I am a master professor of English and Humanities who applies new knowledge of methods, pedagogy, and cognitive science to my student, activity centered classrooms. I am skilled in technological and computer applications in and out of the classroom, and I apply these in a teaching, communications, public relations, and technical writing/editing employment environments.
Ernest Hemmingway persuaded me to write articles. He moves me with his clean, clear style, teaching me that strong prose should be uncluttered, lucid. Writing succinct, readable text satisfies my passion to communicate through words. I discover, as I put words to page, and my mind clarifies in the process, enlivens with the meditative stringing together of words. In this sense, learning through writing represents my primary passion in life.
I write in the mornings, my mind stimulated by a brief sleep. I order and prioritize each day, with strict time allotments, and writing comprises my central goal. With adrenaline and caffeine coursing through my veins, I work best under the pressure of deadlines. My mind quickens with the anxiety of engaging, time-sensitive writing, and this mental tension, rather than debilitating me, forces the world around me to recede, and I enter a place of energized peace. I write best in these moments. I meet deadlines at any cost, and as a veteran teacher of writing, I accept no late work. I practice what I teach.