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TEXAS STATE VITA I. ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND Dickie Heaberlin Professor Educational Background Ph. D. 1972 University of Texas English Character Types in Richard Cumberland’s Comedies M.A. 1962 University of North Texas English “A Study of the Mirror” B.A. 1959 University of North Texas English Relevant Professional Experience Texas State University Professor 1991-‐Present Associate Professor 1976-‐91 Assistant Professor 1972-‐76 Instructor 1967-‐72 Tarleton State University Instructor of English 1962-‐67 Irving High School, Irving, Texas Teacher of English and French 1960-‐62 Dickinson Junior High School, Dickinson, Texas Teacher of English and French 1959- 60

II. TEACHING Courses Taught 5383 Teaching English Composition in Middle and Secondary Schools and Community Colleges 5359 Studies in Restoration and 18th Century Literature 5332 Nature Writing 5325 Reflections of Life in the Lore and Literature of the Southwest. 5318 Effective Communications 5312 Editing the Professional Publication 5310 Studies in English Language and Linguistics 5300 Language Problems in a Multicultural Environment

1 4325 Literature of the Southwest 4310 Modern English Syntax 3387 English in the Secondary Schools 3359 English Literature, 1750-1800 3341 Studies in World Literature 3340 Great Books 3342 Editing 3326 American Drama on Film 3319 The Development of English 3318 Paralegal Communication 3317 Traditional Grammar 3315 Creative Writing 3311 Advanced Writing and Reading 3310 Composition for Occupational Education Majors 3309 The Southwest in Film 2380 Masterpieces in American Literature 2370 Masterpieces in English Literature 2351 Technical Writing 2340 Survey of World Literature from 1600 to the Present 2330 Survey of World Literature to 1600 2320 Survey of English Literature from the Romantic Period to the Present 2310 Survey of English Literature from Beowulf through the Age of Classicism 1320 Reading and Writing (Part II) 1310 Reading and Writing (Part I) 1310 Reading and Writing Honors (Part I) 1300 Basic Reading and Writing

Supervisor of Graduate Theses Nereida Riccio. “Confronting Change: Ranch Hands and Ranchers in Selected Works of Benjamin Capps, Elmer Kelton and Larry McMurtry.” 2015. Crystalyn Steubing. “The Horse as a Character in Southwestern Novels.” 2004.

2 Jeremy Bailey. “The Unreliable Narrator in Cormac McCarthy’s Border Crossing” 2002. Thomas Fuschetto. “The Fact and Fiction of O. Henry.” 1993. Janis Turk. “Trouble I’ve Seen and Other Stories.” 1993. Ronald Cabal. “The Essential Humphrey.” 1992. Clay Kinsner. “J.Frank Dobie, a Special Oddity.” 1992. Lorraine Streckfus. “The Ideal Texas Hero in Selected Works by Leon Hale, Elmer Kelton, and Larry McMurtry.” 1988. David Taylor. “The Work Ethic: A Moral Code in Southwestern Literature.” 1988. Cynthia Halm. “The Journey Motif in Lonesome Dove.” 1988. Jane Garner Ivers. “Have You Come a Long Way Baby? Traits of East Texas Women.” 1986. Pamela Kett. “Archtype and Stereotype: The Horse in American Western Literature.” 1985. Lisa Urbanczyk. “A Critical Study of Oilfield Fiction.” 1984. Chris McElyea. “Larry McMurtry’s Women: Rural, Urban, Human.”1983. Harry Crowe. “A Study of The Lounger.” 1972. Courses Prepared and Curriculum Development 5359 Studies in Restoration and 18th Century Literature 5383 Teaching English Composition in Middle and Secondary Schools 5332 Nature Writing 5325 Reflections of Life in the Lore and Literature of the Southwest. 5318 Effective Communications 5312 Editing the Professional Publication 5310 Studies in English Language and Linguistics 5300 Language Problems in a Multicultural Environment 4325 Literature of the Southwest 4310 Modern English Syntax 3388 English in the Secondary Schools 3359 English Literature, 1750-1800 3341 Studies in World Literature 3341 Great Books

3 3342 Editing 3326 American Drama on Film 3319 The Development of English 3318 Paralegal Communication 3317 Traditional Grammar 3311 Advanced Writing and Reading 3315 Creative Writing 3310 Composition for Occupational Education Majors 2351 Technical Writing

