Who is Dr. Brooks? Wahoo! A full professor.

Who's a Grandpa?
granddaughters are here!

See a student web site anthology:
Harristown Elementary Haiku

Arik & Laura married June 4, 2004
wedding photos

Alan & Amanda married August 11, 2002
wedding photos

Montana vacation haiku & photos

 
Randy M. Brooks, Ph.D.
Dean of Teaching & Learning
Chair of the English Department
Director of the Writing Major
Millikin University

Dr. B's Home Page Links

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Randy M. Brooks, Professor of English, received his Ph.D. from Purdue University with a concentration in rhetoric and professional writing. His areas of academic research include professional writing curriculum, rhetorical theory, hypermedia, web publishing, technical writing and computer aided publishing.

Dr. Brooks is the director of the writing major and has been an active proponent of experiential learning as a means of integrating theory and practice in the curriculum. He encourages Millikin students to apply their writing and rhetorical abilities by editing newsletters, creating web pages, publishing journals and books. He has been a literary editor and publisher of Brooks Books since 1976, and often invites students to participate in press activities.

He has been an active proponent of integrating service learning throughout the curriculum at Millikin, and has provided models of service learning through the writing major. Check out his complete curriculum vitae for more details. In 2006 he was promoted to Dean of Teaching and Learning.

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Two online collections of my poetry was published in 1998 which you may wish to read at:

Black Ant's Journey to Japan (AHA Online Books: Gualala, CA, 1998)

In Her Blue Eyes: Jessica Poems (Brooks Books: Decatur, IL, 1998)

Dr. Brooks participates in a translation workshop at the Shiki Museum in Matsuyama, Japan. Conducted in a large tatami-mat room, this was the first time that he has presented a conference presentation on his knees.

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Life Cycle underwater skin tight too tight to slip out of with grace veins pump the gossamer wings rise, eyes fill with double skies mouthless the mayflies flutter to make love in midair pressing rings into the water where fish and other devils feed the fertile eggs float free

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