: About Me

EDUCATION
California State University Fresno
M.A. English with options in Literature and Composition and Rhetoric December 2007
Thesis: Literature Redefining Truth: Tim O'Brien's Postmodern Rhetoric in The Things They Carried.
Thesis: Composition / Rhetoric Redefining Rhetoric: Emerging Postmodernism and Visual Rhetorics of the Vietnam War.

California State University Fresno
B.A. English, B.A. Philosophy Religious Studies Option May 2002

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Roberts, Toby. "Tim O'Brien and the Rhetoric of Vietnam War Literature." Telos Journal of English Studies. California State University Fresno. Spring (2006): 98-116.

Rhetoric of Photographic Representation in the Vietnam War. Presented at SESA Conference at California State University Fresno. Spring 2006.

Redefining Truth: Tim O'Brien's Postmodern Rhetoric in The Things They Carried. Presented at SESA Conference at California State University Fresno. Spring 2005.

Historic Fiction of the Vietnam War. Presented at SESA Conference at California State University Fresno. Spring 2005.

My passion is ...

reading and writing - why I'm here of course

I know too much about ...

Too much? I'm an information junkie but so far I wouldn't say I know "too much" about anything - is that really possible?

My parents always told me ...

Information is never a bad thing (see above answer)

My childhood ambition ...

being a writer - really

My favorite memory ...

Any memory that involves my son in a good mood

Why I write ...

because I'm "that good" :)

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The New American Militarism and Catch-22 (again, never gets old)

My first job ...

Working in the warehouse for an electrical contractor

My best moment ...

Having my son, writing an MA thesis, writing another MA thesis - is that too many moments?

My inspiration ...

My boy - he's a pretty adaptable guy overall. Bad times are quite momentary for him (so far) ;) Oh - and sarcasm itself is a great inspiration. Keeps me motivated.

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