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Consultation Hours, Spring 2024
- Tue 2:30-4
- Wed 10-11
- Thu 2:30-4
- Also by appointment
- If you would like an in-person meeting (and you agree to mask if you are sick) we can meet in my office, St. Joseph 403
- A Zoom appointment is also fine.
How to Book an Appointment via Google Calendar
For an in-person or Zoom visit, Seton Hill students may book a 15-minute appointment via Google Calendar.
- Make sure you are logged in to your SHU gmail account (and that your time zone is set appropriately).
- When you click the link to my Google appointment calendar, you will see gray boxes that represent open appointment slots. Click one, and you will see the following.
- You may fill out the details, or just leave them blank. Click “save” and you’ll see this message. It will automatically appear in my calendar, and I will know to save the time for you.
- If you see the above message, your appointment has been booked. You are welcome to email me if you’d like to let me know what you’d like to discuss.
- If for any reason you cannot make your appointment, please let me know in advance, so that I can free up the slot to help another student.
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Greensburg, PA 15601
Link Permissions: Feel free to link to any resources you find on my website. There’s no need to wait for my permission (but I’d still enjoy hearing from you).
Reprint Requests: If you want to reprint an article or a long extract, please contact me first.
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Hi Dennis,
You have a great collection and variety of "It's A Wonderful Life" learning activities and thought I'd share one more...
http://chaseusgovernment.wikispaces.com/It%27s+A+Wonderful+Life
Regards,
John Chase
Thanks for sharing your site, John.
Hello,
I am very glad to have found your web page. It was very informative! I was very discouraged this semester with my English class. I have never received a low grade on essays with very little feedback on areas I can improve. Your website was very helpful in helping me complete my research paper.
Thanks,
Ana
Thanks for your kind words. I'm glad you found my site helpful.
A script is very different from a short story, so it might make sense for you to check out some library books on writing in both genres, to find out out which one is best for you. Here are a few pointers on choosing a point of view. http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/creative1/shortstory/#view
Hey there Dennis I have to ask you something. I am writing a couple of short stories well stories that are like a series so I don’t know how you would call that. Mainly I would like to know how you would write it since I sometimes get 1st and 3rd person messed up a lot and I usually write in script format. I do enjoy writing it like that, but if I say want it to get published or something I may have to change the format and yea. Thanks for your help by the way.
Dennis, Thank you, thank you for page on writing thesis statements. It's great to find good resources out there to help students, and I particularly liked your breakdown of different parts of a thesis and the formulas you offer. I've seen similar things, but your site coalesced the information into language that students can understand. I adapted parts of that page into a Power Point (which I don't use for every lecture, but I find it makes a nice change now and then, particularly if I have the students try writing their own work alongside it). If you would like a copy of the Power Point, feel free to let me know.
Sure, I'd be happy to see your presentation.
Hello,
I really enjoyed surfing around your site. I am required to present to an audience of 100 every year and your tips on oral presentations are great!
I am also writing to ask you for permission to use some images that you scanned a long time ago on Karel Capek's play, R.U.R.
Could you please contact me if I could use the images that you scanned?
Thank you!
Ev
I don't hold the rights to the images, though I do believe their use on my academic website is consistent with "fair use."
I would have liked to write and thank you but no email id is mentioned. I have posted a link to your article on "Show, Don't (Just) Tell" in my blog. Thanks and I'll follow your blog from now on.
Thank you, Keith, for your kind words. That article was a lot of fun to write -- sometimes I still can't believe that it all fell in place like that.
Just wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoyed reading your article "Somewhere Nearby is Colossal Cave: Examining Will Crowther's Original "Adventure" in Code and in Kentucky" in DHQ. As a native Kentuckian, outdoor enthusiast, and a geek it was with tremendous pleasure that I read your historical assessment.
Thank you.