College of Arts and Sciences

Education:

• PhD, English and American Literature, Temple University, 1975
• MA, English Literature, Villanova University, 1969
• BA, English with a minor in science, Temple University, 1965

Bio:

As I near the end of my teaching career, my publication commitments seem to be growing. My co-author and I are currently in the process of revising four books, and when this work is finished, we will begin revising three others. Even so, I remain committed to expanding my students' horizons and helping them make the transition from an academic environment to a practical, job-related one.

Selected Publications:

• Practical Argument. New York: St. Martin's, 2011.
• Foundations First: Sentences to Paragraphs. 3rd ed. New York: St. Martin's, 2011.
• Writing First: Paragraphs to Essays. 4th ed. New York: St. Martin's, 2009.
• Patterns for College Writing. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 11th ed. 2007.
• Focus on Writing. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2008.
• The Blair Reader. 6th ed. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 2008.
• LIT. Boston: Cengage, 2011.
• Literature: Reading, Reacting, and Writing. 7th edition. Boston: Wadsworth, 2010.
• The Portable Literature: Reading, Reacting, and Writing. 7th ed. Boston: Wadsworth, 2010.
• Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing. Compact 7th ed. Boston: Wadsworth, 2010.
• The Wadsworth Handbook. 8th ed. Boston: Wadsworth, 2008.
• The Brief Wadsworth Handbook. 6th ed. Boston: Wadsworth, 2010.
• The Concise Wadsworth Handbook. 2nd ed. Boston: Wadsworth, 2008.