• Robin Bates, Ph.D.
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• Jessica Brophy, Ph.D.
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• Jeremy Bryant, M.A.
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• Richard C. Burke, Ph.D.
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• Casey Clabough, Ph.D.
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• Cheryl Coleman, Ph.D.
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• Chidsey Dickson, Ph.D.
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• Katherine Gray, Ph.D.
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• Carter Hailey, Ph.D.
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• Leslie Layne, Ph.D.
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• David Lipani, Ph.D.
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• Laura Long, Ph.D.
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• Laura Marello, M.F.A. Equivalent
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• Wendy Miles, M.F.A.
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• Lyndall Nairn, M.A.
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• Nina Salmon, M.Ed.
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• Beth Savage, Ph.D.
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• Bonnie Stevens, Ph.D.
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• Elza C. Tiner, Ph.D.
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• Allison Wilkins, M.F.A.

Lyndall Nairn, M.A.

School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Assistant Professor of English
Director, Wilmer Writing Center
Agora Editor
Lynchburg College
Office phone: 434.544.8588
Writing Center: 434.544.8279
nairn@lynchburg.edu

Experience/Background

I have had teaching experience in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and various locations in the U.S., such as the University of Pittsburgh, Michigan Technological University, The Ohio State University, and community colleges in Kansas and Florida.

Degrees/Certifications

• B.A. in English Literature
  1975 Macquarie University, North Ryde, N.S.W., Australia
• Diploma in Education
  1976 Sydney Teachers' College, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia
• M.A. in Linguistics and Certificate in TESL
  1983 University of Pittsburgh

Professional/Research Interests

My professional interests focus on writing skills, including the work of writing centers and teaching English as a Second Language. Australian literature remains an ongoing interest for me. I also edit the Agora, the journal of academic writing, which includes essays by students in the Lynchburg College Symposium Readings program as well as papers by students in other institutions belonging to the Association of Core Texts and Courses.

Information on Courses Taught

At Lynchburg College, I teach freshman composition and Senior Symposium. Also, I direct the Wilmer Writing Center.

Publications

• "Engaging Cultures: Is the Melting Pot Still Cooking?" Conference proceedings of the 2010 Association of Core Texts and Courses Conference, New Brunswick, New Jersey. (To be published)
• "Using Core Texts to Promote Students' Critical Thinking Skills," Substance, Judgment, and Evaluation: Seeking the Worth of a Liberal Arts, Core Text Education: Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses, April 6-9, 2006.Ed. Patrick T. Flynn, Jean-Marie Kauth, and John Kevin Doyle. Lanham N.J.: University Press of America, 2010. 227-231.
• "Satire as a Means of Transmitting and Transforming Knowledge and Culture" Conference Proceedings of the 2009 Association of Core Texts and Courses Conference, Memphis, Tennessee. (To be published)
• "Finding Meaning in the Mundane," a book review of the novel The Time We Have Taken by Steven Carroll, in Antipodes, 23.1 (2009): 94-95.
• "It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Super Graduate Assistant in the Writing Center!" a book review of (E)Merging Identities: Graduate Students in the Writing Center. Ed. Melissa Nicolas, in The Writing Lab Newsletter, 33.1 (2008): 11-12.
• "A Ray of Hope for the Dispossessed," a book review of the novel Billy's Tree by Nicholas Kyriacos, in Antipodes, 21.1 (2007): 92-93.
• "When is a Cultural Difference Not a Cultural Difference?" published in The ESL Magazine. Issue 55, January, 2007: 20-23.
• "Faculty Response to Grammar Errors in the Writing of ESL Students," published in the TESOL Newsletter for the ESL in Higher Education E-Section, March 2003, Part 1 of 2.

Personal Information

I grew up in Australia, where my education heightened my interest in other cultures. I decided to combine travel with career by teaching English in Asia. In 1986, I moved permanently to the U.S., where I have lived and worked in six different states. I have lived happily in Lynchburg since 1997.