Joseph Rice

Run with Joe, Inc 2012-

Founder & CEO (September 2012 - current)
Siem Reap, Cambodia
runwithjoe.org

We are a registered NPO whose mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable children in
Cambodia and Vietnam by addressing the challenges these children face: poverty; hunger; access
to health care and education; environmental degradation and global warming; child trafficking;
child labor; land mines; a bright future. Through compassionate aid & the building of bridges
between individuals, institutions, communities, and countries, we transform the lives of children
-- today, tomorrow, forever. We are in the process of applying for 501(c)(3).

Education
ABD Modern Drama & Theater, University of Cincinnati
M.F.A. Creative Writing, McNeese State University. 1988
B.A. English, Wheeling Jesuit University. 1983

Awards & Honors
Honors Faculty (East Tennessee State University 1998-2008)
Boyce Teaching Award (University of Cincinnati 1991)
Bachelor of Rhyme (Dixie Kindergarten 1967)

Sage Hill School Employment 2008 - 12
Private High School
English & History Departments
Newport Coast, CA

English, History, & Psychology teacher. Lead Class Advisor. Co-leader, 10
th
Grade Service-
Learning Program. Spring at Sage trip to Viet Nam with eighteen students. Co-founder
Mindfulness Circle. Assistant Cross Country Coach. Various committees. Assistant to the
Learning Specialist. Assistant Director of the Academic Resource Center. School Coordinator,
Orange County National History Day. Chaperone to various events. Advisor to the One-Act Play
Festival & the Roller Coaster Club. Summer Institute participant. Featured Guest Clown in
production of Clownzilla.

Workshop Presenter, 2010 NAIS Annual Conference (Extending Our Reach: Developing
Partnerships between Public and Private Schools)

East Tennessee State University Employment
Coordinator, Curriculum & Programs Honors College 2005-2008
Responsible to the Dean for developing and coordinating curriculum and associated programming
for honors programs (including University Honors Scholars, Midway Scholars, Arts Scholars)
and for honors opportunities (including Undergraduate Research and study abroad/educational
exchange programs); part-time instruction in foundation/orientation courses for college programs;
assisting Directors in developing appropriate courses and co-curricular activities; managing
curriculum approval process for courses; certifying students for recognition at graduation; and
performing other related duties as assigned.

Honors Faculty Honors Program/College 1998-2008
Teaching Honors Quest for Meaning and Value (1998-2004), Honors Colloquium (2003-current),
and Honors Artistic Vision (2006-current); directing eleven honors theses and serving as Reader
for twenty-three more; involving students in conference presentations and panels; advising
students; serving on various Honors Committees (incl. Admissions); reviewing Student-Faculty
Collaborative Grant applications; assisting at orientation; Faculty Advisor to Honors College
Student Council; mentoring; and other related activities.

Faculty English Department 1995-2005
Teaching a wide variety of classes to undergraduates and graduates, and to students in the
departments Honors-in-Discipline program; directing honors theses; advising students;
collaborating with students on conference papers; serving on various departmental, college, and
university committees; directing theatre productions for five years; mentoring; publishing work in
a variety of genres; and other related activities.

Undergraduate Courses Taught
Academic Advantage
Developmental English
Critical Reading & Exp. Writing
Critical Thinking & Argumentation
American Major Authors
British Major Authors
World Literature
European Literature
Sacred Literature
Human Journeys
Preprofessional Writing
Literature, Ethics, & Values
Literature of Bliss
Intro to Poetry & Drama
Modern Drama
American Drama
Introduction to Theatre
Film Topics: Surviving Childhood
Advanced Composition
Fantastic Literature
Poetry & Bookmaking
Peace & Conflict Studies (St.Louis)
Writing Tennessee (Young)
Films of Errol Morris (Blair)
Travel Journalism (Kinser)
Travel Fiction (Kinser)
Lit. of Hope & Desire (Piercy)
Childhood Lost (McVey)

Graduate Courses Taught
Modern British Drama (Acree)
Methods of Research
Poetry & Bookmaking

Honors Courses Taught
Honors Quest for Meaning & Value I/II (Fall 1998 - Spring 2004)
Artistic Vision (Spring 2006, Fall 2006)
Honors Survey of World Literature (several sections)
Honors Colloquium (HS, MS, AS) (Spring 2003 current)
Senior Honors Thesis (see below)

Team-Taught Courses
Honors Colloquium w/Dr. Michael Cody
Honors Quest w/Drs. Steve Fesmire; John Hardwig; Rebecca Hanrahan; Keith Green
Poetry & Bookmaking w/Prof. Anita DeAngelis
Honors Artistic Vision w/Prof. Patrick Cronin
Academic Advantage w/Rene Couch

