Professor of English
Office
Moreland 324
Phone
541-737-1653
Email
canderson@oregonstate.edu
Education
M.A. in Theology Mount Angel Seminary, 1997
M.A. and Ph.D. University of Washington 1983
B.A. Gonzaga University 1977
Areas of specialization
Rhetoric and composition, pedagogy, creative nonfiction,
autobiography, literature of Western Civilization, Bible as
Literature, literature and religion, literature and the
environment
Selected publications
Open Questions: Readings for Critical Thinking and Writing
with Lex Runciman, St. Martins (2005)
Teaching as Believing: Faith in the University, Baylor
(2004)
My Problem with the Truth, poems, Cloudbank Books (2003)
Forest of Voices: Reading and Writing the Environment,
Mayfield (2000)
Edge Effects: Notes from an Oregon Forest, Iowa (1993)
Free/Style, Houghton/Mifflin (1992)
Style as Argument, Southern Illinois (1987)
Administrative responsibilities
Coordinator of Composition 1986-2005
Grants, awards and honors
Winner for poetry Oregon Council of Teachers of
English Poets as Writers Contest, 2001
2000 Oregon Excellence Award for Teaching English Language Arts
Finalist, Oregon Book Award in Creative Nonfiction, 1993
Burlington Excellence in Teaching Award