and I graduated from NAU with an MA in Rhetoric and a
Professional Writing Certificate in 2006.
My main interest has morphed from Rhetoric to Historical
Linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Discourse Analysis I like
being busy.
By way of personal history, I was born in Chicago a reeaallyyy
long time ago, grew up in Long Beach CA, I was in the military from 1970
thru 1974 (got a BA in Asian Studies while in there), taught English as a
second language in China. Japan and Korea from 1975 through 1989, and have
lived in Hawaii, in Flagstaff and now in Phoenix. While in Hawaii my
interests wandered away from teaching to computer systems administration
which I did for three years, I left Hawaii, my love and my home, to move to
Flagstaff to go to the College of Engineering in Computer Science
Engineering in 2000. I did some private consulting in
computer systems administration and returned to school In September 2004. I
was accepted to the PhD Program in Rhetoric, Composition and Linguistics in the
fall of 2006.I have been active in several student organizations: Graduate
Scholars of English Association, AIDShope, the Rhetorical Society of
America and SafeZone. I have also supported and participated in several
Graduate Student Conferences, most recently chairing the 14th Annual
Graduate Linguistics and TESIOL Symposium. I have also worked in the Writing
Center as a volunteer, and taught as adjunct faculty at MCC. I look forward to
starting my Teaching Assistanceship this fall at ASU. I love cats, children,
computer programming, computers and web design. books, conversational
analysis and electronic music (trance, and dance music). I am a girley-girl,
a total clothes horse and LOVE malls and shopping.
