Summer Session II, July 1-August 13, 1981

American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Assistant Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, Sept., 1981, to present; tenured as of Spring, 1988; basic oral interpretation, group performance of literature, history of oral performance, basic public speaking, adviser to University Readers

Instructor, The Pennsylvania State University, Sept., 1980, to Sept., 1981, responsibilities as above

Assistant Professor, Wingate College, Wingate, NC, Sept., 1978, to Sept., 1980; basic public speaking, oral interpretation, direct one play per semester (including set construction, et al.)

Newsletter Editor, Inter-Cooperative Council, University of Michigan Sept., 1975, to June, 1977; write, edit and print bimonthly newsletter

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Michigan Sept., 1972, to June, 1975; basic oral interpretation and speech communication

Graduate Instructor, University of NC-Chapel Hill, Sept., 1970, to June, 1972; basic speech communication

Reporter/Columnist for Chapel Hill (NC) Weekly [now the Chapel Hill Newspaper], Sept. 1969, to Sept., 1970

Actor, Actor/Technician, UNTO THESE HILLS outdoor drama, Cherokee, NC, summers of 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979; principal role in 1978 & 1979

"The Voice of Concern and Concern for the Voice," in Stephen A. Smith, ed., Clinton on Stump, State, and Stage: The Rhetorical Road to the White House, (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1994), 133-49

"Hellas," poem, Classical Outlook, 66(1989):107

A Practical Manual for Public Speaking, (Pantnagar, India: G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, 1987)

"Communication Difficulties in a Large Federal Agency," American Behavioral Scientist, 29(1986):303-319

"From Recitation to Reading: Memory, Writing, and Composition in Greek Philosophical Prose," Southern Speech Communication Journal, 51(Fall, 1985):49-70

"Ode's Bodkins," in Alan F. Pater, ed., Anthology of Magazine Verse & Yearbook of American Poetry (Beverly Hills, CA: Monitor Book Co., Inc., 1984), pp. 272-73

"The Third Place From Truth: Plato's Paradoxical Attack on Writing," Communication Quarterly, 31(1983):290-301

"Spoken v. Written Inartistic Proof in Athenian Courts," Philosophy and Rhetoric, 16(1983):242-61

"Ode's Bodkins," poem, Classical Outlook, 60(1983):80

"The Medium is the Madness: Television and the Pseudo-Oral Traditionin America's Future," in Howard F. Didsbury, ed., Communications and the Future: Prospects, Promises, and Problems (Bethesda, MD: World Future Society, 1982), pp. 322-36

"Writing as Sophistry: From Preservation to Persuasion," Quarterly Journal of Speech, 68(1982):60-68

"The Rhapsodes Revisited: Notes Regarding Their Divine Inspiration, Success and Recognition," Literature in Performance, 1(1980):45-50

"The Spirits Beyond the Letter: Hellenic Writing and Its Implications," Readers Theatre News, 7(1980):5-6

"The Oral Tradition in Transition: A Bibliography Relevant to the Study of Reading in Hellenic Greece," Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 8(1978):82-98

"Bridging the Communications Gap: The Functions of a Cooperative Newsletter," The New Harbinger, now Co-op, 4(May, 1977):8-13

Richard Leo Enos and Tony M. Lentz, "A Bibliographic Guide to English Linguistics: 1500-1800," Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 6(1976):68-79

"Search for Cinema: Film Criticism in the '30s and '40s," Journal of the University Film Association, 29(1973): 69-71+

Orality and Literacy in Hellenic Greece (Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1989)

Co-investigator and Contributing Author,"Communications Audit Report - Farmers Home Administration," Cooperative Agreement #84-EXCA-30695 between the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Extension Service and the Pennsylvania State University Extension Service, Sept. 30, 1985

Co-investigator and Contributing Author, "Preliminary Report on FmHA Communications Audit," Cooperative Agreement #84-EXCA-30695 between the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Extension Service and The Pennsylvania State University Extension Service, 1983-84

"Final Report: Project IND/83/020," on Oral Communication Consultancy with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, August 28, 1987

"Richard Nixon and the Origin of Rhetoric as Theatre," "Top Four Papers" in Rhetoric, Eastern Communication Association, April 19-22, 1990

"The Retiring Rhetorician: Isocrates the Writer," paper presented at Speech Communication Association Convention at New Orleans, Nov. 3-5, 1988

"Gender and Status in a Large Federal Agency," paper presented at Eastern Communication Association Convention, Baltimore, MD, April 30, 1988

"The Third Place from Truth: Plato's Paradoxical Attack on Writing," The Pennsylvania State University Conference on Rhetoric and Composition, sponsored by the Department of English, July, 1983

"Spoken v. Written Inartistic Proof in Hellenic Courts," "Top Three Papers" in Rhetoric and Public Address, Eastern Communication Association Convention, Hartford, 1982

"Knowledge Twice Removed: The Hellenic Theory of Writing, Rhetoric, and Rhapsodes," Symposium on Greek Rhetoric in Honor of Everett Lee Hunt, University of Pittsburgh, March 21, 1981, one of top eight from c. 60 submissions

"The Rhapsodes Revisited: Notes Regarding Their Divine Inspiration, Success and Recognition," first paper, Oral Interpretation Debut Program, SCA Convention, San Antonio, 1979

"Reading in Hellenic Greece: A Case Study in Classical Research Methods," SCA Doctoral Honors Seminar on Research Methods and Topics for the History of Rhetoric, University of Michigan, 1978

Rev. of Literacy and Paideia in Ancient Greece, by Kevin Robb. Quarterly Journal of Speech, February, 1997.

