide historical, social, and philosophical frameworks to inquire, reflect, and converse about a sense of place, community, and common humanity.

  • "The Brautigan Library: Promise and Challenge of Archiving User-Generated Electronic Literature." Electronic Literature Organization. Providence, RI, June 2010.
    Highlights plans to reopen The Brautigan Library for submissions of digital narratives. Asks what roles, beyond current assumptions informing scholarship surrounding electronic literature, both the original artist and the collecting archive should take to assure long-term preservation and ability to interact with these artifacts. Posits these questions against a high-level discussion of archival theory and practice at the overlap of the analog and the digital.

  • "Foundations for a Program in Digital Media: A Case Study." International Digital Media and Arts Association. Savannah, GA, November 2008.
    Lays out foundations for building an interdisciplinary digital media program that combines production-based education with community outreach experiences for its students.

  • "Brautigan Bibliography and Archive: Digitizing a Literary Life." Visionary Landscapes: Electronic Literature Organization. Vancouver, Washington, May 2008.
    Details the creation of a digital literary bio-bibliography that promotes heretofore unachievable associations and interconnections between multiple kinds and sources of information (biographical, bibliographical, historical, ethnographical). The result is a 3-D knowledge base, a "data hive" with a unique and individual electronic literary presence.

  • "Digital Archiving and 'The New Screen'." Interactive Futures 2007. Victoria, B. C., Canada, November 2007.
    Highlights digital archiving as an important component for the preservation, presentation, and addition of value to digital performances, artworks, literary expressions, hyperlinked resources, and interactive experiences created for "the new screen" of evolving computer technology.

  • "Juxtaposed Visual and Verbal Rhetoric: Teaching Composition and Communication with Graphic Novels." Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, New York, March 2007.
    Posits graphic novels as vernacular and accessible texts featuring juxtaposed visual and verbal rhetoric and thus useful as tools for the teaching and learning of composition and communication techniques and skills.

  • "Great Balls of Exploding Light: Teaching Composition with Graphic Novels." Computers and Writing. Lubbock, TX, May 2006.
    Examines graphic novels as the basis for teaching composition. Argues that graphic novels offer more engagement with the elements of narrative than any other media form and thus are well-suited for composition courses focusing on visual rhetoric.

  • "Teleportation: Science and Science Fiction." Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts. Chicago, IL, November 2005.
    Discusses teleportation in science and science fiction and how it might help address how our cognitive abilities might learn to adapt to the technology in our environments.

  • "Prototypes for Cyberspace: Influences on William Gibson's 'consensual hallucination'." Science Fiction Research Association. Las Vegas, NV, June 2005.
    Seeks to demonstrate the evolution of cyberspace, both as a notional space and a science fiction trope, as a multi-layered concept, each iteration utilizing components for those proceeding to construct, ultimately, in author William Gibson's evocative visual and textual descriptions, something new, different, and engaging.

  • "Myths, Aboriginal Songlines, and Consciousness. Shaping Consciousness: New Media, Spirituality, and Identity. Dallas, TX, April 2005.
    (with Dene Grigar)
    Considers the overlay of new and ancient media to foster notions of spirituality and consciousness.

  • "Autumn Trout Gathering: Richard Brautigan's Portals." Pacific Northwest American Studies Conference. Portland, OR, April 2005.
    The life and works of Richard Brautigan are examined through and analysis and overlay of multiple memoirs.

  • "Media Rhetoric and the Analysis of Texts: A Case Study Using Written, Auditory, and Kinetic Rhetorics to Analyze Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech." Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA, March 2005.
    (with Dene Grigar)
    Looking at the traditional written, as well as the lesser examined auditory and kinetic elements of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, this panel demonstrates an expanded view of rhetorical analysis, one that extends the modalities of expression to images, sound, and action as they play out in the media of print, orality, and kinesics.

  • "Telepresent Collaboration for Real-Time Interaction: The "Virtual DJ" and "Corporeal Poetics." Interactive Futures 2005. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, February 2005.
    (with Dene Grigar and Steve Gibson)
    Discusses digital nomadism, freedom of movement achieved through the utilization of computer technologies. Asks, "What happens when that movement occurs among groups of people coordinating their efforts at-a-distance in real-time?"

  • "Myth and Network Systems: Aboriginal Songlines and Electronic Consciousness." QI and Complexity Consciousness Reframed 2004: 6th International Research Conference. Beijing, China, November 2004. (Coorganized and presented with Dene Grigar)
    Discusses myth, Australian Aboriginal Songlines, and consciousness. Suggests that Songlines, though seen as maps of geographical space that Aboriginal people inhabit, reflect a particular type of consciousness—that is, double consciousness—whose language is not just articulated by words but also by song.

  • "The Mythic Vision in Narrative of Aboriginal Songlines and Electronic Literature of Network Systems." Society for Literature and Science. Durham, NC, October 2004.
    Discusses myths, Australian Aboriginal Songlines, and consciousness. Asks, "What is the consciousness underlying myth?"

  • "Winged Words: The Nouspace Radio Café Project." The 3rd trAce International Symposium on Writing and the Internet. Nottingham, England, July 2004.
    Outlines an internet radio project that will broadcast poetry and fiction, as well as music and interviews, and provide simultaneous showing of electronic literature and other works via the web.

  • "A Theory for Online Archives of Print-Based Writing." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Conference on College Composition and Communication. San Antonio, TX, March 2004.
    (with Dene Grigar)
    Discusses a theory of translating print-based literary texts for the web, called new media translation theory, and its underlying principles.

  • "Flat Space and the Notion of Dimensionality in Literature." Part of a panel entitled "Flat Space, Hyperspace, and Visual Space: Three Looks at the Notion of Dimensionality in Literature, Science, and New Media." Society for Literature and Science. Austin, TX, October 2003.
    (with Dene Grigar and Diana Slattery)
  • "New Media Translation Theory and the Online Brautigan Bibliography." Digital Arts and Culture International Conference. Melbourne, Australia, May 2003.
    (with Dene Grigar)
    Discusses a theory of translating print-based literary texts for the web, called new media translation theory, and the principles underlying it as they play out in the online bibliography of writer Richard Brautigan.

  • "Tattoo U: Teaching Writing on the Body as a Way of Teaching Visual Communication." Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, NY, March 2003.
    (with Elizabaeth Pass and TyAnna Herrington as a panel entitled "Embodying Visual Communication: Tattoo as Remediation")
    Presents new ways to think about and practice the teaching of writing. Not that we have to teach students how to tattoo each other, or themselves, but rather to understand that the statements of ownership and allegiance inherent in tattoo are real and personal, as well as critical and cultural.

  • "Teacher Preparation for Computer-Equipped Classrooms: Lessons from Ethnographic Research." Computers and Writing. Normal, IL, May 2002.
    Teaching and learning are better promoted if teachers are prepared for the challenges and rewards presented by their utilization of computer-equipped classrooms. Thoughts and recommendations, drawn from qualitative ethnographic research, are presented.

  • "E-literacy and Orality: The Hands-Free, Voice-Activated, Any-to-Any Future Classroom." Computers and Writing. Muncie, IN, May 2001.
    Reflections about future iterations of the World Wide Web that may be used in the writing classroom.

  • "Imagine A Classroom for the 21st Century: Developing Technology Planning and Grants Documents for Teaching with Computer Technologies in English-Studies Disciplines." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Minneapolis, MN, March 2000.
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  • "Theoretical Issues in Information Technology." Symposium on New Information Technologies and Liberal Education." Furman University, Greenville, SC, May 2000.
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  • "Computers and ????: Trends and Issues Related to Our Name, Our Purpose, and Our Writing" Computers and Writing. Rapid City, SD, May 1999. (Coorganized with Dene Grigar and Becky Rickly.)
    Proposes a series of Town Hall Meetings to expand discussions of who we are (teachers using computers) and what we do.

  • "The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Literacy, Technology, and Teaching in a Time of Chaos." Part of a panel entitled "Metaphors for Teaching Language and literacy in the 21st Century." International Conference for Global Conversations on Language and literacy. Bordeaux, France, August 1998.
    (with Dene Grigar)
    Posits that students are products and proponents of a discontinuous, nonlinear literacy; that this form of literacy and language utilization is often dramatically different than that supported and promoted by our educational philosophies and institutions; that this forces a reconsideration of what constitutes language and literacy and their correct or effective utilizations; and that language and literacy teachers schooled in more linear approaches may be well served to adjust their pedagogies in ways that facilitate learning within such overlapping and nonexclusive contexts.

  • "Cybernetic Ecology and The Electronic Agora." Rhetoric and Technology in the Next Millennium: An Asynchronous Interactive Rhetoric Computer Conference. Federation of North Texas Area Universities. Denton, TX, June 1998.
    Suggests that mutually beneficial interactive contexts for teaching and learning Humanities promoted by Multi-User Domains, Object-Oriented environments (MOOs) draw upon the notions of the ancient agora as a public gathering and discussion place, but are being reinvented as electronic forums, or MOO-agora. Describes how a MOO-based literature class might provide access to far-flung research resources, promote broader collaborative opportunities among colleagues, and orient scholarship, research, publication, and teaching toward a broad spectrum of humanistic endeavor.

  • "Involving Teachers in Achieving Technology Mission and/or Vision Plans." Computers and Writing Conference. Gainesville, FL, May 1998.

  • "The Way We Will Have Become: The Future (Histories) of Computers and Writing." Computers and Writing Conference. Gainesville, FL, May 1998. (with Dene Grigar and Becky Rickly)

  • "Once Upon A Time: Storytelling, Chronos, and Writing to the Web." Part of a roundtable entitled "Radical Occasionality: Electronic Publishing and the Pixelated Press of Ideas." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, IL, April 1998.
    (with Dene Grigar, Claudine Keenan, and Susan Lang)
    Discusses an experimental work where multiple reviewers wrote about overlapping texts and interlinked them into a larger hypertextual "webbed essay" that explored and experimented with new ways of collapsing the boundaries between reviewer(s) and text(s) in the nonlinear electronic mosaic context that is Kairos journal.

  • "Long Necks, Short Stories, and Achy Breaky Ethos: The Rhetoric of Country Western Song Refrains As Writing Prompts." National Council of Teachers of English. Detroit, MI, November 1997.
    Discusses the use of country song refrains as prompts to encourage the development of student writers' critical thinking and analytical skills as well as how language can define and center moral values and behavior even while conveying complex codes of behavior and notions of reality.

