{"id":11,"date":"2021-01-31T18:06:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T18:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abjohnson.net\/vita\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-09-04T19:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T19:54:20","slug":"cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abjohnson.net\/vita\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Johnson, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Experienced teacher, academic advisor, faculty member, committee member and leader, program leader, department- and university-level curriculum developer, department chair, and faculty president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-logos-only wp-block-social-links aligncenter has-visible-labels is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-social-links-is-layout-fdcfc74e wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\">\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-linkedin  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/abjohnson\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M19.7,3H4.3C3.582,3,3,3.582,3,4.3v15.4C3,20.418,3.582,21,4.3,21h15.4c0.718,0,1.3-0.582,1.3-1.3V4.3 C21,3.582,20.418,3,19.7,3z M8.339,18.338H5.667v-8.59h2.672V18.338z M7.004,8.574c-0.857,0-1.549-0.694-1.549-1.548 c0-0.855,0.691-1.548,1.549-1.548c0.854,0,1.547,0.694,1.547,1.548C8.551,7.881,7.858,8.574,7.004,8.574z M18.339,18.338h-2.669 v-4.177c0-0.996-0.017-2.278-1.387-2.278c-1.389,0-1.601,1.086-1.601,2.206v4.249h-2.667v-8.59h2.559v1.174h0.037 c0.356-0.675,1.227-1.387,2.526-1.387c2.703,0,3.203,1.779,3.203,4.092V18.338z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"education\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em><strong>Ph.D. in English.<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/\">Ball State University<\/a>,&nbsp;Muncie, Indiana, 2006&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><em>Dissertation<\/em>: \u201cNet Work: Social Networks, Disruptive Agency, and Innovation in Howells, Fitzgerald, Heller, Pynchon, and Gibson\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><em>Committee<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/about\/administrativeoffices\/vice-provost\/about-our-office\/contact-us\/directory\/mcbridekecia\">Dr.\u00a0Kecia\u00a0Driver McBride<\/a>\u00a0(director), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/english\/connect-with-us\/faculty-staff\/emeritus-faculty\/habich-robert\">Dr.\u00a0Robert\u00a0D. Habich<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/english\/connect-with-us\/faculty-staff\/emeritus-faculty\/trimmer-joe\">Dr. Joseph F.\u00a0Trimmer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/english\/connect-with-us\/faculty-staff\/emeritus-faculty\/collier-patrick\">Dr.\u00a0Patrick Collier<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/anthropology-and-sociology\/about\/faculty-staff\/faculty\/messineo-melinda\">Dr. Melinda Messineo<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><em>Specialization<\/em>: Twentieth-Century and Contemporary American Literature and Culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><em>Exams in<\/em>: American and British Literature, Literary Theory, Composition and Rhetoric<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><em>Coursework<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/abjohnson.net\/vita\/coursework\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"332\">Here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong><em>M.A. in English (Literature).<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1998&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><em>Thesis<\/em>: \u201cFascination Machine: A Study of Pop Music, Mass Mediation, and Cultural Iconography\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><em>Committee<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/english.ua.edu\/people\/patti-white\/\">Dr.&nbsp;Patti&nbsp;White<\/a>&nbsp;(director), <a href=\"https:\/\/corcoran.gwu.edu\/lauren-onkey\">Dr.&nbsp;Lauren&nbsp;Onkey<\/a>, and Dr. Lee Papa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em><strong>B.S.Ed.<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylor.edu\/\">Taylor&nbsp;University<\/a>, Upland, Indiana, 1996;&nbsp;<em>summa cum laude<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Secondary Education\/English (major)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Communication Arts Education (minor\/teaching endorsement)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"faculty-appointments\">Faculty Appointments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em><strong>Professor of English<\/strong><\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/uu.edu\">Union University<\/a>. (July 2025 &#8211; Present)<br> <em><strong>Professor of English<\/strong><\/em>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitworth.edu\/\">Whitworth University<\/a>. (July 2018 &#8211; June 2025)<br><em><strong>Associate Professor<\/strong><\/em>, Whitworth University. (July 2013 &#8211; June 2018)<br><em><strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong><\/em>, Whitworth University. (July 2008 &#8211; June 2013)<br><strong><em>Instructor<\/em><\/strong>, Ball State U. (Aug. 2000 &#8211; 2002, Aug. 2004 &#8211; May 2008)<br><em><strong>Instructor<\/strong><\/em>, Ivy Tech State College. (Summer 2000, Summer 2001)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"research-and-teaching-overview\">Research &amp; Teaching Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\" id=\"interests\">Interests<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">twentieth century and contemporary American literature; American immigrant literature; postmodern literature, culture, and theory; writing and composition pedagogy; computers and writing; visual narratives (film and media studies, including comics\/graphic novels); social network theory; experience-based\/immersive learning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-wide wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-css-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\" id=\"scholarship-in-brief\">Scholarship, In Brief&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">My scholarship has explored not only traditional storytelling in print but also communication and storytelling through film, comics, transmedia, and other visual and multimodal forms. The work is unified by my continuing interests in improvisation and innovation, both inside communities and within storytelling forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">My dissertation used social networking theories to analyze the agency of outsider characters in American literature who cause disruption without necessarily securing economic or political power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-wide wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-css-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\" id=\"courses-taught-2000-2021\">Courses Taught (2000-2025)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>First-Year\/Freshman Seminar<\/strong> (3 sections, 2009 &#8211; 2015)<br><strong>Senior Seminar\/Senior Portfolio<\/strong> (6 sections, 2010 &#8211; 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Introduction to English Studies<\/strong> (5 sections, 2004 &#8211; 2007)<br><strong>Reading Literature<\/strong> (2 sections, 2006 &#8211; 2009)<br><strong>Am. Literature Survey, 1865 to Present<\/strong> (18 sections, 2002 &#8211; 2025)<br><strong>Am. Literature Survey, Discovery to Present<\/strong> (1 section, 2009)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>20th-Century American Fiction<\/strong> (8 sections, 2008 &#8211; 2024)<br><strong>Postmodern Literature and Culture<\/strong> (8 sections, 2010 &#8211; 2023)<br><strong>American Drama Since 1900<\/strong> (8 sections,&nbsp;2011 &#8211; 2025)<br><strong>American Immigrant Literature<\/strong> (9 sections, 2009 &#8211; 2025)<br><strong>African American Literature<\/strong> (2 sections, 2013 &#8211; 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Intro to Film Studies<\/strong> (9 sections, 2006 &#8211; 2024)<br><strong>Visual Narratives<\/strong> (Comics\/Film+) (9 sections, 2011 &#8211; 2025)<br><strong>Digital Storytelling<\/strong> (4 sections, 2009 &#8211; 2017)<br><strong>English Studies and Technology<\/strong> (1 section, 2008)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Writing 1\/First Year Composition<\/strong> (26 sections,&nbsp;2000 &#8211; 2024)<br><strong>Writing 2\/Multimodal Composition<\/strong> (5 sections, 2016 &#8211; 2023)<br><strong>Basic Writing<\/strong> (3 sections, 2000 &#8211; 2001)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"leadership\">Administration &amp; Leadership<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"key-academic-administration-leadership\">Key Academic Administration &amp; Leadership<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Dean, College of Arts and Sciences<\/strong>, Union University, Jackson, TN. (July 2025 &#8211; Present)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Committee Chair\/Elected Member, Faculty Promotion and Tenure Committee<\/strong>, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA. Elected by a vote of the entire faculty; chair, 2023\/24 &#8211; 2024\/25. (Aug. 2022 &#8211; May 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Facilitating the work of ~30 rank and tenure cases each year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Coordinating faculty-wide participation via peer teaching evaluations and letter writing.