Robert Dixon-Kolar
Robert Dixon-Kolar
Assistant Professor, English
Tel.: (630) 942-3966
Berg Instructional Center (BIC), Room 2516P
dixonk@cod.edu
Areas of Research Interest:
- Developmental writing, craft traditions, especially of Asian cultures
Recent Courses Taught:
- Developmental writing and reading
Current Projects:
- "The Way of a Woodworker," a personal essay in The Empty Vessel; A Journal of Contemporary Taoism, Spring, 2000
- "Bending and Turning," an article in Parabola: The Magazine of Myth, Tradition, and the Search for Meaning, Fall, 2000
- "As the Door Opens," and article in Parabola, Winter, 2001
Selected Publications, Presentations, Performances, Books:
- "Bending and Turning," my article on symbolism of Shaker craft is archived in the
SIRS Humanities Research Database.
Education:
- M.S. in Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- B.A. in English Education, University of Illinois at Chicago
2012 College of DuPage







