Research & Teaching Interests
- American studies
- Ethnic American literature
- Pedagogy
- Teacher training
- Leadership training
Education
- Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1971
- M.A., University of Oregon, 1965
- A.B., University of Redlands, 1959
Publications
Book
With Lloyd S. Lewin, Women in the Workplace: A Man’s Perspective. Remington Press, 1988
Essays
- “Leadership Training and Service Learning.” Building Community: Service Learning in the Academic Disciplines. Ed. Richard J. Kraft and Mark Swadener. Campus Compact, 1994, 23-33
- “A Guide to Facilitating Discussion.” Graduate Teacher Program Handbook. Ed. Laura Border. University Teaching Program, University of Colorado, 1988, 51-57 With D. B. Crouch
- “Rediscovering the Humanity in Medicine.” People & Policy (Spring 1979): 40-41
- “Al Young’s Snakes: The Blues as a Literary Form.” Obsidian 4, 2 (Summer 1978): 28-36 With James W. Palmer
- “Milos Forman’s Cuckoo’s Next: Reality Unredeemed.” Studies in the Humanities VII, No. 1, (December 1978): 14-18
- “Innocence and Freedom: The Image of White America in Black Literature.” First World 2, 1 (Spring 1978): 51-55
- “House Made of Dawn: Momaday’s Treatise on the Word.” Southwestern American Literature 5 (1975): 81-87
- “LeRoi Jones’ The Slave: Right Ideas Stink A Lotta Times.” Umoja 2 (April 1975): 72-81
- “Forging New Definitions: The Burden of the Hero in Modern Afro-American Literature.” Obsidian 1(Winter 1975): 5-19. Rpt. Black World XXV (December 1975): 38-45, 66-73
Selected Honors & Awards
- Student Organization for Alumni Relations Teaching Recognition Award, CU Boulder
- 1990 Farrand Hall “Teacher of the Year” Award, CU Boulder, 1988 With L. Crowe
- National Endowment for the Humanities Curriculum Development Grant in Bioethics, 1980