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Leading committee interviews with each candidate; delivering unified committee recommendations to the provost.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Proposing process revisions in light of emergent program\/accreditation needs; developing a new informal handbook for P&amp;T committee chairs.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Director of the Film and Visual Narrative Minor<\/strong>, Whitworth University, Department of English. Creation and coordination of successful interdisciplinary minor including courses in communication studies, theatre, computer science, art, and English. Typically 10-20 students. (May 2013 &#8211; June 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>English Catalog and Scheduling Coordinator<\/strong>, Whitworth University Department of English. Cultivated and coordinated a predictable scheduling strategy in which all regular faculty members contribute to Whitworth\u2019s written communication general ed requirement, regularly offer courses in other general education categories, and teach upper division courses in their specialties. (July 2013 \u2013 June 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>School Board Member, First Presbyterian Christian School<\/strong>, Spokane, WA. (Aug. 2020 &#8211; July 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Faculty President<\/strong>, Whitworth University. Elected by vote of the entire faculty. (July 2019 &#8211; May 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><em>Agenda Setting &amp; Moderating\/Chairing<\/em>: For annual Faculty Retreat, for monthly Faculty Assemblies, and for weekly meetings of the Faculty Executive Committee (which includes leaders of key standing committees tasked with curriculum oversight, assessment, faculty research and development, and faculty economic welfare).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><em>Consultation &amp; Coordination<\/em>: With standing committee chairs, the provost, the university president, and other committees and task force chairs as needed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><em>Reporting<\/em>: To the university president, provost, and board of trustees on activities and concerns of the faculty, standing committees, and task forces of the Faculty Executive Committee.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><em>Highlights<\/em>: Supporting launch of revised gen ed curriculum; supporting development of campus-wide pandemic strategies (classroom, calendaring, governance); serving on university presidents\u2019s free speech and civil discourse task force; co-chairing provost search; task forces on faculty evaluation, research approval, clinical faculty status, and distance education; key votes on leadership continuity for standing committees, assessment of scholarship and service, and revision of departmental scholarship definitions; groundwork for future task forces on grievance procedures, post-pandemic impacts, and teaching evaluation; groundwork for future assessment of shared governance and committee structures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Elected Member, University Council<\/strong>, Whitworth University. Whitworth\u2019s primary strategic planning committee; elected by vote of the entire faculty. Second term in conjunction with faculty presidency. (2016\/17 &#8211; 2017\/18; 2019\/20 &#8211; 2020\/21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Department Chair<\/strong>, Whitworth University Department of English. (July 2015 &#8211; June 2019)<br><strong>Acting Department Chair<\/strong>, Whitworth University Department of English. (Jan. 2014 &#8211; Dec. 2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><em>Scope<\/em>. Managed department with twelve regular faculty; six to ten contingent faculty; three major tracks; five minor programs; two affiliated university programs (writing program, writing center); three endowed funds; two to four annual invited readers; 80-120 majors; 75-90 minors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><em>Curriculum<\/em>. Led department through major revisions of Education and Writing Studies tracks. Led development of unique courses for Whitworth\u2019s Continuing Studies program. Coordinated launch of a required Professional Writing course in the School of Business. Oversaw implementation of three new interdisciplinary minors (TESOL, film, publishing). Prepared for transition to new general education curriculum.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><em>Assessment<\/em>. Re-developed departmental learning outcomes to link them to a thorough five year assessment cycle. Regular reports to the assessment committee. Thorough reporting on shape and cost of English programs for a 2016 budget prioritization process.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><em>Staffing<\/em>. Hired and on-boarded five regular faculty members, two program assistants, and several lecturers and adjuncts. Guided new and junior faculty members through tenure and promotion processes. Argued successfully for conversion of a senior lecturer to regular faculty status; argued successfully for conversion of a visiting assistant professor to regular faculty status. Secured additional reassigned time for Writing Program director, Writing Center director, and literary magazine editor. Re-worked program assistant position for better management of student assistants, budgets and annual purchases, and documentation of annual cycle of tasks.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><em>Delegation<\/em>. Established working groups and task leaders to accomplish departmental goals, resulting in, e.g., new curriculum working groups, a new event coordinator role, a leader for student professionalization efforts, a social media coordinator, a committee for commemoration and celebration, and other small working groups as needed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><em>University Leadership<\/em>. Participated actively in the Academic Leadership Council (led by the Faculty VP and Provost) and other leadership meetings for the College of Arts and Sciences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Appointed Member, General Education Implementation Task Force<\/strong>, Whitworth University. Intensive committee work developing learning outcomes for the new general education model ahead of faculty voting. Curriculum adopted with overwhelming faculty support (90%) in Fall 2018. (May &#8211; Dec. 