Graduate Alumni News

1997

Peter Donahue is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and Contemporary Literature at Sam Houston State University; he has been awarded a $5,000 grant to write a historical novel set in Seattle.

Rebecca Damaron, a Visiting Assistant Professor of linguistics at The University of Tulsa was recently selected by TESOL to receive the Virginia French Allen award for outstanding service to a TESOL affiliate.

Michael Dordick is now head of the English Department at ITESM de Monterrey in Cuernavaca.

Yusef El Hindi has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Linguistics at East Tennessee University.

Paul Hawkins and spouse Hillary Jones (BA 1994) are technical writers in Los Angeles.

Ruth Hefflin is under contract with Syracuse University Press to to publish Examples for the World: Four Transitional Sioux Writers and the Sioux Literary Renaissance.

Phil Heldrich is a visiting faculty member at Kansas State University.

Pam Stinson and Rhonda McClellan both teach writing at Northern Oklahoma College.

Tania Salies is a professor at Pontificia Universidade in Brazil.

Steve Woods writes for the Bartlesville Examiner.

1996

Angela Bailey and Jitendra Suvimani both are technical writers at COREComm.

Paul Bowers is Assistant Professor of Modern British Literature at Phillips University; his article on Darwin and Joyce is forthcoming in The James Joyce Quarterly.

Yu-Kwon Chiu develops airline-related software products for the Technical Publications Department of Sabre Technology Solutions.

Hugh Tribbey teaches in the English Department at East Central University.

Kay White Walker is program manager with the Extension Office of the OSU College of Arts and Sciences while maintaining her own consulting company, WW Communications.

1995

Michael Cronin heads the English Department at Northern Oklahoma College.

Returning after a stint teaching technical communication on Navy ships, Greg Davis is now a technical writer at WorldCom in Tulsa.

Eric Leuschner is beginning a PhD program in English at Missouri.

Chris Malone, finishing his PhD at Penn State, is also father of son, Jacob Hunter Malone, born January 5.

Jim Yates continues on the faculty of Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

1994

Joyce Bender teaches at Panhandle State University. Dennis Bormann teaches English at Claflin College.

Technical writer Paul Hawkins recently married undergraduate alumnus and technical writer Hillary Jones in Los Angeles.

Peggy Gipson teaches in the English Department of Oklahoma Christian University.

Jeff Kersh teaches writing at Lane College.

Gary Livingston is an Associate Instructor at The Economics Institute.

Mark Walling teaches at East Central University.

1993

Jo Allen, Associate Professor and co-director of the technical writing program at East Carolina University, was recently awarded won an American Council on Education Fellowship.

Jill Patterson, Assistant Professor of English at Texas Tech University, published her short story, "Polly Sunshine," in Texas Short Stories; it was read at a publisher's convention by actress Holly Hunter this year.

1992

Randy Clark has been promoted to manager of COREComm in Duncan Oklahoma. Randy taught for three years at OSU's campus in Kyoto, Japan before returning home to teach technical writing at OSU.

Gladys Lewis won the President's Partners Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Central Oklahoma, where she is an associate professor in Early American Literature. Dilin Liu is Director of ESL at Oklahoma City Univeresity.

Randy Phyllis is Associate Professor and Head of the English Department at Mesa State College in Colorado.

Sally Shigley is Director of the Writing Program and teaches women's literature at Weber State University. Her book, Dazzling Dialectics: Elizabeth Bishop's Resonating Feminist Reality, will be published this fall, and her article on cookbooks as texts will appear in Recipes for Reality, forthcoming from the University of Massachusetts Press.

1991

Darren Cozzens teaches English at Eastern Arizona College

1990

Kelly Boggs teaches in the International Programs division at the University of Missouri.

1989
Greg Garret recently returned from a year at the University of Oregon to Baylor University, where he is Associate Professor of English and teaches courses in fiction writing and film. He has now published some 30 stories in the U.S., Canada, and New Zealand as well as numerous scholarly articles on film and literature. He is now planning a centennial conference to mark the 100th birthday of Alfred Hitchcock.

1988
Sandra Pearce teaches writing and Modern British and Irish literature at Moorhead State University and is currently working on a study of Edna O'Brien.

1985

Kristene Spurgeon Sutliff is Coordinator of the Technical Writing Program at Southwest Missouri State University.

Tom Slater teaches writing, film, and literature at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He has recently published articles on theatre and film in a variety of scholarly journals.

