Martin M. Jacobsen, Ph.D.

PUBLICATIONS

Book Article
With M. Jimmie Killingsworth. "The Rhetorical Construction of Environmental Risk Narratives in Government and Activist Web Sites: A Critique." Narrative and Professional Communication. Nancy Blyler and Jane Perkins, eds. Norwood: Ablex, 1999.  167-77.

Introduction for Edited Collection
 "From the Guest Editor" Awards for Excellence in Research.  Mensa Research Journal 40.1 Winter 2009: 5

Reference Articles
"Discourse."  Encyclopedia of Sociology.  Ed. George Ritzer.  Blackwell, 2007.

"Orality."  Encyclopedia of Sociology.  Ed. George Ritzer.  Blackwell, 2007.

"Sacks, Harvey."  Encyclopedia of Sociology.  Ed. George Ritzer.  Blackwell, 2007.

"Menander of Laodicea."  Classical Rhetorics and Rhetoricians: Critical Studies and Sources.  Eds. Michael G. Moran and Michelle Ballif.  Westport, CT: Greenwood P, 2005.  250-54.

With C. Jan Swearingen.  "Walter J. Ong." Twentieth-Century Rhetorics and Rhetoricians: Critical Studies and Sources.  Eds. Michael G. Moran and Michelle Ballif.  Westport, CT: Greenwood P, 2000.  278-88.

Journal Articles
"Light, Dark, Color, and Disillusion: The Use of Setting in Joyce's 'Araby'."  Taj Mahal Review.  5.2  December 2006: 91-93.

"Lord Byron's "Fare Thee Well": Divorce through the Eyes of the Byronic Hero."  Taj Mahal Review.  5.1  June 2006: 27-35.

"Cora Tull: Christian Grotesque."  Taj Mahal Review.  4.2  December 2005: 36-41.

Electronic Critical Edition
Technical Editor. With Terence Hoagwood and Kathryn Ledbetter, eds. "L.E.L.'s 'Verses' and The Keepsake for 1829." Romantic Circles.  (1998)

Creative Non-Fiction Essay
"A Nickel." Amarillo Bay 1.2 (1999)

Short Story
"Russell Heine, Real American."  Taj Mahal Review.  4.1  June 2005:  221-22.

The Rhetorical Career of Cesar Chavez by John C. Hammerback and Richard J. Jensen. Southwestern American Literature 29.2 Spring 2004: 79-80.

"How a Few Men's Words Determine Who We Are"  Review of You, the People: American National Identity in Presidential Rhetoric by Vannesa B. Beasley.  Texas Books in Review 24.1 Spring 2004: 11-12.

Book Reviews--Linguistics
Mexican Americans and Language: Del dicho al hecho by Glenn A. Martinez. Southwestern American Literature 32.2 Spring 2007.

Caddo Verb Morphology by Lynette R. Melnar.  Southwestern American Literature 30.2 Spring 2005: 76-78.

"Texas' Diverse Linguistic Environment"  Review of The Strange Career of Bilingual Education in Texas, 1836-1981 by Carlos Kevin Blanton.  Texas Books in Review 24.1 Spring 2004: 4, 7.

Language Shift among the Navajos: Identity Politics and Cultural Continuity by Deborah House.  Southwestern American Literature 29.1 Fall 2003: 101-02.

Bubba Speak: Texas Folk Sayings by W.C. Jameson. Review of Texas Books 15.1-2  Spring/Summer 2000: 19.

Book Reviews--Literary Criticism
"In Praise of Southern Skill." Review of Horton Foote: A Literary Biography by Charles S. Watson.  Texas Books in Review 23.3/4  Fall/Winter 2003: 18

"Writers Speak."  Review of The Madness of Art: Interviews with Poets and Writers by Robert Phillips.  Texas Books in Review 23.3/4  Fall/Winter 2003: 12

The Reluctant Warrior: Former German POW Finds Peace in Texas by Heino R. Erichsen.  Review of Texas Books 18.3 Summer 2004: 11.

George Bush: A Lifetime of Service by Ken Anderson. Review of Texas Books 18.4  Fall 2003: 9.

Associate Professor of English
West Texas A&M University: 2005-Present

Assistant Professor of English
West Texas A&M University: 1999-2005

• Linguistics
  
• Studies in Language Structure and Development (Grad)
• History of the English Language
• Introduction to Language Structure
• Advanced Grammar
• Semantics
• Langauge Acquisition
• Vocabulary Building
• Literature
  
• Classical Backgrounds
• Honors Seminar
• Literature of the Non-Western World
• Literature of the Non-Western World (Online)
• Masterpieces of Western Literature (Honors)
• Masterpieces of Western Literature
• Writing
  
• Advanced Technical Communication
• Introduction to Technical Communication
• Composition and Reading II
• Composition and Reading I

• ELIC 500, Graduate Composition
• ELIG 400, Advanced Grammar
• ELIV 200, Intermediate Vocabulary
• ELIO 500, Graduate Oral Skills

• ELIL 300, Advanced Listening
• ELIC 300, Advanced Composition
• ELIV 300, Advanced Vocabulary

• English 104, Composition and Rhetoric (5)
• English 210, Scientific and Technical Writing (2)
• Composition Tutor, Chemical Engineering 204

• English 115, English Composition (4)
• English 116, English Composition (4)

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director, University Writing Center (UWC)
West Texas A&M University (8/99-8/01)

• Write, edit, and maintain UWC web site
• Supervise tutors
• Direct tutorial process and create tutorial methods
• Participate in university-level Developmental Education Steering Committee
• Coordinate between UWC and all departmental, college and university entities
• Oversee budget
• Direct complete renovation of physical layout, including computing equipment

• Audit web Site for function and currency
• Supervise updating of WWW pages
• General supervision

• Conducted bibliographic and hypertextual research concerning hypertext theory and literacy studies

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Who's Who in America--2010
  
• Who's Who among America's Teachers--2008
• Who's Who among America's Teachers--2006
• Who's Who among America's Teachers--2004
• Who's Who among America's Teachers--2002
• WTAMU Teaching Excellence Award--2001-2002

• Forrest Burt Memorial Award, a doctoral research grant (1998)

• Emely Competitive Graduate Fellowship (1992 & 1993)

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