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Tim N. Taylor
Assistant Professor of English and Director of the Writing Center
Office: 3785 - Coleman Hall
Phone: 217-581-6309
Email: tntaylor@eiu.edu
Tim Taylor teaches writing, rhetoric, writing center theory and practice, and composition theory and pedagogy.
Frequently Taught Courses
ENG 1000: Fundamentals of College CompositionENG 1001: Composition and Language
ENG 2760: Introduction to Professional Writing
ENG 3005: Technical Communication
ENG 4760: Special Topics in Professional Writing: Traditions of Argumentation and Proposal Writing
ENG 5007: Composition Theory and Pedagogy
ENG 5011: History of Rhetoric
ENG 5500: Practicum in Writing Center Theory and Practice
Education
Ph.D. in Composition and Rhetoric, University of AlabamaM.A. & B.A. in English, Truman State University
Professional Organizations
Consulting Reader for Teaching English in the Two-Year CollegeReview Board Member of Praxis: A Writing Center Journal
Editorial Board Member for The Journal for Civic Commitment
National Council of Teachers of English
Conference on College Composition and Communication
Council of Writing Program Administrators
International Writing Centers Association
Research
His research and teaching interests span various fields within Rhetoric and Composition: classical rhetoric, basic writing, argumentation, writing center theory and practice, writing program administration, composition theory and pedagogy, professional writing, civic engagement, service learning pedagogy, and writing across the curriculum.Publications
His work has appeared in College English, WPA: Writing Program Administration, Praxis: A Writing Center Journal, and Teaching English in the Two-Year College. He is the author of the Instructor's Manual for Writing Arguments, (7th, 8th, & 9th editions), and he is writing a basic writing textbook with a colleague.Selected Publications:
“Kairotic Moments in the Writing Center”
Co-author with Fern Kory, Nia Klein, Kristi McDuffie, Devin Black, and Serena Heath
Praxis: A Writing Center Journal 7.1 (Fall 2009). Web.
“Writing Program Administration at the Two-Year College: Ghosts in the Machine”
WPA: Writing Program Administration 32.3 (Spring 2009): 120-39.
“A Comment on “Pedagogical In Loco Parentis: Reflecting on Power and Parental Authority in
the Writing Classroom”
College English 71.1 (Sept. 2008): 91-95.
“The Research Paper as an Act of Citizenship: Possibilities and Pragmatism”
Teaching English in the Two-Year College 33.1 (Sept. 2005): 50-61.
“Peer versus Self Assessment of Oral Business Presentation Performance”
Co-author with Kim Sydow Campbell, David Mothersbaugh, and Charlotte Brammer
Business Communication Quarterly 64.3 (Sept. 2001): 23-42.
Conference Presentations
Recent Presentations:“Analyzing and Using the Codes: Classroom Activities That Introduce Students to Writing for
College and Beyond”
Conference on College Composition and Communication
St. Louis, MO; March 22, 2012
“Connecting Burke’s Pentad, Identification, and Terministic Screens to Writing Center Praxis”
Midwest Writing Centers Association Conference
Madision, WI; October 21, 2011
“Cultivating Practical Wisdom Through Blogs and Tutor Training—Harbors for Enacting
Phronesis”
International Writing Centers Association Conference
Baltimore, MD; November 4, 2010
“Chaos and Kairos in the Writing Center: A Convergence of Classical Rhetoric”
East Central Writing Centers Association Conference
East Lansing, MI; April 9, 2010
“A Call Unheard?—The Efficacy of TYCA’s ‘Guidelines for the Academic Preparation of
English Faculty at Two-Year Colleges’”
Conference on College Composition and Communication
San Francisco, CA; March 12, 2009
“Phronesis for Arguing—Arguing for Phronesis: Considering Realities to Change Realities”
Conference on College Composition and Communication
New Orleans, LA; April 3, 2008