  • "New Words, New Worlds. Exploring Pathways for Writing about and in Electronic Environments." Computers and Writing. Honolulu, HI, June 1997.
    As the World Wide Web, electronic journals, asynchronous and synchronous communications, and hypertextual environments emerge as acceptable spaces for conducting and writing about teaching and research, many researchers, scholars, teachers, and students are exploring new ways and new forms of writing that better speak to the publication and communication opportunities that these electronic technologies provide.

  • "Writing Themselves Into Existence: Students Creating an Institutional Presence on the World Wide Web." 1997 Research Network Forum, Conference on College Composition and Communication. Phoenix, AZ, March 1997.
    What challenges and opportunities are faced by a volunteer group charged with creating a series of WWW pages concerning their university's programs, course offerings, facilities for teaching and learning, and faculty?

  • "Philosophical and Scholarly Investigations into 'Cybernetic Ecology' for Teaching and Researching literature." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Phoenix, AZ, March 1997.
    Promotes use of networked computers to create/imagine new, interactive classrooms/situations that are convenient, comfortable, and conducive to the work of teaching and learning.

  • "Graduate Students and Mentors in Computers and Writing." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Phoenix, AZ, March 1997.
    Panel discussion regrading what both graduate students and their mentors hope to accomplish through teaching, often in the face of odds that would turn others away.

  • "Cybernetic Ecology: Harmonizing Student and Machine in the Humanities Classroom." The Joint International Conference of the Association for literary and linguistic Computing and the Association for Computers and the Humanities (ALLC-ACH). Bergen, Norway, June 1996.
    (with Dene Grigar, Jeff Galin, Cynthia Haynes, and Jan Holmevik)
    Suggests that mutually beneficial interactive contexts for teaching and learning Humanities promoted by Multi-User Domains, Object-Oriented environments (MOOs) draw upon the notions of the ancient agora as a public gathering and discussion place, but are being reinvented as electronic forums, or MOO-agora. Describes how a MOO-based literature class might provide access to far-flung research resources, promote broader collaborative opportunities among colleagues, and orient scholarship, research, publication, and teaching toward a broad spectrum of humanistic endeavor.

  • "Scholarly Defense or Electronic Pros[ex]ecution? The Implementation and Implications of On-line Dissertation Defenses." Computers and Writing. Logan, UT, June 1996.
    Discusses MOOs as sites for the presentation and defense of academic undertakings. Uses the doctoral dissertation defense of Dene Grigar (University of Texas at Dallas, July 25, 1995) as a case study to offer analysis from multiple perspectives, and to provide thoughts and recommendations for those planning similar undertakings in the future.

  • "When Worlds Collide: Technology and Change, Results and Recommendations in the Networked Classroom." Computers and Writing. Logan, UT, May 1996.
    Reports on faculty reactions to and interactions with accelerated adoption and utilization of computer technology through all levels of a university writing program. Points out actual and potential problems and suggests practical strategies for other teachers and administrators considering using computer technology to facilitate the teaching and learning of writing.

  • "Literatures, Societies, and the 21st Century: Gazing into the Computer Screen." College English Association. New Orleans, LA, April 1996.
    Computer teleconferencing will create new spaces for teaching and learning called virtual classrooms where interactions between literatures and social and cultural societies will change the way education is conceived, pursued, and delivered in the 21st Century.

  • "Changing Pedagogy in Networked Classrooms: A Look at the Future." Part of a panel entitled "Our First Semester with Norton Connect for Word." College English Association. New Orleans, LA, April 1996.
    Future scenarios prompted by greater inclusion of computer technology in classrooms should encourage us to create/imagine new interactive contexts that are convenient, comfortable, and conducive to the work of teaching and learning.

  • "Talking Around the Electronic Campfire: Ethnographic Research in Cyberspace Classrooms." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Milwaukee, WI, March 1996.
    Qualitative, ethnographic research of writing teachers using networked computer technology indicates that alternative ways of teaching and learning, like collaboration and social interaction, are best promoted if teachers are prepared for computer augmented classrooms. Thoughts and recommendations for effectively utilizing these new sites for teaching and learning are presented.

  • "Graduate Students and Mentors in Computers and Writing." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Milwaukee, WI, March 1996.
    Panel discussion regrading what both graduate students and their mentors hope to accomplish through teaching, often in the face of odds that would turn others away.

  • "College Conversations: Technology and Teacher Education." National Council of Teachers of English. San Diego, CA, November 1995.
    Thoughts and recommendations for the productive utilization of networked computer technology by teachers.

  • "Composition, Computer Conferences, and Cyberspace Classrooms: Benefits and Implications." Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. University Park, PA, July 1995.
    Discussion, based on ongoing qualitative studies, of pedagogical and curriculum changes teachers may want to make to realize the potential benefits of teaching composition in cyberspace classrooms created by computer conferences.

  • "Teaching and Learning in an Amphibious Condition: Ethnographical Research of Composition Teachers Learning To Use a Computer Conference." Computers and Writing. El Paso, TX, May 1995.
    Reports on teachers learning to use computer conferences as sites for teaching and learning composition while dealing with what Charles Moran (1992, "Computers and the Writing Classroom") calls "an amphibious condition," or a state of change. Posits insights that may help teachers become more comfortable and productive in these new spaces for teaching and learning.

  • "Cyberspace and Cyberpunk: The Place That Isn't a Place and Its Electronic Counterculture." Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association. Philadelphia, PA, April 1995.
    Although not "real" in a positivistic sense, cyberspace constitutes a believable enough "place" to create popular cultural expressions of reality. One of these cybercultural expressions, cyberpunk, attempts to construct ever-evolving countercultural lifestyles that are both creative and reactionary.

  • "Making Connections in Cyberspace: Teaching Composition in a Computer Conference." College English Association. Cleveland, OH, April 1995.
    Teaching in the "cyberspace classroom" created by a computer conference may require teachers to adjust their pedagogies and curricula to most effectively utilize this new resource for collaborative learning and social interaction.

  • "Teaching Writing in Cyberspace: Computer Conferences as Sites for Collaborative Learning." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Washington, DC, March 1995.
    Writing teachers using computer conferences, despite potential problems with directly transferring successful paradigms and curricula from the traditional classroom, can help move writers toward a hybrid, multiple perspective literacy that more accurately reflects the attitude of writing as a social activity directed toward the collaborative negotiation of knowledge.

  • "Teaching Writing in the ESL Computer Classroom". Computers and Writing. Columbia, MO, May 1994.
    Computer-assisted writing in ESL classrooms can foster and increase the writing abilities of nonnative speakers, and develop "real world" interactive communicative competence abilities, on both individual and group levels.

  • "Writing in Cyberspace: An Ethnography of a Virtual Classroom." Computers and Writing. Columbia, MO, May 1994.
    Explanations and predictions that generalize how participants interact within the socially constructed, collaborative context of a computer conference and their implications for learning and teaching in the virtual classroom.

  • "Using Computer Games To Teach Communicative Competence." TESOL. Baltimore, MD, March 1994.
    Interactive computer games can stimulate conversation, problem solving, decision making, and other forms of communicative competence, both on an individual and group level. More than just play, these games can provide a challenging, interesting, and meaningful context for language learning.

  • "Collaboration For Teachers, Too: Designing the Freshman Composition Syllabus." National Council of Teachers of English. Pittsburgh, PA, November 1993.
    A panel discussion to promote a collaborative sharing of techniques and strategies used by teachers to design freshman writing course syllabi.

Regional Conference Presentations
  • "Richard Brautigan: The Mystery of Belonging, The Mythology of Citizenship." Pacific Northwest American Studies Association, Spokane, WA, April 2010.
    A combination of marketing hype; quirkish nature; obtuse, flippant, often fictionalized background details; and shifting categorization contributes to a sense of mystery surrounding Pacific Northwest native Richard Brautigan, his life, and his writing. Such mystery, long lacking definitive verification, has morphed into mythology. This presentation addresses, and answers, many of the mysteries and myths surrounding Brautigan's citizenship in the pantheon of American Literature, and more specifically, his role as a writer representative of the "The Sixties," a period of intense social, political, and cultural change.

  • "Remediating Richard Brautigan: A Pacific Northwest Writer Finds A New Home on the World Wide Web." Northwest History and Heritage Extravaganza 2009. Portland, OR, April 2009.
    Digital remediation presents heretofore unachievable associations and interconnections between multiple kinds and sources of information: biographical, bibliographical, historical, ethnographical. The result, as demonstrated by the Brautigan Bibliography and Archive website, is a 3-D knowledge base with a unique and individual literary presence.

  • "The Evolution of Cyberspace: The Place That Isn't a Place." South Central Modern Language Association. Houston, TX, October 2005.
    Seeks to demonstrate the evolution of cyberspace, both as a notional space and a science fiction trope, as a multi-layered concept, each iteration utilizing components for those proceeding to construct, ultimately, in author William Gibson's evocative visual and textual descriptions, something new, different, and engaging.

  • "The Electronic Agora." Rhetoric and Technology in the Next Millennium: An Asynchronous Interactive Rhetoric Computer Conference. Federation Rhetoric Committee. Denton, TX, June 1998.
    Suggests that mutually beneficial interactive contexts for teaching and learning Humanities promoted by Multi-User Domains, Object-Oriented environments (MOOs) draw upon the notions of the ancient agora as a public gathering and discussion place, but are being reinvented as electronic forums, or MOO-agora. Describes how a MOO-based literature class might provide access to far-flung research resources, promote broader collaborative opportunities among colleagues, and orient scholarship, research, publication, and teaching toward a broad spectrum of humanistic endeavor.

  • "Designing and Implementing a Computer Classroom." Louisiana Association for College Composition. Lafayette, LA, October 1997.
    Decisions must be made regarding the type of equipment to acquire (and how to maintain or upgrade it); the software that will be used to support and promote the desired pedagogical and curricular goals; the ways in which a computer classroom can be configured (stand alone, networked, Internet connected); and, perhaps most importantly, how teachers and administrators will be trained to most effectively utilize the teaching and learning opportunities afforded by a computer classroom.

  • "Ethnolinguistics in the Composition Classroom: The Rhetoric of County Music Song Refrains as Writing Prompts." Louisiana Association for College Composition. Lafayette, LA, October 1997.
    Discusses the use of country song refrains as prompts to encourage the development of student writers' critical thinking and analytical skills as well as how language can define and center moral values and behavior even while conveying complex codes of behavior and notions of reality.

