Leigh A. Adams

Details

Education

• MA, Arkansas State Univ-Jonesboro (1991)
• AB, Univ Of Missouri-Columbia (1985)

Teaching

• ENG 100 Introduction to College Composition
• ENG 110 Writing I
  
  

Professional experience

Campus Service

• Faculty Development Committee
• Curriculum Committee
• Honors Program Committee
• Ozarks Studies Program Committee
• Portfolio Committee
• Student Computer User's Fee Committee
• Student Advising and Academic Support Center Advisory Committee

Papers

• "Poaching in the Open: An Introduction to Fanfiction and Its Genres and Conventions." Presented at RCW 139: Due It Again. 14 August 1997. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• "Right for the Wrong Reasons: Dan Quayle, Murphy Brown, Single-Parent Families, and Television." Presented at the Popular Culture Association in the South Conference, 4 October 1993, Nashville, TN.
• "Mutant Romance: The Blurring of Genre Lines in Contemporary Series Romance Novels." Presented at the Popular Culture Association in the South Conference, 5 October 1991, Norfolk, VA.

Professional Organizations

• National Council of Teachers of English
• Conference on College Composition and Communication
• Council of Writing Program Administrators

Awards and honors

Grants

• Coordinator, The Big Read for Howell County. NEA Grant. $10,000. Application made February 2009. Announcement date April 2009.
• Co-Coordinator, The Big Read for Howell County. NEA Grant. $7500. 2008.
• Project Director, Missouri Arts Council Grant. "Talking Ozarks Symposium." MAC. $2,500. 2005.
• GTE Foundation Grant, $3000 for "A Longitudinal Study of Developmental English Students at SMSU-West Plains." 2000.