Dr. Allen H. Redmon

Assistant Professor
Phone: (254) 519-5750
Room: NC 206
Email: allen.redmon@ct.tamus.edu

Highest Degree
PhD in English Language and Linguistics,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Areas of Specialization
Film Studies, Genre Studies, Cultural Studies, Drama

Dr. Redmon earned his Ph.D in Language and Linguistics from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Since that time, he has dedicated himself to the classroom where he works with students to find the meanings a text holds, the role those meanings play in culture, and the best means to express those findings. Dr. Redmon's research focuses on issues of narrative and narration in fiction and film, the interchange between cinematic narrative and style, and film genres. Also of interest are cinematic representations of violence and the role of religion in film.

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Dr. Garry Ross

Senior Professional Faculty
Phone: (254) 519-5789
Room: NC 21
Email: g_ross@ct.tamus.edu

Highest Degree
PhD in Rhetoric and Linguistics,
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Areas of Specialization
Historical Methodology, Linguistics, and Grammar.

After doing postgraduate work in British social history and problems in history and literature at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, and at the Royal Institute of Historical Research in London, Dr. Ross earned his PhD in Rhetoric and Linguistics from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

Since that time, he has worked as an educational administrator and teacher. He has taught both history and English throughout his career. His publications include essays on historical methodology, linguistics, and grammar. He has given invited presentations in Helsinki, Finland; Bamberg, Germany; and Valencia, Spain, where he was the keynote speaker for the 5 th International Conference on English Studies He spoke on historical methodology and historical sociolinguistic research.

His research interests include the intersection between historical and sociolinguistic methodology, speech act theory and film, literary criticism, and problems in history and literature. He is also concerned about the role of politics and media in fostering the decline in the quality of education in the United States and plans to begin research in that area soon.

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Dr. Katherine S. Miles

Assistant Professor
Phone: (254) 519-5773
Room: NC 20
Email: ksmiles@ct.tamus.edu

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Professional Communication,
Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Areas of Specialization
Rhetorical Theory, Technical Communication, Computer-mediated Literacy, Visual Rhetoric

Dr. Miles earned her Ph. D. in Rhetoric and Professional Communication from Iowa State University, where she also worked as a Communication Specialist for the Virtual Reality Applications Center. In the classroom, Dr. Miles values hands-on practice with new technologies and service-learning and client-based projects. Her research interests include studying how unfamiliar and electronic contexts affect traditional approaches to communication, and she has investigated the context of immersive virtual reality, Web logs in a writing classroom, multimodal communication in a technical writing classroom, and jury deliberations in a courtroom. Always, her purpose is to improve students' experiences in her classroom and in their present and future workplaces.

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Ms. Phyllis Wheeler

Adjunct Faculty
Phone: (254) 519-5441
Room: NC 14

Highest Degree
MA in English,
Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX

Areas of Specialization
Pedagogy Instruction, Composition, Language Arts Instruction, and Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum

Ms. Wheeler has been in the classroom for over 30 years. She also is an instructor for the Education Service Center, where she provides pedagogy instruction for the Teacher Preparation Certification Program (TPCP) and language arts instruction for candidates in the TPCP.

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Mr. Ryan Bayless

Adjunct Faculty
Phone: (254) 519-5441
Room: NC 14

Highest Degree
MFA in Creative Writing,
Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas

Areas of Specialization
Creative Writing, Poetry, American Literature, Musicology, American Studies

Ryan Bayless earned a BA in English from the University of North Texas and a MFA in Creative Writing from Texas State University, with a concentration in poetry. He has given readings at the Western Literature Association’s annual conferences in Spearfish, South Dakota and Prescott, Arizona, and his poems have been published in multiple journals including Hawk & Whippoorwill, Alba, and Right Hand Pointing. He has also produced two albums of original songs and a screenplay. In addition to the Creative Writing course he teaches in the English Department, he also teaches online Fine Arts courses on the evolution of the arts and popular culture in America, the impact of the protest song on society, and the history of the blues. By employing both analytical and creative approaches to literature and the arts in a wide range of courses, Mr. Bayless strives to provide his students with the critical thinking and writing skills necessary to examine the constantly evolving American identity and their place within it.

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