Professor Emeritus
Western Illinois University
Macomb IL

Online Instructor
University of Colorado
Boulder CO

bruceleland@sopris.net
thhp://www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl

Education

• Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1976
  • Dissertation: "The Mask of Farce: The Farces of W.B. Yeats"
• B.A. (magna cum laude), Hartwick College, 1968

Teaching Appointments

• Online Instructor, Program for Writing and Rhetoric, Unoversity of Colorado, 2003-present
• Professor, Department of English and Journalism, Western Illinois University, 1991-2002
• Associate Professor, Department of English and Journalism, Western Illinois University, 1986-1991
• Assistant Professor, Department of English and Journalism, Western Illinois University, 1972-86
• Teaching Assistant, Department of English, Rutgers College, New Brunswick, 1969-72

Administrative Appointments

• Acting Chair, English and Journalism, July-December, 1992
• Director of Writing, 1983-1997

Honors

• Outstanding Faculty Award for Service, College of Arts and Sciences, 2001
• Professional Advancement Award, 1998, 2002
• WIU Faculty Excellence Award, 1991, 1993
• Inaugural inductee, Colonie Central High School Hall of Fame, June 1994

Courses Taught

• English 180 College Composition I
• English 201 Introduction to Fiction (The Persistance of Frankenstein)
• English 202 Introduction to Drama (Race, Class, and Gender in Popular American Drama)
• English 280 College Composition II
• English 341 American Drama
• English 380 Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences
• English 381 Scientific and Technical Writing
• English 384 Composition for Teachers
• English 480G Computers and Writing
• English 539 American Drama
• English 583 Contemporary Theories of Composition
• English 584 Teaching College Composition and Literature
• English 615 Seminar in Composition: Technologies of Writing
• Gen Honors 101 Cyberpunk
• Writing 3020 (CU) AI and SciFi

