Department of English & Humanities

Ms. Frances Morris
Instructor

Downs Hall
Room 103

918-343-7718
fmorris@rsu.edu

Education

B.S., CollegeTeaching/Language Arts
Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK
2002

B.S., Medical Technology
Missouri Southern State College, Joplin, MO
1972

Professional Experience

2005-Present
Instructor of English
Rogers State University, Claremore, OK

2003-2005
Adjunct Instructor
Rogers State University, Claremore, OK

• Courses taught: Composition I, Composition II, and Basic Writing

2002-2005
Adjunct Instructor
Tulsa Community College-West Campus, Tulsa, OK

• Courses taught: two classes of Composition I each semester

1985-2000
Self-employed on a ranch in Ramona, OK

• Mother of two unique sons, owned and operated large cattle ranch (110 cows), raised show quality English bulldogs and sold them worldwide.

1983-1984
Medical Technologist
Collinsville Memorial Hospital Laboratory, Collinsville, OK

• General laboratory duties

1978-1982
Medical Technologist II
Oklahoma Children’s Memorial Hospital, OKC, OK

• Performed drug testing

1974-1978
Medical Technologist
Boone County Hospital, Columbia, MO

• General laboratory duties

1973-1974
Acting Supervisor of Microbiology Department
St. John’s Medical Center, Joplin, MO

Professional Service

• 2005-present writing faculty member
• 2005-present plagiarism task force
• 2007 Faculty Development Committee
• 2005-present Gay/Straight Alliance faculty co-advisor
• 2005- 2006 Black History Month Planning Committee
• 2006 International Student Union Advisory Committee

Professional Conference

• February 28-March 3, 2007 attended AWP Conference in Atlanta, GA
• February 14, 2007 presented a paper titled “Electric Arcs: Character Development in Buffy the Vampire Slayer” at the Pop Culture Conference in Albuquerque, NM
• October 5-6 attended the Thomson Wadsworth National Developmental English Workshop in Las Vegas, NV
• November 3, 2006 attended the Oklahoma Women in Higher Education Maximizing the Leadership in YOU in Oklahoma City, OK
• May 28, 2006 presented a paper titled “What Willow Wants: Moral Choices, Right and Wrong” at   Gordon College’s Whedon conference in Barnesville, GA.
• November 11-12, 2004 attended the OKAIDE annual conference in Tulsa, OK.

Publications

Assisted in editing the 7th edition of The Guide to College Writing, 2000.

Forthcoming: Reality in Fiction in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: “Electric Arcs: Moral Choices Sparked by Connections”