English/Communication/Philosophy
Undergraduate and Graduate Programs
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Program
Descriptions
Overview
Department-based Publications
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
The Literary Review: An International Journal of Contemporary Writing |
Freshman Writing Program
The Freshman Writing Workshop ENGW 1101 - 1102 sequence is required of
all entering students. The emphasis is on expository writing, moving from brief personal
essays to longer, documented research papers. Computers are used extensively
throughout the curriculum. The department was pioneer in the use of word processing in writing courses. It was one of 15 programs that participated in the national assessment of computers in college writing
sponsored by City University of New York under a FIPSE grant. The program has two levels. All incoming students take the
New Jersey Basic Skills test in writing and are placed according to their
scores. Those falling below the cut-off must take either ENGW 0198, which do not carry college credit, or ENGW 1000,
which does, and pass a department proficiency examination
before enrolling in ENGW 1101. Students in ENGW 1101 must pass a department
proficiency to proceed to ENGW 1102. |
Department Faculty Geoffrey Weinman, Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University, Department Chair: American literature, organizational communication John E. Becker, Ph.D. Yale University: American literature, literary theory, Bible as literature Mary Cross, Ph.D., Rutgers University: Corporate writing, American literature; women's literature, literary theory Hester Coan, Ph.D., Rutgers University: communication research, communication theory Walter Cummins, Ph.D., University of Iowa: 19th-20th century fiction studies, literary theory, fiction writing, corporate writing Kathryn Douglas, M.A., William Paterson University: writing, Milton Susan Gerson, M.A., Teacher's College, Columbia University: composition Michael B. Goodman, Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook: corporate communications, technical communication, contemporary American Literature, censorship Martin Green, Ph. D., Indiana University: medieval literature, literary theory, linguistics, mass media, print media history, new communications technology Harry Keyishian, Ph.D., New York University: Shakespeare, drama and film James Kuehl, Ph.D., Northwestern University: Philosophy Jennifer Lehr, Ph.D., Rutgers University: corporate communication; communication research; oral presentation Sylvia Skaggs McTague, Ph.D., Drew University: Romantic and Victorian literature, the short story, composition Gary Radford, Ph.D., Rutgers University: communication, literary theory Marilyn Rye, Ph.D., Rutgers University, Director of Freshman Writing. writing, native American writers, detective fiction Elise Salem, Ph.D., University of North Carolina: 16th-18th century British literature, world literature, contemporary Arab writers, Lebanese literature and culture, ethnic American literature Rene Steinke, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee: creative writing, contemporary literature William Zander, M.A., University of Missouri: creative writing (poetry), journalism |