Thesis Advisor
Lindy Russell. Lines of Inconsistency: A Collection of Poems. 2007.
Tracy Mantell. Sin in Sugar Ridge: A Collection of Stories. 2007.
Aubry Shaver. Schwiyi Remember?: A Play. 2006
Andre Sebastian. Sri Lankan Literature. 2006
Mike Blair. Castrati: A Film. 2005.
Travis Eisenbise. Tipping the Scales: A Collection of Short Stories. 2005.
Neem Bhatt. Seeking a Heroine: The Essential Role of Women in the Mahabharata. 2004.
James Cronin. All My Calling: A Play in One Act. 2004.
Michelle Angles. Fibers of Faith: Examination of Faith in 3 Modern American Novels. 2003.
Jonathon Taylor. Directing Edna St. Vincent Millays Aria da Capo. 2003.
Andrea Shell. Stage Management: Study in Practicality, Perseverance, & Patience. 2000.

Thesis Reader
Angela Gross. 2008
Marie Porterfield. 2008
Alex Curry. 2008
Amy Higgins. 2008
Jonathan Hatcher. 2007
Chris Bryant. 2007
Jessica Jarnigan. 2007
Kristina Hollowell. 2007
Drew Guider. 2007
Lindy Russell. 2007
Jennifer Culp Wood. 2007
Christine Ward. 2006
Fifi Saba. 2006
Kelly Sheets. 2006
Corey Zachary. 2006
Sarah Holman. 2006
Jeff Goulder. 2006
Jennifer Culp Wood. 2006

Josh Boatman. 2006
Ishon Prescott. 2005
Melissa Hinton. 2005
Sarah Holman. 2005
Mike Blair. 2005
Amanda Cardin. 2005
Kari Hancock. 2005
Sarah DeAtley. 2005
Andreas Schachermeier. 2004
Megan Johnson. 2003
Angela Ledford. 2003
Maegan McNerney. 2003
Kelly Wills. 2003
Emily Everhart. 2003
Christina Clift. 2002
Maureen Lindquist. 2002
Tonya Luster. 2002

Conference Collaborations / Students
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Melody McVey. Of James Dean and Killing Sprees: A Consideration of Terrence Malicks
Badlands. In the City and On the Road: Stasis & Mobility in the 20
th
Century. 3
rd

International, Interdisciplinary Conference. University of South Carolina. April 2006.
Sarah Collier. Captivity & the Humor of the Fantastically Neurotic: A Consideration of Gnther
Grass Tin Drum & Kurt Vonneguts Slaughterhouse-Five. 20
th
Annual International,
Multi-Disciplinary Conference on World War II. Siena College. June 2005
Neal Mehta. Death and the Diamond: What Baseball Teaches Us about Disease and Medicine.
Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture. Indiana State University. April 2005.
Caitlin St. Louis. American Che: A Story of a Countrys Appropriation of Che Guevara.
Communities in Crisis: Isolation, Desecration, Transformation in the 20
th
Century: 2
nd

International, Interdisciplinary Conference. University of South Carolina. April 2005.
Jennie Andrews. Sowing & Gleaning: When Seeing is a Matter of Survival. Interdisciplinary
Conference on Science and Culture. Kentucky State University. April 2005
I have collaborated with a number of students on papers that we have presented at various conferences.
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These are genuine collaborations which occasionally arise out of an independent study the student is doing
with me and/or out of thesis work in which they are engaged.
Jonathan Robbins. Postcards from the Missing: The Imaginative Feminisms of Peter Taylor.
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Tennessee Philological Association. Nashville, TN. February 2005.
Allyssa Chamberlain. Borges, Charlie Kaufman, and Us: The Complication of Self in Five
Screenplays. 19
th
Annual International Conference in Literature, Visual Arts and/or
Cinema. Atlanta. October 2004.

