Background
Comprone, Joseph John was born on March 11, 1943 in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Joseph and Anne Rita (Lombardo) Comprone.
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Contexts and Communities: Rhetorical Approaches to Reading, Writing and Research
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Joseph John Comprone
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Bachelor cum laude, Springfield College, 1965; Master of Arts, U. Massachusetts, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Massachusetts, 1970.
Career
Assistant director freshman English, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1968-1969;
assistant Professor of English, University of Minnesota, Morris, 1969-1972;
associate Professor of English, U. Cincinnati, 1972-1976;
director writing programs, U. Louisville, 1976-1981, 84-88;
director graduate studies in English, U. Louisville, 1981-1984;
Professor of English, U. Louisville, 1976-1988;
head department humanities, Michigan Technology U., Houghton, 1989-1992;
dean College of Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, West Phoenix, since 1992. Visiting professor National U. Singapore, 1988-1989. Consultant Ednl. Testing Svc., Princeton, New Jersey, since 1978, TRIO Counselor Training Program, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, 1980.
Consultant in communications Kentucky Fried Chicken, Louisville, 1978. Consultant in legal writing Kentucky Judges College, Frankfort, 1986.
Achievements
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Campaign organizer McCarthy for President, Amherst, 1968. Public school cons.English Jefferson County Public Schools, Louisville, 1978-1982. Chair U. Cincinnati, Community College Consortium, Cincinnati, 1972-1976.
Member City of Glendale (Arizona) Arts Commission, 1994. Member Modern Language Association, National Council Teachers of English (committee chairman since 1969), Rhetoric Society American, Association American Colleges Universities, National Organisation Writing Program Adminstrs. (secretary-treasurer since 1976), Conference on Colonel Composition and Comm.
(Executive Committee since 1969).
Connections
Married Pamela Jane Gay, June 5, 1965 (divorced March 1978). Children: Raphael John, Angela Jane. Married Constance Ann Dugan, November 2, 1978.
Children: Christopher Allan, Joseph Oliver.