  • "Computers, Cyberspace, and Classroom Changes: Dare We Shape the Way We Teach?" Louisiana Council of Teachers of English. Lafayette, LA, October 1995.
    Computer technology presents teachers with unique theoretical and practical benefits and implications for teaching and learning. Examines some of these implications and suggests effective strategies for their utilization.

  • "Participating in the Future: Teachers, Pedagogy, and the Computer Classroom." Louisiana Association for College Composition. Lake Charles, LA, October 1995.
    Thoughts and recommendations for developing effective pedagogy in computer-mediated composition classrooms.

  • "Computers in ESL." Three Rivers TESOL. Pittsburgh, PA, April 1995.
    The use of computers and "generic" programs to teach language and communicative competence.

  • "Designing Communicative Activities." Three Rivers TESOL. Wheeling, WV, November 1994.
    Designing and utilizing computer-assisted communicative activities.

  • "Computer Conferences: Extending Boundaries and Crossing Curricula in the Virtual Classroom." State System of Higher Education Conference on the Use of Computers and Computer-Based Technology Across Curricula. Bloomsburg, PA, May 1994.
    Computer conferences can create a more personal and immediate sense of discourse community involvement, foster higher levels of participation, and draw from broader participant background knowledge. In this sense, because they seem to offer ways to extend classroom boundaries and provide new educational opportunities, computer conferences hold great promise for creating unique, and powerful, collaborative learner-centered learning environments across the curricula.

  • "Computer Conferences and the Social View: Teaching Writing in Cyberspace." Conference in English Studies. Kent, OH, April 1994.
    The benefits of using computer conferences to teach composition may include the creation of working environments which can extend the boundaries of the traditional classroom, enfranchise marginalized voices, provide more equitable access to the ongoing discourse, and move the teaching of composition toward a more learner-centered situation where knowledge is collaboratively constructed within a socially oriented discourse community.

  • "Lost Empires & Living Tribes: Culture Wars & Culture Studies." Conference in English Studies. Kent, OH, April 1994.
    Interdisciplinary cultural studies holds portent for great changes in the arena of English Studies because it foregrounds diverse discursive strategies in the production and interpretation of text. Revisioning the canon, privileging heretofore marginalized voices, and acknowledging cultural practices and formations (both high and low) could result in the disenfranchisement of traditional cultural alignments as well as the formation of new cultural orientations.

  • "Using Computers To Teach Nonnative Speakers Interactive Communication Skills." Three Rivers TESOL. Pittsburgh, PA, November 1993.
    Examples of using computers and computer programs in ESL classrooms to foster and increase learners' interactive communicative competence.

  • "Been There, Seen/Done It, Got the T-Shirt: The T-Shirt as Cultural Signifier." Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association. Providence, RI, October 1993.
    The ubiquitous T-shirt, emblazoned with corporate logos, sponsorship credentials, or culturally significant messages, allows us to declare our personality, our social-political-economic group identification, our values, our ambitions, and our dreams, all from the relative anonymity of a crowd of similarly clad individuals. Not as blatant as the sandwich board, not as subtle as the lapel button, the T-shirt as cultural signifier is representative of desired or imagined cultural orientations, as well as a badge of participation.

  • "Theory vs. Craft; Researchers vs. Practitioners: The Strange, But True, Tale (in 10 parts) Complete With a Solution." English Colloquium. Indiana, PA, May 1993.
    Instead of continually bifurcating our profession into separate disciplines, why not combine our talents and efforts to create the possibility for positive change? By combining the talents of heretofore opposing camps, we can transcend the traditional demarcations between "Us" and "Them" and become Researchers Practitioners. If we can break through the Researcher vs. Practitioner dichotomy and incorporate the best of both disciplines we can make a real difference in what we do as English language arts teachers.

  • "Phantasmagorical Reality and Joyce's Stream of Consciousness." Conference on Language and literature. DeKalb, IL, March 1993.
    For James Joyce, the moment of union between the individual consciousness and a collective stream of consciousness is populated by phantasmagorical (fantastic sequences of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams or fever) images of reality. These images become symbols for the larger truths of one's life: being, reality, truth, honor, identity, religion, and others.

University and Public Presentations
  • "One Book, Many Faces: A.D., After the Read." Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, 8 March 2011.

  • "Richard Brautigan Poetry Night." Clark County Historical Museum, 13 January 2011.
  • "The Brautigan Library Challenge." Clark County Historical Museum, Vancouver, WA, 7 October 2010.

  • "Sound Editing 101 Using GarageBand." The Creative Media & Digital Culture Fall 2010 Workshop & Lecture Series. Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, 8 September 2010.

  • "Creative Media + Digital Culture = Connecting Cutting Edge Research to the Needs of the Community." WSU Foundation Board of Governors, Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, 21 May 2010.

  • "XXI Century Brautiganism: Interactive Poetry and Digital Art Installation." Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, 4 December 2009.

  • "Social Networking." Clark County Public Works, Vancouver, WA, April 2009

  • "Robots: The Human-Machine Encounter." Research Showcase 2007, Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, 19 April 2007.
    Stories about The Human-Machine Encounter are both speculative and cautionary because they raise questions concerning the interaction of humans and machines. This tangled relationship between humankind and its created artifacts speaks to our long-standing concern with technology's ability to perform useful functions versus its perceived diabolical nature. Science Fiction has a long history of informing this debate. This presentation draws from multiple examples to demonstrate the various speculative approaches to the intersection of humanity and technology by science fiction literature. The upshot is to inform the audience of the debate, some of its best examples, and promote further thinking regarding the role of technology in our evolving culture.

  • "Great Balls of Exploding Light: Teaching Composition with Graphic Novels." Washington State University Vancouver Writing Center, 7 March 2007.
    This presentation focuses on graphic novels, vernacular and accessible texts featuring juxtaposed visual and verbal rhetoric, as useful tools for the teaching and learning of composition and communication techniques and skills.

  • "Remediating Richard Brautigan: A Pacific Northwest Writer Finds a New Home on the World Wide Web." Digital Technology and Culture Brown Bag Speakers Series, Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, November 2006.
    Discusses efforts to collect and curate information and resources about the writings and life of Richard Brautigan through digital remediation and archiving within a dedicated website.

  • "Robots: The Human-Machine Encounter." University of Texas at Dallas, Scholars Weekend Faculty Lectures, Dallas, TX, March 2006.
    Discusses the history of robots as "human-created artifacts" and a science fiction trope.

  • "Richard Brautigan: Mystery and Mythology" Arts and Humanities Faculty Lecture Series, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, November 2005.
    Seeks to clear up some of the mysteries surrounding Richard Brautigan, his life and writings.

  • "Engineering Your Communications." Texas Society of Professional Engineers. Dallas, TX, June 2005.
    Highlights successful tips for preparing and delivering effective professional presentations.

  • "Engineering Professional Proposals." Texas Society of Professional Engineers. Dallas, TX, June 2005.

  • "Richard Brautigan: A Retrospective." Denton Public Library, Denton, TX, October 1999.

  • "Teaching Writing with Technology." Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX, February 1998.
    Discusses web sites (with appropriate design and construction considerations) as sites for archiving academic research.

  • "Computers and Writing: Some Thoughts and Recommendations." University of Puerto Rico—Arecibo. Arecibo, Puerto Rico, May 1996.
    Despite the unsettling nature of the computer-mediated classroom, there can be, arguably, a level of successful adoption of this medium for teaching and learning. Teachers may create successful, and comfortable, environments using computer technology, by, among other things, modeling protocols for engagement and gently "banking" ideas about how to effectively utilize these resources for teaching and learning.

  • "Traveling on a Dark Road, or Why Teach Writing?" University of Puerto Rico‐Arecibo. Arecibo, Puerto Rico, May 1996.
    The importance of teaching how to effectively utilize writing to facilitate thinking and expression is a valuable and necessary undertaking connected with the development of our selves, our students, our culture, and our future.

  • "Yellowstone Views: Reflections on the Nation's First National Park." Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, March 1996.

  • "Facing the Big Blank: How To Discover Ideas When There Seems To Be Nothing To Write About." Young Writers' Conference. Indiana, PA, May 1995.
    Freewriting and clustering as techniques for discovering writing topics.

  • "What To Write About When There's Nothing To Write About." Young Writers' Conference. Indiana, PA, May 1994.
    Freewriting as a technique for discovering writing topics.

  • "Poetry and Prose of John Barber." Indiana University of Pennsylvania Writer's Symposium. Indiana, PA, March 1993.
    Readings of original poetry and creative writing.

Keynote Talks
"Leadership: Talking the Talk, Walking the Walk." Student Leadership Recognition Program, Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, 22 April 2010.

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Creative Achievements
Curatorial
"Autumn Trout Gathering"
7 October 2010-30 January 2011
Clark County Historical Museum
Vancouver, WA
A curated collection (with Jeannette Altman) of previously unpublished and/or unknown photographs, graphics, and memorabilia associated with Richard Brautigan. This exhibition was mounted to support the opening of The Brautigan Library as a permanent collection within the Clark County Historical Museum.

New Media Works, Installations, and Performances
"What's that sound? :: A Sixties Radio Narrative"
Administration Gallery
10 November 2010-1 March 2011
Washington State University Vancouver
Vancouver, Washington

"What's that sound? :: A Sixties Radio Narrative"
IDEAS10: Art and Digital Narrative
2-7 November 2010
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Jury selected sound installation with Jeannette Altman consisting of a radio set from which one can hear an acousmatic narrative soundscape of "The Sixties," a time of intense social, political, and cultural change. The research question driving this project is "How can digital communication technologies effectively combine oral history, field recordings, and voice samples with additional sound events to create an immersive digital narrative experience?"

"Analog Memories :: Digital Futures"
Radio Futura
12-16 October 2010
Porto, Portugal
Juried selection for broadcast performances (14 and 15 October 2010) in this special radio art broadcast exploring the intersection of digital media and local culture in radio space. "Analog Memories :: Digital Futures" utilizes the voices of individuals who witnessed, or created, the events included in the overall narrative. Additional aural (sound) elements simulate the passage of years or changing radio stations / chapters in the overall narrative. The research question behind "Analog Memories :: Digital Futures" is, "How might digital remediation of analog memories affect their use in immersive narratives or iReportage?"