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Leader\/Coordinator, \u201cFour Inquiries\u201d General Education Modeling Group<\/strong>, Whitworth University. One of six groups organized to develop general ed models; based on faculty ranking\/voting, our proposed model became the basis for WU\u2019s revised general education curriculum. (2017\/18)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Elected Member, Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Committee<\/strong>, Whitworth University. One of the Whitworth faculty\u2019s key standing committees. (2011\/12 &#8211; 2012\/13)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Writing Program Assistant Director for Technology\/Laptop Classroom Coordinator<\/strong>, Ball State University, Muncie, IN. Coordination of renovations and tech purchases; writing annual technology requests; tech and pedagogical support for tech-enhanced classrooms. (Aug. 2005 \u2013 May 2008)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Director of the \u201cTell-a-Vision\u201d Grant Program<\/strong>, Ball State University; sponsored by the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry and the BSU Center for Media Design. Funding and guidance of team-based, grant funded, student-driven, new\/digital media projects. (July 2002 \u2013 Dec. 2004)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Graduate Assistant for Study Abroad Programs<\/strong>, Ball State University Center for International Programs. Promotion of study abroad programs on campus; management of a team of five undergraduate classroom presenters. (Aug. 1996 \u2013 May 1998)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-wide wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-css-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"selected-additional-service-leadership\"><strong>Selected Additional<\/strong> Service &amp; Leadership<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Academic Advisor, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (2009\/10 &#8211; 2024\/25). Carried an academic advising load of 15-30 students at all times (beginning in second year at Whitworth).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Faculty Sponsor, Storyteller\u2019s Club (Student-Led Creative Writing Support Group), Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (2024\/25 ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Faculty Sponsor, Westminster Round (English Department Student Organization), Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (2009\/10 &#8211; 2013\/14; 2022\/23 &#8211; 2024\/25).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Member, Whitworth Film Festival Committee, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (2009\/10 &#8211; 2024\/25).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Member, Task Force on Literary History\/Survey Courses, Department of English, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Spring 2023). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Faculty Search Committee Member (Multiple Searches), Whitworth University, Spokane, WA. Assistant Professor of English (Composition\/Rhetoric, Writing Program Dir.), 2022\/23; Assistant Professor of English (Fiction Writing) (Ex-Officio Member), Fall 2017; Assistant Professor of English (18th\/19th C. British Lit.) (Ex-Officio Member), Spring 2017; Assistant Professor of Art (Graphic Design), Spring 2015; Assistant Professor of Journalism, Fall 2014; Dean of the Library, Spring 2013; Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Spring 2013; Assistant Professor of Marketing, Spring 2012; Assistant Professor of English (Composition\/Rhetoric, Writing Program Dir.), Spring 2012; Assistant Professor of English (Composition\/Rhetoric, Writing Center Dir.), Spring 2011; Assistant Professor of English (Composition\/Rhetoric, Writing Program Dir.), Spring 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Member, Task Force on the English \/ Language Arts Major, Department of English, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Fall 2022). Reworked the Language Arts BA (and adjusted the English BA) to benefit students double majoring in education, pursuing specialized education minors, or exploring teaching careers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Member, Task Force on the English Major, Department of English, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Spring 2022). Developed an approach to the major combining strengths of our literature and writing tracks, along with small minors to complement the integrated, smaller major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Invited Member, The 175th Commission, Taylor University, Upland, IN (2021\/22). Commission designed to help Taylor \u201cexamine the current state of Taylor University and recommend ways to enhance [its] ministry and effectiveness\u2026in the years ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Member, President\u2019s Task Force on Free Expression and Civil Discourse, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (2019\/20 &#8211; 2020\/21). Developed <a href=\"https:\/\/abjohnson.net\/vita\/whitworth-universitys-statement-on-free-expression-and-civil-discourse\/\">a written statement of institutional values<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Member, CCCU BestSemester\/GlobalEd Selection Committee. Reviewing student applications for Whitworth-funded off-campus semesters sponsored by the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (2013\/14 &#8211; 2020\/21).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Co-Primary Seeker\/Co-Chair, University Provost and Executive VP Search Committee, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (2019\/20). Partnered with Whitworth\u2019s president in leading this search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Judge\/Organizer, Whitworth Student Film and Animation Competition, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (2009\/10 &#8211; 2018\/19).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Primary Seeker\/Chair, Search Committee (Multiple Searches), Whitworth University, Spokane, WA. Program Assistant (English Department), Summer 2018; Assistant Professor of English (Medieval and Early Modern), Fall 2017; Visiting Assistant Professor of English (18th\/19th C. American Lit.), Spring 2016; Assistant Professor of English (18th\/19th C. American Lit.), Fall 2012; Lecturer in English, Spring 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">External Writer\/Reviewer for P&amp;T Decision (Multiple). Texas A&amp;M, Central Texas, Case for Tenure\/Promotion, 2018;&nbsp; St. Joseph\u2019s University, Case for Tenure\/Promotion, 2017; Washington State University, Case for Senior Lecturer, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Member, Education Track Working Group, Department of English, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Fall 2016 &#8211; Fall 2017). Re-developed the education track major in English, in partnership with the School of Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Member, US Diversity Workgroup, sponsored by the General Education Assessment Task Force, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (2016\/17).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Presenter\/Organizer, Honors Program Workshop, with Doug Sugano. 4-day workshop on pedagogy and course building for the George F. Whitworth Honors Program. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (June 2012, June 2013, May 2014, May 2015, May 2016, May 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Member, Strategic Plan Review\/Recalibration Subcommittee for Goal 5: Elevation of Liberal Arts Education, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (2015\/16).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Staff Search Committee Member (Multiple Searches), Whitworth University, Spokane, WA. English Department Program Assistant, January 2016; English Department Program Assistant, Spring 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Member, Dean\u2019s Interdisciplinary Studies Planning Group, College of Arts and Sciences, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (2013\/14).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Member, US Cultural Studies Advisory Board (steering committee for the minor), Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (2012\/13).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Conference Committee Member, Spokane Intercollegiate Research Conference (SIRC), Whitworth and Gonzaga Universities, Spokane, WA (2010\/11 &#8211; 2011\/12). In addition to regular committee work, moderated three student sessions in 2011. WU liaison for 2012 conference.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Member, New Media Task Force, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (2008\/09, 2010\/11, 2011\/12). The work of this task force led to the creation of a Film and Visual Narrative minor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Reviewer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actsix.org\/\">Act Six<\/a> Scholarship Essays, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Jan. 2011). Program providing &nbsp;scholarships and&nbsp;leadership training&nbsp;\u201cfor emerging urban and community leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Faculty Representative, Presidential Planning Commission, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (2009\/10). Group worked to refine the university&#8217;s long-term goals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Elected Member, Contract Faculty Merit Committee, Department of English, Ball State University (2007\/08).