Bonnie Stevens, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
English Department
Lynchburg College
434/544-8274
Stevens.B@lynchburg.edu
Experience and Background
In graduate school, I studied to become a specialist in nineteenth-century English poetry. Life, however, took my career in some unexpected directions. After teaching for one year at William Paterson College in New Jersey and for five years at the College of Wooster in Ohio, I taught, usually part-time, at a number of colleges and universities in Illinois, Maryland, South Dakota, and (eventually) Ohio again. For four years, I taught at a private high school in Cleveland; for seven years, I worked as a grant-proposal writer-- an experience that gave me some appreciation of what it means to write for a living. Along the way, I developed an interest in writing mysteries and have published more than thirty mystery stories, most of them in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. My husband, Dennis, and I moved to Lynchburg just one year ago, and we're finding it a charming place to build our empty nest. We have two wonderful daughters, Sarah (Silver Spring) and Rachel (Cleveland); a delightful son-in-law, Josh; two perfect grandchildren, Moty (four) and Zahavah (two); and a feisty but affectionate cat named Ari.
Education
A.B. in English, Kenyon College, 1973
Ph.D. in English, Boston College, 1977
Books
Teach Them Diligently: A Midrash on the Jewish Educator's Year, Behrman House, 2005
Guide to Literary Criticism and Research, co-authored with Larry Stewart; Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1986; second edition, Holt/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991; third edition, Harcourt, 1995
Discovery: An Inductive Approach to College Writing, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982
Most Recent Short Story
"Adjuncts Anonymous," Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, June 2009
Most Recent Article
"Advice from a Master: Anthony Trollope on the Art of Popular Fiction," The Writer, June 2009
Courses at Lynchburg College
Composition I and II, Literature and Culture I and II
Memberships/Professional Associations and Affiliations
Phi Beta Kappa
National Council of Teachers of English
James River Writers
Mystery Writers of America
Sisters in Crime