"Sounds of My Life"
RadiaLx 2010 International Festival of Radio Art
1-3 July 2010
Lisbon, Portugal
Juried selection for broadcast performance (3 July 2010) in this special broadcast featuring 100 radio artists. "Sounds of My Life" combines oral history, field recordings, soundscapes, found sounds, appropriation, cut ups, sound effects, and audio narrative sampling to provide an acousmatic, biographical soundscape in the context of a 28-minute radio program. Not a typical radio documentary, nor a narrated history, "Sounds of My Life" is driven by the research question, "How can one tell a complicated story using only digital sound(s) captured from the originalaural event(s)?"

Dr. John's Eazy-Peazy Guides
Web-based, award-winning tutorials for improving skills in writing, research, HTML, public speaking, and creative thinking. Dr. John's Eazy-Peazy Guide to Creative Ideas was included in 101 Best Websites for Secondary Teachers (James Lerman. New York: International Society for Technology in Education, 2005), was featured in The Help Desk (1(6) June 21, 2002), an online newsletter supporting Kentucky education, and was selected by Encyclopedia Britannica as one of its "100 Best Websites for Teachers." Good Web Guide called Dr. John "perhaps the internet's most helpful lecturer."

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Grants and Fund Raising
Internal
$500. Spring 2011. CLA Special Projects. To support a public showcase, a workshop, and an Apple Developer's License associated with the summer CMDC Mobile Tech Research Initiative.

$750. Spring 2011. Associated Students of Washington State University Vancouver. To support National Unpublished Writers' Day, 30 January 2011, at Clark County Histsorical Society.

$75. Spring 2011. College of Liberal Arts Special Projects Grant. To fund speaker's fee for DTC 338 Digital Graphic Novels class.

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Teaching
Washington State University-Vancouver
Vancouver, WA, 2006-Present
The Creative Media & Digital Culture Program
  • DTC 336 Composition and Design
  • DTC 338 Special Topics: Digital Archiving and Curating
  • DTC 338 Special Topics: Digital Audio
  • DTC 338 Special Topics: Digital Graphic Novels
  • DTC 355 Multimedia Authoring
  • DTC 375 Language, Text, and Technology
  • DTC 476 Digital Literacies: Senior Capstone
  • DTC 478 Usability and Interface Design

The University of Texas at Dallas
Dallas, TX, 2001-2006
School of Arts and Humanities
  • LIT 3311 Science Fiction Literature: Graphic Novels
  • LIT 3311 Science Fiction Literature: Thematic Survey
  • HUSL 7333 Special Topics: Academic and Scholarly Writing (graduate)
  • HUSL 7334 Rhetoric Practicum: Teaching Composition (graduate)
  • CS 5V81 Advanced Technical and Professional Communications (graduate)
  • RHET 1302 Argumentative Essay

Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX, 2003-2006
  • School of Engineering
    • ENCE 3302 Engineering Communication
  • Department of English, Dedham College, 1999-2000
    • ENGL 2301 Scientific and Technical Writing
    • ENGL 1302 Seminar in Rhetoric

Texas Woman's University
Denton, TX, 1999-2000
Department of English, Speech, and Foreign Languages
  • English Literary Masterpieces
  • World Literature

Medtronic-Midas Rex Institute
Fort Worth, TX, 1998-1999
Education Division
  • Designed, developed, and delivered highly technical laboratory courses focusing on the utilization of powered medical technology in Neurological, Orthopedic, and Craniofacial surgery
  • Researched and wrote new or revised teaching materials, curriculum, user manuals, articles for professional publication, and Institute communications

Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA, 1995-1998
Department of Language and Communication
  • Technical Communications
  • Computers and Composition (graduate and undergraduate)
  • Composition Theory (graduate and undergraduate)
  • Creative Writing
  • Advanced Composition
  • Composition and Rhetoric II

Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA, 1994-1995
  • English Department
    • Technical Communications
    • Research Writing
    • Humanities literature
    • Basic Writing
  • American Language Institute
    • Computer-assisted language learning in intensive English for Academic Purposes curriculum. Administration and maintenance of computer lab.
  • School of Continuing Education
    • Writing From Sight to Insight
    • Creative Writing
    • Express Yourself: Personal Journal Writing
    • How to Get Published
    • Public Relations for Community Organizations

Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Asheville, NC, 1991-1992
English Department
  • English Literature: Anglo-Saxon to Middle Ages
  • English Literature: 18th Century to Romantic Period
  • English Literature: Victorian to Modern
  • Public Speaking

The University of North Carolina at Asheville
Asheville, NC, 1989-1992
Department of Literature and Language
  • Writing as Inquiry
  • Writing and Critical Thinking
  • Communications for Management
  • Humanities and the Modern World

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL, 1987-1988
English Department
  • Taught process writing skills and computer word processing, remedial to doctoral student levels, native and nonnative speakers, at University Writing Center.

Eastern Montana College
Billings, MT, 1985-1987
Library Faculty
  • Administered media services program to support education and research.

Workshops Taught
  • "Project Planning for Multimodal Scholarship: A Whiteboard Approach to Designing Projects with Digital Video, Audio, and Images in Mind." THATCamp Pacific Northwest, Seattle, WA, October 23-24, 2010.
    (with Dene Grigar and Will Leurs)
  • "Integrating Usability Testing into Humanities Scholarship: Learning to Sample Test Your Designs and Ideas." THATCamp Pacific Northwest, Seattle, WA, October 23-24, 2010.
    (with Brett Oppegarrd)
  • "Creating Online Resources for the Language Arts/English Classroom." National Council of Teachers of English. Milwaukee, WI November 2000.
    Creating web pages, web folios, web syllabi, and other resources for online classes.
  • "Advanced Internet Workshop: Using the Internet for the Teaching of literature, Composition, and Research." National Council of Teachers of English. Denver, CO, November 1999.
    Utilizing the World Wide Web, email, and electronic databases for the teaching of literature, composition, and research.
  • "Advanced Internet Workshop: Using the Internet for the Teaching of literature, Composition, and Research." National Council of Teachers of English. Nashville, TN, November 1998.
    Utilizing the World Wide Web, email, and electronic databases for the teaching of literature, composition, and research.
  • "Getting Started with and Getting More Out of the Internet." National Council of Teachers of English. Detroit, MI, November 1997.
  • "Using the Internet for Research." Engl 1010 and 1020 Teacher Inservice Workshop. Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA, August 1997.
  • "Helping Teachers Understand and Implement Computer Technology in Their Own Classroom Pedagogy." Computers and Writing. Honolulu, HI, June 1997.
    Provides an introduction to computer technology as well as an orientation regarding how it might be used for the teaching and learning of writing.
  • "Planning and Funding A Computer Classroom: A Hands-on, How-to, Can-do Workshop." Computers and Writing. Honolulu, HI, June 1997.
    Provides advice and examples regarding putting together grants and planning such elements as equipment, software, staff, schedules, maintenance for educational computer classrooms/labs.
  • "3Ps and 4Cs, or How To Propose, Prepare, and Perform a Conference Presentation." Conference on College Composition and Communication. Phoenix, AZ, March 1997.
    Helps participants effectively organize, prepare and deliver future 4Cs presentations.
  • "Doing More With Less: Classroom Pedagogical and Curricular Activities for Teachers with limited Technology Resources." National Council of Teachers of English. Chicago, IL, November 1996.
    Successful strategies and offer practical advice for the successful utilization of limited computer technology and media resources.
  • "The Internet: An Educator's Introduction." National Council of Teachers of English. Chicago, IL, November 1996.
    Provides a hands on introduction to email, newsgroups, various utilities such as gopher, ftp, telnet, and a more detailed tour of the World Wide Web.
  • "Proposing, Preparing, and Performing Effective Conference Presentations." Louisiana Council of Teachers of English and Louisiana Association of College Composition Joint Conference. Alexandria, LA, October 1996.
    Developing a framework for panel and individual presentation proposals, and effectively delivering conference presentations.
  • "Interactive Teaching: Helping Teachers Understand and Implement Computer Technology in Their Own Classroom Pedagogy." Computers and Writing. Logan, UT, June 1996.
  • "Limited Resources+Computer Games=Critical Thinking? It's Possible." National Council of Teachers of English. San Diego, CA, November 1995.
    Provides a brief overview of computer-aided, game-based instruction with emphasis on the interactive computer game "Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?," showing how it can be used to involve learners in listening, reading, writing, researching, and decision making exercises—all of which can help improve critical thinking.
  • "The Internet: An Educator's Introduction." National Council of Teachers of English. San Diego, CA, November 1995.
    Provides a brief overview and demonstration of computer resources available to teachers.

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Research Advising / Mentoring
Post-Doctoral Research
Advisor/mentor for Fulbright Visiting Scholar Dr. Nataliya Shyplova, August 2008-July 2009
Selected, because of research focus on American author Richard Brautigan, by The Institute of International Education and the Fulbright Scholars Program to mentor Dr. Nataliya Shyplova, faculty member of the Center of American Literary Studies at Bohdan Khmelnytsky State University, Cherkaksy, Ukraine. Dr. Shyplova was granted a one-year Visiting Researcher Fulbright scholarship to study Richard Brautigan and his place within the literary and artistic continuum of the 1960s and 1970s. Mentored and advised Dr. Shyplova to prepare and present the following research:
"Richard Brautigan: The Magic of the Fragmented Word." 19th Annual Mardi Gras Conference. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, February 2009. "Addresses Brautigan's literary uniqueness rooted in a fantastic variety of different cultural and literary traditions that creates a vital artistic continuum marked by energy and ceaseless movement. Brautigan's fragmented artistic world is analyzed from the perspective of the dialogue between the Beats and postmodernism."

"Performance Potential in Richard Brautigan's Works." 17th Annual Acacia Conference. California State University, Fullerton, CA. March 2009. "Addresses the strategies Richard Brautigan used in his works to create an inspiring artistic 'chaosmos' that incorporates the principle of all-inclusiveness masking the search for the illusory harmony and balance. The focus is on Brautigan's characteristic presentation of a plural vision stirring up the artistic exchange and communication."

"Richard Brautigan: Inspiration for Literary Diversity." 2008 Digital Technology & Culture Artists and Scholars Talks. Clark County Historical Museum, Vancouver, WA, 1 October 2008. "Discusses the sources Richard Brautigan may have tapped as inspiration for his signature writing style."