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Elected Contract Faculty Representative, Undergraduate Studies Committee, Department of English, Ball State University (2006\/07, 2007\/08).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Elected Member, Contract Faculty Steering Committee, Department of English, Ball State University (2005\/06, 2006\/07, 2007\/08).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Freshman Connections Faculty, First Year Undergraduate Experience Program, Ball State University (2005 &#8211; 2007).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"publications\">Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"academic-publications\">Academic Publications <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Commentary and Background for George McGuinness\u2019s \u201cThe Cage.\u201d <em><a href=\"https:\/\/jumpplus.net\/\">The Journal for Undergraduate Multimedia Projects<\/a><\/em>. 14.1 (2024). Web. &lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/jumpplus.net\/issue-14-1\/the-cage-14-1\/\">https:\/\/jumpplus.net\/issue-14-1\/the-cage-14-1\/<\/a>&gt;. Features, along with George\u2019s \u201cgraphic score\u201d (as in musical score) from my Visual Narratives course, my commentary, George\u2019s commentary, and my course assignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cSelling San Narciso: Pierce Inverarity as Insider-Innovator in <em>The Crying of Lot 49.<\/em>\u201d <em><a href=\"https:\/\/orbit.openlibhums.org\/\">Orbit<\/a>: A Journal of American Literature<\/em> 11.1 (2023). Web. ~10,500 words. doi:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.16995\/orbit.9380\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.16995\/orbit.9380<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cLiterary Immigrations Module, Grade 12: Reading and Responding to American Immigrant Literature.\u201d With Molly Johnson. Washington State\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/bridgetocollegecourses.org\/\">Bridge to College<\/a>\u201d Program. 2023. Learning module, including assignments, teaching approaches, and glossary, designed to prepare HS seniors for college-level work. 92 pp. \/ ~27,000 words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/759793\">Letters to a Complacent Mule<\/a>: Immigration and Illiteracy in Abraham Cahan\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Yekl<\/em>.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>College Literature<\/em>&nbsp;47.3 (2020): 522-51.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/abjohnson.net\/vita\/eloquence\">Against Eloquence<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>President\u2019s Colloquy on Civil Discourse: Civil Discourse and the Christian University<\/em>. Ed. Beck A. Taylor and Nathan L. King. Whitworth University, 2018. 59-65. Print. One of three responses to Nathan King\u2019s keynote, \u201cBuilding Better Discourse.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cComics and Visual Storytelling Module: Teacher Version, Grade 12.\u201d With Molly Johnson. Washington State\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/bridgetocollegecourses.org\/\">Bridge to College<\/a>\u201d Program. 2018. Learning module, including assignments, teaching approaches, and glossary, designed to prepare HS seniors for college-level work. 30 pp. \/ ~14,500 words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Poverty Lines: Visual Depictions of Poverty and Social Class Realities in Comics.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Teaching Comics Through Multiple Lenses: Critical Perspectives<\/em>. With&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uidaho.edu\/ed\/ci\/faculty\/janine-darragh\">Janine Darragh<\/a>. Ed.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.edu\/education\/people\/faculty\/crag-hill\">Crag Hill<\/a>. Routledge, 2016. 113-31. Print. Addresses&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/marvel.wikia.com\/wiki\/Spider-Man\">Spider-Man<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Joe-Sacco\/e\/B001K7T7NI\">Joe Sacco<\/a>&#8216;s&nbsp;Safe Area Gora\u017ede,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/Marzena-Sowa\/author\/B004N0OHPW?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1728084914&amp;sr=1-1&amp;isDramIntegrated=true&amp;shoppingPortalEnabled=true\">Marzena Sowa<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s?k=Sylvain+Savoia&amp;crid=3FSSOHYUUIWZ8&amp;sprefix=sylvain+savoia%2Caps%2C175&amp;ref=nb_sb_noss\">Sylvain Savoia<\/a>&#8216;s&nbsp;Marzi, and other texts.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Perspicuous Objects: Reading Comics and Writing Instruction.&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/parlorpress.com\/products\/best-of-the-independent-rhetoric-and-composition-journals-2014\"><em>Best of the Independent Journals in Rhetoric and Composition, 2014<\/em><\/a>. Ed. Steve Parks, et al. Parlor Press, 2016. Rpt. from&nbsp;<em>Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy<\/em>&nbsp;19.1 (2014). Print.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;A Transmedia Storyworld: The Edge is One, But Not the Same.&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Above-Across-Beyond-Interdisciplinary-Assessments\/dp\/149850129X\"><em>U2 Above, Beyond, and Across: Interdisciplinary Assessments<\/em><\/a>. Ed. Scott Calhoun. NY: Lexington Books, 2015. 71-90. Print. Addresses&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.u2.com\/index\/home\">U2<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0346550\/\">Davis Guggenheim<\/a>&#8216;s U2-related documentaries,&nbsp;<em>The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0133093\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">Matrix<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;franchise, and transmedia storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Assignment: Photo Essay.&#8221;&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/practicalcomposi0000bric\/page\/n3\/mode\/2up\">Practical Composition: Exercises for the English Classroom from Working Instructors<\/a><\/em>. Ed. Russell Brickey, Laura L. Beadling, and Evelyn Martens. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2014. 218-24. Print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Assignment: Critical Analysis of a Documentary Film.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Practical Composition: Exercises for the English Classroom from Working Instructors<\/em>. Ed. Russell Brickey, Laura L. Beadling, and Evelyn Martens. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2014. 224-29. Print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/kairos.technorhetoric.net\/19.1\/topoi\/johnson\/index.html\">Perspicuous Objects<\/a>: Reading Comics and Writing Instruction.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy<\/em>&nbsp;19.1 (2014). Web. With art by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottkolbo.net\/\">Scott Kolbo<\/a>. A multi-threaded webtext built around a ~16,000-word scholarly article.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S8755461512000060\">Film School for Slideware<\/a>: Film, Comics, and Slideshows as Sequential Art.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Computers and Composition<\/em>&nbsp;29.2 (2012): 124-36. Print. Looks at presentation design, film and comics theory, and pedagogy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Commentary and Background for Hannah Charlton\u2019s \u201cThe Shadow of Turning.\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jumpplus.net\/\"><em>The Journal for Undergraduate Multimedia Projects<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;3.1 (2011). Web. &lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/jumpplus.net\/issues\/issue-3-1\/167-2\/\">https:\/\/jumpplus.net\/issues\/issue-3-1\/167-2\/<\/a>&gt;. Along with Hannah&#8217;s comic adaptation project from my course, this piece features my commentary, additional reviewer commentary, course information, and my extensive class assignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Commentary and Background for Kyle Kim\u2019s &#8220;Closer.