PUBLICATIONS
Books
Conversations about Writing: Eavesdropping, Inkshedding, and Joining In. Toronto:
Thomson/Nelson, Dec. 2004 (written with M. E. Sargent)
Articles in Books
“Understanding Grammar as Style.” Conversations about Writing: Eavesdropping,
Inkshedding, and Joining In. Toronto: Thomson/Nelson, 2004.
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“Negotiating Languages, Negotiating Forms: The Experience of Greek Immigrants
to the United States.” Studies in Greek Linguistics. Thessaloniki: 1998.
“The Historical Present in Modern Greek Narratives.” Themes in Greek Linguistics,
ed. by Irene Warburton-Philippaki and K. Nicolaides. New York: John Benjamins,
1994.
Articles in Journals
“Bridging the gap between standards and engaged writing: looking at 9-year-old
biography makers.” Oregon English Journal, vol 29, Spring 2007.
“The Geography of the Cemetery—A Sociolinguistic Approach.” Studies in Literary
Imagination, 39:1, Spring 2006.
“Transliteration and loan translations among Greek immigrants.” Names. June 2006.
“Grammar Apprenticeship.” English, English Journal May 2006.
“Learning about Grammar: Analyze-Aloud Protocols of Pre-Service Teachers.”
International Journal of Learning, Vol. 11. June 2004.
“The Craft of Writing: Breaking Conventions.” English Journal 93.4, March 2004.
“Sentence Fluency, Sentence Craft,” Classmate (Manitoba Association of Teachers
of English), vol. 32.3, Summer 2002.
“The Craft of Punctuation,” Oregon English Journal, Vol. 23.1, Spring 2001.
“Teaching Grammar as Style,” Inland, Vol.20.2, Fall/Winter 1997.
"Choosing Between the Aorist and the Present Perfect, The Case of Modern Greek,"
Journal of Modern Greek Studies, May 1986.
"Greek Mismatches or Why the Subject Does not Always Accord with the Verb",
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, Vol. 10, May 1985.
"One Way Talking: My Greek Motherese," Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics,
Vol. 10, May 1985.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Mapping the Territory: Understanding Academic Language.” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communications,
held in New Orleans, April 3-6, 2008.
"Greek Immigrant Cemeteries—Becoming an American in Large Urban Centers,"
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Culture/Popular Culture
Association, March 19-22, 2008, San Francisco.
‘Reading for Writing,” Paper presented at the Oregon Reading Association
Conference, held in Portland, Oregon, February 9, 2008.
“Greek Immigrant Cemeteries in the United States.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Far West American and Popular Culture Association held in Las
Vegas, January 24-27, 2008.
“Revising the Paradigm: From Error Hunting to Language as Choice.” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Conference on English Leadership held in
New York, November 18, 2007.
“Bridging the Gap between Standards and Engaged Writing.” OCTE, October 6,
2007.
“Grammar and Writing Instruction.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar held in Connecticut, July 13-14,
2007.
“Strangers in a Strange Land Revisited.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of
the
ACA held in Boston, April 5-9, 2007.
“Linguistic Principles and Writer Identity.” Paper presented at the CCCC held in
New
York, March 20-24, 2007.
“Effecting Change in Grammar.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the NCTE
Nashville, Nov. 15-19, 2006.
“Greek Immigrants in Chicago—Revisiting the Sites.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the ACA held in Atlanta, Georgia, April 12-15, 2006.
“Where Do We Go From Here?-Improving the WSI as a Research and Teaching
Tool.”
Paper presented at the CCCC held in Chicago, March 21-25, 2006.
”Reading Grammar: Fluency and Conventions.” Paper presented at the Northwest
Regional NCTE Conference held in Portland, Oregon, March 4-7, 2006.
“A Linguistic Understanding of Style.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of
ATEG
held in Chicago, July 15-16, 2006.
”Epitaphs: Variation and Genre.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the ACA
held in San Diego, March 22-26, 2005.
“Sentence Fluency, Sentence Craft and the Oregon Writing Assessment: From
Theory to Practice.” Paper presented at the 13th Annual Conference on
Composition and Rhetoric held at Southern Oregon University on April 26, 2003.
“Three Ohio Cemeteries: Reflections of Greek Immigrants.” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the ACA, held in New Orleans, April 2003.
“Prestige Assignments in Greek and US Cemeteries.” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the ACA, held in Toronto, Canada, April 2002.
“Controlling Sentence Structure and Conventions.” Workshop presented at the
Spring conference of the NCTE, held in Portland, Oregon, April 2002.