III. SCHOLARLY/CREATIVE A. Works in Print Books Scholarly Monograph: Fountain Wells: Oilfield Novels of Ontario, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. Orange House Books: San Marcos, Texas, 2008. (Not Refereed) Gushers: Oilfield Novels of Texas. Orange House Books: San Marcos, Texas, 2009. (Not Refereed) Textbooks: English Syntax: A Guide to the Grammar of Successful Writers: Writing Style 1. Orange House Books: San Marcos, Texas, 2008. (Not refereed) Connecting For Coherence: A Guide to Building Sentences With Syntax and Logic— Writing Style 2. Orange House Books: San Marcos, Texas, 2008. (Not refereed) Purposeful Punctuation: A Syntactic Guide to English Punctuation—Writing Style 3. Orange House Books: San Marcos, Texas, 2009. (Not refereed) Skinny Writing: A Guide to Concise Prose for Writers and Editors—Writing Style 4. Orange House Books: San Marcos, Texas, 2009. (Not refereed)

Creative Books Trotting With the Fox: Poems. Orange House Books: San Marcos, Texas, 2009. (Not refereed) Harness Bells: Poems. Orange House Books: San Marcos, Texas, 2010. (Not refereed)

Edited Books From Texas to the World and Back: Essays on the Journeys of Katherine Anne Porter, edited with Mark Busby. Texas Christian University Press: Fort Worth: 2002.

4 Edited Journals with Mark Busby Southwestern American Literature, 1992 to September 2012 and Texas Books in Review, 1996 to September 2012. Chapters in Books “Of Dachshunds and Dashes: Subjects and Style in E.B. White and John Graves” in John Graves, Writer, edited by Mark Busby and Terrell Dixon. University of Texas Press: Austin: 2007. Articles “The State of the Arts in Texas, Part 5,” Vol. 70 (2005) CCTE Studies. “Of Dachshunds and Dashes: Subjects and Style in E. B. White and John Graves,” Southwestern American Literature, Volume 29, Number 1. Fall 2003. “Cages and Eagles in Leaving Cheyenne and The Good Old Boys” selected by guest Editor, Lewis Toland, in Southwestern American Literature, Volume 27, Number 2. Spring 2002. “The Way of It: Dialect in The Day the Cowboys Quit,” Cross Timbers Review, Spring 1992. “Streams Across the Southwest,” Southwestern American Literature,Spring 1991. “Cowboy Dialect in Andy Adams’ Campfire Tales,” Real, Spring 1991. “Writing Narrative,” Ten Important Findings in the Basic Skills, San Marcos, 1979. Editors’ Article In Southwestern American Literature with Mark Busby “A Season of Extremes.” Southwestern American Literature 36.2 (Spring 2011): 7. “Dark and Deep, but Not Lovely.” Southwestern American Literature 35.2 (Spring 2010): v. “Stylin’” Southwestern American Literature 35.1 (Fall 2009): v. “Literary Anodynes” Southwestern American Literature 34.2 (Spring 2009): v. “The Pecos River—Past, Present, and Future” Southwestern American Literature 33.2 (Spring 2008): v. “Waiting for the Bomb” Southwestern American Literature 34.1 (Fall 2008): v.

In Texas Books in Review with Mark Busby. “Rode Hard, Put Away Wet,” in Texas Books in Review 31.3 (Fall 2011): 1. “Texas is Burning,” in Texas Books in Review 31.1&2 (Spring/Summer 2011): 1. “A Long Winter of Discontent,” in Texas Books in Review 30.4 (Winter 2010-‐ 2011): 1. “A Picture Is Worth a ThousandWords” Texas Books in Review 28.1 & 2 (Spring-‐ Summer 2008): 1.

