Department of English & Humanities

Dr. Emily Dial-Driver
Professor

Downs Hall
Room 103

918-343-7747
edial-driver@rsu.edu
Course Web Page

Education

Ed.D., Higher Education
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
(Total hours in discipline of English: 54)

M.A., English
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
(Total hours in other humanities: 31)

B.S., Nutrition
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Oklahoma State University Writing Project
U.S. Army Instructor Training Course

Major Accomplishments

• Developed nationally-sold Composition I and II telecourses
• Developed courses: philosophy (introduction, ethics and values), literature
  (British, science fiction, children's, world, introduction, creative writing, freshman and advanced composition, basic writing, advanced composition, world literature), general humanities, nutrition, journalism (news writing, layout, advertising, and publication)
• Represented Oklahoma Higher Education Television Association on Instructional Telecourse Consortium/Annenburg Advisory Board for English course
• Wrote college writing manual sold nationally
• Co-editor with Carolyn Taylor, Sally Emmons, Carole Burrage: Voices from the Heartland: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007
• Co-editor with Sally Emmons and Jim Ford: Sitting on the Hellmouth: The Reality of Fiction in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

• Professor, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK
• Teacher Consultant, OSU Writing Project
• Teaching Consultant
• Freelance Writer/Editor

• U.S. ARMY Captain: Ordnance Corps—Missile Maintenance
• Children's Hospital Research Foundation, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Academic Publications

“What’s It All About, Buffy? Victor Frankl’s Philosophy and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Sitting on the Hellmouth: the Reality of Fiction in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. McFarland, in process. 

“Centering the World.” Voices from the Heartland. University of Oklahoma Press, 2007.

“Malta.” and “Burkino Faso.” World Press Encyclopedia. Gale Research: Nov. 2002.

“Cape Verde.” World Education Encyclopedia Gale Research: Nov. 2001.

“Learning New Tricks: How Established Instruction Can Be Transformed by Technology.” in “Thinking Outside the [Classroom] Box: The Transition from Traditional to On-Line Learning Communities.” 18 Nov. 2000. ERIC Document ED448457.

"The Accidental Leader." Executive Educator 18.1 (Jan. 1996): 32.

"Building Bridges."  Community College Review  21.1 (Summer 1993):  26-30.

"Multiple Learning Opportunities: Inception and Innovation.”  Community College Review 16.3  (Winter 1988):  38‑41.

"Mommies:  An Essay on Student Success."  TYCA Newsletter  23.1 (Jan. 1995):  14-15.

"A Place for the Personal:  Using Anecdotes to Illustrate Principles."  GIFTS (Great Ideas for Teaching Students)  April 1995.

"Mommies:  Student Success in Freshman English." Through Magic Glasses.   Oklahoma City:  Oklahoma Department of Education, 1994.

 "Pasture Talk: Learning About Appropriate Language Use." Through Magic Glasses. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Education, 1994.

"Feldman and Newcomb's The Effect of College on Students  and Community Colleges." 2 Nov. 1990.  ERIC Document  326 129.

Editing/Authoring
Editor with Carolyn Taylor, Carole Burrage, Sally Emmons. Voices from the HeartLand: An Anthology of Women’s Voices in Oklahoma. University of Oklahoma Press, 2007. in publication.

Fiction editor. Cooweescooee:  A Journal of Arts and Letters, 2004-present.

Poetry editor.  Cooweescooee:  A Journal of Arts and Letters, 1995-1999.

Editor, author "Introduction," Maggie Fry's The Cherokee Female Seminary Years:  A Cherokee National Anthology.  Claremore:  RSC, 1990.

Scripts for Productions
Shakespeare. The Tempest. Edited for length for production Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK, (six performances, November 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 2006)..
Elle: A Cinderella Story. Red Dirt Book Festival. 28 Oct. 2005. Elementary school performances, Shawnee, OK, Nov. 2005. General performance, Shawnee, OK, 21 Nov. 2005.

The Oresetia: Agamemnon’s Legacy, edited and adapted for production Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK, (six performances, November 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 2004).

Children's Theater, Will Rogers Theater, Beauty and the Beast (1987), The Three Little Pigs (1988), Hansel and Gretel (1989)

Honors & Awards

• Rogers State University Faculty Senate Award in Service, 2005
• Oklahoma Leadership Academy (Outstanding Professor), 1999-2000
• Pixley Excellence in Teaching Award, 1998
• National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Award recipient, 1998
• Faculty Member of the Year (election sponsored by Adult Students Aspiring to Prosper), 1996
• Thunderbird Library Patron of the Year (initial year), 1990-91
• TIPS Master Teacher, designated 1987
• Teaching Excellence Award, University of Texas