Louisiana Tech University English faculty who regularly teach electronic courses are referred to as e-instructors. These professors and instructors each have years of experience in the classroom, and they have converted that traditional classroom experience into an electronic format to better serve students who need the flexible scheduling that electronic courses can deliver.

Ms. Susan Eller:

Susan L. Eller has taught English for more than twenty years (but who's counting?), beginning as an undergraduate peer-tutor in the Writing Center of the University of Central Arkansas (BA 1986).  She first developed a serious interest in technical communication at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale where she taught it as a freshman- level course and became impressed by the students' response to its practical applications.  Since receiving her MA in English from SIU-C, she has taught or incorporated technical communication elements in a variety of composition, business, and humanities courses for universities in Illinois and Louisiana .  She has further served as editor or technical writer for a variety of commercial and educational publications and is the editor of the Louisiana Association for College Composition newsletter.   Ms. Eller believes effective communication essential to everyone in order to realize personal and professional potential and greatly enjoys her teaching at Louisiana Tech University .

Dr. Tamara Powell:

Tamara Powell has a certificate in electronic elearning from the Louisiana Consortium for the Advancement of Distance Education (LaCADE) and is a member of the Louisiana Distance Learning Association (LaDLA). She has eleven years of teaching experience at the university level. She recieved her B.A. from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas; and her M.A. from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She received her Ph.D. from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Her areas of interest include multiethnic literatures of the U.S. and women's literature. Dr. Powell is the Charlyne Smith Wyche Endowed Professor of English and the English Department Electronic Learning Coordinator.

Dr. Dorothy Robbins:

Dorothy Dodge Robbins has 20 years of teaching experience. She received her B.A. in  English and German from Oklahoma City University, and her M.A. in Communication from the University of Oklahoma . She earned her M.A. in English from the University of South Dakota and her Ph.D. in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Areas of expertise include composition theory and pedagogy, literary criticism and theory, and 20th Century literature in English with a focus on the Moderns. Dr. Robbins is widely published in her fields of expertise, and she has presented over 25 conference papers in her areas of interest.


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