Ms. Cathy Akers-Jordan
Lecturer; Webmaster for English Dept., CAS Dean's Office, and the Honors Program
Campus Phone: (810) 762-3477
E-mail: cakers@umflint.edu
Web page: http://spruce.flint.umich.edu/~cakers
Education
Master of Liberal Studies, American Culture, University of Michigan-Flint, December 1998
Thesis: Ellery Queen: Forgotten Master Detective. (A critical study of the works of Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee and their influence on the detective fiction genre.)
Bachelor of Arts, English and Psychology (double-major), University of Michigan-Flint, January 1986
Post graduate work in
~ Teaching Online
~ Problems in Teaching English
~ Rhetorical Theory and the Teaching of Writing
~ Computers and Writing: Theory and Practice
~ Composition Theory
Specializations/Areas of Interest
Writing: Technical Writing, Web Page Design
Literature: Detective/Mystery Fiction, Medieval Literature, The Lord of the Rings
History: RMS Titanic, Egyptology
Publications/Current Research
"The Light of Stars: Frodo's Elvish Air." Presented at Mythcon 37, The Mythopoeic Society’s Annual Conference XXXVII, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK, 4-7 August 2006.
“Fairy Princess or Tragic Heroine? The Metamorphosis of Arwen Undómiel in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Films.” Tolkien in Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings. Janet B. Croft, ed. San Francisco: Mythopoeic Press, 2004.
“Locked Below? An Analysis of Class Separation Gates on the RMS Titanic.” Presented at the Titanic Symposium at the Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, ME April 23-25, 2004. (This is a huge PowerPoint presentation of my current research project.)
“True Course.” with Captain Charles Weeks, Jr. The Encyclopedia Titanica. <http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/articles/true_course.pdf> December 9, 2003. (This is a Titanic research site which also publishes new research. You do not have to be a member to use the Encyclopedia or read the articles.)
Courses I Teach
Eng. 111 College Rhetoric
Eng. 112 Critical Reading & Writing
Eng./Com. 338 Business Communications
Eng. 345 Technical Writing
Eng. 354 Public and Professional Writing
Eng. 390 Directed Reading
Eng. 391 Advanced Technical Writing
Eng. 399 Directed Expository Writing