Steadman Vita
Stephen J. Stedman
Department of English and Communications
Box 5053
Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN 38505
Telephone: 615-372-3763
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Website: http://iweb.tntech.edu/sstedman/
Education
1970 B.A., English (with High Honors; Magna cum Laude), Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
1977 M.A., English, University of West Florida, Pensacola
1982 Ph.D., English and American Literature, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Teaching (and Other) Positions
1995-present Professor, Department of English, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN
1998-2001 Director, Professional Communication Program, Dept. of English, TTU
1987-98 Director, Technical Communication Program, Department of English, TTU
1990-95 Associate Professor, Department of English, TTU
1987-90 Assistant Professor, Department of English, TTU
1986-87 Assistant Professor, Department of English, Tenn. State Univ., Nashville, TN
1986 Technical Editing Consultant, Resource Systems International, Nashville, TN; part-time instructor, Watkins Institute, Nashville, TN
1981-85 Assistant Professor, Department of English, TSU
1978-81 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of English, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
1977 Graduate Fellow/Teaching Assistant, Department of English, Univ. of West Florida, Pensacola
1975-76 Legislative Liaison, Florida Audubon Society, Maitland, FL
1971-75 Education Specialist, USAF, Tyndall AFB, Panama City, FL
1970-71 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of English, University of Arizona, Tucson
Technical Publications
Stedman, S.J. 1974. Singular Brown Pelican feeding behavior. The Florida Field Naturalist 2 (2): 44.
__________. 1975. Review--The watery world of Apalach. The Florida Naturalist 48 (5): 27.
Stedman, S. J. and F. E. Lohrer. 1976. A Tropical Kingbird sighting from the Florida Panhandle.
The Florida Field Naturalist 4 (2): 40-41.
Stedman, S. J. 1980. Recent records and status of Whimbrel in Tennessee. Migrant 51 (4): 88-89.
B. H. Stedman and S. J. Stedman. 1981. Notes on the raptor migration at Chilhowee Mountain.
Migrant 52 (2): 38-40.
Stedman, S. J. 1983. The season--central plateau and basin region. Migrant 54 (1): 20-23.
__________. 1983. The season--central plateau and basin region. Migrant 54 (2): 42-44.
__________. 1983. Florida-marked Turkey Vulture sighting in East Tennessee. Migrant 54 (2): 56-57
__________. 1983. The season--central plateau and basin region. Migrant 54 (3): 60-63.
__________ 1983. The season--central plateau and basin region. Migrant 54 (4): 87-89.
__________. 1984. The season--central plateau and basin region. Migrant 55 (1): 18-22.
__________. 1984. The season--central plateau and basin region. Migrant 55 (2): 44-47.
__________. 1984. Return and recovery rates for banded Purple Finches. Migrant 55 (3):
65.
__________. 1984. The season--central plateau and basin region. Migrant 55 (3):
__________. 1984. The season--central plateau and basin region. Migrant 55 (4): 88-93.
__________. 1985. The season--central plateau and basin region. Migrant 56 (1): 17-22.
__________. 1985. The season--central plateau and basin region. Migrant 56 (2): 49-54.
__________. 1985. First record of Long-tailed Jaeger in Tennessee. Migrant 56 (3): 64-66.
__________. 1985. The season--central plateau and basin region. Migrant 56 (3): 74-78.
Parmer, H. E., D. F. Vogt, C. G. Drewry, P. B. Hamel, and S. J. Stedman, ed. 1985. Birds of the
Nashville area. 4th ed. Nashville Chapter, Tenn. Ornith. Soc., Nashville, Tennessee.
Stedman, S. J., A. R. Hoff, and B. H. Stedman. 1985. Red-shouldered Hawk migration at Chilhowee Mountain, Tennessee: a clarification. Migrant 56 (4): 98-100.
Stedman, S. J. 1985. The season--central plateau and basin region. Migrant 56 (4): 108-112.
Stedman, S. J. and B. H. Stedman. 1986. Preventing window-strikes by birds. Migrant 57 (1): 18.
Stedman, S. J. 1986. The season--central plateau and basin region. Migrant 57 (1): 24-29.
__________. 1986. Songbird of prey: Loggerhead Shrike. The Tennessee Conservationist. Sept./Oct., pp. 9-11.
Stedman, S. J. and J. C. Robinson. 1986. First record of Parasitic Jaeger in Tennessee. Migrant 57 (2): 44-46.