&#8221;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jumpplus.net\/\"><em>The Journal for Undergraduate Multimedia Projects<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;2.1 (2010). Web. &lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/jumpplus.net\/issues\/issue-2-1\/closer-by-kyle-kim\/\">https:\/\/jumpplus.net\/issues\/issue-2-1\/closer-by-kyle-kim\/<\/a>&gt;. Along with Kyle\u2019s video project from my course, this piece features my commentary, additional reviewer commentary, course information, and my extensive class assignment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cA Portable Ecology: Supporting New Media Writing and Laptop-Ready Pedagogy at Ball State University.\u201d&nbsp;19 pages.&nbsp;With Kristie S. Fleckenstein and Jackie Grutsch McKinney.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ccdigitalpress.org\/book\/tes\/\"><em>Technological Ecologies and Sustainability: Methods, Modes, and Assessment<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp;Ed. D\u00e0nielle Nicole DeVoss, Heidi A. McKee, and Richard Selfe. Logan, UT:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccdigitalpress.org\/\">Computers and Composition Digital Press<\/a>\/Utah State UP, 2009.&nbsp;Web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAbout Those Loops.\u201d&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/ccdigitalpress.org\/book\/tes\/\">Technological Ecologies and Sustainability: Methods, Modes, and Assessment<\/a><\/em>.&nbsp;Ed. D\u00e0nielle Nicole DeVoss, Heidi A. McKee, and Richard Selfe.&nbsp;10 Minute Video.&nbsp;Logan, UT:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccdigitalpress.org\/\">Computers and Composition Digital Press<\/a>\/Utah State UP, 2009.&nbsp;Web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.ncte.org\/nctefiles\/groups\/cccc\/forum\/fall2008forum.pdf\">Weak Ties and Academic Community<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Forum: Newsletter of the Committee on Contingent, Adjunct, and Part-Time Faculty<\/em>. Special Section in&nbsp;<em>College Composition and Communication<\/em>&nbsp;60.1 (2008): A9-A11. Print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/abjohnson.net\/pdfs\/PlagueofBlogsScan.pdf\">Surviving a Plague of Blogs<\/a>: Strategies for Understanding and Managing Online News and Opinion Environments.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Reformation: The Teaching and Learning of English in Electronic Environments<\/em>. Ed. Richard N. Matzen, Jr., and Jia-yi Cheng-Levine. Taiwan: Bookman Books, 2007. 167-84. Print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1080\/0300776042000166620\">U2, Mythology, and Mass Mediated Survival.<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<em>Popular Music and Society<\/em>&nbsp;27.1 (2004): 79-99. Print. Article based on MA thesis; explores identity formation and manipulation in mass media environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-wide wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-css-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"other-publications\">Other Publications<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solumpress.com\/contributors-fred-johnson?rq=fred%20johnson\">I Yell Out at This Fool Deer in the Road<\/a>.&#8221; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solumpress.com\/publications\">Solum Journal<\/a><\/em>, vol. 5 (2024): 22. Print. (Poem)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekstasismagazine.com\/poetry\/2023\/leaving-the-bridge\">Leaving the Bridge<\/a>.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekstasismagazine.com\/\"><em>Ekstasis<\/em><\/a> (Oct. 2023). Online. (Poem)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekstasismagazine.com\/poetry\/2023\/drift-back-and-sleep\">Drift Back and Sleep<\/a>.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekstasismagazine.com\/\"><em>Ekstasis<\/em><\/a> (June 2023). Online. (Poem)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cA Fair Queen.\u201d <em><a href=\"https:\/\/northamericanreview.org\/about\">North American Review<\/a><\/em>  307.1 (Spring 2022): 26. Print. (Poem) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curatormagazine.com\/fred-johnson\/25831\/\">Wrist<\/a>.\u201d <em>The Curator<\/em> (11 Mar. 2021). Online. (Poem)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cEarly Death and the Liturgy of Turning Screws.\u201d <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reliefjournal.com\/\">Relief<\/a><\/em> (Spring 2020): 20. Print. (Poem)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/abjohnson.net\/vita\/narrowridge\/\">Awe and Vertigo on the Narrow Ridge<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<em>At Our Best: Essays for New Faculty<\/em>. Ed. Brooke Kiener. Spokane, WA: Whitworth University, 2019. 41-46. Print. An essay exploring Whitworth\u2019s \u201cnarrow ridge\u201d metaphor for integration of faith and learning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cOpossum, Opossum (The Possum Prays).\u201d <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sugarhousereview.com\/\">Sugar House Review<\/a>: An Independent Poetry Magazine #<\/em>16 (Fall\/Winter 2017): 14. Print. (Poem)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cA Plan.\u201d <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sugarhousereview.com\/\">Sugar House Review<\/a>: An Independent Poetry Magazine<\/em> #16 (Fall\/Winter 2017): 15-16. Print. (Poem)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/abjohnson.net\/vita\/3q\/\">Three Questions with Fred Johnson<\/a>.&#8221; Interview by John W. Pell.&nbsp;<em>The Blogora<\/em>. Rhetoric Society of America, 3 Apr. 2015. Web. ~2000 words.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>e-Ball Point: Writing Program Handbook<\/em>. 20th ed. of Ball Point, 2nd electronic edition. Editor\/Co-writer. Muncie, IN: Ball State University Department of English, 2002. Substantial revision of BSU\u2019s in-house writing handbook, focused on formatting, usability, and clarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cFeedback in Muncie.\u201d <em>jar<\/em>. Nov. 2000. Publication of the <em>Muncie Star Press<\/em>. Feature on a local literary magazine and interview with editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cCircvs People.\u201d <em>jar<\/em>. Jan. 2000. Publication of the <em>Muncie Star Press<\/em>. Feature on local arts and community development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAmerica in Art at the Ball State Museum of Art\u201d (104 pp, 2000); \u201cNative Art of North America at the Ball State Museum of Art\u201d (43 pp, 1999); \u201cAfrican Art at the Ball State Museum of Art\u201d (50 pp, 1998). Writer\/Editor. Muncie, IN: Ball State University Museum of Art. Educational materials and activities for elementary classrooms, based on works in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/Web\/MuseumofArt\/\">David Owsley Museum of Art<\/a> at BSU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"presentations-and-events\">Presentations &amp; Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"\">(Click <a href=\"https:\/\/abjohnson.net\/vita\/presentations\/\">here<\/a> for a more thorough record of presentations, readings, and events.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"recent-and-selected-conference-presentations\">Recent and Selected Conference Presentations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThere\u2019s No Pinball in a Pinball Montage: Austin and Meredith Bragg\u2019s <em>Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game<\/em>\u201d at the Faith, Film, and Philosophy Seminar, Gonzaga Faith and Reason Institute, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cOf Course Chewbacca is the Drummer: Play, Patterns, and Expectant Reading, Even in a Multiverse\u201d at&nbsp;the Faith, Film, and Philosophy Seminar, Gonzaga Faith and Reason Institute, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA (Sep. 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;True Lines: Art, Truth Telling, and Creative Nonfiction in Joe Sacco\u2019s War Zone Comics&#8221; at the American Literature Association Conference, San Francisco, CA (May 2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cCasting Cartoons: Comics Theory, Film Analysis, and Edgar Wright\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Scott Pilgrim<\/em>\u201d at the Rocky Mountain MLA Annual Convention, Spokane, WA (Oct. 