Contemporary American Literature: From the Beats to Postmodernism. Work in progress. A manuscript for a book focusing on the transformation from the Beat literary paradigm to postmodernism, suggesting the diverse American literary continuum as the basis for the further cultural and literary vitality and development. Richard Brautigan's works are used to illustrate this evolvement via the postmodern literary polyphony, implying the interactive "chaosmos" of the diverse elements finding their way into the heterogeneous artistic universe from which such writing evolved.

Undergraduate Research
Advisor. Triana Collins. "A Children's Market: Sex Slavery in Portland and Vancouver." Research Showcase, Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, 14 April 2011. Top award.

Advisor. "Collecting, Archiving, and Sharing Born-Digital Electronic Literature: The Brautigan Library Case Study." Christina Roberts, Sam Kropp, and Jeannette Altman. 2011 Research Showcase, Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, 14 April 2011.

Advisor. "The Brautigan Library." Christina Roberts and Jeannette Altman. 2011 Research Showcase. Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 25 March 2011.

Advisor. "CityCube." Reed Rotondo. International Digital Media and Arts Association 2010 Student Showcase, November 2010, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Honorable mention.

Advisor. "CityCube." Ross Swanson and Reed Rotondo. 2010 Research Showcase, Washington State University Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, 15 April 2010. First Place award.

Advisor. "CityCube." Ross Swanson and Reed Rotondo. 2010 Research Showcase, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, March 2010.

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Service to Washington State University Vancouver
Committees and Leadership Roles
  • University Diversity Council, April 2011-present
    chair-elect 2011-2012; chair 2012-2013
  • Student Leadership Award Selection Committee, March-April 2011
    Selected recipients for competitive Club of the Year, Humanitarian, Emerging Leader, and Student Leadership Awards
  • University Leadership Committee, October 2010-present
  • KOUG Radio, Faculty Advisor, 2009-present
  • Media Board, 2008-present
    • Invited membership
    • Oversees all Services and Activity Fee funded campus media programs including student newspaper, literary journal, and radio station
    • My role: Faculty Advisor, KOUG Radio
  • Digital Technology and Culture Program Advisory Committee, 2006-present
  • Service and Activities Facilities Fee Allocation Committee, April 2007-2010
    • Appointed by the Chancellor
    • Committee recruited budget request submissions, held hearings, and made allocations of approximately $500,000
    • Provided leadership in initiating questions and evaluating responses to balance competing needs and broadly represented student preferences
  • Digital Technology and Culture Club, Faculty Sponsor, academic year 2007-2008

Student Recruitment
  • GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program)
    • Faculty Presentation, May 2007
  • MOSAIC: College Awareness and Outreach Program
    • Faculty Presentation, 21 May and 13 February 2009
    • Faculty Presentation, 15 May and 29 February 2008
  • PACE Academy, Center for Youth Workforce Preparation
    • Instructor, "Art with Computers," 6-10 August 2007
  • Preview Day
    • Program Representative, 8 April 2011
    • Program Representative, 17 November, 16 October, 2 April 2010
    • Program Representative, 18 November, 17 October, and 3 April 2009
    • Program Representative, 5 November, 18 October, and 4 April 2008
    • Program Representative, 14 November, 20 October, 6 April, and 26 February 2007
  • ROAR: Orientation Sessions
    • Panelist: Academic Culture and Faculty Expectations, 17 August and 6 January 2010
    • Panelist: Academic Culture and Faculty Expectations, 2 September and 18-19 August 2009
  • Faculty Presentations
    • R.A. Long High School, 17 May 2011
    • Heritage High School, 11 and 12 May 2011
    • McLoughlin Middle School, 30 April 2010
    • Hudson's Bay High School visit, 23 January 2009
    • Centennial High School visit, 15 May 2008

Program / University Representative
  • "WSU Vancouver Cougar Chat." Clark College, Vancouver, WA. 18 February 2011.
    Presented The Creative Media & Digital Culture Program to college and career counselors.
  • 6th Annual High School Counselor Breakfast, 5 October 2010
    Featured speaker; presented The Creative Media & Digital Culture Program to 33 high school career counselors
  • MediartZ, North Bank Artists Gallery, Vancouver, WA, 1-30 October 2009
    Interactive media arts exhibition and events
  • "An Afternoon of Digital Music, Interactive Dance, and Electronic Literature," 28 September 2007
    Co-sponsored by the Clark College Art and Graphic Communications and Printing department and Digital Technology and Culture program
  • WSUV Representative, Clark County Fair, 12 August 2007

Other Professional Service
Directorships
Assistant to the Dean, 2004-2006
School of Arts and Humanities
The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX
  • Responsible for course and faculty scheduling, advising, and program development

Acting Director of Rhetoric and Writing, 2005-2006
School of Arts and Humanities
The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX
  • Administered and managed program offering multiple sections of Rhetoric 1302 (Argumentative Essay)
  • Supervised twenty graduate teaching assistants
  • Oversaw professionalization of graduate students
  • Taught graduate practicum courses; mentored graduate students

Assistant Director of Rhetoric and Writing, 2002-2005
School of Arts and Humanities
The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX
  • Developed training materials and resources for Teaching Assistants
  • Acted as a liaison to the University Library
  • Conducted in-class evaluations of Teaching Assistants
  • Managed Teaching Assistant Office
  • Assisted textbook review decisions
  • Conducted workshops and training sessions
  • Participated in Writing Instruction Task Force

Steering Committee, Emerging Communication Arts Program, 2004-2005
School of Arts and Humanities
The University of Texas at Dallas
  • Designed new communication program focusing on emerging forms of electronic communications

Director, University Writing Center, 1996-1997
Department of Language and Communication
Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA
  • Responsible for daily administrative duties as well as long-range planning
  • Provided resources for writers of all levels and from all disciplines
  • Trained/mentored Graduate Teaching Assistants

Director, Media Services, 1985-1987
Eastern Montana College, Billings, MT
  • Administered University Library media services program to support undergraduate and graduate education and research

International/National Conference Administration
Conference Co-Chair, May 2008
Electronic Literature Organization "Visionary Landscapes" Conference and Media Arts Show
Vancouver, WA
  • Coordinated conference registration and materials production
  • Built and maintained conference web site
  • Co-curated three media art shows

Moderator/Discussion Leader, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 1998, 1997
Research Network Forum
Conference of College Composition and Communication

Moderator/Discussion leader, 2001
Graduate Research Network, Computers and Writing Conference
Muncie, IN

Conference Co-Chair, 2000
Computers and Writing 2000 Conference
Fort Worth, TX
  • Coordinated conference details and arrangements for this international conference
  • Developed and maintained conference world wide web site
  • Coordinated production of conference presentation abstracts book
  • Coordinated production of conference program book
  • Solicited over $50,000 in funding from publishers and other organizations

Proposal Review, 1997-1999
Computers and Writing Conference Proposal Review Committee

Moderator, 15-30 June 1998
"Cyberliteracy Discussion Section." Rhetoric and Technology in the Next Millennium: An Asynchronous Interactive Rhetoric Computer Conference
Federation of North Texas Area Universities
Denton, TX

Coordinator, 1997
Assembly on Computers in English Studies Center
National Council of Teachers of English Conference
  • Organized and scheduled over 33 presentations/demonstrations featuring over 20 individual presenters

Boards of Directors, National Committees, Editorial Boards
  • Board of Directors, Fort Vancouver Community Television, Vancouver, WA, January 2010-present
  • Review Board, Leonardo Digital Reviews, MIT Press and International Society for Arts, Sciences, and Technology, 2003-present
  • Computers and Community Editor, Computers and Composition: An International Journal for Teachers of English, 1997-1998
  • Editorial Board, Kairos: A Journal For Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments, 1997-2002
  • Instructional Technology Committee, National Council of Teachers of English, 1997-2001
  • Reviewer, CCCC Bibliography of Composition and Rhetoric, 1992-1993
  • Editorial Board, The ACE Journal (The Journal of the NCTE Assembly on Computers in English)
  • Short Fiction Judge, Southern Literary Festival, Mississippi State University, 1997

Consultations
  • iDeal Reader electronic publishing, McGraw-Hill Companies, 2001-present
  • Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, NC, 1996
    • Provided curricula and pedagogical considerations for new computer augmented writing center
    • Installed computer lab and local area network
  • Michigan Technological University, 1996
    • Campus Coordinator for "Research Project Regarding the Use of Computer Technology for Teaching and Learning" conducted by the Center for Computer-Assisted Language Instruction
  • University of Puerto Rico, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, 1996
    • Developed and implemented a computer writing lab under a Title III grant
    • Facilitated workshops for faculty of English and Spanish departments about use of computers in writing lab
  • Writing Program Administration, 1996
    • Invited member of focus group conducted by Mara Holt, Director of Composition, Department of English, and Leon Anderson, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ohio University

Professional Organizations Memberships
  • Electronic Literature Organization
  • International Digital Media and Arts Association
  • Society for Science, Literature, and Art
  • Computers and Writing
  • Conference on College Composition and Communication

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Civic Engagement
  • At Home At School
  • Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Washington
  • City of Vancouver, City Manager's Office
    • Consultant, translation of City website into German and other foreign languages, August-December 2007
  • Clark County Administration
    • Consultant, Local Revitalization $12.5 million funded grant, September 2009
  • Clark County Public Utilities Stream Stewards Program
    • Crew leader for tree planting and salmon stream restoration projects, September 2008-2010
  • Columbia River Economic Development Council
  • Council of the Homeless Vancouver, Community Voice Mail
    • Advisor, informational video about voice mail message system for clients, June-July 2007
  • Downtown Vancouver Merchant's Association
    • Advisor, 3-D animation of downtown Vancouver, August 2009-March 2010
  • Fort Vancouver Community Television
    • Board of Directors, January 2010-present
    • Host, Telethon 2009
    • Advisor, Community Access Media course in conjunction with WSUV, January-May 2009
    • Host, "Clark County Connects," October 2008-present
    • Production crew for remote broadcasts, 2010-present
  • Fort Vancouver Regional Library District
    • Consultant, multimedia teaching environment for new library building, Fall 2007
  • Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce
    • Presentation: "Digital Future: Today's Technologies and their Implications for the Future" 2 June 2009
  • InterACT Clark County
    • Advisor, web site construction and Project Service Leadership program
  • Killian-Pacific
    • Advisor, Grand Central and 101 Main projects and corporate web site, January 2008-present
  • Living in Southwest Washington
  • Open House Ministries
  • Turkey Trot Community Fundraiser Family Fun Run
  • Vancouver Fire Department
  • Vancouver Mural Society
    • Consultant, web site construction, September 2009
  • Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
  • Vida's Ark
    • Advisor, informational video production, July-August 2008