Conference Presenters / Students
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Jennifer Snyder, Maleka Khambaty, Michelle Hammett, Marie Porterfield. Developing a Holy
Curiosity: Undergraduate Research Opportunities at ETSU. Tennessee Collegiate
Honors Council Conference. February 2008. (four students)
Matt Brewer. More than Mere Childs Play: Parallels between Harry Potter and Christianity.
Popular Culture Association in the South Conference. September 2007.
Kathleen Cronin & Kacie Rowell. The Hidden Princess: Unveiling the Presence of Religion in
Disney Films. Popular Culture Association in the South Conference. September 2007.
Shana Hartman. Brave New Marketing World: Marketing to Virtual Personae in an Interactive
Online World. Popular Culture Association in the South Conference. September 2007.
Ashish Javer. Internet Dating: The Loss of the Biological Factor in Mate Selection. Popular
Culture Association in the South Conference. September 2007.
Lindy Russell. Crossing Lines: Defining Self in a Digital Age. Popular Culture Association in
the South Conference. September 2007.
Courtney Garland. Tracking History: A Consideration of 300s Historical Accuracy and
Impact. Popular Culture Association in the South Conference. September 2007.
Michelle Hammett. This Very Spartan World: Embracing the Politics and Society of 300.
Popular Culture Association in the South Conference. September 2007.
Maleka Khambaty and Jennifer Snyder. Freedom, Voice, and Ambivalence: An Analysis of
Women in Zack Snyders 300. Popular Culture Association in the South Conference.
September 2007.
Marie Porterfield. Mr. Bob Dylan Man: In the Jingle Jangle Morning Ill Come Following
You. Popular Culture Association in the South Conference. September 2007.
Meira Yasin. The Music of Bob Dylan: Songs and Social Implications. Popular Culture
Association in the South Conference. September 2007.
Colin Spaulding. Dylan Across the Millennia. Popular Culture Association in the South
Conference. September 2007.
Sarah Culp. Alaskan Odyssey: 17 Days on a 1500 Honda Goldwing. Southern Regional
Honors Council 35
th
Annual Conference. March 2007.
Ashish Javer. Bringing Philosophy to Bear on the American Cancer Societys Relay for Life.
Southern Regional Honors Council 35
th
Annual Conference. March 2007.
Marie Porterfield. Where Art and Service Intersect. Southern Regional Honors Council 35
th

Annual Conference. March 2007.
Colin Spaulding. Music and the Face of Violence. Southern Regional Honors Council 35
th

Annual Conference. March 2007.
Tracy Mantell. Duplicity: A Story. Popular Culture Association Conference. March 2007.
(faculty sponsor)
Lindy Russell, Michelle Hammett, Meira Yasin, James Fisher. Quest & the Honors Scholar.
Our paper was initially accepted for the conference, but the acceptance was withdrawn after a member of
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TPA expressed concern about establishing a precedent that allowed for undergraduate participation.
I have also put together a number of conference panels to afford students the opportunity to present work
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at the same conferences that professors from across the country present their own work. Occasionally this
work arises out of the research the students are engaged in for their Honors Thesis, and/or is a work that
eventually becomes part of their dossier for admission into a graduate program, medical school, or law
school.
Tennessee Collegiate Honors Council Conference. February 2007.
Michelle Hammett & Maleka Khambaty. Alf Layla wa-Layla Adapted: A Transnational
Consideration of Arabian Nights. Popular Culture Association in the South Conference.
October 2006
Sarah Culp & Tracy Mantell. Barometric Feminism: Womens Roles in Society as Animated by
Disney. Popular Culture Association in the South Conference. October 2006
Allyssa Chamberlain & Jennifer Snyder. Magic Realism in Erndiras Story: Women in the
Colonial Space. Popular Culture Association in the South Conference. October 2006
Summer Carr. John G. Raped and Murdered My Wife: Time in Christopher Nolans Memento.
Popular Culture Association in the South Conference. October 2006
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Lindy Russell. If I Could Turn Back Time: A Look at the Ephemeral in Angel. Popular Culture
Association in the South Conference. October 2006
Jewel Aldea. This watch was your birthright: Disjointed Time in Pulp Fiction and Reservoir
Dogs. Popular Culture Association in the South Conference. October 2006
Mike Blair. From Palestine to Iraq, and Back Again: Stories of West Virginias Jessica Lynch.
Appalachian Writers Association Conference. July 2006
Kari Hancock. The Sago Survivor: Randall McCloy, Jr. and the 2006 Mining Disaster.
Appalachian Writers Association Conference. July 2006.
Jewel Aldea. Historical Matewan. Appalachian Writers Association Conference. July 2005
Allyssa Chamberlain. John Sayles Matewan. Appalachian Writers Association Conference.
July 2005.
Mike Blair. Like Cells in a Body: The Collaborations of Charlie Kaufman in Adaptation.
Popular Culture Association in the South. September 2004
Becky Catron. The IPPAU and Pressmans Home, Tennessee. Appalachian Writers
Association Conference. July 2004.
Rachel Jestrab. Folk Medicine: Three Interviews. Appalachian Writers Association
Conference. July 2004.
Mike Blair. More Than a Whisper. Appalachian Writers Association Conference. July 2004.
Kari Hancock. Roxy Skeen. Appalachian Writers Association Conference. July 2004.
Leslie Epling. Stories of Incarceration & Murder. Appalachian Writers Association
Conference. July 2004.
Neem Bhatt. Women in the Mahabharata: Draupadis Role in Guiding the Five Pandavas.
Blueridge Undergraduate Research Conference, Milligan College. April 2004
(faculty sponsor)