Working Papers:

"Monsters From the Id," an examination of orality, literacy, and the internet

"Performing with an Audience," practical performance guide intended as either a second text for a basic public speaking course, or a general trade book

"How Bush Was Framed: Goffman's Frame Analysis and the Town Meeting Debate," under revision.

"Porcupine: Gerald M. Phillips Remembered," panel presentation, Speech Communication Association of Pa., Pittsburgh, Oct. 12. 1995

"How Bush was Framed: Erving Goffman's Frame Analysis and the Performance Dimension of the Second 1992 Presidential Debate," paper presented at Speech Communication Association Convention, New Orleans, Nov. 22, 1994

"Oral Interpretation in the Classroom," Speech Communication Association of Pa., State College, Oct. 14, 1994

"The Value of Storytelling in Our Mediated Age," Speech Communication Association of Pennsylvania, Gettysburg PA, Oct. 15, 1993

Performer, "Empowering the Dream: Expressions from the Civil Rights Movement and Beyond," readings in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Speech Communication Association, Atlanta, Nov. 2, 1991

"Epistemological Concerns in Computerized Instruction: What Plato Would Say about E-mail," paper delivered to Eastern Communication Association, Syracuse, NY, May 21, 1987

"Public Information About Heart Transplantation," Speech Communication Association, Chicago, November, 1986

"The Oral Tradition and the Future of Literacy," Eastern Communication Association, Atlantic City, May, 1986

Chair, "Theatre Roundtable," a discussion with Director Paul Reynolds, Shaw Festival Theater, and officials of the Statford Shakespeare Festival, both of Canada, Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI, May, 1985

"Hellenic Composition: From Making to Writing," Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI, May, 1985

Respondent, "Rites of Passage: Performance and the Human Life Cycle," Eastern Communication Association, Providence, RI, May, 1985

Performer, "Other Voices: The American Indian Voice in Literature," ECA Convention, Philadelphia, 1984

Performer, "A Gala Celebration in Honor of the Publication of The Performance of Literature in Historical Perspectives," SCA Convention, Washington, 1983

"Oral Interpretation and the Future of Literacy," workshop presentation at Pre-Convention Conference on Interpretation, SCA Convention, Washington, 1983

Chair, "Passing the Wand," Interpretation program at Speech Communication Association of Pa. Convention, Pittsburgh, 1983

Performer, "Interpretation Reading Hour," Eastern Speech Communication Association Convention, Ocean City, April, 1983

"The Medium is the Madness: Television and the Pseudo-Oral Tradition in America's Future," Fourth General Assembly of the World Future Society, Washington, July, 1982

"Writing as Sophistry: The Hellenic View of Speech Writers and Sophists," Fall Conference, ECA Rhetoric and Public Address Interest Group, Altoona, October, 1980

Chair, Interpretation Division, Eastern Communication Association, 1986-87

Oral Interpretation Interest Council, Speech Communication Association of Pennsylvania, 1982-1984

Editor, Issues In Interpretation, 1977-79

Associate Editor, H TEXNH: Proceedings of the Speech Communication Association Doctoral Honors Seminar "Research Methods and Topics for the History of Rhetoric", co-sponsored by The University of Michigan and Indiana University under the auspices of the Speech Communication Association Research Board, 1978

Media Performance Consultant, with Keith Moore Associates of Silver Spring MD, for administrative staff and coaches at Millersville State University, November 1 & 17, 1992

Oral Communication Consultant, Centre for Advanced Study in Agricultural Communication, G. B. Pant University, Pantnagar, India, under contract to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, July 18 - August 31, 1988

The Performance of the Word, Workshop for Clergy in Speech Performance, Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church, State College, September 30 - November 1, 1986

Media Performance Consultant, American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, Columbia, MD, April 28-29, 1986

Media Performance Consultant, Artificial Heart Team, Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University, March 9, 1985; October 19 - Nov. 6, 1985; continuing consultations to present date on media performance issues with Office of Public Information

Member, Steering Committee, Learning Edge Academic Program, sponsored by the Institute for Innovation in Learning and the Leonard Center for the Advancement of Engineering Instruction, Fall, 1995 to present

Director, Athens Program, Education Abroad Programs, Spring, 1989.

Chair, Liberal Arts Classical Studies Committee, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88. Developed budget & proposal to establish the program.

Chair, Foreign Study Subcommittee of Liberal Arts Classical Studies Committee, 1984-1985

Academic Coordinator, Penn State University Elderhostel, 1980-1984

Liberal Arts College Classical Studies Committee, 1983-89