Publications and Presentations

• Textbooks
  • Discovery: Writing to Learn. Second Edition. Kendall-Hunt, 1993.
  • Connections: Reading and Writing. Kendall-Hunt, 1992.
  • Discovery: Writing to Learn. Kendall-Hunt, 1990.
• Articles
  • "The Teaching of Literature in Illinois Schools." (co-author with Teresa Faulkner.) Illinois English Bulletin, Winter 1993.
  • "The Circus Animals' Desertion" Masterplots of Poetry, Salem Press, 1992.
  • "Church Going" - Masterplots of Poetry, Salem Press, 1992.
  • "Partners in the Process: Professionalism for Writing Instructors." ERIC, 1991.
  • "Reader response to Student Writing." Illinois English Bulletin, 1990.
  • "The Subject was Roses." Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, ed. Frank N. McGill, Salem Press,1990.
  • "The Subject was Roses." Masterplots II: Drama, ed. Frank N. McGill, Salem Press, 1990.
  • "Philadelphia, Here I Come." Masterplots II: Drama, ed. Frank N. McGill, Salem Press, 1990.
  • "Local History Through Dramatic Form: The Lake Argyle Project." Western Illinois Regional Studies, January 1988.
  • "The Team Teaching Alternative." (co-author with J. Needleman.) CEA Forum, August 1973.
• Conference Presentations
  • "Shock and Shockwave Rider: Teaching Cyberpunk," Computers and Writing Conference, Bloomington IL, May 2002
  • "Plagiarism," invited presentation at Elgin Community College, Elgin IL, May 2001.
  • "Tech(s)(k)no(w)poetics," Computers and Writing Conference, Muncie, Indiana, May 2001
  • "Web Rhetoric," Computers and Writing Conference, Forth Worth, Texas, May 2000
  • "Pro-Active or Ad Hoc: Contrapower Harassment Policies in the Program and the Department," CCCC, Minneapolis, April 2000.
  • "Phat Communication: Genre Practices in Class Listserv Lists and Bulletin Boards," NCTE, Denver, November 1999.
  • "Grove's Kids: A Model for Email Collaboration," (with Grove Killelea and Zach Waggoner), IATE, Peoria, October 1999.
  • "E-Genres: Form, Content, and Medium in Electronic Class Discussions," Computers and Writing Conference, Rapid City, SD, May 1999
  • "Power, Contrapower, Administrative Power, and the Power of Email," Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), Atlanta, March 1999
  • "Beyond the Traditional Journal: Exploring Electronic Literacy," (with Hallie Lemon and Zach Waggoner) IATE, Bloomingdale IL, Oct 1998
  • "The Promise and Peril of (Virtually) Teaching Technical Writing," Computers and Writing Conference, Gainsville FL, May 1998
  • Internet Plagiarism" and "Evaluating Web Sites," for pre-conference workshop "The Internet as a Research Too: Dispelling the Myths," Computers and Writing Conference, Gainsville FL, May 1998
  • "Using Network Technologies to Teach Writing," Illinois Interinstitutional Faculty Summer Institute on Learning Technologies, Champaign IL, May 1998
  • "Writing Successful Writing Prompts" (with Joan Livingston-Webber), Illinois Association of Teachers of English, Decatur, IL, October 1997
  • "Who's Being Served?: Using Syllawebs," Computers and Writing Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 1997
  • "Constructing Selves in Class Email Communities," Computers and Writing Conference, Logan, Utah, May 1996
  • "E-Mail Communities: Breaking Boundaries or Reinforcing Barriers?" (with Paul Bender), CCCC, Milwaukee, March 1996.
  • "Making Connections: Building Classroom Communities with E-Mail," (panel) Illinois Association of Teachers of English, Champaign, October 1995.
  • "From Class to Community: The Power of E-Mail," invited presenter for conference on E-Mail and English Classes (a SUNY FACT conference), SUNY Morrisville, March 1995.
  • "Computers and Composition," invited presentation for English Faculty, Hartwick College, Oneonta NY, March 1995.
  • "Support for Writing Across the Curriculum," (panel), Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, February 1995.
  • "Composition and Community: Using Electronic Journals," Valuing Literacy Learning Conference, Macomb, October 1994.
  • "New Directions in College Composition," (panel), Heads of Illinois Secondary English Departments, Bloomington/Normal, April 1993.
  • "What We're Doing in College Composition," (panel), Illinois Association of Teachers of English,Itasca, IL, October 1992.
  • "Curriculum as Research: Theory and Practice." Conference of Writing Program Administrators,Denver, CO, June 1992.
  • "Responding to Student Writing." Illinois Valley IATE, Ottowa IL, April 1992.
  • "Responding to Student Error: Strategies that Work," (panel) IATE, St. Louis, October 1991.
  • "The Horror, the Horror: Resistance Across the Curriculum," Conference of Writing ProgramAdministrators, Saratoga Springs, NY, June 1991.
  • "Partners in the Process: Professionalism for Writing Instructors," Conference on College Composition and Communication, Boston, MA, March 1991.
  • "Do-It-Yourself: Writing a Program Specific Textbook," Conference of Writing Program Administrators, Portland, Oregon, July 1990.
  • "Reader Response to Student Writing," IATE, Chicago, November 1989.
  • "Political and Textual Strategies for Program Change," Conference of Writing Program Administrators, Oxford, Ohio, July 1989.
  • "Teaching Creative Writing," HISED, Normal IL, April 1987.
  • "College Placement Testing," HISED, Normal, Illinois, April 1986.
  • "Writing Historical Drama," Mark Twain Sesquicentennial Writer's Conference, Hannibal, Missouri,June 1985.
  • "Writing Historical Drama," IATE, October 1983.
• At WIU
  Numerous Faculty Development presentations on Writing Instruction, Writing in the Disciplines, and Web Page authoring. Presentations at Teaching Excellence conferences. Workshops on Teaching with Technology at Teaching and Learning with Technology Center (PowerPoint, Front Page, Blackboard, HTML, MOOs)
• World Wide Web
  Designed, wrote, and maintained Web sites for Department of English and Journalism, Writing Program, Writing in the Disciplines, Writing Center, Teaching, Learning and Technology Center, and Performing Arts Society

Professional Organizations

• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
• Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
• Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA)
• Illinois Association of Teachers of English (IATE)
• Alliance for Computers and Writing (ACW)

Original Plays Produced

• The Serpent Was Subtle, Macomb Community Theatre, June 1987.
• His Brother's Keeper, Macomb Community Theatre, June 1985.
• Major Murgatroyd's All-New Vaudeville Revue, produced for Macomb Heritage Days June- July 1984.

Service

• Department (representative recent service)
  • English Education Committee
  • Graduate Committee
  • Writing Committee
  • Student Affairs Committee
  • Various Search Committees
  • Poetry Festival Coordinator
  • Department Technical Support
  • Department Webmaster
• College
  • Arts and Sciences Technology in Education Committee (TEC)
  • Faculty Consultant, Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center
  • Arts and Sciences Technology Vision Committee
  • A & S Curriculum Committee
  • A & S Faculty Council (Vice Chair)
  • A & S Faculty Awards Committee
  • AROS
  • Finance Committee
• University
  • Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Computer Competencies (chair)
  • Intellectual Property Policy Committee
  • Council on General Education
  • Writing in the Disciplines Committee
  • Academic Computing Advisory Committee (alternate)
  • Ad Hoc Committee on Internet Policy
  • Search Committee for Academic Computing
  • Subcommittee on Assessment of Basic Skills
  • Council on Enrollment Management
  • Council on Student Activity Fees
  • Graduate Program Review Committees (Reading, Public Communication, Broadcasting)
• Community
  • Board of Directors, Performing Arts Society. Historian. Webmaster.
  • Play director and Thespian Club advisor, Macomb High School
  • Board of Directors, Macomb Community Theatre
  • President, Macomb Community Theatre
  • Planning Committee, Macomb Heritage Days