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