Fulbright Mentor
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Jewel Aldea, 2006. (2007-08 Fulbright; Indonesia)
Allyssa Chamberlain, 2005. (2006-07 National Finalist)

Publications
Sudden Hands. Baseball/Literature/Culture: Essays, 2004-2005. Ed. Peter Carino. Jefferson,
NC: McFarland 2006.
Apes in Trees: The Creation of Play. The Encyclopedia of Sport in American Culture. Ed.
Joyce Duncan. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2004.
"Creating Truths Out of Lies." Behind the Scenes: Barter Theatre Revealed, Gallery Guide,
William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon VA. July 1998
"The Blinding of Mannon House: Mask and Oedipus in O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra."
Summer was awarded 2
nd
place / Best Pop Culture paper a competition that involved not just
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undergraduates such as herself, but graduate students too.
Mentor here is defined as working closely over a period of months with the students on their Fulbright
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applications, as well as being one of the three references for their applications.
Text and Presentation. Volume XIII 1992
"An Interview with Lee Blessing." American Drama. Fall 1992
Poems in Frugal Chariot, Cache Review, and Appalachian Heritage.
Monthly column in The Knobby News . 2002-2007
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Theatre Productions (Director)
Dancing at Lughnasa. Friel. 2000
The Glass Menagerie. Williams. 1999
The Real Inspector Hound. Stoppard. 1998
Home Burial. Frost. 1997
Happy Days. Beckett. 1997
'Night, Mother. Norman. 1996

Conference Panels & Workshops
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Developing a Holy Curiosity: Undergraduate Research Opportunities at ETSU. Tennessee
Collegiate Honors Council Conference. February 2008. (four students)
Religion and Popular Culture. Popular Culture Association in the South Conference.
September 2007. (three students + myself)
Surviving the Internet in the New Millennium. Popular Culture Association in the South
Conference. September 2007. (three students)
Retelling the Epic: Zack Snyders Film 300. Popular Culture Association in the South
Conference. September 2007. (four students)
Bob Dylan: Icon, Living Legend, Timeless Master. Popular Culture Association in the South
Conference. September 2007. (three students)
Thinking Outside the Box: Taking Inquiry Out of the Box and Into the Wild. Southern
Regional Honors Council 35
th
Annual Conference. March 2007. (four students)
Quest & the Honors Scholar. Tennessee Collegiate Honors Council Conference. February
2007. (four students)
Disruptions of Time & Story in Film & Television at the End of the Millennium. Popular
Culture Association in the South Conference. October 2006 (three students + myself)
Faces of Feminism Across the Globe. Popular Culture Association in the South Conference.
October 2006 (six students)
Almost Heaven: Romancing West Virginia in Word, Image and Song. Appalachian Writers
Association Conference. July 2006 (two students and myself)
John Sayles Matewan / Matewans John Sayles. Appalachian Writers Association
Conference. July 2005 (two students + myself)
Filming Autobiography. Popular Culture Association in the South Conference. September
2004. (a colleague, a student, and myself)
Documenting Appalachia: Out of the Classroom and Into the Fire. Appalachian Writers
Association Conference. July 2004 (five students + myself)
"Writing Sacred Texts: A Workshop." Appalachian Writers Association Conference. East
Tennessee State University. Summer 2000 (I led this workshop)