Stedman, S. J. 1986. Review--The atlas of breeding birds of Vermont. Migrant 57 (2): 48-49.
__________. 1986. The season--central plateau and basin region. Migrant 57 (2): 52-58.
__________. 1986. The season--highland rim and basin region. Migrant 57 (3): 75-82.
__________. 1986. Unusual small gull seen in Roane County, Tennessee. Migrant 57 (4): 99-100.
__________. 1986. The season--highland rim and basin region. Migrant 57 (4): 104-111.
__________. 1987. Monsanto Ponds--rare wetland habitat. Tennessee Wildlife. May/June, pp. 16-19.
Loftin, H., S. J. Stedman, and T. L. Francis. 1987. An annotated check-list of the birds of Bay County, Florida. Bay County Audubon Society, Panama City, Florida.
Stedman, S. J. 1987. The season--highland rim and basin region. Migrant 58 (1): 21-25.
__________. 1987. Nesting habitat of Willow Flycatcher in Tennessee. Migrant 58 (2): 49-50.
__________. 1987. The season--highland rim and basin region. Migrant 58 (2): 54-58.
Stedman, S. J. and J. C. Robinson. 1987. Documentation and submission of bird records in Tennessee. Migrant 58 (3): 65-79.
Stedman, S.J. and J. C. Robinson. 1987. First record of Parasitic Jaeger in Tennessee: addenda. Migrant 58 (3): 89-90.
Stedman, S. J. 1987. The season--highland rim and basin region. Migrant 58 (3):94-100.
__________. 1987. The season--highland rim and basin region. Migrant 58 (4): 138-143.
__________. 1988. Range expansion and population increase of nesting Song Sparrows in Tennessee. American Birds 42 (3): 382-384.
Nicholson, C. P. and S. J. Stedman. 1988. The official list of Tennessee birds: addendum I. Migrant 59 (1): 1-4.
Stedman, S. J. 1988. The winter roadside raptor survey in Tennessee: 1986-1987 results. Migrant 59 (1): 14-21.
__________. 1988. Cattle Egrets nest in Sumner County. Migrant 59 (1): 29-30.
__________. 1988. The season--highland rim and basin region. Migrant 59 (1): 33-38.
Stedman, S. J. and D. J. Simbeck. 1988. Northern Rough-winged Swallows build nest in semitrailers. Migrant 59 (2): 51-52.
Stedman, S. J. 1988. The season--highland rim and basin region. Migrant 59 (2): 65-68.
__________. 1988. The season--highland rim and basin region. Migrant 59 (3): 95-99.
__________. 1988. Review--A field guide to hawks: North America; Hawks in flight; Handbook of North American Birds, Vol. 4 and 5 (Diurnal Raptors). Migrant 59 (4): 120-121.
__________. 1989. Characteristics of the spring Broad-winged Hawk migration in Tennessee.
Hawk Migration Studies: Newsletter of the Hawk Migration Association of North America 14: 11-13.
__________. 1989. Minimum survey effort for determining sex ratio of wintering American Kestrels in a large area. Journal of Field Ornithology 60 (2): 259-263.
__________. 1989. Return and recovery rates for banded Purple Finches in Williamson County, Tennessee. North American Bird Bander 14 (3): 86-87.
__________. 1990. A synopsis of four decades of fall hawk migration study in Tennessee. Hawk
Migration Studies: Newsletter of the Hawk Migration Association of North America 15: 32-37.
__________. 1990. Band opening and removal by House Finches. North American Bird Bander 15 (4): 136-138.
Stedman, S. J. and B. H. Stedman. 1990. Mature deciduous-coniferous forest with stream. Journal of Field Ornithology 62 (Supplement): 17-18 [Winter Bird Population Study].
Stedman, S. J. 1991. Central southern region. American Birds 45 (2): 282-286.
Stedman, S. J. and B. H. Stedman. 1991. Mature deciduous-coniferous forest with stream. Journal of Field Ornithology 63 (Supplement): 18-19 [WBPS], 86 [Breeding Bird Census].
Stedman, S. J. 1992. House Finch: a western bird invades Tennessee from the northeast. The Tennessee Conservationist, March/April, pp. 8-11.
__________. 1992. Central southern region. American Birds 46 (2): 274-279.
Stedman, S. J. And B. H. Stedman. 1992. Mature deciduous-coniferous forest with stream.
