FACULTY VITA

                                  
John R. Leax
Memberships: Conference on Christianity and Literature
The Chrysostom Society
The Orion Society
The Nature Conservancy
Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment
Books:
Poetry: 

 

Reaching into Silence, 1974
The Task of Adam, 1985
Country Labors, 1991
Fiction:  Nightwatch, 1989
Prose:  In Season and Out, 1985
Standing Ground, 1991
Grace Is Where I Live, 1993
Out Walking, 2000
Other Publications: articles, poems, and fiction in Christianity Today, The Christian Herald, The Greenfield Review, Midwest Quarterly, Radix, The Other Side, Sojourners, Kentucky Poetry Review, Southern Poetry Journal, and many other periodicals

Readings and lectures given at Calvin College, Concordia College, Nyack College, The Kings College, Asbury Theological Seminary, Gordon College, St. Joseph's College, SUNY Buffalo, Olean Public Library, Geneva College, and others.

 

 

                                  

   FACULTY VITA
Laurie A. Dashnau

 Memberships:

Christians for Biblical Equality
Conference on College Composition and Communication
National Council of the Teachers of English

 Dissertation: "Rhetorics of Gender: Christian Traditionalists, Biblical Feminists, and Promise Keepers" (1996)
     Director: Susan Jarratt, Miami University of Ohio     
 Publications:

an essay, "A Real Chicken Soup Story," forthcoming in The Wesleyan Advocate

two teaching tips forthcoming in a reference book edited by Sheila Seifert

two haiku published in Starfish, Fall 2000 and 2001 editions

a poem, "While Reading TETYC Over Morning Coffee" 
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, March 1999

Papers delivered at Skidmore College, Nazareth College, St. John Fisher College, Conference on College Composition and Communication (Milwaukee), Canisius College, Genesee Community College, SUNY Cortland, Penn State, and Miami University of Ohio on topics including literary techniques in the Book of Ruth, collaborative writing strategies, and Maya Angelou's inaugural poem for President Bill Clinton.

Related Experiences:
        - Advanced Placement Test Reader, English Literature Exam, Educational Testing Services, 1997-present
        - Editor of Runds Restaurant Server's Guide to Excellence (1986)

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   FACULTY VITA
James A. Zoller
Memberships:
Education: 1984, D.A., State University of New York at Albany - Major: English. Writing concentration: Fiction
1973, M.A., San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA -  Major: English with concentration in Creative Writing
1971, B.A., University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH -  Major: History; Minors: Political Science, English

Teaching:

 

1984-present Professor, Writing and Literature, Houghton College

1986-present  Reader for Educational Testing Service (SAT II, AP Language, GMAT) 
1973-1984 Lecturer with short stints at the following:
    University of New Hampshire
    McIntosh Jr. College, Dover, NH
    Tidewater Community College,
         Virginia Beach, VA
    SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY
    Russell Sage College, Troy, NY

Publications:

Simple Clutter (1998)  A book of poems, Mellen Poetry Press   

Poems, articles, and short stories published in Antaeus, Blueline, Blue Violin, The Best of the Prose Poem, The Christian Century, The Greenfield Review, The Kentucky Poetry Review, Oxford Magazine, and many others.
Book Reviews  for Choice: A Review of Books for Academic Libraries

Related Experience:  Columnist, Wellsville Daily Reporter 

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