Conference Papers
Finding Refuge in Virtual Reality: Buddhism in Second Life. Popular Culture Association in
A local mountain biking newsletter. My 500-900 word essays deal with life, the environment, and rarely
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mountain biking (confounding my readers). Pieces include Beckett and the Business of Going On,
Rachel Carson and the Promise of Spring, Forgetting Kundera, Prospero Quiets Wrigley and
Fenway, and The Zen of Johnny Cash.
These are panels and workshops that I have put together for various conferences (all chaired by me).
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the South Conference. September 2007.
When One Life will Not Suffice: Many-Worlds Quantum Theory and Run Lola Run. Popular
Culture Association in the South Conference. October 2006
Take Me Home, Country Roads: John Denvers West Virginia Anthem Then (1971) and Now
(2006). Appalachian Writers Association Conference. July 2006
Of James Dean and Killing Sprees: A Consideration of Terrence Malicks Badlands. In the
City and On the Road: Stasis & Mobility in the 20
th
Century. 3
rd
International,
Interdisciplinary Conference. University of South Carolina. April 2006.
Open Arms & Body Counts: A Story of Marla Ruzicka, Paul Farmer, Wangari Maathai and their
Efforts to Change the World through Word and Action. 20
th
Annual International
Conference in Literature, Visual Arts and/or Cinema. Atlanta. October 2005
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Writing the Dreams that Lie: Bruce Springsteen and the Art of the Body Count. Glory Days: A
Bruce Springsteen Symposium (Organized by Penn State). September 2005
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Matewans John Sayles. Appalachian Writers Association Conference. July 2005
Captivity and the Humor of the Fantastically Neurotic: A Consideration of Gnther Grass The
Tin Drum and Kurt Vonneguts Slaughterhouse-Five. 20
th
Annual International, Multi-
Disciplinary Conference on World War II. Siena College. June 2005
American Che: A Story of a Countrys Appropriation of Ernesto Che Guevara. Communities
in Crisis: Isolation, Desecration, Transformation in the 20
th
Century: 2
nd
International,
Interdisciplinary Conference. University of South Carolina. April 2005.
Death and the Diamond: What Baseball Teaches Us about Disease and Medicine. Conference
on Baseball in Literature and Culture. Indiana State University. April 2005.
Sowing & Gleaning: When Seeing is a Matter of Survival. Interdisciplinary Conference on
Science and Culture. Kentucky State University. April 2005.
Mingled in the Fate of the World: The Dangerous Visions of Wendell Berry & Annie Dillard.
Appalachian Studies Conference. Radford University. March 2005
Muddy Waters in the Classroom. NCTE 2004 Annual Convention. November 2004
Forgetting Baseball: An Analysis of Memoir in Theory and Practice. Work, Play, and Humor
in English Studies Conference. Ohio University. November 2004
Borges, Charlie Kaufman, and Us: The Complication of Self in Five Screenplays. 19
th
Annual
International Conference in Literature, Visual Arts and/or Cinema. Atlanta. October
2004. (w/Chamberlain)
Trick-or-Treating In America: Truth and Invention in a Father/Daughters Film Collaboration.
Popular Culture Association in the South. September 2004.
Looking for Martin Sherdin. Appalachian Writers Association Conference. July 2004
Sudden Hands (memoir). Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture. Indiana State
University. April 2004
This is My Letter to the World: Where Literature, Film and Activism Collide. Dislocating
Identity in the 20th Century: 1
st
International Conference. University of South Carolina.
April 2004
Filming the Gita: Depictions of the Spiritual Battlefield in Peter Brooks Mahabharata and
Robert Redfords The Legend of Bagger Vance. Tennessee Philological Association.
Columbia, TN. February 2004
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Confronting the Dark Shadows of the Mountain: Circumambulations in Gao Xingjians Soul
Mountain. Tennessee Philological Association. Nashville. February 2003
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"But . . . I'm Not mad . . . I'm almost sure I'm not mad": The Collision of Public and Private
New position with Honors College necessitated my attending NCHC the same week.
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Extenuating circumstances (connected to Hurricane Katrina) led to missing this conference.
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Blizzard prevented travel.
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Collaboration with my English department colleague Allison Pepper.
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Fantasy in Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound." International Conference on
Borders and Foundations, Atlanta. October 1997
"Staging the Blame: Gender-Informed Readings of the Bedroom and the Grave in Robert Frost's
Home Burial." Text and Presentation: Comparative Drama Conference, University of
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Florida. March 1997
"Into the Ashcan and Out of the Fire: A new Genealogy of the Absurd." International Conference
on Despair and Desire in Literature and the Visual Arts, Including Cinema, Atlanta.
October 1996
"All the World's a Stage -- Especially the Classrooms: Giving Voice to the Voices of Our
Disciplines." Seminar in the Smokies: A National Conference on Excellence in Teaching
and Learning, West Carolina University. July 1996
"Surreal Captivities: Dooms of Hope in Marita Bonner's Exit: An Illusion." MELUS Conference,
Greensboro, NC. April 1996
"The Imaginary Buzzing of Bees: Confronting Confrontation in Marsha Norman's 'Night,
Mother." Twelfth Annual Southern Writers' Symposium, Fayetteville, NC. March 1996
"Rosengrad and Guildenstudent are Dead: Dismal Si(gh)tes in Higher Education." Association
of American Colleges and Universities, invited speaker, all expenses paid. January
1996
"Notes from the Front: PFF and/for the Job Market." Preparing Future Faculty National Program
Working Conference, Colorado Springs, invited speaker, all expenses paid. July 1995
"The Academic Job Search: The Job Candidate's Perspective." PFF Seminar Series, University
of Cincinnati. April 1995
"Live, from Le Mans, the Papin Sisters: Scenes of Murderous Siblings Off-Stage, On-Stage, Re-
Staged." Text and Presentation: Comparative Drama Conference, University of Florida.
March 1995
"American Dreaming, American Screaming: The Violation of Hope in Contemporary American
Drama." MELUS Conference, Texas A&M University. April 1994
"Recasting the Self: Racial and Sexual Absurdities and Other Genderalities in Contemporary
American Drama." Mid-America American Studies Association Conference, University
of Kansas. April 1994
"Dying is a Wild Night: A Psycho-Absurdist Rereading of Marsha Norman's 'Night, Mother."
Text and Presentation: Comparative Drama Conference, University of Florida. March
1994
"True West, Wild West, Which West?: The Va(st)cuity of the West and the Blistered Sleep of
Myth." Western Literature Association Conference, Wichita State University. October
1993
"Zoos, Subways, and Hospitals: The Sound of Blues in Plays by Edward Albee and Amiri
Baraka." Prince William Sound Community College Theatre Conference, Valdez,
Alaska. August 1993
"Buried Children, Family Carnage, and Sundry Stigmata: The Dance of Family in Plays by Joan
Schenkar and Sam Shepard." California/Rocky Mountain American Studies
Conference, Reno. April 1993
"Ghost Productions and the Creation of Nonsense in the Study of Drama: The Classroom as Rag-
and-Bone Shop." College English Association of Ohio Conference, Ohio State
University. April 1993
"Deconstructing Human Events and Human Lives: The Political Plays of Lee Blessing." Text
and Presentation: Comparative Drama Conference, University of Florida. March 1993
"The Blinding of Mannon House: Mask and Oedipus in O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra."
Text and Presentation: Comparative Drama Conference, University of Florida. March
1992
"Making Our World Our Text: Augusto Boal's 'Newspaper Theatre.'" Conference on College
Collaboration with my English department colleague Jennifer Reese.
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Composition and Communication, Cincinnati. March 1992
"'Poetics of the Oppressed': Augusto Boal's Attack on Aristotle." Interdisciplinary Committee for
the Advancement of Early Studies Conference, Ball State University. October 1991
"Pinter's Proof of Breath: Windows into The Dumb Waiter and The Caretaker." Text and
Presentation: Comparative Drama Conference, University of Florida. March 1991

