ROBERT MURRAY DAVIS

9846 E. Minnesota AvenueSun Lakes, AZ 85248

Tel:(480) 802-2953

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

Forty-five years of experience in teaching writing at five universities, from freshman composition to graduate writing workshops. Twenty-five years of experience on editorial boards of scholarly journals in the U.S. and Europe. Consultant on manuscripts for textbook and scholarly publishing houses. Author and editor of eighteen books, more than 100 articles, and several hundred book reviews on modern English and American fiction, biography, and criticism. Two books and a half-dozen articles of creative nonfiction, journalism in national magazines and newspapers, about three dozen poems and several works of fiction.

1998 Free-lance cultural journalist

to present · Conducted interviews and did formal research on the economic and cultural aspects

of writing in Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, and Romania.

· Published articles on life and culture in the American West.

1967-2000 Assistant Professor to Professor, University of Oklahoma

· Taught courses from freshman Honors through advanced research seminars and

creative writing workshops, emphasizing research, organizational, and editing skills.

· Published numerous books, articles, reviews, essays, poems, etc.

· Served as associate editor of Genre, evaluating 40-50 articles per year, and as editorial board member of three other journals in the U.S. and in Europe.

· Served as outside consultant on book and article manuscripts.

· Served as assistant dean of the Graduate College, evaluating transcripts, writing and

editing regulations and catalogue material, chairing committees responsible for

establishing policy for membership in graduate faculty, language proficiency for

international students, and admissions and dismissals.

· Served as president of the Western American Literature Association and host of the

annual convention.

1965-1967 Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara

· Received first book contract, continued to publish articles and reviews.

1962-1965 Instructor, Assistant Professor, Loyola University, Chicago

· Taught freshman and sophomore writing and literature classes, emphasizing writing

and analytical skills.

· Published first scholarly articles and reviews.

1955-1962 Graduate teaching assistant, University of Kansas, University of Wisconsin

· Taught freshman and sophomore classes in composition, emphasizing grammar,

outlining, organization, revision.

· Developed research and writing skills in graduate program.

1955 Reporter and photographer, Great Bend (Kansas) Daily Tribune

· Wrote and edited news, sports, and feature stories and served as photographer.

EDUCATION

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

University of Wisconsin Madison, WI

Concentration: English Literature

MASTER OF ARTS

University of Kansas Lawrence, KS

Concentration: English Literature

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Rockhurst College Kansas City, MO

Concentration: English Literature, History, Philosophy