Thomas C. Hofheinz, PhD

Education

Ph. D., English, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1991

M. A., English, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, 1987

B. A., English, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1985, Phi Beta Kappa

Teaching and Scholarship

Instructor, English Literature and Writing

English Department Eastern Oregon University, June 2000 – March 2009

• ENGL 104: Introduction to Literature
  Fall 2006, classroom, one section
• ENGL 205: Introduction to British Literature
  Fall 2000, online, two sections
  Spring 2001, online, three sections
  Fall 2001, online, three sections
  Spring 2002, online, three sections
  Fall 2002, online, three sections
  Spring 2003, online, three sections
  Fall 2003, online, three sections
  Spring 2004, online, three sections
  Fall 2004, online, three sections
  Spring 2005, online, three sections
  Fall 2005, online, three sections
  Spring 2006, online, three sections
  Fall 2006, online, three sections
  Spring 2007, online, three sections
  Fall 2007, online, three sections
  Spring 2008, online, three sections
  Fall 2008, online, three sections
  Spring 2009, online, three sections
• ENGL 436: Literary/Film Themes
  “The Legend of Dracula in Literature in Film,” Spring 2006, classroom, one section
  “Film Noir and American Detective Fiction,” Fall 2006, classroom, one section
  “British Spy Fiction and the Cold War,” Spring 2007, classroom, one section
  “The Theme of Fellowship in Literature and Film,” Spring 2008, online, one section
• ENGL 121: Expository Writing
  Spring 2006, online, two sections
  Spring 2007, online, two sections
  Fall 2007, online, two sections
• ENGL 131: Exploratory Writing
  “Writing Autobiography,” Fall 2007, online, one section
  Assistant Instructor, English Literature and Writing
  English Department
  The University of Texas at Austin, September 1987 – December 1999
• E306: Rhetoric and Writing
  Fall 1987, classroom, one section
• E316K: Masterworks of American Literature
  Spring 1988, classroom, one section
  Fall 1988, classroom, one section
• E316K: Masterworks of British Literature
  Spring 1999, classroom, one section
  Fall 1989, classroom, one section

Publications

Joyce and the Invention of Irish History: Finnegans Wake in Context.

Cambridge University Press, UK, 1995.

“Joyce’s Northern Ireland,” in Re Joyce: Text Culture Politics, ed. Brannigan, Ward, and Wolfreys. Saint Martin’s Press Inc., 1998.

“Vico, Natural Law Philosophy, and Joyce’s Ireland,” Joyce Studies Annual 1993.

“Narrative in the ‘Norwegian Captain’ Episode of Finnegans Wake,” James Joyce Quarterly, 29:3, 1992.

Presentations

“Joyce, Radio, Television,” MSA 5: Birmingham, England, 2003.

“Joyce’s Northern Ireland,” Re: Joyce International Conference, University of Dundee, Scotland, 1996.

“Thomas Hobbes in the Fabric of Swift’s A Tale of a Tub,” Southwestern Eighteenth Century Conference, Lubbock, TX, 1994.

“Narrative in the ‘Norwegian Captain’ Episode of Finnegans Wake,” Finnegans Wake 50th Birthday Conference, Berkeley, CA, 1991.

“The Feminine Cipher in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,” Joyce and Feminism Conference, University of Miami, Coral Gables FL, 1991.

Awards and Honors

Commended for outstanding service in directing the Eastern Oregon University Fire Services Administration business degree program, Oregon Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education Consortium, 2008.

Commended by the Northwest Association for Colleges and Universities for superior work leading to reaccreditation of Eastern Oregon University, 2005.

Distinguished Non-Credit Program Award, University Continuing Education Association, 1999.

Chair, Research Award Committee, University Continuing Education Association, 1998.

Curriculum Development Award, American Association of Collegiate Independent Study, 1997.

Distinguished Research Award, University Continuing Education Association, 1997.

University Administration and Other Non-teaching Experience

Editor and Consultant, August 2008–present
Dallas TX

• Content edit, write, assess, and format organizational documents.
• Research and compile the reporting needs of internal and external stakeholders.
• Assess professional environment and context, according to client needs.

Distance Education Coordinator
Division of Distance Education
Eastern Oregon University, June 2000 – July 2008

• Directed EOU Fire Services Administration business administration program. Maintained partnerships with fire services organizations and assured curricular conformance to national fire services education and training standards. Researched and wrote a strategic plan, budgetary plan, and action plan for the program, conformant to administrative specifications.
• Researched and implemented web and print marketing for various university distance education programs, including a multimedia, web-based orientation to the university.
• Coordinated academic student advisors serving campus and distance education students statewide. Wrote and maintained an “online advisor” workshop for distance education academic advisors. Worked with internal and external stakeholders and partners to create articulation agreements for academic and training programs.
• Recruited faculty and assure faculty development for onsite and online courses.

Writer/Editor and Assistant Liaison, University Accreditation
Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Eastern Oregon University, July 2003 – September 2004

• Coordinated communications, edited documentation from different campus departments, and rewrote disparate materials to ensure a “single voice” in university self-study reports to the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
• Facilitated internal communication regarding general education, academic assessment, strategic planning, and university mission.
• Participated in administrative planning for the university’s accreditation self-study process, including a general template for reports from different units.

Research and Curriculum Specialist
Distance Education Center
The University of Texas at Austin, August 1998 – June 2000

• Designed and coordinated partner training initiatives.
• Designed and developed curriculum and technical support solutions for K–12 and college offerings.
• Designed and developed diverse distance education learning environments.
• Designed, developed, and managed training and professional development initiatives. Wrote and edited related materials.

Managing Editor, Distance Education Center
Independent Learning and Distance Education
The University of Texas at Austin, August 1995 – August 1998

• Designed and developed learning environments for onsite and online UT Austin distance education courses.
• Recruited and trained faculty to write and instruct distance education and partner training courses in various media.
• Supervised editors and web designers in the development, production, promotion, and revision of academic and promotional materials.

Notable Achievement

From March 1998 to August 1999, working as an employee of UT Austin’s Distance Education Center, I spearheaded a project to adapt an agency training curriculum, to design and implement a blended learning environment, and to write or co-write five state-mandated continuing education courses for the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.

The 75th Legislature assigned the Commission the task of providing distance-based continuing education to all of the 80,000+ peace officers in Texas. Working for the UT Austin Distance Education Center, I created a mixed learning environment (web-based, email-based, telephony-based, and paper-based) for the first five courses initiating this project: Cultural Diversity, Family Violence, Child Abuse, Sexual Assault, and Sex Offender Characteristics. I wrote the first four of these courses and co-wrote/edited the fifth.

In 1999, the executive director of the Commission reported that the project had resulted in the participation of 79,301 peace officers and the completion of 421,524 training hours by August 1999. Overall cost savings across the state amounted to $2,396,682 by October 1999.

Memberships

Chancellor’s Council, The University of Texas System

Modernist Studies Association

Modern Language Association

Phi Beta Kappa

References

Sarah Witte, Associate VP of Academic Affairs, Eastern Oregon University.
Telephone: 541-962-3594. Email: switte@eou.edu.

Nancy Knowles, Associate Professor of English, Eastern Oregon University.
Telephone: 541-962-3795. Email: nknowles@eou.edu.

Michael Jaeger, Dean of the College of Business and the College of Education, Eastern Oregon University.
Telephone: 541-962-3544. Email: mjaeger@eou.edu.