Conference Chairs
Religion and Popular Culture. Popular Culture Association in the South Conference.
September 2007.
Surviving the Internet in the New Millennium. Popular Culture Association in the South
Conference. September 2007.
Retelling the Epic: Zack Snyders Film 300. Popular Culture Association in the South
Conference. September 2007.
Bob Dylan: Icon, Living Legend, Timeless Master. Popular Culture Association in the South
Conference. September 2007.
Thinking Outside the Box: Taking Inquiry Out of the Box and Into the Wild. Southern
Regional Honors Council 35
th
Annual Conference. March 2007.
Quest & the Honors Scholar. Tennessee Collegiate Honors Council Conference. February
2007.
Disruptions of Time & Story in Film & Television at the End of the Millennium. Popular
Culture Association in the South Conference. October 2006
Faces of Feminism Across the Globe. Popular Culture Association in the South Conference.
October 2006
Almost Heaven: Romancing West Virginia in Word, Image and Song. Appalachian Writers
Association Conference. July 2006
Transience and Dislocation. In the City and On the Road: Stasis & Mobility in the 20
th

Century. 3
rd
International, Interdisciplinary Conference. University of South Carolina.
April 2006
John Sayles Matewan / Matewans John Sayles. Appalachian Writers Association
Conference. July 2005
Baseball in Performance. Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture. Indiana State
University. April 2005.
Filming Autobiography. Popular Culture Association in the South Conference. September
2004.
Documenting Appalachia: Out of the Classroom and Into the Fire. Appalachian Writers
Association Conference. July 2004
Writing Baseball. Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture. Indiana State University.
April 2004
"Writing Sacred Texts: A Workshop." Appalachian Writers Association Conference. July 2000.
"Contemporary Film: Diverse Approaches." Twentieth-Century Literature Conference,
University of Louisville. February 1997
"Violence of Mythic Rituals." Twentieth-Century Literature Conference, University of
Louisville. February 1996
"Masks Worn by Society: Hiding Homophobia, Alienation, and Spirituality." Twentieth-Century
Literature Conference, University of Louisville. February 1995
"Violence in Contemporary American Drama." Twentieth-Century Literature Conference,
University of Louisville. February 1994
"Composition Connections to the Real World -- The Environment, Amnesty International, and
Job Hunters." Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Diego.
April 1993
"Portfolios & ESL." New Directions in Portfolio Assessment Conference, Miami University.
Oct. 1992
"A Teacher Response Journal: Towards a Critical Pedagogy of Teaching and Knowing." Penn
State University Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. July 1992

Honors College Service
Fulbright Committee, Chair. Fall 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
Honors College Newsletter, Editor. 2006 current.
Steering Committee, Appalachian Research Symposium. 2007-current.
Honors College Faculty Council. Fall 2005 current.
HCFC By-Laws Subcommittee. Spring 2006.
Study Abroad Scholarship Committee. Fall 2007 current.
Summer Research Fellowship Awards Committee Spring 2006.
Screening Committee, Midway Scholars. Spring 2005, Spring 2008.
Honors College Planning Committee. Fall 2004 Spring 2005.
Honors Living & Learning Community Working Group. Fall 2004 current.