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Press and Media Attention
Brautigan Bibliography and Archive
  • Anonymous. "Barber Brings Back Brautigan." Entertainment Today 22-28 September 2006: 6.
  • Anonymous. "John F. Barber on Richard Brautigan." 28 November 2007.
    Originally available at: www.dougsmith.info/Download1.html; but no longer available.
    "A 10 question 'innerview' with Dr. John F. Barber on writer Richard Brautigan. Barber's answers are insightful, to say the least, and help show why Brautigan matters (maybe even more now) in the 21st century. For example, on why Brautigan matters, Barber notes the novel "Williard and his Bowling Trophies" seems to foreshadow text-messaging. "In Watermelon Sugar" pre-dates the Jonestown or Waco massacres and speaks to the desperate acts people will undertake when their reason for existence seems threatened."
  • Anonymous. "Richard Brautigan Bibliography." ReadersVoice.com, February 2004.
  • Anonymous. "Sombre Anniversary Recasts Light on an Awe-Inspiring Writer . . . Left for Dead in the Shadow of America's Beat Generation." Independent Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), Seven Days section, Sunday Herald, 31 October 2004.
  • Appelo, Tim. "Slum Sparrow Millionaire." City Arts Tacoma April 2009: 16-21.
  • Newman, Andy. "A Snowy March 18, Shrouded in Poetic Mystery." The New York Times City Room Blog, 18 March 2011.
  • Tolmic, Nicole. "Research That Goes Beyond the Books." The VanCougar 11(16) 7 February 2011: 1, 2.

The Brautigan Library

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship

National Unpublished Writers' Day

Fulbright Research Mentorship
  • Anonymous. "Fulbright Scholar." The VanCougar 3 November 2008: 1, 15.
  • Anonymous. "DTC Faculty Will Mentor Visiting Fulbright Researcher." WSU Today 8 August 2008.

Community Media

Program, Service, etc.

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Other Professional Experience
  • Content Strategist, Scient, Dallas, TX, 2000-2001
    Facilitated design and implementation of ergonomic rhetorical interfaces to successfully colonize new online commerce spaces. Developed overall strategy for appropriate philosophy and methodology of communication. Created plans for development/creation of appropriate content. Created guidelines for appropriate editorial voice and style. Facilitated functional usability requirements for style, voice, and content.
  • Director of Communications, Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, Asheville, NC, 1998-1991
    Responsible for all communications issued under the Chamber logo. Responsibilities included writing, editing, and production of newsletters, annual reports, targeted economic development reports, visitor information packets, press releases, and speeches.
    Example publications:
    • Asheville Report (monthly membership newsletter)
    • North Carolina Mountains Group Tour Highlights (quarterly group tour operators newsletter)
    • Programs of work, annual reports, economic development reports, directories, and guides
    • Relocation guides for individuals and businesses considering relocation to Asheville
    Award winning publications:
    • Downtown Development Brochure
      Award of Excellence, American Chamber of Commerce Executives, 1990
    • 1989-90 Action Plan
      Award of Merit, American Chamber of Commerce Executives, 1990
    • Manufacturers Directory
      Award of Superior, Southern Industrial Development Council, 1989
    • Asheville Report (newsletter, Jul. 1989 issue)
      Award of Excellence, Southern Industrial Development Council, 1989
    • 1988-89 Membership Directory
      Honorable Mention, North Carolina Press Association
  • Advertising Producer, Aldrich & Helm Advertising and KULR-TV, Billings, MT, 1984-1986
    Conceived, designed, and produced print and electronic advertising deliverables and campaigns
  • Director of Employee Programs, Yellowstone National Park, WY, 1977-1979
    Responsible for designing, developing, and delivering training and orientation programs for all seasonal employees and mid-level managers. Wrote and edited recruiting materials, employee reference materials, and newsletters.
    Example publications:
    • Yellowstone Backcountry Basics and Trail Guide. 1979-1980. 84 pages.
    • So, You Want To Be A Supervisor? 1979-1980.
    • Yellowstone and You. 1977-1980.
    • The Yellowstone Gazette. 1977-1979.

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Other Publications
Books: Research
  • Presentation Abstracts: Computers and Writing 2000 Conference. New York: Chapbooks, 2000. 221 pages.
  • Conference Program: Computers and Writing 2000 Conference. New York: Chapbooks, 2000. 96 pages.

Books: Non Fiction
  • Commissioning of Asheville. Asheville, NC: Blue Ridge. 1991.
    Limited edition (3,000 copies) commemorating the commissioning of the U.S. Navy submarine, USS Asheville on 28 September 1991.
  • Old Yellowstone Views. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press. 1987.
    "Should not be missed by any who treasure collections of vintage photos, or by those interested in the history of parks in America." Midwest Book Review
    "This is the story of Yellowstone National Park told through the words and photographs of the park's many visitors." Annals of Wyoming, Spring 1988.
    "This is an absorbing, thoroughly enjoyable and genuinely valuable book." The Searchlight, 2 July 1987.
    "An engaging glimpse of Yellowstone as it was before the onslaught of hordes of tourists." American West, November/December 1987.
  • Ribbons of Water: The Waterfalls and Cascades of Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone National Park: Yellowstone Library and Museum Association. 1984.
  • Yellowstone Ski Tours. Yellowstone National Park, WY: The Rocky Mountain Trading Co. 1979.
  • Ski Touring in Northern Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park, WY: The Rocky Mountain Trading Co. 1978.

Articles: Business/Technical
Big Sky Business Journal
Billings, MT, 1984-1986, 13 articles
  • "Melody's Offers New Entertainment." 15 August 1986: 6.
  • "TV3 Moves To Future." 15 December 1985: 1.
  • "Firm Specializes In Corvettes." 1 December 1985: 1.
  • "$117 Million Cody Project." 15 Nov.1985: 1.
  • "The Automated Office Has Much To Offer." 15 November 1985: 5.
  • "Sugar Beet Crop Not Up To Par." 1 November 1985: 1.
  • "Bureau To Move." 1 October 1985: 1.
  • "Used Computer Fair Planned At Rocky." 15 April 1984: 1.
  • "Park Visitations To Be Up." 15 April 1984: 1.
  • "Computer Exposition." 15 March 1984: 1.
  • "Some Advice On Advertising." 1 March 1984: 1.
  • "Computer Business Exposition To Be Held." 15 January 1984: 1.
  • "Mailbox Clutter." 1 January 1984: 1.

Book Reviews
The Penn Indiana, PA, 1992-1993, 40 reviews
  • "Ex-Mobster Details Mafia Life." 27 October 1993: 13.
  • "Novel Examines NASCAR of Vietnam Era." 15 October 1993: 10.
  • "Novel Recounts Race-Related Homicide." 15 October 1993: 12.
  • "Novel Chronicles Immigrants' Experience." 8 October 1993: 12.
  • "Book Questions Japan's Economic Power." 29 September 1993: 15.
  • "Palmer Novel an Exercise in Wordiness." 28 April 1993: 13.
  • "Escaping His Fears of Adventure." 23 April 1993: 12, 15.
  • "Hot to Trot in Trouble." 16 April 1993: 15.
  • "Hostage Deals with Crisis." 16 April 1993: 15, 16.
  • "Thrilling us all with Stephen King's Real Life." 9 April 1993: 7.
  • "Sherwood Shines On." 7 April 1993: 16.
  • "Vietnam: Tragic War Receives New Perspective." 24 March 1993: 8.
  • "New Twist in Soviet Novel." 12 March 1993: 6, 7.
  • "Worry Beads." 10 March 1993: 6.
  • "Gorillas Out of the Mist." 26 February 1993: 8,9.
  • "All Fall Down." 17 February 1993: 13, 14.
  • "Body of Evidence." 10 February 1993: 14, 16.
  • "A Real Man and Other Stories." 3 February 1993: 13, 14.
  • "Dreams of long lasting." 27 January 1993: 15.
  • "Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll." 9 December 1992: 11.
  • "Managing the Future." 18 November 1982: 11.
  • "The Eighth Continent." 11 November 1992: 11.
  • "How Grand a Flame." 4 November 1992: 9.
  • "Give War a Chance." 28 October 1992: 12.
  • "The Long Crossing." 21 October 1992: 13.
  • "Show Me the Way to Go Home." 14 October 1992: 12.
  • "The Singing Teacher." 7 October 1992: 12.
  • "This Way Madness Lies." 23 September 1992: 12.
  • "Female Characters Use Strong Voices." 18 September 1992: 9.
  • "Premier Novel by Hauptman Set in the Texas Panhandle." 9 September 1992: 15.
  • "'Begin to Exit Here' Reflects Reality of Author's Life." 30 August 1992: 40.
  • "'Company Man' Reveals Essential Truths." 10 August 1992: 9.
  • "Book Makes a Good Bedside Companion." 10 August 1992: 9.
  • "'Journal' Provokes Thought." 3 August 1992: 9.
  • "Nixon Advises America in Newest Book." 27 July 1992: 8.
  • "Novel Tells of Family Feud." 20 July 1992: 8.
  • "Science Fiction Depicts Future." 13 July 1992: 8, 10.
  • "'Ishmael' Explores Evolution." 29 June 1992: 8, 9.
  • "Railroads' Role Examined." 22 June 1992: 8.

