University of Texas at El Paso, Associate Professor of English EDUCATION Ph.D. in English—Rhetoric and Composition Studies, Texas Christian University, 1993. M.A. in English Composition, California State University at San Bernardino, 1991. M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology, University of Houston, 1974. B.A. in English and Psychology, Rice University, 1972. Fulbright Lecturing Award in Jordan, September 2008 to June 2009