English Department Service
Undergraduate Committee, English Department. 2002-05
Advisement Committee, English Department. 1995-2002

Division of Theatre Service
Search Committee, Division of Theatre Chair. 1998.
Search Committee, Technical Director. Summer 1997.
Committee for the Rejuvenation of the Theatre Program. 1998 - 2000

Curriculum Matters
Honors Colloquium / UHON Course. 2006
Study Abroad / Experimental Course. 2006
Artistic Vision / Experimental Course. 2005
Art Scholars Collo / Experimental Course. 2005

Institutional Service
General Education Advisory Committee. 1997 - 2000
Oral Communication Proficiency Committee. 1995 - 2000; Secretary 1999 - 2000
Oral Communications Sub-Committee of GEAC. 1995 - 1996
Coordinator & Facilitator, OCI Focus Group / Students. Spring 1997
Coordinator & Facilitator, OCI Focus Group / Faculty. Spring 1996
Oral Communications Subcommittee for the General Education Program Review. Fall 1996
University Productions Advisory Council. 1997 - 1998
Mentor, Upward Bound Program. Summer 1998
Heritage Faculty Conference. March 1998
Summer Orientation, Prevue, Professors are People Too. 1998
Honors Assembly. Event Coordinator. February 2005
Visit to the Honors College at Middle Tennessee State University. Fall 2004
Advisor, Honors Student Council. Spring 2003 current
Sponsor of various activities & films. Fall 1998 current
Evaluator, Student-Faculty Collaborative Grants. 2003, 2004
Dancing at Lughnasa, Benefit for Kara Koontz, Honors Student. 2000
Service Learning Component for Quest course. Spring 1999 & Fall 1999
Parachutist, with Andreas, Honors Student. 2001 (never again)
Van School. 2003
Bristol Motor Speedway fundraiser. Spring 2003 current. (4 race weekends)
Beer School. 2003 (for Film Program)
(see also Student Travel section below)

Featured Speaker / University Classes & Programs
Discussion of Hotel Rwanda. Topics in Film. Spring 2007
Discussion of Badlands. Topics in Film. Spring 2006
Using Oral Exams. Oral Communication Workshop. April 2005
Discussion of Matewan. Appalachian Films. Spring 2005
Discussion of Grapes of Wrath. Films of the Road. Fall 2004
Yoga in Theory & Practice. Fall 2004
Election 2004. Spring 2004
Discussion of Sweetie. Women Directors. 2003
Discussion of Pleasantville. Dystopia/Utopia. 2002
"The Ethics of Swerving." Honors Colloquium on Ethics. 2001
Discussion of Easy Rider. Films of the Road. 1998
"Journey through the Landscape of Voice." Last Lecture Series. Fall 1997
"Making Oral Presentations." Guest Lecturer, Academic Advantage course. Fall 1997
Helping Students Build Communication Skills Workshop. Chair & Panelist. May & June 1997
"Directing Beckett / Beckett Directing." Spring 1997
New English TAs and 1110." Fall 1996
"Conferencing & the Composition Teacher." 1990-1993

Community Service (in the company of students)
Relay-for-Life. 2004-08
Hospice volunteer. 2004-08
Caroling/Nursing Homes. 2005-07
Oxfam Banquet. 2003-07
Haven of Mercy. 2003
Second Harvest Warehouse 2003-07
Ronald McDonald House. 2003-07
Petting Zoo. 2003
Laurel Falls Clean-Up. 2003

Professional Activities
Tennessee State Honors Council Conference. February 2006.
National Collegiate Honors Council Conference. November 2005.
Creative Consultant, "Behind the Scenes: Barter Theatre Revealed," Art Exhibit, William King
Regional Arts Center, Abingdon VA. Summer 1998
Editorial Reviewer, MELUS. Fall 1997
National Symposium on the Integrated Arts & Curriculum Innovation, Northwestern University,
invited participant, all expenses paid. October 1995
Multiculturalism in the U.S.: Theory into Practice, Penn State Seminar in Theory & Culture.
June 1993

Enrichment Activities / Organizer & Participant
Writing Circle. Spring 2004 current (meets every two weeks)
Visit to Mosque for prayer service. 2002 current (numerous times)
Basler Challenge Course. 2002 current (numerous times)

Miscellaneous Presentations
Stage Magic in Tennessee Williams' Glass Menagerie. Reading Circle. Spring 1999

Film Projects
Between the Bliss. 2001
The River is Wide (post-production)

