Linda Cole Carroll, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English,
Chair of Languages and Literature &
Coordinator of University Writing
Office: PUMC 251
Office Phones: 817-531-7580
Office Fax: 817-531-6503
Email: LCarroll@txwes.edu
http://www.department.txwes.edu/lnl/lcarroll/

Educational Background:
University of Texas at Arlington, BA in English
Texas Woman's University, MA in American Literature
Texas Woman's University, PhD in Rhetoric

Academic Interest:

Dr. Carroll enjoys teaching, reading about and discussing any aspect of rhetoric, particularly semiotics.  Coupled with her curiosity about rhetoric is her enthusiasm for American Literature; she is drawn to Flannery O'Connor's and Walker Percy's works, and considers William Faulkner the finest writer America has yet produced.  As Coordinator of University Writing, she was very involved in the creation of the Writing Concentration Program.  Dr. Carroll's research efforts focus on pedagogy and semiotics.  

Dr. Carroll currently serves on the Executive Council for Conference of College Teachers of English; additionally, she holds membership in National Council Teachers of English, Conference for College Composition and Communication, South Central Modern Language Association, Phi Delta Kappa, Christianity and Literature, and the Walker Percy Society.   She serves on the Intercollegiate Ethics
Bowl Committee, the Ethics across the Curriculum Committee, and the University Day Committee, and is the Faculty Advisor for Alpha Lambda Delta, the Freshman Honor Society.  In 2003, her colleagues selected Dr. Carroll to receive the Earl Brown Distinguished Faculty Award. 

In addition to coordinating the University Writing Program, which involves working with adjunct faculty, coordinating all placement exams, and planning and assessing writing programs, Dr. Carroll regularly teaches the following courses:
ENG 1301 Composition and Rhetoric
ENG 1302 Composition and Literature
ENG 2321 Survey of American Literature to 1865
ENG 2322 Survey of American Literature since 1865
ENG 2323 Introduction to Rhetoric
ENG 3300A Style and Structure: Advanced Writing
ENG 3300B Style and Structure: Writing in the Workplace
ENG 3300F Style and Structure: Writing in the Fine Arts
ENG 3306 History of Rhetoric
ENG 4342 Composition Theory and Pedagogy
ENG 4357 Writing and Marketing
ENG 4399 Special Topics in Southern Literature
HUM 3340 The Human Experience
HUM 3341 The Human Prospect

Personal Interest:
Dr. Carroll is an avid reader who enjoys sharing her life with her husband, John, and their four children and eight grandchildren.  She also enjoys travel, antique restoration, and interior decorating.  She is an amateur photographer who enjoys entering her photography, homemade relish, and pickles in the Texas State Fair.