LynnDianne Beene
Professor Emerita
Department of English Language and Literature, MSC -3 2170
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001
Department (505) 277-6347    Fax (505) 277-0021
ldbeene@gmail.com            B & F Writers

Academic Record:

Ph.D. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. English Language Theory and Rhetori; Contemporary Literature
M.A.  University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR. British, American, and Comparative Literatures
B.A.  University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR. English & Theater, Speech & Rhetoric; minor, Natural Sciences

Areas of Specialization:

  • Language Theory/Rhetorical Theory
  • Technical/Professional Writing
  • Contemporary Literature
    Dissertation: The Pragmatics of Cohesion: Applied recent theories in stylistics, text linguistics, and composition theory to the issue of what inter-sentence qualities in written discourse characterize effective expository writing.  Accepted with honors.

Certificate:

TESOL Certificate, Georgetown University Linguistics Institute.

Professional Experience:

  • Writer/Editor/Owner, B & F Writers, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1984-date
  • Consultant, Encarata Dictionary, 1999-2001.
  • Vocational and Employment Counselor, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program, City of Alexandria, Alexandria, VA.
  • Senior Technical Writer & Editor, Applied Science Associates, McLean, VA.
  • Advertising Layout & Paste-up Artist, The [Springfield] Independent, Springfield, VA.
  • Director of Publications, American Society of Landscape Architects, Washington, DC.

Teaching Experience:

  • Emerita Professor, University of New Mexico, 2011
  • Professor, English Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 1993-date. Teach at all levels.
  • Associate Professor, English Department, University of New Mexico, August 1987-1993.
  • Assistant Professor, English Department, University of New Mexico, August 1981-1987.
  • Associate Member, Linguistics Department and Educational Linguistics program, University of New Mexico, October 1981-1994.
  • ESL and Technical Communications Instructor (part-time), Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA, 1974-1976 and 1980-1981.
  • Teaching Assistant/Assistant Instructor, Department of English, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, August 1977-July 1980.

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    Publications: Books:

    • Guide to British Prose Explication: Nineteenth & Twentieth Century. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1997.
    • John le Carrè. Twayne English Authors Series.  Boston: G.K. Hall, 1992.
    • The Riverside Handbook of Grammar and Rhetoric with Prof. William Vande Kopple. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992.
    • Argument and Analysis:  Reading, Thinking, Writing, co-editor, Krystan V. Douglas. New York: Holt, Rinehart, 1988.
    • Solving Problems in Technical Writing, co-editor Peter L. White. New York: Oxford UP, 1988. [Finalist for STC Science Book of the Year, 1989.]

    Selected Articles/Chapters:

