Professor Mendelson will be away for the summer. You can contact him through his regular email address. In the fall, he will be teaching two sections of Engl. 310 (at 11:00 and 2:20 on TTH) and Engl. 547 (at 5:00 on TTH). Students interested in either of these courses can contact their professor at any time during the summer.

Office/Office Hours (for Falll 2006)

• office: 333 Ross
• office hours: TTH 12:30 - 2:00, 3:30 - 5:00, and by appointment on MWF.
• office phone: (515) 294-6856/ in emergency 233-2462
• email: mendy@iastate.edu
• home page: http://mendy.public.iastate.edu

Interests

• the history and theory of argument
• children's literature, myth and fairy tale
• new curricular initiatives

Selected Publications

• Many Sides: A Protagorean Approach to the History, Theory, and Pedagogy of Argument. Kluwer: Dordrect, 2002.
• Confessions of a Learning Community Coordinator. Liberal Education. Fall. '06.

• WOVE: Developing a Multi-Modal Communication Curriculum. Edited with Barb Blakely and Rebecca Burnett.

Affiliations

• ISUComm

Degrees

• PhD, Washington State University, 1982
• M.A. San Francisco State University, 1969
• B.A. University of California, Irvine, 1967