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Stories He Can\u2019t Tell: Abraham Cahan\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Yekl<\/em>&nbsp;and the Consequences of Illiteracy in New York\u2019s Late-Nineteenth Century Jewish Immigrant Community\u201d at the American Literature Association Conference, Boston, MA (May 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Assembling Your Own U2: Reading, Research, and Writing in Transmediated Territories&#8221; at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/siteslab.org\/cwcon\/2015\/\">Computers and Writing 2015<\/a>, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI (May 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cProgramatic Agility and the Small Liberal Arts College Ecosystem: A Panel and Discussion on the Evolution of Multimodal Composition Programs at Smaller Colleges and Universities,\u201d with John Pell and Jessica Clements, at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/siteslab.org\/cwcon\/2014\/\">Computers and Writing 2014<\/a>, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (June 2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cVisual Patterns, Narrative Paths: Chris Ware\u2019s New Graphic Novel,&nbsp;<em>Building Stories<\/em>, as User Interface,\u201d at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/siteslab.org\/cwcon\/2013\/\">Computers and Writing 2013<\/a>, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD (June 2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cDavis Guggenheim\u2019s Edge: U2\u2019s Guitarist as a Transmedia Character in the Films of Davis Guggenheim,\u201d at the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/u2conference.com\/\">U2 Conference<\/a>, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH (April 2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/abjohnson.net\/pdfs\/ComicsAsInterface_RoughExport.pdf\">Scribbly Lines and Peripheral Foreshadowing: What a Comics Page Can Teach Us About Composing Interfaces\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;Computers and Writing 2012, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (May 2012).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/abjohnson.net\/pdfs\/macguffins.pdf\">MacGuffins and Mad Science: How&nbsp;Lost&nbsp;Dodges Moral Consequences by Ignoring the Bloody Promise of Its Premise<\/a>.\u201d Opening remarks for \u201cReligious Themes and Human Prospect in&nbsp;Lost,\u201d a public panel discussion with David Calhoun, Michael Collender, and Daniel Walter. Faith, Film, and Philosophy Lecture Series, Whitworth and Gonzaga Universities, Spokane, WA (Oct. 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/abjohnson.net\/presentations\/digitalstorytellers.html\">The Story of \u2018Digital Storytelling&#8217;<\/a>: Developing a No-Budget Course in Emerging Writing Technologies\u201d at Computers and Writing 2010, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (May 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/abjohnson.net\/presentations\/badppt.html\">Starting with Bad PowerPoint<\/a>: Slideware Instruction and the New Media Composition Course\u201d at Computers and Writing 2009, UC Davis, Davis, CA (June 2009).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cHow to Refuse Friendship and Irritate People: The Formation, Fracturing, and Control of Social Networks in Flannery O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>The Violent Bear It Away<\/em>\u201d at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY (Feb. 2007).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cHelp Me Find It: Teaching Research as a \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/longtail.typepad.com\/the_long_tail\/\">Long Tail<\/a>\u2019 Conversation\u201d at the Indiana College English Association Annual Conference, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN (Sep. 2006).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cFrom the \u2018Long Tail\u2019 to the Center: How Blogging and the Internet Make Little Things Big\u201d at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL (Mar. 2006).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cExploiting the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/skepdic.com\/apophenia.html\">Apopheniac<\/a>: How Power Circumvents Itself in William F. Gibson\u2019s&nbsp;Pattern Recogniton\u201d at the Twentieth Century Literature Conference, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY (Feb. 2006).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAccess at the Hubs: The Pedagogical Potential of \u2018Weblogs\u2019 and Other News Hubs\u201d at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, CA (Mar. 2005).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cNets with Disabilities: A Network Science Approach to&nbsp;<em>Motherless Brooklyn<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>The Pleasure of My Company<\/em>\u201d at the Twentieth Century Literature Conference, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY (Feb. 2005).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Tom Corey in the Court of the Paint King: The Unstable Social Network in W.D. Howells&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>The Rise of Silas Lapham<\/em>&#8221; at the Indiana College English Association Annual Conference, Ball State University, Muncie, IN (Oct. 2004).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cHow They Play the Kevin Bacon Game in West Egg (and at Fangoso Lagoons): Approaching Literary Criticism Through Network Science\u201d at the Twentieth Century Literature Conference, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY (Feb. 2004).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Revenge of the Flukeman: Agents, Scenes, Subversions, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0604587\/\">Darin Morgan<\/a>\u2019s&nbsp;X-Files\u201d at the Twentieth Century Literature Conference, Louisville, KY (Feb. 2003).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cA Tour of the Panoptic(online)\u201d at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Chicago, IL (Mar. 2002).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-wide wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-css-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"recent-and-selected-campus-events-and-presentations\"><strong>Recent and Selected Campus Events and Presentations<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;In Praise of &#8216;B&#8217; Papers: A Conversation About Generative AI and Student Learning at Union.&#8221; Pair of breakout sessions for the Union University Fall Faculty Workshop. Union University, Jackson, TN (Aug. 13, 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/abjohnson.net\/vita\/how-i-learned-to-write-or-there-was-a-frog-with-a-switchblade\/\">How I Learned to Write, or, There was a Frog with a Switchblade.<\/a>&#8221; Featured lecture for the Whitworth University Annual Writing Awards. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (May 6, 2025).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Screening Host and Discussion Facilitator, Raven Jackson\u2019s <em>All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, <\/em>for the Whitworth Film Festival, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (April 29, 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Discussion Facilitator, Reading Group for Marilynne Robinson\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Gilead<\/em>. President\u2019s Book Club. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Mar. 19, 2024).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Invited Co-Presenter (with Peter Moe) on AI, writing pedagogy, and helping students think about AI as a tool. Whitworth Student Life leadership team retreat, Ross Point Camp, Post Falls, ID (Aug. 15, 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Teaching Demo: Stop with the Green Light&#8221; for Visiting High School Counselors (&#8220;Counselor&#8217;s College&#8221;), Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 19, 2015); for Parents of Prospective Students (&#8220;Parent&#8217;s College&#8221;), Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Mar. 12, 2016; Feb. 17, 2018; Feb. 25, 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Discussion Facilitator, Faculty Reading Group for Willa Cather\u2019s <em>Song of the Lark<\/em>. