Timothy Paul Barnett
English Department
CLS 2016, x5822
e-mail t-barnett1@neiu.edu
Professor Barnett studied English at The Ohio State University, receiving his Ph.D. in 1997 with an emphasis in
Composition and Rhetoric. He is a member of the National Council of Teachers of English and contributes regularly
to national conferences such as the Conference on College Composition and Communication. He has published
Teaching Argument in the Composition Classroom, an edited collection on argumentation, and has published in
journals such as academic.writing and College English. His interests include the history of rhetoric and composition,
critical literacy, and computers and writing. He is involved in writing across the curriculum at NEIU and has helped to
coordinate NEIU’s Learning Community Initiative. His regular teaching assignments include many of the undergraduate
and graduate courses in composition and rhetoric, including:
ENGL 101: Writing I (Composition)(catalog description)
ENGL 102: Writing II (Composition and Research)(catalog description)
ENGL 200: Writing in Context(catalog description)
ENGL 375: The Essentials of Tutoring Writing
ENGL 376: Advanced Composition(catalog description)
ENGL 377: Argumentative Prose(catalog description)
ENGL 433: Seminar in Composition Theory(catalog description)
ENGL 434: Seminar in Basic Writing Theory(catalog description)
ENGL 437: Contemporary Issues in Composition(catalog description)
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