5 “A n d the Winners Are….” Texas Books in Review 27. 2 (Fall-Winter 2007): 1. “Literary Awards—Texas Style.” Texas Books in Review 27.1 (Spring 2007): 1. “Winds of Change: Our Ten Years of TBR.” Texas Books in Review 26.3&4 (Fall/Winter 2006-‐07): 1 “Nostalgia in These Changing Times.” Texas Books in Review 25.3&4 (Fall/Winter 2005-‐06): 1 “Beyond Katrina.” Texas Books in Review. 25.1&2 (Summer -‐Fall 2005): 1 “Reviewing Texas Culture.” Texas Books in Review. 24.4 (Winter 2004-‐2005): 1 “From Big Bend to Texas Literary Outlaws and Beyond.” Texas Books in Review.24.2&3 (Summer/ Fall 2004): 1. “Award Season for Letters.” Texas Books in Review 24.1 (Spring 2004): 1. “Dog Days, Summer 2003.” Texas Book in Review 23.2 (Summer 2003): 1. “Of Wars, Awards, Ranches, Killer Ds, and Spring.” Texas Books in Review 23.1 (Spring 2003): 1. “Raining on Texas.” Texas Books in Review 22.3/4 (Fall/Winter 2002): 1. “The Great Flood of 2002.” Texas Books in Review 22.1&2 (Spring/Summer 2002): 1 “On Changing Names.” Texas Books in Review 16.4 (Winter 2001): 1 “Nine-One-One.” Texas Books in Review 16.2&3(Summer/Fall 2001): 1 “From the Familiar to the New.” Texas Books in Review 16.1 (Spring 2001): 1. “Of Chad and George, of Cormac and Matt.” Texas Books in Review XX 3&4 (Fall/Winter 2000): 1. “Watching the Texas Scene.” Texas Books in Review 20.1&2 (Spring/Summer 2000): 1. “An Adiós.” Texas Books in Review 19.4 (Winter 1999): 1. “Ironic Conjunto.” Texas Books in Review 19.3 (Fall 1999): 1. “Summer’s Passings.” Texas Books in Review 19.2 (Spring 1999): 1. “Flicking Texas Books.” Texas Books in Review 18.3&4 (Fall/Winter 1998): 1 “More Die in Heat.” Texas Books in Review 18.2 (Summer-‐98):1. “Twists and Turns Along the Texas Literary Trail.” Texas Books in Review 17.4; 18.1 (Winter/Spring 1997/1998): 1. “From the Editors: Autumnal Texas.” Texas Books in Review 17.3 (Fall 1997): 1. “Summer Heat.” Texas Books in Review 17.2 (Summer-‐97): 1. “Different Spring for This Issue.”Texas Books in Review 17.1 (Spring 97): 1. “From the Editors.” Texas Books in Review 16.3&4 (Fall/Winter 1996): 1.

6 Poems “Snowbirds” in Writing Texas, No. 5, Literary Press, Lamar University, 2017-2018. “Leftover” in Writing Texas, No. 5 Literary Press, Lamar University, 2017-2018. “The Staples Store” in Writing Texas, No. 5, Literary Press, Lamar University, 2017-2018. “Sweet Tea” in Writing Texas, No. 5, Literary Press, Lamar University, 2017-2018. “Writing” in Writing Texas, No. 5, Literary Press, Lamar University, 2017-2018. “Yoked” in Writing Texas, No. 5, Literary Press, Lamar University, 2017-2018. “Again”“in Writing Texas, No. 5, Literary Press, Lamar University, 2017-2018. “The Matter With Ophelia” in Writing Texas, No. 4, Literary Press, Lamar University, 2016-2017. “Across Dawn’s Edge” in Writing Texas, No. 4, Literary Press, Lamar University, 2016-2017. “Flash of Summer” in Writing Texas, No. 4, Literary Press, Lamar University, 2016-2017. “Elisa” in Writing Texas, No. 4, Literary Press, Lamar University, 2016-2017. “Mountain Wren” in Writing Texas, No. 4, Literary Press, Lamar University, 2016-2017. “Up in It” in Writing Texas, No. 4, Literary Press, Lamar University, 2016-2017. “Life List #404” in Writing Texas, No. 4, Literary Press, Lamar University, 2016-2017. “Pentecostes Subjunctive” in Writing Texas, No. 4, Literary Press, Lamar University, 2016-2017. “Done With It” in The Party’s Over, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, 2002. “Dawn” in New Texas, A Center for Texas Studies Book, Mary Hardin Baylor University, Belton, 2002. “Harness Bells” in New Texas, UNT Press, Denton, 1999 “Una llaneza lozana” in Al Principio: Poésia y Prosa, Volume XIII, Number 1.Spring 1991. “Un son de madrugada” in Al Principio: Poésia y Prosa, Volume XIII, Number 1. Spring 1991. “Las vislumbres sin cesar” in Al Principio: Poésia y Prosa, Volume XIII, Number 1. Spring 1991. “Roosting” in Southwestern American Literature, Volume 16, Number 2. Spring 1991. “River Walk” in Southwestern American Literature, Volume 16, Number 2. Spring 1991. “Ab o v e the Mill Race” in Southwestern American Literature, Volume 16, Number 2. Spring 1991. “Refuge” in Real, Volume XVI. Spring 1990. “Prana” in Real, Volume XVI. Spring 1990. “Orange, Texas, 1943” in Concho River Review, Volume II. Fall 1989. “Desert Mushroom” in Colorado North Review, Volume XXXI, Number 2.Spring, 1990. “Chaining” in Colorado North Review, Volume XXXI, Number 2. Spring, 1990.

