For Immediate Release – Lawton, OK, April 28, 2004
(NOTE: Stormer and Dunmeyer, as well as Thomlinson and Hodgson, are all Lawton residents.)
CU English majors present papers at convention;
two faculty named to fill positions with OCTE
Cameron senior English majors Kimberly Stormer and Wendy Dunmeyer presented papers at the annual
Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English (OCTE) convention at Oklahoma City University earlier this
month.
Stormer's paper, “Declaring One's Blackness” examined the rhetorical strategies of Booker T. Washington
and W.E.B. DuBois, while Dunmeyer's paper addressed the influence of Dorothy Wordsworth's journal
entries upon her poet brother, William, especially in connection with his famous poem, “I Wandered Lonely
as a Cloud.”
In addition to presenting for the College English section, Dunmeyer was selected as Cameron’s recipient of
the Geraldine Burns Scholarship, which recognizes the outstanding English major from each university
across the state.
In council business, CU associate English professor Vivian Thomlinson was re-elected as chair of the
College Section of the Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English for 2004-05. Assistant English professor
John Hodgson will edit the professional, refereed publication, Oklahoma English Journal.
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