Martin M. Jacobsen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English   FAB 113B   (806)-651-2460    MJacobsen@wtamu.edu
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Department of English and Modern Languages     West Texas A&M University     Canyon, TX 79016

EDUCATION

Ph.D., English/Discourse Studies, Texas A&M University, 1999
M.A., English, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1994
B.A., English (With Highest Distinction), Peru State College, 1992
 

PUBLICATIONS

Book
Transformations of Literacy in Computer-Mediated Communication: Orality, Literacy, CyberdiscursivityLewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2002.  Read Preface

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.

Reference Articles
"Discourse."  Encyclopedia of Sociology.  Ed. George Ritzer.  Blackwell, 2006.

"Orality."  Encyclopedia of Sociology.  Ed. George Ritzer.  Blackwell, 2006.

"Sacks, Harvey."  Encyclopedia of Sociology.  Ed. George Ritzer.  Blackwell, 2006.

"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.  278-288.

Journal Article
"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.

Book Reviews--Rhetoric
The Language of Blood: The Making of Spanish-American Identity in New Mexico, 1880s-1930s  by John M. Nieto-Phillips.  Southwestern American Literature 30.2 Spring 2005: 87-89.

The Rhetorical Career of César Chávez 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

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.

Fixin' to be Texan by Helen Bryant.  Review of Texas Books 15.1-2 Spring/Summer 2000: 21-22.

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

Selected Book Reviews--Biography
Peyote and the Yankton Sioux: The Life and Times of Sam Necklace by Maroukis, Thomas C.  Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas 37 (2006): 125-126.

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.

CD-ROM
Web Edition Developer. Interactive Version of Killingsworth, M. Jimmie and Jackie Palmer. Information in Action, 2nd Ed. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. 1999
 

PRESENTATIONS

"Rhetoric and Virtuality in Cyberspace."  With M. Jimmie Killingsworth.  MLA Convention 1999. Chicago, Il.  December 1999.

"No One's Space: Border Negotiations between the Virtual Community and the Actual Community." CCCC 1999. Atlanta, Georgia, March 1999.

"What's the Bottom Line: The Nondefinitiveness of Nonlinearity." Third Annual Graduate English Society Conference, Texas Tech University, February 21, 1998.

"Parallels between Processes: Writing and Second Language Acquisition." Seventh Annual Midlands Conference on Language and Literature, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, April 9, 1994.

"Lord Byron's 'Fare Thee Well': Divorce through the Eyes of the Byronic Hero." Sixth Annual Midlands Conference on Language and Literature, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, April 3, 1993.

"Spiritual Unrest: The Dilemma of Emily Dickinson." Alpha Chi Convention, Bellevue College, Bellevue, NE, April 3-4, 1992.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

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

Fall 2005:

Summer II:

Summer I 2005

May Intersession 2005:

Spring 2005: January Intersession 2005: Fall 2004 Summer II 2004 Summer I 2004 May Intersession 2004: Spring 2004 January Intersession 2004 Fall 2003: Summer I 2003: Spring 2003: Fall 2002: Summer I 2002 May Intersession 2002 Spring 2002 January Intersession 2002 Fall 2001 Summer II 2001 Summer I 2001 May Intersession 2001 Spring 2001 Fall 2000 Summer II 2000 May Intersession 2000 Spring 2000 Fall 1999


Instructor-English as a Second Language
English Language Institute, Texas A&M University, 1999

Instructor-Composition and Rhetoric
Blinn College, (Bryan, TX) Spring Session, 1999 Instructor-English as a Second Language
English Language Institute, Texas A&M University, 1998 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Texas A&M University, 1995-97 Lecturer in English
Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE, 1994 Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1992-94

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Director, Honors Program
West Texas A&M University (8/04-Present)

Director, University Writing Center (UWC)

West Texas A&M University (8/99-8/01) Associate Editor/Webmaster (8/98-8/01)
LINGUIST List Internet Listserve and Web Site  Assistant Editor (7/97-8/98)
LINGUIST List Internet Listserve and Web Site  Co-Coordinator
Southeast Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) 1996 Research Assistant
For M. Jimmie Killingsworth, Texas A&M, 2 semesters

HONORS AND AWARDS

West Texas A&M University Texas A&M University University of Nebraska at Omaha

MEMBERSHIPS

CCTE
Alpha Chi National College Honor Scholarship Society (Faculty Sponsor)
Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society (Faculty Sponsor)

REFERENCES

M. Jimmie Killingsworth, Ph.D., Director of Graduate Studies, Department of English, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4227 (409)847-8550 killingsworth@tamu.edu

Terence Hoagwood, Ph.D., Professor, Department of English, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4227 (409)845-8314 thoagwo@unix.tamu.edu

Shearle Furnish, Ph.D.  Professor and Department Chair, Department of English and Modern Languages, West Texas A&M University, Canyon TX 79106 (806) 651-2455 sfurnish@wtamu.edu

Jerry Craven, Ph.D.  Professor, Department of English and Modern Languages, West Texas A&M University, Canyon TX 79106 (806) 651-2477 jcraven@wtamu.edu