7 “Mountain Summer” in Concho River Review, Fall 1987. “Thrust a Lance” in Latitude 30˚ 18’, Number 3. Spring 1984. “The Matter with Ophelia” in Latitude 30˚ 18’, Number 3. Spring 1984. “Red Peg” in Cross Timbers Review, Volume V, Number 1. Summer 1984. “Out of Step” in Latitude 30˚ 18’, Number 3. Spring 1984. “More, More” in Latitude 30˚ 18’, Number 3. Spring 1984. “Midwinter Lambing Near Lukachukai Mountain, 1878” in Latitude 30˚ 18’, Number 3. Spring 1984. “Jollity” in Latitude 30˚ 18’, Number 3. Spring 1984. “Going Round” in Latitude 30˚ 18’, Number 3. Spring 1984. “Fireflies” in Latitude 30˚ 18’, Number 3. Spring 1984. “Cowman” in Cross Timbers Review, Volume I, Number 1. Spring 1984. “Controlling Cold” in Latitude 30˚ 18’, Number 3. Spring 1984. “Christmas, 1978” in Latitude 30˚ 18’, Number 3. Spring 1984. “Caddo” in Real, Volume XI, Number 1. Fall 1984. “Hardwood” in The Vanderbilt Street Review, Volume IV. 1983. “Rooted” in Descant, Volume XXVI, Number 4. Summer 1982. “Made in the Shade” in New Mexico Humanities Review, Volume 5. Fall 1982. “Las Cruces, 1964” in Real, Volume IX, Number 2. Spring, 1982. “November 10, 1878” in The Pawn Review, Volume V. Summer 1981-‐1982. Book Reviews Aldo Muro and Me: A Tale of Honesty and Deception by Robert L. Seltzer in Southwestern American Literature, Spring 2017, Volume 42.2, p. 79. The Searchers, The Making of an American Legend by Glenn Frankel in Southwestern American Literature, Winter 2014, Volume 40.1, p. 91-2. Winifred Sanford: The Life and Times of a Texas Writer by Betty Holland Wiesepape in Southwestern Historical Quarterly, April 2014, Vol. 117 Issue 4, p. 447. Bats of Texas by Loren Ammerman, Christine L. Hice and David J. Schmidly in Texas Books in Review, Winter 2012 Volume 32, Numbers 3 and 4, p. 8. To Hell or Texas: A Novel by Patrick Dearen in Texas Books in Review, Winter 2012, Volume 32, Numbers 3 and 4 p. 17.

8 Fighting Stock: John H. “Rip” Ford of Texas by Richard B. McCaslin in Texas Books in Review, Volume 31, Numbers 1 and 2, Spring and Summer 2011. The Big Thicket by Jerry Craven in Texas Books in Review, Volume 31, Numbers 1 and 2, Spring and Summer 2011. Texas Standoff by Elmer Kelton in Texas Books in Review, Volume 30, Numbers 4, Winter 2010- ‐2011. Venomous Snakes of Texas: A Field Guide by Andrew H. Price in Texas Books in Re-‐ view, Volume 30, Numbers 4 , Winter 2010-‐2011. Texas Cacti by Brian Loflin and Shirley Loflin inTexas Books in Review, Volume 30, Numbers 4 , Winter 2010-2011. Insects of Texas: A Practical Guide by David H. Kattes in Texas Books in Review, Vol-um e 30, Numbers 4 , Winter 2010--2011. Big Land, Big Sky, Big Hair: The Best of the Texas Poetry Calendar edited by Scott Wiggerman in Concho River Review 33.2 (Fall 2009), 132. Saddling Up Anyway: The Dangerous Lives of Old-‐Time Cowboys by Patrick Dearen in Texas Books in Review, Volume XXVII, Number 1. Spring 2007. Perseverance by Patrick Dearen in Texas Books in Review, Volume XXVII, Number 1.Spring 2007. The Texas Indians by David La Vere in Texas Books in Review, Volume XXIV, Number 4. Winter 2004-05. Texas Road Trip: Stories from Across the State and a Few Personal Reflections by Bryan Woolley in Texas Books in Review, Volume XXV, Numbers 1 and Spring and Summer 2004--05. Icons of Loss and Grace by Susan Hanson in Southwestern American Literature, Volume 30, Number 1. Fall 2004. Spindletop Boom Days by Paul N. Spellman and Giants Under the Hill by Judith Walker Linsley, Ellen Walker Reinstra, and Jo Ann Stiles in Texas Books in Review, Volume XXII, Numbers 3 & 4. Fall/ Winter 2002. Quincie Bolliver by Mary King in Southwestern American Literature, Volume 28, Number 1. Fall 2002. Desert Ecology: An Introduction to Life in the Arid Southwest by John Sowell in Southwestern American Literature, Volume 28, Number 1. Fall 2002. Brownsville: Stories by Oscar Casares in Southwestern American Literature, Volume 29, Number 1. Fall 2003. Birds of Northeast Texas by Matt White, Wildflowers and Other Plants of Texas Beaches and Islands by Alfred Richardson, and The Behavior of Texas Birds by Kent Rylander in Texas Books in Review, Volume XXII, Numbers 1 & 2. Spring/Summer 2002.

