radio & television broadcasts:
"The Water Crisis," with Noel Brown and Bob Armstrong. ACTV. Austin, March 9, 1978.
"Environmental Consciousness in America," with Robin Doughty and Steven Pyne. February-March, 1978. On 51 radio stations in Texas, 51 others in the United States, and the Voice of America.
"The Environment, the Political Process, and the Role of the Universities," with Michael Kirby. September, 1973. On 4 TV stations and 44 radio stations in Texas.
"Ecology and the Humanities." December, 1972-January 1973. On 94 radio stations in the United States.
public and professional lectures:
International:
“Max Mueller: Opportunities for Doctoral Research” Univ of Caen, Caen, France, Dec 13, 2001.
“Fortunate to be French: The French vs. the American PhD Process,” Ecole Doctorale, Institute du Monde Anglophone, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Universite de Paris III, Paris, France, Nov 24, 2001.
"The Future of English Studies," Department of English, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, August 31, 1999.
"The Status of the Literary Symbol," Sydney Society for Literature and Aesthetics," Department of Philosophy, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, August 25, 1999.
"The Future of English Studies," Department of English, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, August 23, 1999.
"Hopkins and Pusey," Hopkins Summer School, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland, July 25, 1999.
“Uses of the Internet in Teaching,” Hypermedia, Cybermedia Conference, University of Paris X, Nanterre, France, 31 January, 1997
"Tradition and Individual Talent in Hopkins' Imagery." Oxford English Faculty Essay Society. Brasenose College, Oxford. June 10, 1975.
National:
"Using Hypermedia to Access Both Sides of the Brain," CCCCs convention, NCTE, Minneapolis, April 13, 2000.
"The Impact of Hypermedia on Emotions," Teaching Online in Higher Education conference, Indiana Univ. of Pa., Fort Wayne, Indiana, November 8, 1999 [online professional conference].
"Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye and Family Systems Theory," Conference on Narrative, Society for the Study of Narrative, Dartmouth College, May 1, 1999.
"Seeing Our Students, Seeing Ourselves: Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom," CCCCs convention, NCTE, Atlanta, March 24, 1999.
"Compassion in the Classroom," Fourth Annual AEPL Summer Conference, Estes Park, Colorado, June 27, 1998.
“Beyond Individualism,” AEPL, NCTE annual convention, Detroit, Nov. 23, 1997.
“Transcending Right Brain / Left Brain Boundaries: The Teacher as Model,” CCCC convention, NCTE, Milwaukee, March 28, 1996.
“Beyond the Cognitive Domain,” CCCC convention, NCTE, Washington, D. C., March 22, 1995.
“Teaching Emotional Literacy,” CCCC convention, NCTE, Washington, D. C., March 24, 1995. ERIC Microfiche ED 392 053, 1996
"Rethinking Family Values: Functional and Dysfunctional Families in Victorian Literature as Defined by Family Systems Theory," Interdiscilplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. April 9, 1994
"Sexual Difference and Participatory Pedagogy," CCCC convention, NCTE, San Diego, April 2, 1993; ERIC Microfiche publication"Class discussion Using Networked Computers," University of Pittsburgh, Academic Computing Center, Oct. 17, 1991.
"Substance Abuse Prevention in the English Classroom," Central Texas Consortium for Drug Abuse Prevention, U. T. Heath Sciences Center, San Antonio, August 16, 1990.
"Students as Texts in Electronic Networks," Sixth Computers and Writing Conference, Austin, May 19, 1990.
[A “recent’ citation: Michael Day and Trent Batson, “The Network-Based Writing Classroom: The ENFI Idea” Computer Mediated Communication and the Online Writing Classroom Volume Two: Higher Education, eds. Collins, Marie, and Zane Berge (Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1995) pp. 25-46. Rpt. http://129.118.38.138/kairos/1.2/coverweb/cmcmday.html] "Centenary Perspectives on Gerard Manley Hopkins," MLA, Washington December, 1989."Gerard Manley Hopkins and Poetry Therapy," National Conference on Poetry Therapy, Austin, Nov. 18, 1989.
"Testing Computer-Assisted Class Discussion," Fifth Computers and Writing Conference, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, May 13, 1989.
"Hopkins, Feminism, and Creativity," Conference on Robert Browning and Gerard Manley Hopkins, CUNY, New York, May 5, 1989.
"Radical Changes in Class Discussion Using Networked Computers," College Conference of Teachers of English, Seattle, Washington, March 17, 1989
"Project Invention Heuristic," National Council of Teachers of English, San Antonio, November 21, 1986.
