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Ellen Knodt
Professor

Contact:
Penn State Abington 
Office Phone: 215-881-7385
eak1@psu.edu

 

Brief Bio:

Educational History:
Arts D. Carnegie-Mellon University
M.A. Purdue University
B.A. Northwestern University

Research Interests:
Rhetoric and composition; American literature; Ernest Hemingway

Awards:
George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1997
College of Liberal Arts Outstanding Teacher, 1994
Who's Who in America, Fifty-fifth edition

Major Publications:
Understanding Ourselves (HarperCollins, 1996)
Writing: Process and Purpose (Macmillan, 1986)
Making Progress (HarperCollins, 1991)

Other Publications:
Published articles in
The Hemingway Review
North Dakota Quarterly
Journal of American Culture
TETYC
Journal of Teaching Writing

and others

National Professional Service:
Past Review Editor for Teaching English in the Two Year College, an NCTE journal

Manuscript reviewer for NCTE
The Hemingway Review
The Conference on College Composition and Communication

Past chair, CCCC Outstanding Book Award Committee