9 Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen, Roads, and Duane’s Depressed by Larry McMurtry in Southwestern American Literature, Volume 26, Number 1. Fall 2000. Some Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys by John R. Erickson in Texas Books in Review, Volume XX, Numbers 1 & 2. Spring/Summer 2000. Humphrey: Destroyer of Myths by Bert Almon in Texas Books in Review, Volume XIX, Number 1. Spring 1999. The New Central Texas Gardener by Cheryl Hazeltine and Barry Lovelace in Texas Books in Review, Volume XIX, Number 3. Fall 1999. Texas Wildscapes Gardening for Wildlife by Noreen Damude and Kelly Bender. in Texas Books in Review, Volume XIX, Number 3. Fall 1999. Poisonous Snakes of Texas by Andrew H. Price in Texas Books in Review, , Volume XIX, Number 2. Summer 1999. Perrenial Gardens for Texas by Julie Ryan in Texas Books in Review, Volume XIX, Number 3. Fall 1999. High Dessert Yards and Gardens by Lynn Ellen in Texas Books in Review, Volume XIX, Number 3. Fall 1999. Fuel by Naomi Nye in Texas Books in Review, Volume XIX, Number 1. Spring 1999. Butterflies of Houston and Southeast Texasby John and Gloria Tveten in Texas Books in Review, Volume XIX, Number 2. Summer 1999. Birds of the Trans-Pecos by Jim Peterson and Barry Zimmer in Texas Books in Review, Volume XIX, Number 2. Summer 1999. A Field Guide to Spiders and Scorpions of Texas in Texas Books in Review,Vol- ume XIX, Number 2. Summer 99. A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects by Bastiaan M. Drees and John A. Jackman in Texas Books in Review, Volume XIX, Number 2. Summer 1999. Keith Carter: Photographs, Twenty-five Years by Keith Carter in Texas Books in Review, Volume XVIII, Number 1. Spring, 1998. Things Seen and Seen Again by Francis Neidhardt in Texas Books in Review, Volume XVII, Number 4. Winter 1997. Never in a Hurry by Naomi Nye in Texas Books in Review, Volume XVII, Number 1. Spring 1997. A Comprehensive Guide to Texas Sculpture by Carol Morris Little in Texas Books in Review, Volume XVII, Number 2. Summer 1997.

10 Nina Otero-Warren of Santa Fe by Charlotte Whaley in Southwestern American Literature, Volume 20, Number 2. Fall 1995. Elmer Kelton Country: The Short Nonfictionof a Texas Novelist by Elmer Kelton in Southwestern American Literature, Volume 19, Number 2. Spring 1994. Birds and Other Wildlife of South Central Texas by Edward A. Kutac and S. Christopher Caran in Southwestern American Literature, Volume 19, Number 2. Spring 1994. A Month of Sundays by Kent Biffle in Southwestern American Literature,Volume 19, Number 2. Spring 1994. Simon Ortiz by Andrew Wise and John Nichols by Peter Wild in Western American Literature, Volume 24. Number 3. Fall 1989. Frontier’s End by Robert F. Gish in Western American Literature, Volume 24, Number 2. Summer 1989. Yellow Glove by Naomi Shihab Nye in Southwestern American Literature, Volume 13, Number 2. Spring 1988. The Return of Claiborne Blake by Clifford Wisler in Texas Books in Review, Volume 8, Number 2. Summer 1988. Texasville by Larry McMurtry in Southwestern American Literature, Volume 13, Number 2. Spring 1988. O. Henry’s Texas Short Stories in Western American Literature, Volume 23, Number 2. Summer 1988. Lost in West Texas by Jim Corder in Western American Literature, Volume 23, Number 2. Summer 1988. Sam Bass: A Novel by Bryan Wooley in Western American Literature, Volume 20, Number 2. Summer 1985.

