Lyndall Nairn
Assistant Professor
English Department
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 on-going 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
"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.
"Using Core Texts to Promote Students' Critical Thinking Skills," Conference Proceedings of the 2006 Association of Core Texts and Courses Conference, Chicago. (To be published)
"A Ray of Hope for the Dispossessed," a book review of the novel Billy's Treeby 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 my husband's mobile career has allowed me to live and work in six different states. Now, I would like to stay put for awhile, and I have lived happily in Lynchburg since 1997.