39 Plus
(Formerly Carolina Senior Citizen), Asheville, NC, 1989-1994, 59 reviews.
  • "Ishmael." April 1994: 22, 23.
  • "Dreams of Long Lasting." March 1994: 22.
  • "Wolf Whistle." February 1994: 22.
  • "On the 7th Day, God Created the Chevrolet." January 1994: 22.
  • "Daughters of Memory." November 1993: 22.
  • "All Aboard." September 1993: 22, 23.
  • "How I Get Through Life." August 1993: 22, 27.
  • "Company Man." May 1993: 26, 27.
  • "This Way Madness Lies." April 1993: 26.
  • "The Storm Season." March 1993: 26.
  • "A Journal of the Flood Year." February 1993: 26.
  • "The Singing Teacher." January 1993: 26.
  • "Crash Diet." December 1992: 26.
  • "Booked on the Morning Train." November 1992: 26.
  • "Seize the Moment." October 1992: 26, 31.
  • "The Long Crossing." September 1992: 26.
  • "How Grand a Flame." July 1992: 26, 31.
  • "Chapters and Verse." June 1992: 26, 38.
  • "Worry Beads." May 1992: 26.
  • "The Dark Romance of Dian Fossey." April 1992: 26.
  • "The Vanderbilts and the Gilded Age." March 1992: 26.
  • "Fortune's Children." February 1992: 22, 24.
  • "The Piranhas." January 1992: 22.
  • "The Sun Also Sets." December 1991: 26.
  • "The Florentine Papers." November 1991: 26.
  • "Body of Evidence." October 1991: 26.
  • "Refugio, They Named You Wrong." September 1991: 26.
  • "The Man Who Changed the World." August 1991: 26, 28.
  • "Glorious Defiance." July 1991: 26.
  • "Greenways for America." June 1991: 26, 28.
  • "Even Eagles Die." May 1991: 26, 28.
  • "The Apple Green Triumph." April 1991: 26.
  • "Gone to Earth." March 1991: 26.
  • "When the Water Smokes." February 1991: 18.
  • "If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O." January 1991: 18, 20.
  • "Along the Waccamaw." December 1990: 26.
  • "Around the World in 80 Days." November 1990: 26.
  • "Malaria Dreams." October 1990: 26, 38.
  • "Fragile Majesty." September 1990: 26, 35.
  • "A Tale of Trails." August 1990: 31, 39.
  • "First Light." July 1990: 31, 39.
  • "Accident." June 1990: 31.
  • "Video Night in Kathmandu." May 1990: 31, 39.
  • "Commodore Vanderbilt and His Family." April 1990: 31.
  • "Kill the Messenger." March 1990: 27.
  • "The Neon Bible." February 1990: 23.
  • "Conscience of a Conservationist." January 1990: 27, 33.
  • "Making Hay." December 1989: 27.
  • "The Panama Hat Trail." November 1989: 23, 35.
  • "Lizzie: The Letters of Elizabeth Chester Fisk." October 1989: 23.
  • "The Comeback Kids." September 1989: 23, 31.
  • "Dream Train." August 1989: 23, 33.
  • "The Floatplane Notebooks." July 1989: 23.
  • "Herb 'n' Lorna." June 1989: 23.
  • "Nothing to Declare." May 1989: 23, 24.
  • "For the Record." April 1989: 23, 33, 34.
  • "The Bonfire of the Vanities." March 1989: 23.

Asheville Citizen-Times Asheville, NC, 1988-1992, 123 reviews
  • "Caught Between Dreams." 20 December 1992: 8L.
  • "'Mall-Mythology' for the Future." 28 June 1992: 6L.
  • "Grodin's Guide to Life." 21 June 1992: 6L.
  • "When the Wall Fails in Future." 14 June 1992: 6L.
  • "'All Aboard!' Links Railroads to History." 7 June 1992: 6L.
  • "Skramstad Hits All the Right Notes in 'Singing Teacher'." 10 May 1992: 6L.
  • "Jill McCorkle Serves Feast in "Crash Diet'." 3 May 1992: 6L.
  • "Reporter Turned Novelist Takes Off-Beat Look at the News Beat." 26 April 1992: 6L.
  • "Being Black in Business World." 5 April 1992: 6L.
  • "A Passion for Destruction." 29 March 1992: 8L.
  • "Meet the Wacky Winslow Family." 22 March 1992: 6L.
  • "Plantation Days." 8 March 1992: 6L.
  • "Lonely Labrador." 1 March 1992: 6L.
  • "Call Him 'Ishmael'." 23 February 1992: 6L.
  • "Nixon's New World Order." 9 February 1992: 6L.
  • "Sisters Shelter Secrets." 1 February 1992: 6L.
  • "First Novel Meant for Upright Piano Played Late at Night." 19 January 1992: 6L.
  • "Tales of Americans Drawn into Intrigue." 5 January 1992: 6L.
  • "Caputo Files His Reports from 'Age of Terrorism'." 29 December 1991: 6L.
  • "Mobster Breaks Code of Silence About Brotherhood of Evil." 22 December 1991: 6L.
  • "Story Behind Ghoul Master Stephen King." 15 December 1991: 6L.
  • "Historical Novel Recasts Robin Hood into an Earlier Time." 1 December 1991: 6L.
  • "Second of Trilogy Shows Mafia Trying to Muscle into Motor City." 17 November 1991: 6L.
  • "Change in the '90s." 10 November 1991: 6L.
  • "Brown Stakes out Faulkner's Territory for Own." 20 October 1991: 6L.
  • "How 'Citizen Chandler' Bested Hearst." 13 October 1991: 6L.
  • "When War Makes Everything Else Unreal." 22 September 1991: 6L.
  • "Robbins Plunges into Finances With the Piranhas." 8 September 1991: 6L.
  • "Shocking Glasnost." 1 September 1991: 6L.
  • "Hostages." 18 August 1991: 6L.
  • "Debut Novel Screens Home Movies of Memory." 4 August 1991: 6L.
  • "'Sun Also Sets' Set to Quell Fears." 28 July 1991: 6L.
  • "Novel Explores Collision of Religion and Passion." 21 July 1991: 6L.
  • "Nance Dude's Legend of Murder and Survival." 14 July 1991: 6L.
  • "Gorillas in the Mind." 7 July 1991: 6L.
  • "Couple Write Environmental Thriller Set in WNC Mountains." 29 June 1991: 6L.
  • "Gilded Gables." 32 June 1991: 6L.
  • "Solving a Centuries-Old Slaying." 16 June 1991: 6L.
  • "Dicing My Vegetable Love." 9 June 1991: 6L.
  • "Books, Like Waterfalls, Refresh by Flowing over Reader." 2 June 1991: 6L.
  • "New Spice in Melting Pot." 26 May 1991: 6L.
  • "Scheer Loses His Ticket on 'Morning Train'." 19 May 1991: 6L.
  • "Woods Crafts Thriller on Cumberland." 12 May 1991: 6L.
  • "How Bad Train Wrecks Turned into Good Ballads." 5 May 1991: 6L.
  • "No Dice on 'Going for Broke'." 21 April 1991: 6L.
  • "Bogosian Explores Moral Drift in American Culture." 7 April 1991: 4L.
  • "Novelist Asks What If Marilyn Was Still Alive." 31 March 1991: 4L.
  • "Squandering a Mint: How Commodore's Children Spent It All." 24 March 1991: 6L.
  • "Woman's Western Crosses Genre Boundaries into Realism." 17 March 1991: 6L.
  • "A Woman's Search for Herself on the Road." 10 March 1991: 6L.
  • "Female Forensic Expert Returns in New Mystery." 24 February 1991: 5L.
  • "Media Made Circus of Three Hapless Whales Trapped in Ice." 17 February 1991: 6L.
  • "Trouble, Transcendence in Bad Girl's Confessions." 10 February 1991: 6L.
  • "Writer Gains Few Insights in Himalayan Trek." 3 February 1991: 6L.
  • "Bourjaily Salutes Different Loves in Novel 'Old Soldier'." 27 January 1991: 6L.
  • "Changing the World, Did He Lose His Country?" 20 January 1991: 6L.
  • "James Herlihy's 'All Fall Down' Follows a Family Falling Apart." 13 January 1991: 6L.
  • "'Ghost of Sun' Pales in Reading." 6 January 1991: 3L.
  • "Sink or Swim: So Huncke Learned about Water." 30 December 1990: 7L.
  • "French Broad Featured in Greenways Guide." 23 December 1990: 6L.
  • "Hall Makes Her Hallmark the Woes of Southern Women." 2 December 1990: 3L.
  • "Book Questions Myth Behind Byrd the Explorer of Antarctica." 25 November 1990: 6L.
  • "Tongue-in-Cheek Sleuth Returns Formula for Good Reading." 18 November 1990: 6L.
  • "Transforming the Everyday into the Miraculous." 21 October 1990: 6L.
  • "Professor Takes up de Tocqueville's Challenge." 7 October 1990: 6L.
  • "'Compelling, Rewarding' Describe Author's Work." 7 October 1990: 6L.
  • "Understanding the Last Stand." 23 September 1990: 6L.
  • "Bang-Up Season Brings Back Pigskin Memories." 16 September 1990: 4L.
  • "Travel as Antidote for Divorce." 2 September 1990: 4L.
  • "Since Selma of the '60s, Civil Rights Have Marched On." 26 August 1990: 4L.
  • "'Wolf and Iron' Explores Future Iron Age." 19 August 1990: 5L.
  • "Robbins Plays with Perception of Reality." 12 August 1990: 4L.
  • "Class Reunion Invites Memories and Murder." 5 August 1990: 4L.
  • "Turow Shoulders Burden of Bestseller in 'Burden of Proof'." 22 July 1990: 6L.
  • "Still Whoring after His War." 15 July 1990: 6L.
  • "Transplanted Midwesterner Puts Down Southern Roots." 2 July 1990: 6L.
  • "Living by the Seasons Instead of the Clock." 2 July 1990: 6L.
  • "The Gatsby of West Texas." 24 June 1990: 8L.
  • "Diary of a Disgruntled Bus Driver." 10 June 1990: 6L.
  • "Lawman Finds Arresting Tales Along His Beat." 27 May 1990: 6L.
  • "A Caper of Connivance on the California Coast." 20 May 1990: 4L.
  • "Author Believes Telecomputers Will Make Television Obsolete." 13 May 1990: 6L.
  • "Python's Palin Retraces Trip Around Globe." 29 April 1990: 6L.
  • "AIDS Turns Casual Sex into Suicide." 22 April 1990: 8L.
  • "Greider Diagnoses Greed Behind Financial Fever." 15 April 1990: 6L.
  • "Who Holds the Future to Old-Growth Forests?" 8 April 1990: 6L.
  • "Novelist Writes Feverish Account of African Trek." 18 March 1990: 6L.
  • "What a 19-Year-Old Girl Knows." 18 February 1990: 2L.
  • "Charting the Commodore's Clan." 4 February 1990: 2L.
  • "Mapin Maneuvers Through Labyrinth of Heart." 28 January 1990: 2L.
  • "Trillin Hangs Around in Travel." 21 January 1990: 2L.
  • "Weaverville Woman Pens Newspaper Mystery." 14 January 1990: 2L.
  • "Real-Life Rambo of 17th Century Puts Errol Flynn to Shame." 7 January 1990: 2L.
  • "CIA Operative Searches for High-Placed Mole." 31 December 1989: 2L.
  • "'Missing Years' First Full Account of Hidden Past." 24 December 1989: 2L.
  • "Asia Assimilates Americanism, Anticipating Future." 17 December 1989: 2L.
  • "The Blight on the Brain and Landscape." 26 November 1989: 2L.
  • "Revenge Yarn Draws Yawns." 19 November 1989: 2L.
  • "Toole's First Novel Gives Teen-Age View of Town's Hypocrisy." 12 November 1989: 4L.
  • "Cartoonist Blames Weirdness on Coffee." 29 October 1989: 6L.
  • "Maori 'Mana' Mystifies Museums." 15 October 1989: 6L.
  • "Narrative of Nefarious Nevada." 8 October 1989: 6L.
  • "Couple Finds Commitment Comes After the Vows." 1 October 1989: 6L.
  • "Don't Scratch Head Over Origin of Panama Hat." 24 September 1989: 6L.
  • "'River Time' Runs Ponderous Stream of Self-Consciousness." 17 September 1989: 6L.
  • "'Making Hay' Sings of Hard Work." 17 September 1989: 6L.
  • "Novel Gets Under Skin of New Chicano." 10 September 1989: 6L.
  • "Ness Plays Negligible Role in Misleading Book." 27 August 1989: 6L.
  • "Novel Charts Travails of Frenchman in American College." 6 August 1989: 6L.
  • "Astronaut Back From Space Finds Terra Firma Crumbling." 30 July 1989: 6L.
  • "Frome Picks His Fights Like a Modern Thoreau." 23 July 1989: 6L.
  • "Pioneer Woman's Letters Serve as Time Machine." 16 July 1989: 6L.
  • "Learning the Facts of Love in Bird's 'Boyfriend School'." 25 June 1989: 6L.
  • "'Dream Train' Journeys Toward Self Knowledge." 28 May 1989: 6L.
  • "Cairns Scores With First Novel." 14 May 1989: 6L.
  • "Woman Takes Dangerous Travel to Self-Discovery." 30 April 1989: 6L.
  • "'Sensitive' Agents Serve to Foil Plot to Assassinate Gorbachev." 16 April 1989: 6L.
  • "The Trouble With Harry Is the Problem for Lizzie." 9 April 1989: 6L.
  • "Thurm Finds Epiphanies in Ordinary Happenings." 26 March 1989: 6L.
  • "Markham's Short Stories Make Africa Come Alive." 19 March 1989: 6L.
  • "This Parachute Full of Holes." 19 February 1989: 6L.
  • "Learning About Loving." 8 January 1989: 6L.
  • "Buckley Book Puts Castro Behind Plot." 18 December 1989: 6L.