1997	Peter Donahue is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and Contemporary Literature at Sam Houston State University; he has been awarded a $5,000 grant to write a historical novel set in Seattle. Rebecca Damaron, a Visiting Assistant Professor of linguistics at The University of Tulsa was recently selected by TESOL to receive the Virginia French Allen award for outstanding service to a TESOL affiliate. Michael Dordick is now head of the English Department at ITESM de Monterrey in Cuernavaca. Yusef El Hindi has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Linguistics at East Tennessee University. Paul Hawkins and spouse Hillary Jones (BA 1994) are technical writers in Los Angeles. Ruth Hefflin is under contract with Syracuse University Press to to publish Examples for the World: Four Transitional Sioux Writers and the Sioux Literary Renaissance. Phil Heldrich is a visiting faculty member at Kansas State University. Pam Stinson and Rhonda McClellan both teach writing at Northern Oklahoma College. Tania Salies is a professor at Pontificia Universidade in Brazil. Steve Woods writes for the Bartlesville Examiner.
1996	Angela Bailey and Jitendra Suvimani both are technical writers at COREComm. Paul Bowers is Assistant Professor of Modern British Literature at Phillips University; his article on Darwin and Joyce is forthcoming in The James Joyce Quarterly. Yu-Kwon Chiu develops airline-related software products for the Technical Publications Department of Sabre Technology Solutions. Hugh Tribbey teaches in the English Department at East Central University. Kay White Walker is program manager with the Extension Office of the OSU College of Arts and Sciences while maintaining her own consulting company, WW Communications.
1995	Michael Cronin heads the English Department at Northern Oklahoma College. Returning after a stint teaching technical communication on Navy ships, Greg Davis is now a technical writer at WorldCom in Tulsa. Eric Leuschner is beginning a PhD program in English at Missouri. Chris Malone, finishing his PhD at Penn State, is also father of son, Jacob Hunter Malone, born January 5. Jim Yates continues on the faculty of Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
1994	Joyce Bender teaches at Panhandle State University. Dennis Bormann teaches English at Claflin College. Technical writer Paul Hawkins recently married undergraduate alumnus and technical writer Hillary Jones in Los Angeles. Peggy Gipson teaches in the English Department of Oklahoma Christian University. Jeff Kersh teaches writing at Lane College. Gary Livingston is an Associate Instructor at The Economics Institute. Mark Walling teaches at East Central University.
1993	Jo Allen, Associate Professor and co-director of the technical writing program at East Carolina University, was recently awarded won an American Council on Education Fellowship. Jill Patterson, Assistant Professor of English at Texas Tech University, published her short story, "Polly Sunshine," in Texas Short Stories; it was read at a publisher's convention by actress Holly Hunter this year.
1992	Randy Clark has been promoted to manager of COREComm in Duncan Oklahoma. Randy taught for three years at OSU's campus in Kyoto, Japan before returning home to teach technical writing at OSU. Gladys Lewis won the President's Partners Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Central Oklahoma, where she is an associate professor in Early American Literature. Dilin Liu is Director of ESL at Oklahoma City Univeresity. Randy Phyllis is Associate Professor and Head of the English Department at Mesa State College in Colorado. Sally Shigley is Director of the Writing Program and teaches women's literature at Weber State University. Her book, Dazzling Dialectics: Elizabeth Bishop's Resonating Feminist Reality, will be published this fall, and her article on cookbooks as texts will appear in Recipes for Reality, forthcoming from the University of Massachusetts Press.
1991	Darren Cozzens teaches English at Eastern Arizona College
1990	Kelly Boggs teaches in the International Programs division at the University of Missouri.
1989	Greg Garret recently returned from a year at the University of Oregon to Baylor University, where he is Associate Professor of English and teaches courses in fiction writing and film. He has now published some 30 stories in the U.S., Canada, and New Zealand as well as numerous scholarly articles on film and literature. He is now planning a centennial conference to mark the 100th birthday of Alfred Hitchcock.
1988	Sandra Pearce teaches writing and Modern British and Irish literature at Moorhead State University and is currently working on a study of Edna O'Brien.
1985	Kristene Spurgeon Sutliff is Coordinator of the Technical Writing Program at Southwest Missouri State University. Tom Slater teaches writing, film, and literature at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He has recently published articles on theatre and film in a variety of scholarly journals.