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Book Author: Joanna Gibson (to come) Companion Website Authors:
Dene Grigar is Associate Professor of English at Texas Woman’s University, specializing in Rhetoric, Technology, Greek Literature and Culture, and Feminist Theory. Her book with John Barber, New Worlds, New Words: Exploring Pathways About and In Electronic Environments (Hampton Press, 2001) speculates how writing and thinking change when moved to virtual spaces, such as the World Wide Web, MOOs, and e-mail. A co-founder and administrator of TWUMOO, a textual virtual environment for teaching, learning, and community service to women, Grigar was chosen as the recipient of Texas Woman’s University’s "Innovation in Academia Award" in the field of computer technology. She was also selected as a recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities 2001 Summer Institute. In addition, Grigar serves as a member of the Instructional Technology Committee for the National Council of Teachers of English, as well as for the 7Cs for the Conference of College Composition and Communication. She was Chair of the Computers and Writing 2000 Conference. John F. Barber teaches at Southern Methodist University and has worked as a content strategist for Scient, the leading innovator of eBusiness systems for Fortune 500 companies and dot-com startups. His publications and presentations often address the intersection of literacy, technology, and society. His most recent book with Dene Grigar is New Worlds, New Words: Exploring Pathways for Writing About and In Electronic Environments (Hampton Press, 2001). He has published chapters in The Online Writing Classroom, Electronic Networks, High Wired, and Studies in Technical Communication, as well as articles in national journals. On other fronts, he co-chaired the Computers and Writing 2000 Conference and won an award for the Web text he created for the conference from Kairos: A Journal for Writers in Webbed Environments. Heather Jensen is a graduate student at Texas Woman's University and a freelance writer based in the Dallas area. Her recent work includes a collaborative article for Syllabus magazine on the use of technology in teaching. Heather is married and a mother of three young children. Christa J. Downer, a doctoral student in Texas Woman's University’s Rhetoric Program, teaches in the first-year composition program. She is a recipient of the Lavon B. Fulwiler Endowed Scholarship and the J. Dean Bishop Teaching Excellence Award in 2001. Her main scholarly interests include feminist issues in rhetoric, composition, literature, and technology. Before coming to Texas Woman's University, she taught secondary education and worked in news media at the Denton Record Chronicle.
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