Ph.D.
in English,
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fl,
Major Areas: Short Story and Rhetoric and Composition / Dissertation: A Critical Approach to the Short Story in English: Toulmin's Model of Argumentation 1990
M.A.
in English Education,
Thesis: The Use of Creative Dramatics in the Teaching of Drama with Special Application to Students of English as a Second Language 1984