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Nov. 3, 2022). In advance of <a href=\"https:\/\/news.whitworth.edu\/2022\/11\/rescheduled-whitworth-university-hosts.html\">Brent Edstrom\u2019s Dec. 2022 premiere<\/a> (at Whitworth) of a jazz song cycle inspired by the novel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cLoving Tomorrowland for Tomorrowland (Some Ideas About Community and Villainy in Thomas Pynchon\u2019s <em>The Crying of Lot 49<\/em>).\u201d Whitworth University Department of English Faculty Scholarship Presentation (for campus community). Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Sept. 15, 2021).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Invited <a href=\"https:\/\/abjohnson.net\/vita\/for-laurie-lamon\/\">Introduction for Laurie Lamon<\/a>, Amy Ryan Reading, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Apr. 23, 2021). An introduction for Laurie&#8217;s final reading as the inaugural Amy Ryan Professor at Whitworth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Invited Virtual Panel Member, &#8220;Lessons Learned from HyFlex: Lived Experiences at Three Universities,&#8221; with Bryce Bernard (Corban University) and Tim Bergsma (Calvin University). Biola University Faculty Senate (Nov. 9, 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Panel Member, &#8220;Teaching Strategies for the Pandemic,&#8221; for the FLEXable Course Design Boot Camp, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (July 14, 2020; August 12, 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Panel Member, Q and A for New Department Chairs, New Chair Workshop, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Aug. 29, 2017; Aug. 27, 2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Update from the General Education Implementation Task Force,&#8221; with Aaron Putzke, Erica Salkin, and Meredith Shimizu. Keynote presentation for annual Faculty Retreat, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Aug. 30, 2018). Presentation of progress on new shared curriculum model and preparation for discussions. Passed with overwhelming faculty support (90%) in Fall 2018.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe Four Inquiries.\u201d Presentation of proposed general education model to faculty. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Mar. 19, 2018). Model ranked 1st or 2nd (of 6 presented models) by more than 80% of gathered faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cResponse: Against Eloquence.\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitworth.edu\/cms\/administration\/president-beck-a-taylor\/colloquy-on-civil-discourse\/\">President&#8217;s Colloquy on&nbsp;Civil Discourse<\/a>, Evening Two: Can We Disagree Without Being Disagreeable? Seeley G. Mudd Chapel, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA. (Feb. 19, 2018). One of three responses to Nathan King\u2019s keynote, \u201cBuilding Better Discourse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;A Honda Civic on the Narrow Ridge: Liberal Arts, Liturgy, and General Education.&#8221; Keynote talk for Faculty Development Day, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 27, 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Why Liberal Arts is the Best Career Preparation,&#8221; with Kathy Storm. Talk for prospective students and parents (&#8220;Admissions Snapshot Event&#8221;), Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 9, 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Panel Member, Pre- and Post-Screening Discussions of Paul Thomas Anderson&#8217;s adaptation of Thomas Pynchon&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>Inherent Vice<\/em>. The 9th Annual Leonard Oakland Film Festival, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Feb. 11, 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Academic Freedom and Trigger Warnings,&#8221; with Erica Salkin (Communication) and Mark Baird (Psychology). Teaching Roundtable Discussion for Whitworth University Faculty, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 10, 2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Teaching 100-Level Courses: Strategies and Challenges,&#8221; with Megan Hershey (Political Science), Martha Gady (Mathematics), Karen Peterson-Finch (Theology), and Ben Brody (Music). Teaching Roundtable Discussion for Whitworth University Faculty, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Mar. 14, 2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cLiberal Arts for Everyone,\u201d with Nicole Sheets (English), Carol Simon (Philosophy), Patty Bruininks (Psychology), and Erica Salkin (Communications). Teaching Roundtable Discussion for Whitworth University Faculty, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Feb. 15, 2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe George F. Whitworth Honors Program.\u201d Presentation for admitted honors students (and parents) at Whitworth\u2019s Honors Colloquium weekend. Whitworth Univesity, Spokane, WA (Feb. 2014; Mar. 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Faculty Panelist\/Respondent,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/this-whitworth-life\/this-whitworth-life-whitworths-untold-stories-11-21-14\">This Whitworth Life<\/a>&nbsp;(a reading of creative non-fiction organized by Prof. Nicole Sheets). Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Nov. 2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Moderator\/Interviewer, Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist of Over the Rhine. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Nov. 2014).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Facilitator, Discussion of Elizabeth Strout\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Olive Kitteridge<\/em>. President\u2019s Book Club. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 2014).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cBatman-Bono-Colbert,\u201d with John Pell. Whitworth University Department of English Faculty Scholarship Presentation (for campus community). Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 2014).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cRelationship, Trust, and Learning in the Classroom.\u201d Breakout session, with Brooke Kiener. Whitworth University Faculty Retreat, Fall 2014: Teaching with Heart: How Attachment Research Can Support Learning. Keynoted by Kent Hoffman (Gonzaga University). Camp Spalding, Newport, WA (Aug. 2014).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cDesigning Resumes.\u201d Resume and cover letter design sessions for Freshman Seminar (GE 125) students (Department of English section), Composition Commons Consultants (2013), and English Senior Portfolio students. 1-3 sessions each Fall. Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Fall Semesters, 2011 &#8211; 2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cTeaching Honors Courses,\u201d with Deanna Ojennus and Casey Andrews. Teaching Roundtable Discussion for Whitworth University Faculty, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Nov. 2012).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cBlogging for Teaching and Scholarship.\u201d Breakout session, with Jim McPherson. Faculty Development Day, Fall 2011: Technology for Teaching and Learning: Best Practices. Keynoted by Thomas E. Ludwig (Hope College); Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Nov. 2011).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cSome Easy Slide Designs That Work (PowerPoint Therapy 2).\u201d Teaching Roundtable Discussion for Whitworth University Faculty, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Oct. 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cSharing Culture.\u201d Media Unlimited: Technology, Ethics, and Life at Whitworth in the 21st Century. Panel Discussion. Sponsored by Weyerhaeuser Center for Faith and Learning &amp; The Center for Ethics at Whitworth University. Robinson Teaching Theatre, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Mar. 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cA Little PowerPoint Therapy.\u201d Teaching Roundtable Discussion for Whitworth University Faculty, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (Mar. 