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Meet Our Alumni
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Dr.
Mary Adams
Assistant Professor of English
University of Lousiana at Monroe
"OU's Composition/Rhetoric/Literacy Program offered
me the chance to teach various writing courses while studying
with some of the discipline's foremost scholars. Although CRL
was my secondary area, those courses were perhaps most important
to my career as they provided me with a clear teaching philosophy.
Early on, I hoped to work in a student-centered environment.
Today, I teach at a university where professors work closely
with students. OU's faculty shaped my commitment to teaching;
at the same time, they gave me the skills and determination
to make my ultimate goal a reality.
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Dr.
Christyne Berzsenyi
Assistant Professor of Composition Rhetoric and Literacy
Pennsylvania State University at Wilkes-Barre
"My course work and professors in the Rhetoric/Composition/Literacy
concentration provided a combination of independent work and
mentoring, which had a positive impact on my research, teaching,
and professional development. As a result, I feel that the Ph.D.
program has adequately prepared me for the various aspects of
my job as Assistant Professor: publish essays in valued academic
forums, write faculty and research development grants, teach
a variety of writing and literature courses in a computer classroom,
participate on university committees, and advise students in
academic matters. Moreover, a doctorate from OU's English program
is a degree that is valued for its academic integrity and innovation
by external institutions such as the one that hired me."
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Dr.
Joey Brown
Assistant Professor of English
Missouri Southern State College
"I enjoyed a variety of experiences while a graduate student
in the English Department at OU. I was able to work very closely
with faculty members who mentored my studies and helped prepare
me for life as a new professor. In fact, I know now from talking
with others in the field that faculty are more accessible at
OU than at many research institutions. At the same time, I was
challenged to work independently and to seek publishing and
conferencing opportunities on my own. I was also prepared for
professional service through the opportunities offered by SAGES,
the graduate committee, and the chair's advisory committee.
But what I most appreciate about my time at OU is my teaching
experience. The teaching assistants get the chance to teach
laptop and computer-aided courses, and we received solid training
in the teaching of composition. I also had the chance to train
and teach in the technical writing program, which made me more
marketable than anything else I did as a graduate student."
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Dr.
Danny Campbell
Assistant Professor of English
Chowan College
"The English department at OU has a great deal to offer
graduate students, but in my mind does a truly exceptional job
in three basic areas: teaching experience, dissertation work,
and the job search. All are often stumbling blocks for graduate
students and it seems to me that OU's English department has
taken this seriously, offering real help and solutions to its
students. At OU I found the support of teaching assistants to
be outstanding; instead of simply thrusting the GTA into a classroom,
the composition department teaches you how to teach, offering
substantive evaluations almost every semester coupled with a
genuine interest in backing your progress as an instructor.
My committee guided me in my dissertation work, helping me imagine,
develop and focus my work. Finally, because of an excellent
job search program with meetings, preparation materials and
mock interviews, I really knew what I was doing when I received
an invitation for a campus interview. Consequently I have a
well-paying tenure-track position at exactly the type of school
at which I wished to teach."
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Dr.
Amie Doughty
Assistant Professor of English
Lake Superior State University
"OU
offered me a chance to study languages and literatures that
I might not have had the opportunity to learn about elsewhere.
The English department encouraged my eclectic interests in
linguistics, literature and computer-aided instruction, all
of which I will be able to use in my position at Lake State.
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Dr.
Leslie Hannah
University of Nevada at Reno
"I
have enjoyed my educational experience at OU; the classes
have been stimulating and challenging, but just as educational
have been the Freshmen I have taught as a GTA. I've learned
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Dr.
June Hobbs
Associate Professor of American Studies
Gardner-Webb College
"In
the OU English Department's graduate program, I was a developing
professional, not just a graduate student. I was encouraged
to write a truly interdisciplinary dissertation, which I subsequently
published; given funds to attend professional conferences;
trained as a composition teacher; allowed to observe and participate
in department business; and groomed for the job market. Today
I am a tenured Associate Professor of English at Garner-Web
University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina."
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Dr.
Phillip P. Marzluf
Assistant Professor of English
Kansas State University
"The
Composition, Rhetoric, and Literacy program at the University
of Oklahoma enabled me to engage with the many strands and
conversations of the field, everything from (re)historicizing
the origins of classical rhetoric to analyzing the consistency
of digital interface metaphor. Additionally, as both a teacher
in the department and an administrator in the First-Year Composition
Office, I gained valuable experience in designing courses
and effectively troubleshooting teacher-student problems."
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Dr.
Fred Reynolds
Schott Professor of English and Dean of the Humanities and Arts at City
College of New York
"My
doctoral program in Composition Studies at O.U. was sound,
thorough, and flexible, and has served me well. As the years
pass, I find myself more and more grateful for all that I
learned at O.U. about teaching, research, administration,
the politics of the profession, and the importance of service
to our profession and to the larger community it inevitably
serves."
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Dr.
Bridget Roussell
Assistant Professor of Composition, Rhetoric, and Literacy
Florida Atlantic University
"OU's
Composition/Rhetoric/Literacy program not only brought me
thoroughly up to speed on the current issues in the discipline,
but also helped me to develop and articulate my own rigorously
theorized answers to them."
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Dr.
Steven Salaita
University of Wisconsin at Whitewater
"I
chose to study at OU because of the strength and reputation
of its Native American program." |
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Dr.
Mark Thompson
Professor and Director of Composition
California State University, Stanislaus
"Beyond expert instruction in classical and contemporary theory,
the program allowed me to teach seven different writing courses
and to play varied roles in major research projects--all of
this prepared me well to direct a composition program." |
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