Journal of Field Ornithology 64 (Supplement): 18-19 [WBPS], 81-82 [BBC].
Stedman, S. J. 1992. Review--The mountain and the migration: a guide to Hawk Mountain.
The Wilson Bulletin 104 (4): 768-769.
__________. 1992. Bird communities of the escarpments in Putnam County, Tennessee, with implications regarding the conservation of Neotropical migrants [abstract]. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 67 (1&2): 20.
__________. 1993. Birds of Putnam County, Tennessee. Printing Services, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee, 146 + xiv pp.
__________. 1993. Central southern region. American Birds 47 (2): 266-269.
Stedman, S. J. and B. H. Stedman. 1994. Mature deciduous-coniferous forest with stream. Journal of Field Ornithology 65 (Supplement): 23 [WBPS], 95 [BBC].
Stedman, S. J. 1994. Central southern region. National Audubon Society Field Notes 48 (2): 215- 218.
__________. 1995. Spring Neotropical migrant survey in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Kentucky and Tennessee. Kentucky Warbler 71 (2): 27-32.
__________. 1995. Central southern region. National Audubon Society Field Notes 49 (2): 155-159.
Stedman, S. J. and B. H. Stedman. 1996. A survey of winter birds in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Kentucky Warbler 72 (1): 25-32.
Stedman, S. J. 1996. Central southern region. National Audubon Society Field Notes 50 (2): 179-182.
__________. 1997. Central southern region. National Audubon Society Field Notes 51 (3): 758-760.
__________. 1998. Breeding bird survey of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Kentucky and Tennessee, 1994-1996. Kentucky Warbler 74 (2): 35-43.
__________. 1998. Central southern region. Field Notes 52 (2): 208-212.
__________. 1998. Changing seasons: The nesting season. Field Notes 52 (4): 424-426.
__________. 1999. Central southern region. North American Birds 53 (2): 173-176.
__________. 1999. Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi. American Birds: 99th Christmas Bird Count, pp. 587-589.
__________. 2000. Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus). In The Birds of North America, No. 505 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
__________. 2000. Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi. American Birds: 100th Christmas Bird Count, pp. 632-633.
__________. 2000. Central southern region. North American Birds 54 (2): 187-190.
__________. 2000. Yellow-billed Loon: first record in Tennessee. Migrant 70: 65-66.
__________. 2001. Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi. American Birds: 101st Christmas Bird Count, pp. 627-629.
__________. 2001. Northern Saw-whet Owl Surveys in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Kentucky and Tennessee. Kentucky Warbler 77 (4): 68-75.
__________. 2002. Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi. American Birds: 102nd Christmas Bird Count, pp. 62-64.
Stedman, S. J., and B. H. Stedman. 2002. Notes on the Birds of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and the Obed National Wild and Scenic River. Privately printed at Cookeville, Tennessee, 146 + viii pp. **
Renfrow, F., and S. J. Stedman. 2003. Red-breasted Nuthatches in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area: First Nesting Record for Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau. Migrant 74 (1): 1-5.
Stedman, S. J. 2003. Tennessee/Mississippi/Alabama. American Birds: 103rd Christmas Bird Count, pp. 74-76.
__________. 2003. Golden-winged Warblers in McCreary County during Mid- to Late May 2002. Kentucky Warbler 79 (4): 91-92.
Stedman, S. J., and M. R. Allen. 2003. Decadal Decline (1992-2002) of Loggerhead Shrikes on Christmas Bird Counts in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Alabama Birdlife 49 (2): 1-6.
Stedman, S. J., and W. A. Walden. 2003. A Population of Brown-headed Nuthatches in Putnam County, Tennessee. Migrant 74 (1): 6-8.
Stedman, S. J., and C. D. Williams. 2003. Great White Heron in DeKalb and Putnam Counties, Tennessee. Migrant 74 (2): 29-31.
Stedman, S. J., and M. J. Hawkins. 2003. Winter Records of Yellow-breasted Chat in Tennessee. Migrant 74 (4): 104-108.
Stedman, S. J. 2004. Late Singing Winter Wren in Whitley County. Kentucky Warbler 80 (1): 35.
Stedman, S. J., and W. A. Walden. 2004. Late Nesting Grasshopper Sparrows in Clinton County. Kentucky Warbler 80 (3): 76.
