Teaching Experiences

  • Professor, English Department, University of Kansas, 2008 to present
  • Associate Professor (with tenure), English Department, University of Kansas, 1999 to 2008
  • Associate Professor (with tenure), English Department, Miami University, 1993 to 1999
  • Langston Hughes Visiting Professor of English and of African and African American Studies, University of Kansas, Spring Semester 1994
  • Visiting Scholar in English and in Ethnic Minority Studies, Kansas State University, 15-19 March 1993
  • Assistant Professor, English Department, Miami University, Fall 1987 to 1992
  • Assistant Professor, English Department, University of Kentucky, Spring 1981 to 1987 (on leave 1985-1986)
  • Visiting Instructor, Black Studies Program, Carleton College, Spring 1979 and Fall 1977
  • Teaching Associate II, Afro-American Studies Department, University of Minnesota, 1975-1978
  • Instructor, English Department, Saint Olaf College, 1973-1977 (on leave 1975-1977)
  • Lecturer, English Department, Creighton University, 1971-1973
  • Instructor, English Department and Black Studies Department, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1971-1973
  • Instructor, Upward Bound Program, Creighton University, Summers 1970 and 1971
  • Instructor, New Careers Program, Creighton University, 1970-1971
  • Instructor, English Department, Maur Hill Catholic College Preparatory School in Atchison, Kansas, 1968-1970

Courses Taught at the University of Kansas

  • ENGL 209 Introduction to Fiction
  • ENGL 322 American Literature II
  • ENGL 334 Major Authors: Hughes, Hurston, and Brown
  • ENGL 334 Major Authors: Hughes and Parks
  • ENGL 338 Introduction to African American Writing
  • ENGL 479 and 590 Studies in Kansas Area Black Writing
  • ENGL 574 Langston Hughes
  • ENGL 592 Survey of African American Literature