“Greeks Abroad.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the ACA, held in
Philadelphia on April 10-14, 2001.
“Gravemarkers of Greek Immigrants to the US: Linguistic Texts.” Paper presented at
the 22nd annual meeting of the ACA, held in New Orleans on April 19-22, 2000.
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“Negotiating two forms, negotiating two languages”: The experience of Greek
immigrants in the United States. Paper presented at the 18th Annual meeting of
the Department of Lingustics, University of Thessaloniki, May 2-4, 1997.
“Learning about Language.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the
Assembly for the Teaching of Grammar held at Pennsylvania Institute of
Technology, July 17-18, 1997.
“Grammar Checkers Revisited.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the
Assembly for the Teaching of Grammar held at the University of Maryland, July
19-20, 1996.
“Teaching Grammar as Style.” Paper presented at the Northwest NCTE Conference
held in Vancouver, B.C., April 28-30, 1996.
“Grammar Re-Vision.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of College
Composition and Communication held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 27-30,
1996.
“June Cleaver vs. Murphy Brown--Women’s Language on TV.” Paper presented at
the Annual Popular Culture Association held in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 25-28,
1996.
“Grammar as Style.” Paper presented at the Pacific Coast Writing Centers
Association held in Seattle, Washington, October 21, 1995.
“Grammar Textbooks.” Paper presented at the Sixth Annual Conference of the
Assembly for Teaching of English Grammar held at Pennsylvania College of
Technology, July 29, 1995.
“Grammar Checkers: Four programs.” Paper presented at the Sixth Annual
Conference on Composition and Rhetoric held at Linn-Benton Community
College, May 13, 1995.
“The Marginalization of Grammar.” Paper presented at the Northwest NCTE
Conference held in Spokane, April 28-30, 1995.
“The Discourse of Sports.” Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association
Conference held 1995 in Philadelphia, April 12-16, 1995.
“Linguistic Innovations and Sports Language.” Paper presented at the PAPC held in
San Franscisco, November 4, 1994.
“How Useful are Grammar Checkers?” Paper presented at the Writing Centers’
Conference held in Monmouth, Oregon, October 8, 1994
“Grammar and The Teaching of Writing.” Paper presented at the Annual Western
Oregon State College Conference on Composition and Rhetoric held in
Monmouth Oregon, April 23,1994.
“Sports Language.” Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association Conference
held in Chicago, April 3-10, 1994.
“On the Temporal Interpretation of Historical Tenses.” Paper presented at the PAPC,
Seattle, November 5-7, 1993.
“The Historical Present in Modern Greek Narratives.” Paper presented at the First
International Conference on Greek Linguistics held at the University of Reading
(England), September 15-19, 1993.
“Grammar Attitudes.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference on Syntax in the
Schools held at Pensylvania Institute of Technology, June 1993.
“Teaching the Basics.” Paper presented at the 4th Annual Conference on
Composition and Rhetoric held at University of Oregon, April 17, 1993.
“Grammar Portfolios.” Paper presented at the Conference on New Directions in
Portfolio Assessment held at Miami University, October 4, 1992.
“Portfolios, Writing-to-Learn and Grammar.” Paper presented at the annual
Conference on Syntax in the Schools held at Pennsylvania Institute of
Technology, June 1992.
“Using Portfolios and Process Writing to teach Grammar.” Paper presented at the
Third Annual Conference on Composition and Rhetoric held at PSU, May 9,
1992.
“Teaching Transformational Grammar.” Paper presented at the annual conference on
Syntax in the Schools held at Pennsylvania Institute of Technology, July 1991.
Workshop on writing presented at the Second Annual Conference on Composition
and Rhetoric held at OSU, April 6, 1991.
“Teaching Non-Prescriptive Teachers.” Paper presented at the MMLA, Kansas City,
November 1990.
“What Kind of Grammar Should We Teach in College?” Paper presented at the
Conference on the Future of Grammar in our Schools held at Shenandoah
College, August 1990.
“The Historical Present in Oral and Written Narratives in Modern Greek.” Paper
presented at the MMLA, Minneapolis, November 1989.
“On the Mood System of Modern Greek.” Paper presented at the Conference on
Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies: The Next Wave held at Ohio State
University, October 1988.
“Pragmatic Considerations and the Choice between the Aorist and the Present Perfect
in Modern Greek.” Paper presented at the Conference on Balkan Linguistics held
at the University of Chicago, March 1984.