"Plays and Parodies as Models of Collective Creativity in the Art and Life of Shakespeare and Dickens," The Dickens Project, University of California at Santa Cruz, August 10, 1986.
"Project Invention Heuristic." AEP Conference. Alexandria, Virginia. June 24, 1985.
"Rhetorical Invention, Imagery, and Technical Writing," Modern Language Association. New York. December 29, 1983.
"Metaphor in Pirsign's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." Modern Language Association. New York. December 29, 1981.
"Medieval Exegesis and Modern Literary Criticism." Modern Language Association. New York. December 28, 1981.
"Hopkins and Dante." Sixth Annual Patristic, Medieval and Renaissance Conference. Villanova University. Villanova. September 28, 1981.
"Portrayal of Nature in Twentieth-Century Lyric Poetry." Modern Language Association. Houston. December 30, 1980.
"Hopkins' Paradigms of Language." Modern Language Association. Houston. December 28, 1980.
"Auditory Metaphor in Marius the Epicurean." Modern Language Association. Houston. December 28, 1980. Abstracted in The Pater Newsletter, 7 (1981), 2-3.
"The Influence of Biblical Typology on Victorian Literature," American Academy of Religion. Dallas. November 7, 1980. Abstracted in American Academy of Religion-Society of Biblical Literature Abstracts. (Chico: 1980), A250.
"Hopkins, Christina Rossetti, and the Pre-Raphaelites." Modern Language Association. San Francisco. December 28, 1979.
"Quadrivalent Interpretation of Literary Types." Modern Language Association. San Francisco. December 28, 1979.
"Towards a Hopkins Biography." Modern Language Association. Chicago. December 27, 1977.
"Hopkins' Imagery and Medievalist Poetics." Modern Language Association. New York. December 27, 1976.
"Interdisciplinary Curricula in the Humanities and Environmental Studies." Modern language Association. New York. December 27, 1976.
Regional:
"Substance Abuse Prevention in the English Classroom," Central Texas Consortium for Drug Abuse Prevention, U. T. Heath Sciences Center, San Antonio, August 16, 1990.
"Psychological Type, Computers, and Class Discussion in College English Classes," Association of Psychological Type, Southwest Conference, Austin, May 4, 1990.
"Toward a Theory of Creativity: Hopkins and His Contemporaries," Conference on Christianity and Literature, Southwestern Region, Baylor University. Oct. 7., 1988. [a keynote speech, with three respondents, including Betty Sue Flowers]
"Hopkins, Bibliotherapy, and Christian Counseling," Southwest Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature, Oct 20, 1989, College Station.
"Toward a New Theory of Parody: Hopkins and Swinburne," South Central Modern language Association, Tulsa, November 7, 1985.
"The School of Dante." Philological Association of the Pacific Coast." Eugene. November 13, 1982.
"Creativity, Figurative Language, and Technical Writing." South Central Modern Language Association. San Antonio. October 29, 1982.
"The Pre-Raphaelites and Their Circle." Northwest Conference on British Studies. Eugene. April 9, 1982.
"Music and Painting as Competing Models of Language and Literature in the Nineteenth Century." Philological Association of the Pacific Coast. Stanford. November 7, 1981.
"Wordsworth, Personification, and Romanticism." South Central Modern Language Association. Austin, October 23, 1981.
"Personification in The Romantic Lyric and in Science." Northeast Modern Language Association. Quebec City. April 10, 1981.
"Reading Hopkins: The Eye vs. The Ear." South Central Modern Language Association. New Orleans. October 12, 1979.
"Hopkins' Imagery." Philological Association of the Pacific Coast. Eugene. November 27, 1977.
"Psychoanalysis and the Imagery of Hamlet." South Central Renaissance Conference. Houston. March 30, 1973.
"Man and Nature: Hopkins' Tragic Vision." South Central Modern Language Association. Tulsa. October 3, 1972.
State:
"Frankenstein and the Creative Process," Honors Program, Kilgore College, Kilgore, Texas; September 13, 1993
"Hearing Hopkins." College Conference of Teachers of English. Fort Worth. March 2, 1979.
"Performing Poetry." College Conference of Teachers of English. Fort Worth. March 1, 1979.
"Keats's Lamia and Spenser's 'Bowre or blis'." College Conference of Teachers of English. Arlington. March 1, 1974.
