Faculty and Staff
Wendolyn Tetlow, Ph.D.
Dean, Liberal Arts
Tel.: (630) 942-4290
Fax: (630) 942-3711
Room: IC-220
e-mail: tetlow@cod.edu
Areas of Research Interest:
• Academic Leadership
• Accreditation in Higher Education
• Legal Issues in Higher Education
• Study Abroad in Community Colleges
Recent Courses Taught:
• English Composition
• American Literature I & II
• Developmental Writing
• Creative Writing
• Introduction to Literature
• Graduate-level Critical Writing
Current Projects:
• Peer Reviewer, Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
• Examiner for the Lincoln Awards for Excellence (State Quality Award)
• Administrative Member, General Education Humanities and Fine Arts Panel of Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI), Illinois Board of Higher Education
Selected Publications, Presentations, Performances, Books:
• Hemingway's 'In Our Time': Lyrical Dimensions, Bucknell UP, 1992 (Reviewed in American Literature, Studies in Short Fiction, The Hemingway Review, and Choice).
• New Affinities, with Anca Rosu, Pearson Publishing, 1st and 2nd editions, 1999, 2001.
• Affinities: Readings in Common, with Martin Gloege, 1st and 2nd editions, Simon & Schuster, 1996, 1998.
• Nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and general interest articles have appeared in Kansas Quarterly, Colorado-North Review, NJ Audubon, Bluegrass Literary Review, The Penny Dreadful (Mid-America Review), Jam To-Day, Poetpourri, New Jersey Outdoors, Pennsylvania Game News, Science and Children, and many others.
• Numerous presentations on diverse topics have included: Hemingway's fiction, Nabokov's Pale Fire, William Carlos Williams' poetry, Raymond Carver's short fiction, teaching English to technicians, pedagogical approaches in the English class, readings of original short fiction, and the role of bogs in Irish literature.
Education
Ph.D. English and American Literature, New York University
M.A. English, William Paterson University
B.A. English, William Paterson University
A.A. Liberal Arts, Green Mountain College
Awards and Recognitions
• Institute Service Award
• Development of General Education Award
• Teaching Excellence Award
• Ph.D. Comprehensives Passed by all 18 Readers (equivalent of distinction), NYU
• M.A. Comprehensives Passed with Distinction, William Paterson University
• Kent-Manno Award for Highest English Average, William Paterson University