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Martin M. Jacobsen, Ph.D.
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Associate Professor of English
Classroom Center 319F

(806) 651-2460   
mjacobsen@wtamu.edu

English, Philosophy 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, Cyberdiscursivity.  Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2002.

Article in Ref. Journals

Hunt, A. & Jacobsen, M. "Cormac McCarthy's The Road and Plato's Simile of the Sun."
The Explicator. 66.3 Spring 2008: 155-58.

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.

Book Reviews--Rhetoric
Modern Occult Rhetoric by Joshua Gunn.  Texas Books in Review 25.3/4 Fall/Winter 2005/06: 19.

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 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.

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

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.

Book Reviews--History
Weddle, Robert S. After the Massacre: The Violent Legacy of the San Saba Mission. Lubbock: Texas Tech UP, 2007. To appear in Jornal of American Studies Association of Texas 2008Other Scholarly Activities

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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

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

Instructor-English as a Second Language
English Language Institute, Texas A&M University, 1999 English Language Institute, Texas A&M University, 1998 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Texas A&M University, 1995-97 Graduate Teaching Assistant
University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1992-94

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Guest Editor
 Awards for Excellence in Research.  Mensa Research Journal 40.1 Winter 2009: 5

Assistant Director, Honors Program

West Texas A&M University (8/04-12/05)

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 

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 2000-2004)
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