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. Developed and taught two 1 Vita of Dale L. Sullivan, 2015 distance education courses (English 320, practical writing, and English 333, Fantasy and Science Fiction). o Oversaw the search and hiring process for faculty and lecturers. University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. Tenured, Full Professor in Rhetoric. Department Head, May 13, 2002 to June 2003. • Pulled together the first accurate budget analysis for the department of Rhetoric in many years and traced revenue flows in comparison with other departments in the College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences. • Worked out agreements with scientists in College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences to work with graduate students in Rhetoric. • Restructured the internship program in the department of Rhetoric. • Served as advocate for faculty and staff: negotiated reclassification on behalf of staff member to improve her status; negotiated change of three- year renewable contract on behalf of faculty member to tenure-tract position. • Interviewed candidates and hired new assistant to the head. Took workshops in basic accounts monitoring procedures for UMN and in being a department head. • Relieved of active duty late September 2002 (but continued technically as department head) because of a disagreement with the Dean of the College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences. Michigan Technological University: Houghton, MI. Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Technical Communication and Director of Scientific and Technical Communication. Fall 1997-May 2002, tenured 2001. • Director of Scientific and Technical Communication, an undergraduate degree program, chair of STC committee, director of industrial relations (Fall 1999 to May 2002). • Taught undergraduate and graduate courses, served on graduate students' Masters and Ph.D. committees. • I gave up tenure at Northern Illinois U. but retained rank of Associate Professor to make the move to MTU. Northern Illinois University: DeKalb, IL. Assistant Professor of English (promoted to Associate 1995, tenured 1996), and Writing Across the Curriculum Coordinator. Fall 1994 to Summer 1997. • Senior Member of the Graduate Faculty. Developed a "Writing Consultants Across the Curriculum" Program, a newsletter, and an extensive WWW archive. • Gave several WAC workshops for Faculty. 2 Vita of Dale L. Sullivan, 2015 • Taught graduate courses in the history of rhetoric and in rhetorical theory, and undergraduate advanced writing courses. • Served on University Assessment Committee, English Department Council, English Department Writing in the Major Committee, and English Department Assessment Work Group. • Served as consultant to University General Education Committee, and worked with science and technology literacy program for high schools in Rockford, IL. University of Nebraska at Kearney: Assistant Professor (promoted to Associate 1994) of English. Director of Writing Programs, Fall 1991 to Spring 1994. • Graduate Fellow of the University of Nebraska, 1993; Graduate Faculty, 1992. • Taught graduate courses in the teaching of writing, and undergraduate writing classes, both first-year classes and advanced-writing classes. • Developed a new writing curriculum for the undergraduate major. • Administered the University Writing Center and trained new TAs. • Served on Faculty Senate, English Department Writing Committee, and English Department Graduate Committee. Michigan Technological University: Houghton, MI. Assistant Professor of Rhetoric in Humanities Department, Fall 1988 to Summer 1991. Graduate Faculty. • Taught HU 631 (Rhetorical Criticism), HU 543 (History of Rhetoric), HU 542 (Modern Rhetorical Theory), HU 520 (Rhetoric of Science), HU 470 (Special Projects), HU 411 (Reading and Technical Comm.), HU 333 (Technical and Scientific Comm.), HU 303 (Modern Masters: C. S. Lewis), HU 202 (American Experience in Lit. II), HU 201 (American Experience in Lit. I). • Served on department Graduate Committee, 1990-91; on department Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1990-91; on STC Committee 1989-90. Mentored TAs teaching Technical Communication. Directed undergraduate STC program, Fall 1989, during director's sabbatical. Participated in NSF Grant to develop Writing-Intensive Engineering courses 1989-91. Gordon College: Wenham, MA. Director of Writing, Fall 1987 to Spring 1988. • Worked with faculty in other disciplines to develop Writing Across the Curriculum. • Directed the writing center. • Taught En 417 (Modern Grammar), Cr 110 (First-year Writing). 3 Vita of Dale L. Sullivan, 2015 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Troy, NY. Teaching Assistant, Fall 1985 to Spring 1987. • Writing Center Tutor, 1985-86, Summer and Fall 1986. • Writing Consultant to Chemical Engineering Design, 1986. • Writing Consultant to Electrical Engineering, 1985-86. • Taught Rhetoric and Writing. Kansas Technical Institute: Salina, KS. Assistant Professor, Spring 1980 to Summer 1985. • Taught Technical Writing, Written Communication, Oral Communication, Developmental English, Literature and Technology, Professional Writing Seminar. Wichita State University: Teaching Assistant, Fall 1977 to Spring 1979; Lecturer, Fall 1979. • Taught Composition 101, Composition 102, Developmental English. Visiting Appointments Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO. Maxwell C. Weiner Distinguished Professor. Spring semester 2011. • Taught English 301: Posthumanism and The Myth of the Superman. • Gave two campus-wide lectures. • Reviewed and responded research projects in development by faculty members. Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark. Visiting Lecturer, September 2008-December 2008. • Gave several invited lectures, met with faculty and doctoral students to discuss their research projects, conducted research into agriculture and extension communication practices in Denmark, and team taught a Ph. D. seminar on knowledge communication. Maastricht Center for Transatlantic Studies, Maastricht, Netherlands. Visiting Professor, April 2006. • Taught literature class on children’s fantasy on two sides of the Atlantic. Awards: • Educator of the Year Award, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, North Dakota State University, 2010. • Winner of the Nell Ann Pickett Award for the best article of the year 2000 in Technical Communication Quarterly. 4 Vita of Dale L. Sullivan, 2015 Publications and Presentations: Edited Volumes • Co-editor with Bruce Maylath and Russel Hirst. Revisiting the Past through the Rhetorics of Memory and Amnesia: Selected Papers from the 50th Meeting of the Linguistic Circle of Manitoba and North Dakota. Cambridge Scholars Press, 2011. • Guest Editor of Special Issue of The Journal of Communication and Religion. Conversations about Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Theologian and Rhetorician. 28.2 November 2005. (All articles were peer reviewed). • Co-editor with Jerry Savage Writing a Professional Life: Stories of Technical Communicators On and Off the Job. Allyn & Bacon, 2001. (The whole book was sent out for peer review by the publisher). Refereed Articles • "Stoic Rationality and Divine Madness in C. S. Lewis's Till We Have Faces." VII: An Anglo-American Literary Review. 26 (2009): 41-52. • “Reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life Together in the Contexts of Monastic Literature and The Communion of Saints.” The Journal of Communication and Religion 28.2 (November 2005): 188-205. • “After Ten Years: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Epideictic Exhortation to Responsible Action.” Journal of Communication and Religion, 26 (2003): 28-50. I edited this issue of JCR. • Primary author with Michael Martin as second author. "Habit Formation and Story Telling: A Theory for