Work in Progress
Going Rogaine: Mapping Ones Career

Student Travel (Chaperone, Chauffeur, Co-Presenter, Whatnot)
Popular Culture Association of the South Conference. 2004 (New Orleans), 2006 (Savannah),
2007 (Jacksonville).
Southern Regional Honors Council Conference. 2007 (Charlotte).
Tennessee State Honors Council Conference. 2006 (Nashville), 2007 (Knoxville), 2008
(Murfreesboro).
Art Scholars Museum Outing. 2006 (Knoxville).
Amnesty International National Conference. 2004 (New York City)
Amnesty International Regional Conference. 2003 (Birmingham)
Sophomore Honors Scholars May trip. 2000, 2003-08 (Washington, D.C.)
Appalshop (Dr. Lloyds Honors class). Fall 2001
Tree Farm (Dr. Lloyds Honors class). Fall 2002

Faculty Advisor
Foundation for the International Medical Relief of Children. 2007 current.
Amnesty International. 2003 2007
Honors College Student Council. 2003 current
OxFam America. 2004 05
Gamma Beta Phi. 1997 -- 2004
Vanguard Theatre Society. 1995 2000

Student Publications (Sponsor)
Resonance. 2002
Our Struggles. 1992
Newspaper Theatre. 1991
Calliope. 1989

Education Initiatives
University Honors Faculty Summer Entrepreneurial Courses
English Department Honors Faculty Cross-Disciplinary Studies Cohort
Academic Advantage Summer Arts Program
Service Learning Early Bird Classes (6:45 a.m.)
Instructional Television Distance Education
13
Writing & Oral Intensive

Course Development
New Curriculum Proposal. Engl 2288 Honors Survey of World Literature, WI & OCI. 1999
2000
New Curriculum Proposal. Engl 3030 Drama. 1999 - 2000
Self-Supporting Course, Engl 2956, Human Journeys. Summer 2000
Self-Supporting Course, Engl 2956, Sacred Literature. Summer 2000
Self-Supporting Course, Engl 3956, Literature of Bliss. Summer 2002
Summer Arts Program, ARTA 4957-5957, Poetry & Bookmaking, with Anita DeAngelis. 1997
& 1999
Engl 4030 as Writing & Oral Intensive. Spring 1996
Engl 2262 as Oral Intensive. Fall 1998
World Literature; American Literature; Literature of Ethics & Values
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Engl 1118 & 1128 as Service Learning. Spring & Fall 1999
Engl 2220 as Service Learning. Spring 1999

Teaching Activities
What Worked, What Didn't, What Next?: Helping Students Build Communication Skills
Workshop, Panelist. Spring 1997
The New Public University workshop. Spring 1997
Issues in Working with International Students & Scholars workshop. Fall 1996
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Recruitment & Retention at ETSU workshop. Spring 1997
Meeting of the Minds: Two Perspectives on New Student Seminars workshop. Spring 1997
Problem-Based Learning workshop, Teaching & Learning Center. Fall 1996
Student Motivation workshop, Teaching & Learning Center. Fall 1996
Reading for University Courses workshop, Teaching & Learning Center. Fall 1996
Freshman Interest Groups workshop. Fall 1996
Attracting Adult Students workshop. Fall 1996
Coping with Speech Anxiety workshop. Fall 1996
The Teaching Portfolio workshop, Teaching & Learning Center. Fall 1996
ETSU Writing-Across-the-Curriculum 3-day Faculty Workshop. Summer 1996
Enhancing Student Learning in OCI Courses workshop. Summer 1996
Teaching Discussion Group, Teaching & Learning Center, session devoted to my 2220 class.
Spring 1996
Peer & Self-Evaluation of Teaching for Improvement, Teaching & Learning Center. Spring 1996
Documenting Success in the Classroom workshop, Teaching & Learning Center. Spring 1996

Theatre / Miscellaneous
Colloquium on Theatre & Society. Organizer & Participant. 1996-2000.

Sponsor
The Tempest. Barter/First Light. Fall 1996
Macbeth. Barter/First Light. Spring 1996
Nikki Giovanni. Co-sponsor. March 1997

Teaching and Research Interests
World Literature
Poetry
Film Studies
Sacred Literature
Ecology & Film
American Literature
Literature & Activism
Creative Writing (all genres)

Relevant Life Experiences
Adventure & Rogaine racer
Yoga practitioner
Surfer
Standup Paddle Boarder
Mountain Biker & Trail Runner
24 Hours of Snowshoe Mt Bike Race
Deputy Jailer, Campbell County Detention Center
Assistant Government Documents Librarian, McNeese State University
Assistant Children's Librarian, Ohio County Public Library
Film Librarian, Ohio County Public Library

References
Available upon request.