  • "Betty Boop.” The Encyclopedia of Women and Popular Culture, Gina Misiroglu, gen. ed., (New York: Facts on File, Inc., December 2011).
  • "Women in Comedy." The Encyclopedia of Women and Popular Culture, Gina Misiroglu, gen. ed., (New York: Facts on File, Inc., December 2011).
  • "Women and Poetry.” The Encyclopedia of Women and Popular Culture, Gina Misiroglu, gen. ed., (New York
  • "Rick Moody," Encyclopedia of Contemporary Fiction, Geoff Hamilton and Brian Jones, gen eds. (New York: Facts on File, Inc, 2010), 279-280.
  • "Peter Gadol." Encyclopedia of Contemporary Fiction, Geoff Hamilton and Brian Jones, gen eds. (New York: Facts on File, Inc, 2010), 140-142.
  • "Mystery Roast by Peter Gadol." Encyclopedia of Contemporary Fiction, Geoff Hamilton and Brian Jones, gen eds. (New York: Facts on File, Inc, 2010),284-285.
  • "John le Carré." Encyclopedia of Contemporary Fiction, Geoff Hamilton and Brian Jones, gen eds. (New York: Facts on File, Inc, 2010),207-209.
  • "The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré." Encyclopedia of Contemporary Fiction, Geoff Hamilton and Brian Jones, gen eds. (New York: Facts on File, Inc, 2010), 218-220.
  • "The Russia House by John le Carré." Encyclopedia of Contemporary Fiction, Geoff Hamilton and Brian Jones, gen eds. (New York: Facts on File, Inc, 2010), 307-310.
  • "Colleen McCullough." Encyclopedia of Contemporary Fiction, Geoff Hamilton and Brian Jones, gen eds. (New York: Facts on File, Inc, 2010), 170-171.
  • "An Indecent Obsession by Colleen McCullough." Encyclopedia of Contemporary Fiction, Geoff Hamilton and Brian Jones, gen eds. (New York: Facts on File, Inc, 2010), 169-171.
  • "Boland, Eavan, ‘The War Horse.’”; “Eavan Boland, ‘The Dolls Museum in Dublin.’Companion to British Poetry, 1900 to Present. Eds. James Persoon and Robert R. Watson. New York: Facts on File, 2008. 498-499; 129-131.
  • "The Madness of King George, Alan Bennett.” The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama, V. II, Eds. Gabrielle H. Cody and Evert Sprinchorn. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. 853.
  • “U Sam Oeur.” and “Arthur Sze.” Encyclopedia of Asian-American Literature. Ed. Seiwoong Oh. New York: Facts on File, 2007. 224-225, 275-277.
  • "Jean-Paul Sartre," in Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twentieth-Century European Cultural Theorists, Vol. 296, gen ed. Paul Honsom. Detroit: Bruccoli Clark, 314-334.
  • "John le Carré," in Mystery & Suspense Writers: The Literature of Crime, Detection, and Espionage, Vol. 1, gen. ed. Robin Winks. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998. [Series won 1999 Edgar Award.]
  • "John le Carrè," Post-war Literatures in English (June 1996): 1-18.
  • "William Wilkie Collins," in The Dictionary of Literary Biography, gen. ed. John Greenfield. (Columbia, SC: Bruccoli Clark Layman, 1996), 58-76.
  • "Planning, Drafting, and Revising:  Writing Academic Essays" in Argument and Analysis: Reading, Thinking, and Writing. New York: Holt, Rinehart, 1988.
  • "How can technical writing be cohesive and coherent?" in Solving Problems in Technical Writing. New York: Oxford UP, 1988.
  • "Writing across the English Department" with Scott P. Sanders. WPA: Writing Program Administration 11 (1988): 25-34.
  • "Writing assignments:  What we know we don't know." 1987. ERIC ED 280 085.
  • "Text Linguistics and Composition:  Research and Practical Connections" with Christian Hall and Karen Sunde. 1986. ERIC ED 272 863.
  • "Assignment Making" in Research in Composition and Rhetoric: A Bibliographic Sourcebook. Michael G. Moran and Ronald F. Lunsford, eds.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984, 239-62.
  • "Language Patterns in 'Mankynd.'" USF Language Quarterly 21 (1983): 25-29.

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    Selected Book Reviews:

    • ”Review: A History of the English Language by Richard M. Hogg and David Denison,” Journal of Anthropological Research 63:3 (Fall 2007): 403-05.
    • "'Communication for Engineers,' and 'The Skills of Communicating,'" The Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, (JTWC) 18 (1988): 277-78.
    • "'Strategies for Technical Communication,'" JTWC 16 (1986):  371-72."'The Complete Guide to Writing Fiction, Nonfiction, and Publishing,'" JTWC 16 (1986): 376-77.
    • "'The Ayn Rand Companion,'" Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature 39 (1985): 145-46.
    • "'Teaching Business Writing' and 'Teaching Business Communication,'" JTWC 15 (1985): 79-81.
    • "'Business Report Writing,'" JTWC 14 (1984): 258-59.
    • "'New Essays in Technical and Scientific Communication,'" JTWC 14 (1984): 169-72.
    • "'Communication in Business and Industry,'" JTWC 14 (1984): 74-76.
    • "'Technical Writing:  Structure, Standards, Style,'" JTWC 13 (1983): 383-84.