Out 'n About Asheville, NC, 1989-1991, 38 reviews
  • "A Story About a 'Bad Girl' Who Makes a Good Mother." 6-20 September 1991: 5.
  • "Save the Whales and the Media." 9-23 August 1991: 9.
  • "Squaring History with Folk Music." 29 July-9 August 1991: 8.
  • "Author Reopens 300-Year-Old Murder." 14-28 June 1991: 10.
  • "In Search of a Real Man." 17-31 May 1991: 6.
  • "Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll and Eric Bogosian." 3-17 May 1991: 8.
  • "Some Lessons on Commitment." 22 March-5 April 1991: 10.
  • "Does Travel Heal?" 29 November-13 December 1990: 8.
  • "Documenting Black Struggle for Civil Rights in America." 1-15 November 1990: 11.
  • "First Light: A Tribute to Self-Discovery." 20 September-4 October 1990: 9.
  • "A Good Story with Potential but Hardly a Good Book." 12-26 July 1990: 8.
  • "Enjoyable Little Trip from Central Africa to Europe." 28 June-12 July 1990: 9.
  • "A Gritty Tale of the Pursuit of Death." 31 May-14 June 1990: 6.
  • "A Cynical Bit of Dark Humor." 17-31 May 1990: 9.
  • "A Look at the Commitment Riddle." 8-21 February 1990: 10, 20.
  • "A Serious History of the Vanderbilts." 8-21 February 1990: 10.
  • "Classic Espionage, Suspense in the Sankov Confession." 11-24 January 1990: 11.
  • "Men in Trouble Tackles Themes with Irreverence." 30 November-13 December 1989: 9.
  • "Garcia Too Shrewd [for] Optimistic Fairy Tales." 30 November-13 December 1989: 10.
  • "A Straight to the Heart Book." 16-29 November 1989: 11.
  • "Suburban Cows, [. . .] and Other Assorted Larsonisms." 16-29 November 1989: 10.
  • "Dispelling the Notion of Prophecy." 2-15 November 1989: 11.
  • "A New Journey on a Dream Train." 19 October-1 November 1989: 19, 23.
  • "A Work Straight to the Heart." 5-18 October 1989: 10.
  • "Adventure,Travel, Reporting on the Panama Hat Trail." 24 August-6 September 1989: 8.
  • "Atomic Candy Funny, Insightful and Surreal." 10-23 August 1989: 9.
  • "This Parachute Doesn't Work." 27 July-9 August 1989: 11, 23.
  • "Martin's Novel Worth Reading." 27 July-9 August 1989: 11.
  • "Markham Captures Readers with the Skill of a Storyteller." 13-26 July 1989: 8.
  • "Notebooks Weave Tapestry of Copeland Family History." 13-26 July 1989: 8.
  • "Catching the Flavor of the Game." 29 July-12 July 1989: 9, 20.
  • "Willing to do Anything for Billy" 1-14 June 1989: 5, 16.
  • "A Writer Travels with Her Fears." 18-31 May 1989: 8.
  • "An Insider's Look at the Presidency." 18-31 May 1989: 7.
  • "First-Class Storytelling in Strange Bedfellows." 6-19 April 1989: 8.
  • "Don't Learn Too Much from Jackson's Autobiography." 23 March-5 April 1989: 9, 16.
  • "Wolfe's Bonfire More Like a Pile of Wet, Smoking Leaves." 9-22 March 1989: 10-11.
  • "It's, Like the Story of My Life but, You Know, So What?" 9-22 February 1989: 11.

Miscellaneous Book Reviews, Travel, and Feature Articles
1989-1990, 5 reviews
  • "Essays of a Veteran Conservationist." Green Line April 1990: 17.
  • "6th Maupin Novel Goes Straight to Heart." The Salisbury Post 25 February 1990: 6E.
  • "Book Shortchanges Life on Neuse River." The Salisbury Post 1 October 1989: 5E.
  • "Conservationist Recalls Early Struggles." The Salisbury Post 27 August 1989: 6E.
  • "Soon a Film, but Read It Now and Enjoy the Fun." Durham Herald 9 July 1989: np.

Travel Articles Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville, NC, 1989-1991, 8 articles
  • "Disney's World Showcase: Walk World in a Day." 7 April 1991: 3L.
  • "Vladikavkaz Cups Majestic Caucasus in Palm of the Hand." 9 December 1990: 2L.
  • "Moscow Mixes Monuments to Revolution and Religion." 11 November 1990: 2L.
  • "An Affinity For the Finer Things in Finland." 28 October 1990: 2L.
  • "Calgary Claims Western Roots, Rich Culture, Olympic Sport." 9 September 1990: 2L.
  • "Austin Offers Entertainment Wide as Texas Prairie." 20 January 1990: 2L.
  • "Resort and Village Blend into Unique Mexican Vacation." 23 April 1989: 7L.
  • "Delta Queen Steamboat Voyages into America's Past." 9 April 1989: 7L.

Miscellaneous Travel Related Articles
  • "Vladikavkaz: Asheville's Sister City." Images of Asheville 1991: 36-37, 39.
  • "Ski Areas around Yellowstone National Park." Travelhost 8 December 1985: 9.
  • "Downhill Ski Areas." Travelhost 8 December 1985: 12-13.
  • "Delta Queen." Accent Travel Magazine March 1985: 11-12.
  • "Bivouac Bags." River World June 1979: 68.
  • "Storing Repair Tape." Nordic World March 1979: 12.
  • "The Best Advice About Getting Lost Is Don't." Nordic World March 1979: 14.
  • "Bootstrap Businesses." The Mother Earth News March 1979. 3-4.
  • "Emergency Bivouac Bag." Nordic World February 1979: 14.
  • "Yellowstone: Rediscovering Colter's Hell." Nordic Skiing January 1979: 28-33.
  • "Danger—Thin Ice." Nordic World September 1978: 10.
  • "Avoid That Winter Tragedy." Nordic World September 1978: 24-25.
  • "Get Ready for Backpacking." The Mother Earth News 51 May/June 1978: 62.

Feature Articles Carolina Senior Citizen, Asheville, NC, 1990, 6 articles
  • "Croquet: On the Ball." July 1990: 1, 11, 12.
  • "Talking Down to Seniors" April 1990: 12.
  • "Private Efforts Spearheaded Asheville's Renaissance." April 1990: 20, 25, 35.
  • "Asheville Ranked Highly by Retirees." March 1990: 35.
  • "Ambitious Plans for Asheville Riverfront." January 1990: 1, 6, 7.
  • "Asheville . . . A Nice Place To Visit." August 1989: 18-19, 20.

Miscellaneous Feature Articles
  • "Dancing a Way of Life." Asheville Citizen-Times Kituwah Program September 1991: 15.
  • "Ambitions Grow for Asheville's Waterfront." Green Line March 1991: 16.
  • "Vest-Pocket Park on Broadway?" Green Line March 1991: 19.
  • "Riverfront Rejuvenation A Long Term Goal." Blue Ridge Business February 1991: 4.
  • "[. . .] Desktop Publishing Brings Improvement." Chamber Executive September 1990: 5.
  • "Asheville [. . .] A Beautiful Place to Vacation." North Carolina July 1990: 22-27.
  • "[. . .] Recommendations for [. . .] Riverfront." Discovery News Winter 1989: 3, 9.
  • "A Conversation with Greg Walker." Discovery News Summer 1989: 10.
  • "Conversation with Greg Walker." Street Talk May/June 1989: 2.
  • "[. . .] Commission Chairman Looks To Future." Discovery News Winter 1988: 3-4.
  • "Soliloquy." Mountain Voice. December 1988: 10-11.
  • "Rendezvous." Mountain Voice. October 1988: 7-8.