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Linda Carrol

Dr. Linda Carroll is an English professor in the School of Arts and Letters at Texas Wesleyan University

Linda Carroll

Professor of English
Polytechnic United Methodist Church 251
817-531-7580
lcarroll@txwes.edu
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Courses Taught

  • English 1301: Composition & Rhetoric I
  • English 1302: Composition & Rhetoric II
  • English 2308: Introduction to the Profession of English
  • English 2321: Survey of American Literature I
  • English 2322: Survey of American Literature II
  • English 2326: Literature of the American South
  • English 3306: History of Rhetoric
  • English 3310: Advanced Writing
  • English 4102: Senior Portfolio
  • English 4322: Topics in American Literature
  • English 4325: Heroes in Literature
  • English 4342: Composition Theory and Practice
  • English 4345: Grants and Proposal Writing
  • English 4346: Topics in Contemporary Rhetoric
  • English 4357: Writing and Marketing
  • English 4364: Web Culture & New Media Writing
  • English 4399: Special Topics (A Kaleidoscope of Voices in Southern Literature/ Media Bias)
  • English 4350: Independent Study (William Faulkner)
  • English 5353: The Process of Writing

Education

  •  Ph.D. in English with Specialization in Rhetoric & Composition, Texas Woman’s University
  •  M.A. in English with Specialization in American Literature, Texas Woman’s University
  •  B.A. in English with a Minor in History, Secondary Education Certification, University of Texas at Arlington

Personal Biography 

Dr. Linda Cole Carroll is a Professor in the Department of Languages and Literature at Texas Wesleyan University, where she teaches all levels of rhetoric and composition, as well as some literature classes when time permits. Dr. Carroll earned her Ph.D. in Rhetoric and her M.A. in American Literature from Texas Woman’s University. She has been proud to serve on numerous committees during her twenty-one-year tenure at Texas Wesleyan University; she currently serves on the Admissions Committee and the Education Committee. For eight years, she has also served on the Executive Board for Texas College English Association, functioning as the Web Master.

While Dr. Carroll enjoys creative writing, her research interests include semiotics, media bias and its rhetorical influences; the evolution and repetition of rhetorical theories, southern literature, and the pedagogy of working class students and the difficulty those students face negotiating the university.

Besides her family and teaching, Dr. Carroll loves photography and peacocks, sunrises and sunsets, and of course, reading and writing. She and her husband Johnny live in Grand Prairie.

Research Interests

  • Semiotics
  • Media Bias and Rhetorical Influences
  • The Evolution and Repetition of Rhetorical Theory
  • Southern Literature
  • Pedagogy and Working Class Students and the Difficulties They Face Negotiating the University
Publications since 2010
  • “Art and Semiotics: A Personal Transcendent Journey” presented at Conference College Teachers of English in March 2015. Selected for “The Randall Popken Rhetoric Award; published in the CCTE Journal, October 2015. 
  •  Review of The Glass Castle. Published by Texas Wesleyan University School of Education, Fall 2015.
  • “A Journey to “The River” for Truth: O’Connor’s Child as Prophet,” Presented at Conference of College Teachers of English, March, 2011. Selected for The American Literature Award; publication in the CCTE Journal, October, 2011. 
  • “Test of Faith,” original short story, published in New Texas: A Journal of Literature and Culture, Spring edition 2010.
Selected national and regional presentations since 2008 only
  •  “Art and Semiotics: A Personal Transcendent Journey” presented at Conference College Teachers of English in March 2015. Selected for “The Randall Popken Rhetoric Award; published in the CCTE Journal, October 2015.
  •  Review of The Glass Castle. Published by Texas Wesleyan University School of Education, Fall 2015. 
  • “A Journey to “The River” for Truth: O’Connor’s Child as Prophet,” Presented at Conference of College Teachers of English, March, 2011. Selected for The American Literature Award; publication in the CCTE Journal, October, 2011.
  • “Truth in Transit: A Rhetorical Analysis of Walker Percy’s Novel The Thanatos Syndrome presented at College English Association Conference in St. Petersburg, FL, April, 2011. 
  •  “It was the Best of Times: it was the Worst of Times: What the Dickens am I Doing in Cyberspace?” Presented at Texas Conference English Association, March 2010. 
  • “Henry: Crane’s Flightless Bird.” Presented at Conference of College Teachers of English, March, 2010
  •  “Sounds of Silence: A Rhetorical Examination of Walker Percy’s Lancelot.” Presented at CEA in March, 2010.
  • "Aiming for Audience in Grant Research and Web Site Design: Writing with, about, and for Others." PANEL TITLE: When the Subject is Human: Writing the Realities of Human Participant Research at Conference on College Composition and Communication in New Orleans, April 2008.