University of Wisconsin Stout | Wisconsin's Polytechnic University

Education

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, M.A. and Ph.D. in English (Rhetoric and Composition)

Research Interests

Peer-Reviewed Articles:

“De-Bunking the Myth of the Enlightened Teacher vs. the Resistant Student Writer: A Case for Critical Revision.” College TeachingVol. 57.2 (Spring 2009): 67-73.

“So, You Helped Create a New Writing Center – Now What?: Lessons and Reflections From a First-Year Director.” The Writing Lab Newsletter Vol. 32.7 (March 2008): 1-6.

“Terms of Engagement: A Snapshot of Scholarly Exchange in Rhetoric and Composition’s Professional Journals.” Reader: Essays in Reader-Oriented Theory, Criticism, and Pedagogy, Vol. 56 (Spring 2007), but published in Fall 2007: 54-86.

“Navigating ‘The Storm, The Whirlwind, and the Earthquake’: Re-Assessing Frederick Douglass, the Orator.” The Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature 57.1 (2003): 65-83.

“A Classical Framework for a New ‘Visual Renaissance’: Bridging the Divide Between the Written and the Visual in Computer-Based Composition.” Issues in Writing 12.1 (2001): 43-68.

“Ain't That America?: Exploring Reaganism and MTV.”The Mid-Atlantic Almanack (Journal of Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Popular Culture Association) 9 (2000): 49-61.

Book Reviews:

Review of The Writing Center Director’s Resource Book, Ed. Christina Murphy and Byron L. Stay. Composition Forum 17 (Fall 2007).

Review of Virtual Peer Review: Teaching and Learning About Writing in Online Environments, Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch. M/MLA Journal 38.2 (2005).

Review of Historical Studies of Writing Program Administration: Individuals, Communities, and The Formation of a Discipline, Ed. Barbara L’Eplattenier and Lisa Mastrangelo. Composition Studies 33.2 (2005), online exclusive review: http://www.compositionstudies.tcu.edu/bookreviews/online/33-2/onlineexclusives/muldoon.html

Review of ALT DIS: Alternative Discourses and the Academy, Ed. Christopher Schroeder, Helen Fox, and Patricia Bizzell. Composition Forum 12.2 (2003).

Courses Taught

ENGL 090, Freshman English: Writing Workshop

ENGL 101, Freshman English: Composition

ENGL 102, Freshman English: Reading and Related Writing

ENGL 125: Professional Writing, Elements of Style

ENGL 247: Critical Writing

ENGL 320: Business Writing

ENGL 415: Technical Writing