Dr. Paul (Skip) Morris
The Tower of Babel
English Department
Pittsburg State
University
1701 South Broadway
Pittsburg, KS, 66762
(316) 235-4717
smorris@pittstate.edu
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HELPFUL LINKS
Technical
Communication - Mike Markel
APA Guidelines
MLA Guidelines
The Writing Center—lots of
helpful tools for writing
Welcome to The ERIC Pages
The English Server at CMU
JAC Home Page--A Journal of Composition Theory
WWW-VL: Writers' Resources On The Web
The Alliance for Computers and Writing
FedStats: A to Z--Lots of government
statistics
EDUCOM: Transforming Education Through
Information Technology
Ecola's Newsstand: Get Links EZ--Lots of
newspapers
Bartleby’s Reference—Dictionary,
Encyclopedia, and Quotations
Links to places literary
On-Line Literary Resources
Rhetoric and Composition
Bedford Books--The
Bedford Bibliography: History of Rhetoric and Composition
Bibliography for
Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication
EDUCATION
Ph.D. English/Rhetoric and Composition (1997)
University of Nevada, Reno
M.A. English/Writing (1992)
University of Nevada, Reno
B.A. English/Creative Writing (1980)
University of California, Davis
PUBLICATIONS
"A Critical and Dynamic Literacy in the Computer Classroom: Bridging
the Gap Between School Literacy and Workplace Literacy." (Soon to be
Chapter 15 in Electronic
Collaboration in the Humanities: Issues and Options.) (Under
review by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates)
“Language Lessons and Computer Literacy Stories.” NOTE: Notes on Teaching
English. Volume XXVIII, No. 1, December 2000: (11-21).
The New Literacy: Moving Beyond the 3Rs (with Stephen Tchudi). San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996.
"Wyatt Earp and the Exterminators." Halcyon: A Journal of the
Humanities. Oct. 1996.
"Olongapo." The Redneck Review. 28 Spring (1995): 59-63.
"Two Eagles." Brushfire. (1993-1994): 24-29.
"War Stories." The Redneck Review of Literature. 23
Fall (1992): 83-88.
PRESENTATIONS
“Critical Pedagogy and Literacy Assignment Design,” NCTE Annual
Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, November 21-26, 2002.
“Compare/Contrast/Discovery: From Pro to Con to Synthesis,”
Computers and Writing 2000 Conference, Texas Woman’s University, May 25-28,
2000.
“Language Lessons and Computer Literacy Stories,” College English Association
Conference (CEA), Georgia-Carolinas CEA, April 6-9, 2000.
"A Critical and Dynamic Literacy in the Computer Classroom: Bridging
the Gap Between School Literacy and Workplace Literacy." 40th Annual
Convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association, November 7, 1998.
"From 3Rs to 39." 1997 Nevada Reading Week Conference for
Northern Nevada Teachers of English. Reno, NV.
"Teaching for Participation in a Discourse of Community." 1995
Annual NCTE Convention. San Diego, CA.
REVIEWS
Review of Unforgiven, directed by Clint Eastwood. The Redneck Review
of Literature. 25 Fall (1993): 61-63.
Review of the 40th Annual Convention of the MMLA (1998) for Kairos,
Issue 4.1, Fall 1999: http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/4.1/news/conferences/morris.html
Review of Clifford’s Blues, by John A. Williams. Counterpoise,
Vol 5, No. ¾, July/October 2001: 53-54.
Review of In the South Bronx of America, by Mel Rosenthal. Counterpoise,
Vol 6, No. ½, January/April 2002: 55-56
ACADEMIC
WORK EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor of English, Pittsburg State University, 1997 to present
Courses taught:
English Composition
General Literature
Introduction to Research Writing
Technical Writing
Problems in Teaching of Composition (Graduate Seminar)
Composition/Rhetoric Theory (Graduate Seminar)
History of Rhetoric
Language Acquisition
Research in Composition/Rhetoric
Coordinator, Computer Aided Instruction, Pittsburg State, 1997 to present
Coordinator, Writing Portfolio Project, University of Nevada, Reno, Writing
Center, 1996 to 1997
University Writing Center Tutor, 1993 to 1997
Teaching Fellow, University of Nevada, Reno, Core Writing, 1990 to 1997
UNR Academic Support Center Tutor, 1991 to 1992: Writing tutor for ESL students
and athletes
TEACHING INTERESTS
Literacy
Writing
History of rhetoric
Composition/rhetorical theory and research
Computer aided instruction
Computers and collaboration
Technical writing
WAC and writing center theory