Stedman, S. J. 2004. Tennessee/Mississippi/Alabama. American Birds: 104th Christmas Bird Count, pp. 75-77.
Kuntz, M., and S. J. Stedman. 2005. First Nests of Least Flycatcher in Kentucky. Kentucky Warbler 81 (3): 94-95, 96.
Stedman, S. J. 2005. Tennessee. American Birds: 105th Christmas Bird Count, pp. 73-74.
__________. 2005. Mississippi/Alabama. American Birds: 105th Christmas Bird Count, pp. 74-76.
Stedman, B. H., and S. J. Stedman. 2005. Point Count Surveys of Breeding Birds in the ObedWild and Scenic River. Migrant 76 (1): 1-9.
Stedman, S. J., and E. K. LeGrand. 2005. Breeding Henslow's Sparrows in White County, Tennessee. Migrant 76 (2): 41-43.
Stedman, S. J., and D. A. Downs. 2005. First Bachman's Sparrow Record in White County,
Tennessee. Migrant 76 (2): 44-46.
Stedman, S. J. 2006. Tennessee. American Birds: 106th Christmas Bird Count, pp. 74-75.
__________. 2006. Mississippi/Alabama. American Birds: 106th Christmas Bird Count, pp. 75-76.
__________. 2006. Birds of Putnam County, Tennessee. 2nd ed.
http://iweb.tntech.edu/sstedman/PutnamCountyBirdsDustJacketFront.htm
Stedman, S. J., and B. H. Stedman. 2006. Bird Inventory at Russell Cave National Monument 2003-2005. Alabama Birdlife 52 (2): 37-46.
Mast, J. E., and S. J. Stedman. Breeding Season Records of Veery in Cumberland County. Migrant 77 (2): 37-38.
Stedman, S. J. 2007. Tennessee. American Birds: 107th Christmas Bird Count, pp. 72-73.
Edited Works
Stedman, S.J., ed. 2001. North American Birds 53 (2).
Hess, E., R. West, M. Barnhill, and L. Fleming. 2000. The Birds of Delaware. S. J. Stedman, technical editor. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA.
Stedman, S. J., R. J. Glinski, and E. Hammontree, ed. AAUP Guidebook for New Faculty at Tennessee Tech University. TTU Chapter AAUP and Tennessee Tech University,Cookeville, Tennessee, 1991, 32 pp.
Stedman, S. J. and P. Campana, ed. Proceedings of the Conference on Language, Technology and Economic Growth held April 21, 1990, at Tennessee Tech University, Tennessee Humanities Council and Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee, 56 pp.
Stedman, S. J., chief ed. Proceedings of the Symposium on Composition held March 22, 1990, at Tennessee Tech University. Department of English, TTU, 1990, 53 pp.
Literary Publications
Stedman, Stephen J. “Who Publishes Restoration Studies? A Checklist.” Restoration: Studies in English Literary Culture, 1660-1700 3 (1979): 69-76.
__________. “An ’Iterated jingle/ Of sugar-baited words’: The Prosody of Christina Rossetti’s
Goblin Market” [abstract]. Tennessee Philological Bulletin 16 (1979): 44.
__________. “’Dropp’d from Heaven’: Biblical Allusion in Religio Laici” [abstract]. Tennessee
Philological Bulletin 17 (1980): 73.
__________. “Shakespearean ’Aether’ in The Rape of the Lock” [abstract]. Tennessee Philological Bulletin 19 (1982): 44.
__________. “Samuel Stanhope Smith.” In American Writers before 1800: A Biographical and Critical Reference Guide. Ed. James A. Levernier and Douglas Wilmes. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983. 1345-1347.
__________. “TheVisionary Maid: Pope’s Eloisa as Artist” [abstract]. Tennessee Philological
Bulletin 21 (1984): 69-70.
__________. “John Durborrow Blair.” In Dictionary of Literary Biography. Ed. Emory Elliott. Vol. 37: American Writers of the Early Republic. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1985.
__________. “Samuel Stanhope Smith.” In Dictionary of Literary Biography. Ed. Emory Elliott.
Vol. 37: American Writers of the Early Republic. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1985.
__________. “’Porphyria’s Lover’: A Case of Generic Murder” [abstract]. Tennessee Philological
Bulletin 26 (1987): 37-38.