Local:
"Berkeley in the Sixties," Panel presentation, 1968 Conference, U. T. Oct. 10, 2008
"Hopkins and Poetry as Performance, " Poetry on the Plaza, Sept.3 , 2008
"The Alice Books as Guides to the Freshman Experience," Camp Texas, Balcones Springs, Aug. 18, 20, 22, 2008. Aug. 16, 18, and 20, 2007 two half-hour presentations each day.
ÒLeaders and Leadership at the University of Texas,Ó Honors Colloquium, July 27, 2007.
"The Alice Books as Guides to College," Quest Lecture Series, May 1, 2007.
ÒFamily Fiction as Equipment for Living: the Example of Anne Tyler,Ó Odyssey Lecture Series, Feb. 26, 2007.
ÒTeaching in a Virtual World at UT Austin,Ó Collaborative for Instructional Impact (CII) monthly seminar, February 7, 2007
"A 3-D virtual world,Ó Computer Writing and Research Lab 20th Anniversary Lecture Series, Sept. 14, 2006.
ÒThe Origin and Purpose of Universities,Ó Honors Colloquium, July 28, 2006.
ÒAnsel Adams and Gerard Manley Hopkins,Ó Poetry on the Plaza, Sept. 7, 2005. ÒThe Natural History of the University of Texas,Ó Freshman Seminar Program, UTC 3.132, October 9, 2002
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: the Musical vs. the Novel," Pre-Performance Lecture Series, Bass Concert Hall, University of Texas, Austin, January 27, 2000.
"Nature Writing," Learning Activities for Mature People, Division of Continuing Education, Thompson Conference Center, University of Texas at Austin, Nov. 9. , 1999.
"Multimedia Technologies, Literature, and Left- and Right-Brained Cognition," CWRL Colloquium, February 12, 1999.
"Discovery Teaching Project" (panel), Experienced Faculty Teaching Conference, January 11, 1999.
“Emotional Intelligence,” Freshman Seminars Lectures, Ransom Center, Sept. 18, 1997.
"The Role of Emotion in Pedagogy and Publication," English Dept. Graduate Colloquium, April 12, 1993.
"Exploring Alternative Teaching Methods: Left Brain, Right Brain," New Faculty Teaching/Orientation Seminar August 16, 1993.
"Computerized Class Discussion and Collaborative Writing," St. Edward's University, Academic Computing Center, ;Nov. 5, 1992."Literature and Therapy," St. Stephen's School, Feb. 2, 1992.
"Participatory Pedagogy and the Electronic Classroom," Pedagogy and Values Graduate Colloquium, U.T. Austin, Feb ?, 1992.
"Developing and Grading Writing Assignments" [panel], Experienced Faculty Conference, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, U.T. Austin, Jan.14, 1992.
"Robert Browning," University Interscholastic League Conference, Sept. 29, 1990.
"Teaching and Psychotherapy," Fifth Annual Teaching Conference for Experienced Faculty, Austin, Jan. 11, 1990
"Poetry as Therapy," Food for Thought Series (Counseling Center), April 5, 1990
"Literature as Therapy," Food For Thought Series (Counseling Center), UT Austin, March 30, 1989.
"Literature as Therapy," New Guild Co-Op, Austin, March 6, 1989.
"Using Networked Computers for Class Discussion," Experienced Faculty Teaching Conference, Jan. 12, 1989
"Mary Shelley, Creativity, and Feminism" PreConference Forum, Graduate Conference on Gender and Literary Theory, University of Texas, March 26, 1987.
"The Pre-Raphaelites," Westminster Manor, Austin, January 26, 1987.
"Computers and English," Second Annual Teaching Conference for Experienced Faculty. University of Texas, Austin, January 15, 1987.
"Computers, Writing, and Creative Problem-Solving," Plan II Parents Day, University of Texas, Austin, November 10, 1986.
"The Dickens-Collins Collaboration in No Thoroughfare, HRC, Austin, April 26, 1985, and "The Dickens Theatre Conference," University of Texas, Austin, February 11, 1986.
"Teaching Great Expectations." Austin Independent School District Honors English Teachers Conference. Austin, October 26, 1984.
"Medievalism in Architecture." Faculty Seminar on British Studies. Humanities Research Center. University of Texas, Austin. September 7, 1981.
"D. H. Lawrence and Wallace Stevens" The New Nature Poetry." University of Texas. College of Liberal Arts Summer Institute Lecture Series. Austin. July 8, 1980.
"Reading Poetry: The Eye vs. The Ear." Faculty Seminar on British Studies. University of Texas, Humanities Research Center. Austin. January 25, 1980.
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