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-wide wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-css-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"recent-and-selected-local-events-and-presentations\">Recent and Selected Local Events and Presentations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Invited Consultant on Preparing Secondary Students for College Writing, Spokane &#8220;Bridge to College&#8221; Planning Group, The Saranac Building, Spokane, WA (Mar. 3, 2017; Feb. 23, 2022). A discussion with Language Arts faculty members from area public high schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Panel Member, Post-Screening Discussion of Ryan Graves and Kelly McCrillis&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>Emily<\/em>, Magic Lantern Theatre, Spokane, WA (Mar. 10, 2017).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Guest Teacher, &#8220;How to Get Images to Say Things&#8221; for On Track Academy (Alternative High School), Spokane, WA (June 2, 2016). Seminar session for students studying graphic novels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Judge, Frog Baby Film Festival 2006. Annual student film festival sponsored by Cardinal Filmworks, Ball State University\u2019s student-run film production company. (Apr. 2006)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Co-coordinator, \u201cVirginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry National Showcase\u201d (co-coordinator, with Joseph F. Trimmer and James W. Miles) in conjunction with the National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN (Nov. 2004). Event featured multimedia projects from the Tell-a-Vision program and from the Virginia Ball Center\u2019s many \u201ccreative inquiry\u201d seminars.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Invited Panelist, \u201cA Few \u2018Do\u2019s\u2019 for Post-Graduate Work.\u201d Panel discussion on careers in English for Taylor University senior English majors, E.B. Ball Center, Muncie, IN (Jan. 2003, Jan. 2004).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Organizer\/Host, Penscape, bi-annual graduate poetry\/prose readings, Ball State University Department of English. (1999\/00, 2000\/01)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Coordinator\/Host, Gallery Stage, Circvs 1999 and Circvs 2000. Regional independent music festival. (1999, 2000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Coordinator\/Host, Guido\u2019s Coffeehouse series. Muncie Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, Muncie, IN. Monthly readings, musical performances, art exhibits. (1998 \u2013 2000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"is-style-wide wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-css-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"recent-and-selected-poetry-readings\">Recent and Selected Poetry Readings<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><br>\u201cStrike Down the Band They Don\u2019t Know the Notes,\u201d \u201cI Yell Out at This Fool Deer in the Road,\u201d \u201cA Fair Queen,\u201d and other poems at the Westminster Round Off-Campus Reading, Little Garden Cafe, Spokane, WA (April 24, 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe Possum\u2019s Last Free Lunch\u201d and other poems with possums at the Westminster Round Off-Campus Reading, Little Garden Cafe, Spokane, WA (April 27, 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;A Small Airplane, Right in the Teeth,&#8221; &#8220;After the End, a Greater Depression,&#8221; and &#8220;Windmill in a Storm&#8221; at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curatormagazine.com\/\"><em>The Curator<\/em><\/a> Presents: an Evening of Poetry, a Live Virtual Reading in Celebration of National Poetry Month, Virtual (April 29, 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Opossum, Opossum (The Possum Prays),\u201d \u201cThe Boy Unbent,&#8221; \u201cParisian One-Reeler,\u201d \u201cMiddle Sky No. 4,\u201d and selections from \u201cGleaming the Quarantine\u201d at Things Beautiful and Life-giving, a Whitworth English Faculty Reading, Virtual (May 1, 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWrist,\u201d \u201cThe Liturgy of Turning Screws,\u201d and \u201cScenes from the Midcentury Chlorophyll Craze\u201d (poems) at the Westminster Round Off-Campus Reading, Boots Bakery, Spokane, WA (April 7, 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cTen Dramatic Scenarios for the North American Possum\u201d (poem) at Poetry and Pie, Mind and Hearth Coffee Shop, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (November 13, 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAbout Possums\u201d and \u201cThe Middle Sky\u201d (poems) at the Inland Northwest Faculty Reading, Get Lit! Festival 2015 (Eastern Washington University). Barrister Winery, Spokane, WA (April 26, 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cTrading on the Bass Line,\u201d \u201cQueen Anne Through and Through,\u201d \u201cSafe as Houses,\u201d and \u201cSweaty Quarters\u201d (poems) at the Westminster Round Off-Campus Reading, Boots Bakery, Spokane, WA (April 18, 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe Kids with Keys\u201d (poem) at the Westminster Round Off-Campus Reading, Holly Mason Rocket Bakery, Spokane, WA (March 7, 2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cInventory\u201d and \u201cCollections\u201d (poems) at Poetry and Pie, Mind and Hearth Coffee Shop, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA (November 7, 2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cPunch Blindly Like Children\u201d (poetry reading) at the Twentieth Century Literature Conference, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY (Feb. 2002).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe Stinkeye Rhymes\u201d (poetry reading) at the Twentieth Century Literature Conference, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY (Feb. 2000).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"selected-honors\"><strong>Selected Honors<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>SELECTED HONORS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Most Influential Professor, Class of 2025, Whitworth University. One of 20 professors selected via a vote of the graduating class of 2025. (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Faculty Career Champion, Career Services, Whitworth University. Recognized among a group of faculty especially invested in helping students prepare for the job market. (2018\/19)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>Kairos<\/em> Best Webtext Award&nbsp;\u201cRunner Up,\u201d for \u201cPerspicuous Objects.\u201d (2015) (From <em>Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy.)&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Innovative Teaching Award, Whitworth University. University-wide award presented to one faculty member each year on the strength of written nominations from faculty peers. (2010)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Distinguished Dissertation Award, Ball State Alumni Association. Single BSU dissertation selected annually by an intra-university committee of faculty scholars on the basis of originality, significant contribution to knowledge, quality of writing, and potential for publication. (2007)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Ball State University Graduate Fellowship. Awarded annually to approximately 8 of more than 2000 graduate students at BSU. Full tuition and stipend. (Aug. 1998 \u2013 Summer 2000)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"membership-in-professional-organizations\"><strong>Membership in Professional Organizations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Modern Language Association. (2002 to present)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">National Council of Teachers of English. (2004 to present)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Society for Contemporary Literature. (2017 to Present)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Society for the Study of the American Short Story. (2018 to Present)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\" id=\"updated-spring-2021\"><strong>(Updated Fall 2025)<\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experienced teacher, academic advisor, faculty member, committee member and leader, program leader, department- and university-level curriculum developer, department chair, and faculty president. Education Ph.D. in English.&nbsp;Ball State University,&nbsp;Muncie, Indiana, 2006&nbsp; M.A. in English (Literature).&nbsp;Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1998&nbsp; B.S.Ed.&nbsp;Taylor&nbsp;University, Upland, Indiana, 1996;&nbsp;summa cum laude Faculty Appointments Professor of English, Union University. 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