__________. “The Ending of Rasselas: Closure and Dysclosure” [abstract]. Tennessee Philological Bulletin 26 (1989): 98-99.
__________. “The Subliminal Impact of Business Letter Format” [abstract]. Tennessee Philological Bulletin 27 (1990): 125-126.
__________. “The Lascaux Cave Drawings and Technical Communication” [abstract]. Tennessee Philological Bulletin 28 (1991): 100.
__________. “The Political Ornithology of Alan Paton’s Too Late the Phalarope” [abstract]. Tennessee Philological Bulletin 29 (1992): 99-100.
__________. “The Architectonics of A Sand County Almanac” [abstract]. Tennessee Philological Bulletin 30 (1993): 69-70.
__________. “The Comic Rhythm and Modern Environmental Philosophy” [abstract]. Tennessee Philological Bulletin 31 (1994): 117.
Presentations
“An ’Iterated jingle/ Of sugar-baited words’: The Prosody of Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market.” At the 1979 annual meeting of the TPA in Jefferson City.
“’Dropp’d from Heaven’: Biblical Allusion in Religio Laici.” At the 1980 annual meeting of the TPA in Nashville.
“’Political Fire’ in John Banks’ Vertue Betray’d.” At the 1980 annual meeting of the MLA in Houston.
“Shakespearean ’Aether” in The Rape of the Lock.” At the 1982 annual meeting of the TPA in Murfreesboro.
“The Visionary Maid: Pope’s Eloisa as Artist.” At the 1984 annual meeting of the TPA in Cookeville.
“The Winter Roadside Raptor Survey inTennessee: First-Year Results (1985-1986).” At the fall 1986 symposium of the Tennessee Ornithological Society in Lebanon.
“’Porphyria’s Lover’: A Case of Generic Murder.” At the 1987 annual meeting of the TPA in Memphis.
“The Ending of Rasselas: Closure and Dysclosure.” At the 1988 annual meeting of the TPA in Johnson City.
“A Modest Proposal for the Teaching of Swift’s ’A Modest Proposal’ and the Technical Proposal.”At the 1989 annual meeting of the TCEA in Nashville.
“The Subliminal Impact of Business Letter Format.” At the 1990 annual meeting of the TPA in Murfreesboro.
“The Lascaux Cave Drawings and Technical Communication.” At the 1991 annual meeting of the TPA in Jackson.
“Bird Communities of the Escarpments in Putnam County, Tennessee, with Implications Regarding the Conservation of Neotropical Migrants.” At the 1991 annual meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science in Murfreesboro.
“The Political Ornithology of Alan Paton’s Too Late the Phalarope.” At the 1992 meeting of the TPA in Nashville.
“The Architectonics of A Sand County Almanac.” At the 1993 annual meeting of the TPA in Jefferson City.
“Shakespearean Comedy and Modern Environmental Philosophy.” At the 1994 annual meeting of the Tennessee Humanities Council in Memphis.
“The Comic Rhythm and Modern Environmental Philosophy.” At the 1994 annual meeting of the TPA in Nashville.
Thesis Direction and Participation
Director, thesis committee of Jennifer Campbell. Thesis title: “The Critical English Thesis as a Technical Report.” 1994.
Member, thesis committee of Tracy Richter (biology). Thesis title: “Density and Distribution of Clupeids in Dale Hollow Reservoir, Tennessee.” 1992.
Member, thesis committee for Derrick Hicks (biology). Thesis title: “Distribution and Life History Aspects of the Cherry Darter.” 1990.
Member, thesis committee of Michael Price. Thesis title: “From Apprentice to Master: D’Avenant’s Progression as an Adapter of Shakespeare.” 1990.
Grants
1988-1990 Technical Communication Internships [3 funded], from ORNL; c. $2500 each.
1993 Printing of Birds of Putnam County, Tennessee, from Upper Cumberland Bird Club; $725.
1996 Check-list of Birds of Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, from
National Park Service (Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area); $550.
2003-2007 Bird Inventories in Eight National Park Service Units, from NPS: $65,000.