B. Works not in Print Papers Presented at Professional Meetings “Ekphrastic Poetry.” Southwest Popular Culture Convention, Albuquerque, NM, February 2013. “Graves on Graves: Young John, Old John: His Memoirs.” Southwest Popular Culture Convention, Albuquerque, NM, February 2012. “All the Many Crossings: Matrices in Cormac McCarthy’s The Crossing“ Southwest Popular Culture Convention, Albuquerque, NM, February 2010. “Sensing in Cormac McCarthy’s The Crossing.” Southwest Popular Culture Convention, Albuquerque, NM, February 2009.

11 “Family Style: The Oilfield Fiction of Karle Wilson Baker and Winifred Sanford.” Southwest Popular Culture Convention, Albuquerque, NM, February 2008. “The Texas Rangers in Oilfield Novels.” Southwest Popular Culture Convention, Albuquerque, NM, February 2007. “Matrices: Eggs Boiled and Scrambled in Cormac McCarthy’s The Crossing.” Southwest Popular Culture Convention, Albuquerque, February 2006. “TheState of the Arts in Texas,” The Conferenceof College Teachers of English, Waco,Texas, March 2005. “From Edna Ferber’s Cimarron to Linda Hogan’s Mean Spirit: Native Americans in Oklahoma Oilfield Novels.” Southwest Popular Culture Association, Albuquerque, January 2005. “Old Men of Oil in Mary Austin’s The Ford, Upton Sinclair’s Oil!, and Robert Hyde’s Crude” at Western American Literature Convention in Big Sky Montana, September 2004. “The Detective Novels of Edwin Lanham.” National Popular Culture Convention, New Orleans, April 2003. “Nature Writing in Two Oil Novels of the Texas Coast: Mary King’s Quincie Bolliver and William A. Owens’ Fever in the Earth.” Convention of the Association for the Study of Literature & Environment, Boston, June, 2003. “Metamorphoses: From Cowboy to Oilman in Western Novels” at Western American Literature Convention in Houston, October 2003. “Insider, Outsider: Two West Texas Oil Novels: Honor at Daybreak and Chocolate Lizards. Texas/ Southwest Popular Culture Convention, February 2003, Albuquerque “Edwin Lanham: an Important Western Writer,” at Western American Literature Convention in Tucson, October 2002. “Of Dachshunds and Dashes: Subjects and Style in E. B. White and John Graves,” at John Graves Symposium, Southwest Writers Collection, August 2002. “Texas Spring Names,” Texas Folklore Society, April 1994, Victoria, Texas “Texas Dialect in the Stories of O. Henry,” Texas/Southwest Popular Culture Convention, February, 1994 Waco, Texas. “TheHumor of John Erickson,” Texas/Southwest Popular Culture Convention, February, 1993, Kingsville, Texas. “TheSyntax and Diction of Printed Cowboy Yarns,” TheTexas Folklore Society Convention, April 1990, Kingsville, Texas. “Musing about Moseying: the Language of the Cowboy,” Texas/Southwest Popular Culture Convention, February 1990, Abilene, Texas.

12 “Cages and Eagles in Leaving Cheyenne and The Good Old Boys,” Western American Literature Convention, October, 1990. “Sniding and Being Snided: Horse Trader’s Tales,” Texas Folklore Society Convention, March 1989, Uvalde, Texas. “Taking the Grand Tour of the Southwest: Humor,” Texas/Southwest Culture Association, February 20, 1987, Lawton, Oklahoma. “Michener’s Texas: Palatable History,” Texas Voices, Wimberley Library, October 1986. “Tone in the Composition Class: Vaccination or Infection,” The1984 Wyoming Conference on Freshman and Sophomore English, June 26, 1984, Laramie, Wyoming. “Surprise: An Approach to Teaching Subordination,” CCCC, March 30, 1984, New York. “Zowie Batman: A Study in De-emphasis,” The 1983 Wyoming Conference on Freshman and Sophomore English, June 28, 1983. “Teaching the Grammar of Confidence and Doubt in Advanced Composition,” Conference on College Composition and Communication, March, 1983, Detroit, Michigan.

