John Rothfork
Associate Professor, Literacy, Technology, and Professional Writing
Office: BAA (Bldg 23) Room 324
(928) 523-0559
John.Rothfork@nau.edu
oak.ucc.nau.edu/jgr6/
JOHN ROTHFORK, Ph.D., (University of New Mexico, 1973)
Associate Professor, Professional Writing
Special Interests: Online learning
Education
• Ph.D., 1973, University of New Mexico (American studies)
• Ed.S., 1978, University of New Mexico (Curriculum & Instruction)
• M.A., 1973, Truman University (Education)
• M.A., 1970, University of Iowa (English)
• B.A., 1968, Morningside College, Sioux City (Philosophy, English)
Professional Experience
2006–present, Associate Professor; 2001-06, Assistant
Professor; English
Department, Northern Arizona University. Specializations: online courses
in the graduate Certificate and M.A. programs in professional writing; technical
liaison for the Northern Arizona Writing Project; writing area representative
for the Master of Administration program.
1999–2001, Assistant Professor; English and Modern Languages Department,
West Texas A&M University. Specializations: American literature.
1986–98, Professor; 1977–85, Associate
Professor; 1973–76, Assistant Professor; 1970–72, Instructor; Humanities Department, New Mexico
Tech. Specializations: philosophy, literature, technical writing. Editor of the
New Mexico Humanities Review, 1978–93.
Senior Fulbright Professor: Indian Institute of Technology—Madras (1990),
Indian Institute of Science—Bangalore (1989), Tokyo University (1985),
Keio University (1985), Indian Institute of Technology—Kanpur (1981–2).
Recent Refereed Journal Articles
Literature
• “The Theater and
Small Town Texas in Clay Reynolds’ The Tentmaker” Critique: Studies
in Modern Fiction, 48.1 (Winter 2007).
• “Cormac McCarthy
as Pragmatist,” Critique: Studies in Modern Fiction, 47.2 (Winter 2006):
201-14.
• “Beauty
and History in Clay Reynolds’ Franklin’s Crossing,” Southwest American
Literature, 30.2 (Spring 2005): 29-44.
• “The
Missing Beauty in Clay Reynolds’ Agatite Trilogy,” Texas Review, 25.3-4 (Fall/Winter
2004): 80-102.
• “Language
and the Dance of Time in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian,” Southwest
American Literature, 30.1 (Fall 2004): 23-36.
• “Redemption
as Language in Cormac McCarthy’s Suttree,” Christianity and Literature,
53 (2004): 385–97.
• “Confucianism
in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled,” Quarterly Literary Review
of Singapore, 4.1 (October 2004).
Education
• “Remaking the
American University: Open for Business,” Education Review, 9.3 (March
2006): 1-14.
• “Doom, Gloom,
and the Misunderstanding of Higher Education: An Essay Review of Declining
by Degrees: Higher Education at Risk,” Education Review, 8.2 (November
2005): 1-14.
• “Review: Putting
the University Online,” Open Learning, 20.2 (June 2005): 193-99.
Recent Funded Grants
• U.S. Department of
State, English Language Specialist Program grant to participate in the English
Language Teacher Training Institute in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Nov., 2006.
• National Writing Project,
Mentoring Project, 2005-06.
• Advanced Technology
Institute for National Writing Project Technical Liaisons, Marshall University,
2005.
Website: oak.ucc.nau.edu/jgr6/