    Selected presentations at professional conferences:

    • "Electronic Contexts Across (And Sometimes Beyond) the Department of English," Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), Phoenix, AZ, March 1997.
    • "Professional Writers Teaching Professional Writing:  Harmonizing Thought and Reality: A Text Arguing for Teaching Sentences First, Last, and Foremost," CCCC, Milwaulkee, WI, March 1996.
    • "Making Waves: Neglected Genres: Multicultural Detective Fiction,", CCCC, Washington DC, March 1995.
    • "Where are those Women? Women, Rhetoric, and Invisibility," CCCC, Washington, DC, March 1995.
    • "New Uses for Journals: Writing About Language in ESL and TESOL," CCCC Nashville, TN, March 1994.
    • "Trial, Reorientation, and Reconsideration: The New 'Traditional' English Program," CCCC, Boston, MA, March 1991.
    • "Graduate Students as Writing Teachers," CCCC, Chicago, IL, March 1990.
    • "Ideals in Writing Programs:  Writing Across the English Department," Wyoming Conference on English, Laramie, WY, June 1988
    • "Freshman Composition Today," New Mexico Council of Teachers of English, Albuquerque, NM, September 1987
    • "Writing assignments:  New Strategies and Concepts," CCCC, Atlanta, GA, March 1987
    • Panel member for discussion on "Writing and the Graduate Student," CCCC, New Orleans, LA, March 1986
    • "Teachers and Technical Writing:  Problems and Solutions," New Mexico Council of Teachers of English, Albuquerque, NM, September 1985
    • "Text Linguistics and Composition:  Connections or Contentions?" CCCC, Minneapolis, MN, March 1985
    • "Technical Writing:  Programs, Practices, and Possibilities," Wyoming Conference on English, Laramie, WY, June 1984
    • "Technical Writing Programs Today," Wyoming Conference on English, Laramie, WY, June 1984 (Invited presentation)
    • "Dialect Trends in New Mexico's Rio Grande Valley," Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Phoenix, AZ, October 1983
    • "Text Linguistics' Contributions to Composition Practice," Wyoming Conference on English, Laramie, WY, July 1983
    • "Subjunctive and Modal Usage in American English," Wyoming Conference on English, Laramie, WY, June 1982
    • "Teaching for Competency in Writing: Sentence-Combining Exercises and Freshman Writing," Kansas Conference on Literature and Composition, Lawrence, KS, October 1978.

    Funded Research:

    • "American Culture in and by Film," funded research from the Teaching Allocation Service, University of New Mexico, 1998.
    • "Literature v. Composition:  A Study of Contrasting Allies," funded research from the University of New Mexico College of Arts & Sciences, English, 1990
    • "The Rocky Mountain Linguistic Atlas," funded research from the University of New Mexico Research Allocations program, February 1982-June 1983

    Work in preparation:

    • Most Bang for the Buck: An Editor's Workbook. Textbook of basic editing skills with exercises.
    • Options and Choices: Writing and Reading in a Global Age. Rhetoric and grammar for the electronic age.
    • Dragons that won't be slain: A survey of English grammars.  A book-length examination of traditional, structural, transformational-generative, and contemporary grammars with exercises. Excerpt, Chapter 1; excerpt, Chapter 2,
    • Crime in Rhyme, a collection of detective/mystery poetry written from the early 19th century through today. Proposal in draft form. To be submitted to Mysterious Press.
    • Evaluation of writing for/by biology undergraduates. Research proposal with Prof. Diane Marshall, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, for submission to the National Science Foundation.

    Administrative Record

    Programs:
    • Director, Graduate Program, University of New Mexico, 2002-2003.
      • serve as academic adviser to graduate students and assisting in developing individual plans of study;
      • monitor and maintain the quality of student theses and dissertations;
      • in association with the Office of Graduate Studies, coordinate reviews (Council on Higher Education, NCATE, etc.) of the graduate programs for accreditation, funding, etc.;
      • evaluate students’ credentials for admission;
      • coordinate comprehensive examinations in consultation with graduate faculty, chairs the Graduate Committee;
      • coordinate assignment of duties of graduate teaching assistants in consultation with Writing program directors;
      • collect, evaluate, and publish admission and program statistics;
      • assist the department chair in certifying faculty for graduate instruction;
      • prepare catalog material and other literature concerning the program;
      • represent program the Graduate Council, outside business, educational, and industrial community, etc.
    • Director, Undergraduate Program, English Department, University of New Mexico, 2001-2002.
      • create and administer undergraduate concentrations in Creative Writing, Liberal Arts, Pre-Graduate, Pre-Law, and Professional writing;
      • write brochures, pamphlets, and other public relations’ documents for degree program concentrations;
      • evaluate transfer credit;
      • advise students on degree planning;
      • verify students' records;
      • review and approve applications for Honors' program;
      • review honors' theses proposals and theses;
      • present honors at University graduations;
      • sponsor for Sigma Tau Delta, English undergraduate honorary fraternity.