“Let the Computer Do It,” The Basic Skills Conference, April 1983, San Marcos, Texas.

“An Evaluation of the Recent Novels of Texas and New Mexico,” Southwest Writer’s Conference, June 1983, Flagstaff, Arizona. “Syntax in the Composition Class,” The 1982 Wyoming Conference on Freshman and Sophomore English, June 29, 1982, Laramie, Wyoming. “Heuristics,” The 1981 Wyoming Conference on Freshman and Sophomore English, July 6, 1981, Laramie, Wyoming. “Why Teach Grammar?” The1980 Wyoming Conference on Freshman and Sophomore English, July 9, 1980, Laramie, Wyoming. “Teaching Composition,” The Basic Skills Conference, October 1979, San Marcos, Texas. “Jews, Irishmen, Scotsmen, Welshmen: Who fared the worst?” The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the American Society For Eighteenth-‐Century Studies, April 10, 1979, San Francisco, California. Poetry Readings The Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers Convention, September 2017, San Antonio, Texas. Texas/Southwest Popular Culture Convention, February 2018, Albuquerque. The Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers Convention, September 2016, San Antonio, Texas. Texas/Southwest Popular Culture Convention, February 2017, Albuquerque.

13 Texas/Southwest Popular Culture Convention, February 2016, Albuquerque. Texas/Southwest Popular Culture Convention, February 2015, Albuquerque. Texas/Southwest Popular Culture Convention, February 2014, Albuquerque. Texas/Southwest Popular Culture Convention, February 2013, Albuquerque. Texas/Southwest Popular Culture Convention, February 2003, Albuquerque. The Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers Convention, September 2004, San Antonio, Texas. South Central Modern Language Association Convention, October 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana. The Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers Convention, September 2003, Fredericksburg, Texas. Texas/Southwest Popular Culture Convention, February 2003, Albuquerque. Angelo State Writers Conference, March, 2003. San Angelo, Texas. Texas/Southwest Popular Culture Association, February 1994, Waco, Texas. The Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers Convention, February 1990, San Angelo, Texas. Texas/Southwest Popular Culture Association, February 1990, Abilene, Texas. Wyoming Conference, The 1986 Wyoming Conference on Freshman and Sophomore English, June 1986, Laramie, Wyoming. Central College, September 1984, Pella, Iowa. Southwest Writer’s Conference, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, June 1983. D. Fellowships, Awards, Honors The Jesse H and Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Southwestern Studies, 2002-‐5.

IV. SERVICE University Member of Investment Committee 2002–2005. Member of Club Sports Advisory Committee 1995–2001. Departmental Director, Freshman English, 1979–1980, 1981–1982. Chairman, Department Computer Assisted Instruction Committee, 1975–78. Member, Creative Writing Committee, 1983–2001.

14 Chairman, Writing Across the Curriculum, 1985–1986. Member, Therese Kayser Lindsey Chair Committee, 1985–Present. Liaison, Therese Kayser Lindsey Chair Committee 1997–2001. Member, Scholarship Committee, 1998–Present. Member, Lecturer Review Committee, 2005–2009. Member, Professor Review Committee, 2010–2012 First-‐Year English, 2007–Present English Department Endowment 2009–Present. Member, Hiring Comittee for Long Eighteenth Century, 2017-8. Community Lay Reader, St Mark’s Episcopal Church, San Marcos, 2001–Present. Vestryman, St Mark’s Episcopal Church 2002–3. Photographer and Poster Maker, St Mark’s Episcopal Church 2002–Present. Deacon, University Baptist Church, 1981–84. Webelo Leader, South Austin, 1971–3. Coach, South Austin Little League, 1975. Professional Chair of Panel at Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association Convention, 2017. President, Vice President, Local Arrangements Chair, and Advisor of Texas Folklore Society 1984– 90. Local Arrangements Chair for Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers, 1984. Area Chair for “Literature of the Region” for Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association, 1990-‐3. Chair of Panel at Western American Literature Convention, 2004–5. Chair of Panel at South Central Modern Language Convention, 2003. Chair of Panel at Southwest/Texas Popular Culture