Curriculum Vita

Curriculum Vita of
Dr. Lance Rivers

School of English and Speech	(906)635-2116
Lake Superior State University	lrivers@lssu.edu
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783

Education

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Doctor of Philosophy English May 2000
Preliminary Examinations Passed with Distinction
Dissertation: Composition and Science: (Dys)connections in Discourse
Dissertation Committee: Dr. Lisa J. McClure, Chair; Dr. Clarisse Zimra; Dr. David Blakesley; Dr. R. Gerald Nelms; Dr. William Turley.

Master of Arts English August 1995
Thesis: Toward a Holistic Theory of Composition: Complexity Theory, the Enneagram and the Composing Dynamic
Major Professor: Dr. Lisa J. McClure

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Arts Humanities January 1985
Five Time Dean's List Awardee

Conferences

Chair. "Composition as Ritual," and "Multivocal Texts". Milwaukee: Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 27-29, 1996.

Presenter. "Mythopoetic Consubstantiation: Images of Set/h in Césaire's And the Dogs Were Silent." African Languages Association Annual Conference, Ann Arbor, April 1997.

Presenter. "Complexity, Dis/order, and the Dynamics of Writing: Toward a Unified Theory of Text and Its Writing." Chicago: Conference on College Composition and Communication, April 1, 1998.

Presenter. "'Greetings from the Blackboard Jungle': Visualizing the Rhetoric of Postcards." Minneapolis: Conference on College Composition and Communication, April 15, 2000.

Presenter. "Technology Transforms Writing Assessment: A Response." New York: Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 21, 2003.

Presenter. "Constraints on Education: Administrating Writing Programs in Times of Economic Exigency." Grand Rapids, MI: [National] Conference of Writing Program Administrators, July 11, 2003.

Publications

"To Boldly Go Where We've Gone Before-Star Trek: The Next Generation." The Lundian: An International Magazine 2/16-1989 (February 1989) 1, 5, 8.

“Alien Abduction.” The Skeptic’s Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience. Michael Shermer, Ed.. December 2002.

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor of English. School of English and Communication. Lake Superior State University. (2000-Present)

	Freshman Composition
	Advanced Composition
	Creative Writing
	The Children’s Literary Tradition
	Introduction to Literature and Research
	Science and Science Fiction
	Introduction to Film: Images of Our Culture
	History of Literary Criticism
	The Bible as Literature

Graduate Teaching Assistant. Department of English. Southern Illinois University Carbondale. (1993-2000)

	Beginning Composition-Basic Writing/Stretch Program
	Beginning Composition I and Computer-Assisted
	Beginning Composition II and Computer-Assisted
	Advanced Freshman Composition: Cultural Studies and the Qing Dynasty and Southern Illinois Literature and Immersion Research
	Intermediate Expository Writing
	Appreciation of Literature
	Film as Literary Art: Science Fiction Film and Folklore

Courses Developed

	English 410: The Children’s Literary Tradition
	English 091: Introduction to College English (with Dr. James Zukowski)
	English 110: Freshman Composition I (with Dr. Amie Doughty)
	English 111: Freshman Composition II
	English 433: The Bible as Literature

Professional Activities

	Conference Planner, "Technology and Learning" Conference November 1994-August 1995
	Planner and Presenter, "60s Film Festival" Fall 2002.

Committees and Administrative Experience

	Chair, Writing Studies Committee (LSSU)
	Undergraduate Research Committee (LSSU)
	Banished Word List 2001 (LSSU)
	Computer Team Member (SIUC)
	Department Webmaster (SIUC)
	Instructional Assistant to Writing Program Administrator (SIUC)
	Special Assistant to the Writing Program Administrator (SIUC) (Developed and Assisted in Implementation of Graduate Assistant In-Service Training Program, including Pre-Semester Workshop and Mentoring Programs)
	Graduate Student Representative to the Policy Committee (SIUC)
	Chair, Association of English Graduate Instructors and Students (SIUC)
	Assistant Director. Careers in Hospitality, Peoria, Illinois.

Teaching Interests

	Composition Theory
	Rhetoric of Science
	Creative Writing
	Creative Non-fiction
	Screenwriting
	Cinema Studies
	American Literary Non-Fiction
	Children’s Literature
	The Bible as Literature
	Literary Criticism and Theory

Professional Organizations

	National Council of Teachers of English
	Conference on College Composition and Communication

Special Honors and Awards

	Who's Who Among America's Teachers 2000 January 2000
	Phi Kappa Phi (National Honor Society) February 1998
	Department of English Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year (SIUC) 1996-1997
	Gamma Beta Phi (National Honor Society) October 1994

Curriculum Vita of Dr. Lance Rivers