Vita of Dale L. Sullivan, 2015 Dale L. Sullivan Professor of English Department of English NDSU, Dept. 2320 P.O. Box 6050 Fargo ND 58108-6050 Phone 701.231.7144, E-Mail
[email protected] Educational Background: • Ph. D. in Rhetoric and Communication, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1988. Dissertation: A Rhetoric of Children's Literature. Director: S. Michael Halloran. Focus on C. S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia and his reading theory. • Master of Arts in English, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, 1979. Masters thesis on C. S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce. • Bachelor of Arts, St. Mary of the Plains College, Dodge City, Kansas, 1977. Major-English; Minor-French. Magna Cum Laude. Professional Experience: North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND. Tenured, Professor of English, July 2003 to present. • Returned to faculty, June 2010. • Department Head, July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2010. Assumed faculty status fall 2010. o Responsible for scheduling classes; hiring, directing graduate studies; overseeing budget; evaluating faculty, lecturers, staff; assigning advisors, writing annual reports. o Worked with faculty to fully reform of English Curriculum, 2004- 05. o Worked with Director of Writing and General Education Committee to reform writing requirements at university—from traditional first-year sequence to vertical writing sequence. This process involved the development of several new discipline-specific writing courses. o Worked with Provost and English faculty to bring languishing writing center under direction of English department. It is now flourishing. o In consultation with faculty, rewrote our department’s proposal for a Ph. D. in Rhetoric, Writing & Culture. Ph.D. has now been approved by the State Board of Higher Education o Encouraged the development of online classes and participation in distance and continuing education.