Charles SwadleyAssociate Professor of English and SpanishOwens Hall 201 405.878.2209 OBU Box 61204 500 W. University Shawnee, OK 74804 |
Dr. Charles Swadley holds degrees in Spanish, ESL, and Composition-Rhetoric, a variety of fields reflecting his abiding interest in language. At OBU he divides his teaching responsibilities between two departments. He is interested in classical rhetoric and has presented conference papers on the writings of Isocrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Dr. Swadley also studies contemporary composition theory and pedagogy and enjoys teaching writing. In 2001, he received the Roy and Florena Hadsell Award for Research from the English Department at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Swadley’s interests in Spanish include short fiction and poetry, as well as popular novels and Spanish-language films. He has traveled to Mexico and Argentina. His wife, Thresa, also works at OBU, and they attend University Baptist Church in Shawnee.
Educational Background:
B.A., University of North Texas
M.A., University of North Texas
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Dissertation: Remembering Memory: Reconfiguring the Fourth Canon of Classical Rhetoric
Courses Taught:
ENGL 1153: English Composition: Exposition & Argument
ENGL 1163: English Composition and Classical Literature
ENGL 2703: Advanced Writing: Composition
ENGL 2743: Advanced Writing: Technical
ENGL 4243: Modern Grammar
SPAN 1313: Beginning Spanish Language and Culture I
SPAN 1323: Beginning Spanish Language and Culture II
SPAN 2313: Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture I
SPAN 2703: Spanish Conversation Skills
SPAN 2753: Spanish Reading Skills
Selected Publications and/or Professional Activities:
"Teacher Response and Classical Rhetoric: A Remix"
Conference on College Composition and Communication, Louisville KY, March 2010
"Student-Teacher Conferences: A Platonic Perspective"
Federation Rhetoric Conference, Denton TX, February 2010
"Friendly Persuasion: Philia in Aristotle's Civic Rhetoric"
Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture, Waco TX, October 2007
"Aptitude and Aspiration: Isocratic Paideia and the Problem of Physis"
American Society for the History of Rhetoric, Pittsburgh PA, May 2005
"Fernández Retamar's Cuban Caliban"
American Comparative Literature Association, State College PA, March 2005