Honors and Awards
1996 Distinguished Chapter Service Award, Soc. for Tech. Comm.
1981 Dissertation Year Fellowship, Department of English, UTK.
1980-81 Graduate Alumni Scholarship, UTK
1980 Membership, Phi Kappa Phi
1979-80 Richard Beale Davis Editorial Fellowship, Dept. of English, UTK
1978-81 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Dept. of English, UTK
1977 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Dept. of English, Univ. of West Florida
1977 Graduate Fellowship, Dept. of English, Univ. of West Florida
1970-71 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Dept. of English, Univ. of Arizona
1970 Susan Spitz Memorial Award as Best Graduating English Major, Ithaca College
1969 Membership, Oracle (Senior Honor Society), Ithaca College
1967 Membership, Freshman Honor Society, Ithaca College
1966-70 New York State Regents Scholarship, Ithaca College
Professional Service
Managing Editor, Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, 2007-present.
Editorial Advisory Board, The Kentucky Warbler [journal of KOS), 2006-present.
Tennessee Coordinator, Butterflies and Moths of North America (website), 2006-present.
Christmas Bird Count Regional Editor. “Tennessee.” American Birds, 2005-present.
Christmas Bird Count Regional Editor. “Mississippi, and Alabama.” American Birds, 2005-2006.
Christmas Bird Count Regional Editor. “Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama.” American Birds, 1998-2004.
Winter Season Editor, Central Southern Region, American Birds/Field Notes/North American Birds, 1991-2000.
Referee, Journal of Field Ornithology, Association of Field Ornithologists, 1989-1993.
Highland Rim and Basin Region Editor, “The Season,” Migrant, 1983-1989.
Assistant Chair, Committee A, TTU Chapter AAUP, 1994-1997.
President, TTU Chapter PKP, 1994-96.
Secretary, TTU Chpater PKP, 1991-93.
President, TTU Chapter AAUP, 1989-90.
Vice President, TTU Chapter AAUP, 1988-89.
Public Relations Officer, TTU Chapter PKP, 1989-91.
University Service
Member, Faculty Senate, 1989-92 and 1993-95
Secretary, Faculty Senate, 1990-92
Member, Academic Council, 1989-1992 and 1993-95
Chair, Nominating Committee, Academic Council, 1991-92
Chair, Subcommittee on Written Competency, Academic Council, 1994-95
Member, University Grievance Pool, 1991-1994 and 1994-1995
Member, Grievance Committee (K. Smalley), 1993-94
Vice-Chair, Committee on Financial and Physical Resources, SACS Self-Study, 1993-95
Departmental Service
Member, Search Committee for Dept. Chairperson, 1990-91
Co-Chair, Search Committee for One-year Instructors, Summer 1991
Member, Search Committee for Instructors, 1992-94
Member, Search Committee for Asst. Prof. of Speech, 1994-95
Member, Search Committee for Asst. Prof. of PC, 1997-1998
Member, Curriculum Committee, 1988-
Member, Scholarships Committee, 1990-1998
Member, Public Relations Committee, 1987-1989, 1997-1998
Chair, Tenure Committee, 1991-92
Chair, Promotion Committee, 1993-94, 2001-02
Professional Memberships
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 1980-present (inactive)
Inland Bird Banding Association (life member), 1985-present
Association of Field Ornithologists, 1987-present
American Ornithologists’ Union, 1988-present
Wilson Ornithological Society, 1988-present
Thoreau Society, 1991-present
Kentucky Ornithological Society (life member), 1995-present
Society for Technical Communication, 1987-2001
Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, 1987-2000
Cooper Ornithological Society, 1989-2000
Florida Ornithological Society, 1975-2002
American Association of University Professors, 1988-present
Courses Taught at TTU
ENGL 1010/1020 (Composition)
ENGL 2210/2220 (Survey of British Literature)
ENGL 2210H (Honors Survey of British Literature)
ENGL 2330 (Survey of World Literature)
ENGL/PC 3250 (Professional Communication I)
ENG 435/535 (Advanced Composition)
ENGL 4520/5520 (The Literature of Science)
ENGL 4530/5530 (Literature and Technology)
PC 2500 (Introduction to Professional Communication)
PC 2700 (Professional Communication Lab)
PC 4840 (Special Topics in Professional Communication)
PC 4850 (Internship in Professional Communication)
PC/JOUR 4940/5940 (Technical Editing)
PC/ENGL 4970/5970 (Professional Communication II)
PC 4990 (Professional Communication Seminar)
Bird Study through Continuing Education at TTU.
Other Courses Taught
Bird Song Refresher course for U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1994-2007 (all but two years; scheduled for 2008).
Bird Song Refresher course for Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Resources, 1995-2007 (intermittent).
