Faculty and Staff
Robert Dixon-Kolar
Instructor, English
Tel.: (630) 942-3966
Fax.: (630) 942-3711
Room: IC 3089b
e-mail: 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