Gerald Scott Cawelti

Background

Cawelti, Gerald Scott was born on July 19, 1943 in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. Son of Elmer Carlyle and Laverne Inabel (Edwards) Cawelti.

Education

Bachelor in Music, U. Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, 1965; Master of Arts in English, U. Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in English, State University Iowa, Iowa City, 1978.

Career

Teacher music, Holstein (Iowa) Public Schools, 1965-1966; instructor English, U. Northern Iowa, 1968-1971; assistant professor, U. Northern Iowa, 1971-1986; associate professor, U. Northern Iowa, 1986-1995; professor, U. Northern Iowa, since 1995; university writing advisor, U. Northern Iowa, 1988-1990; chair university faculty, U. Northern Iowa, since 1997. Consultant on software Burroughs Corporation, Detroit, 1984-1985. Consultant editor Journal Creative Behavior, Buffalo, 1992-1995.

Achievements

• Gerald Scott Cawelti has been listed as a noteworthy English language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • The Inventive Writer: A Discovery-Based Rhetoric

    (Book by Cawelti, G. Scott, Duncan, Jeffrey L.)

  • Introduction to college writing

Membership

Member National Council Teachers English, Iowa Council Teachers English (president college section 1985-1987).

Interests

• Avocations: sketching, walking, classical guitar.

Connections

Married Martha Jane Waterman, December, 1977 (divorced December 1995). Children: Christa, Jason. Married Angeleita Stevens Floyd, July 27, 1996.

Father:

Elmer Carlyle Cawelti

Mother:

Laverne Inabel (Edwards) Cawelti

Spouse:

Martha Jane Waterman

Spouse:

Angeleita Stevens Floyd

child:

Jason Cawelti

child:

Christa Cawelti