    For the Graduate Program: MA in English: A Guide to the Process
    For the Undergraduate Program: Brochures on English Concentrations:Creative Writing, English/Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Pre-Graduate, Professional Writing

    • Director, Freshman English program, University of New Mexico, 1987-1990.
    • Assistant Director, Freshman English program, University of New Mexico, 1985-1986.
    • Director, Communication Skills Testing program (CST), University of New Mexico, 1981-1985.The duties for these three administrative positions include
      • determine and justify adequate budgets;
      • hire, evaluate, and supervise teaching assistants and part-time lecturers;
      • design and implement curricula for writing programs;
      • write, administer, and supervise the grading of all final examinations for two-semester English writing sequence;
      • directing competency-based writing examinations;
      • counsel students;
      • respond to questions and complaints;
      • communicate with faculty and administrators at colleges, universities, and secondary schools in the region.

    Committee/Consulting service:
    Professional:

    • Editorial Board, Scientific Journals International, reviewer for
      • The Journal of Language, Literature, and Linguistics
      • The Journal of Biography & Autobiography
      • The Micro Journal of Literature, Language and Linguistics
    • Committee for Teaching Dialectology, American Dialect Society.
    • Invited consultant for Wyoming Conference on Freshman & Sophomore English

    University Committees:

    • Chair, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, 2001-2003.
    • Organizer, LASSO Conference, October 2001
    • Outcomes Assessment Policy Committee, 1999-2000.
    • Long Range Strategic Planning Committee, 1996-2000.
    • Core Curriculum Committee, 1995-1998.
    • Chair, Committee on Confidentiality Policies, 1994-95.
    • Chair, Task Force on Non Tenure Track Faculty, 1993-1995.
    • Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, 1992-1995.
    • A&S Representative, University Faculty Senate, 1991-1995.
    • University New Students' Advisement Committee, 1989-1990.
    • Tenure/Promotion Committee, Arts & Sciences College, 1989.
    • University Literacy Committee, 1986-1990.
    • University Computer Use Committee, 1982-1986.
    • Dean's Advisory Committee for Computer Assisted Instruction, Arts & Sciences, 1983-84

    English Departments:

    • Library Committee, 1997-2002.
    • Director, Video Library, 1997-2002.
    • Freshman English Committee,1981-1990, 1995; Chair, 1987-1990; 1995.
    • Subcommittee on Computer-Assisted Instruction, 1995.
    • Professional/Creative Writing Committee, 1983-date.
    • Policy and Personnel Committee, 1984-1986, 1993-94, 1996-1997.
    • Graduate Committee, 1986-1987, 1993-1995, 1998-date, Chair 2002-2003.
    • Undergraduate Committee, 1991-1994; 2001-date, Chair 2001-2002.
    • Search Committees (for various positions in technical writing, composition, rhetoric, creative writing, and Native American Literature) (1983-date; Chair, 1993-94, 1999-2000, 2001-2002; nine faculty members hired).
    • English Department representative for Senior Day (1982, 1985), for Office of School Relations Program (1983), for College Enrichment Program (1983-1985).
    • Committee member for various Committees on Studies for M.A. and Ph.D. programs in English (Language/Rhetoric) and in Educational Linguistics program (1983-1994).
    • Freshman-Sophomore English Committee and Sub-committee for Textbook Selection, English Department, University of Kansas, 1979-1980.

    Professional Affiliations:

    • American Dialect Society
    • Authors Guild
    • Modern Language Association
    • National Science Writers Association
    • Society for Technical Communication
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