Background
Bensel-Meyers, Linda Diane was born on May 12, 1953 in Pendleton, Oregon, United States. Daughter of John Gordon Bensel and Dorothy Lois (Carey) Bohlender.
Bensel-Meyers, Linda Diane was born on May 12, 1953 in Pendleton, Oregon, United States. Daughter of John Gordon Bensel and Dorothy Lois (Carey) Bohlender.
Bachelor, University Chicago, 1975. Master of Arts, University Oregon, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oregon, 1985.
Instructor department English University Oregon, Eugene, 1985-1986. Assistant professor University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1986-1992, associate professor, since 1992, director of writing programs, 1989—2002. Director Smoky Mount Writing Project, University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1987—1989.
Executive director Drake Group for faculty Athletics reform. Director Stokely Conference on Teaching Writing, University Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1996. Chair Interdisciplinary Colloquy on Rhetoric University Tennessee, since 1995.
Sport ethics fellow Society International Sports.
Musician First United Methodist Church, Pendleton, Oregon, 1968-1971, Peck's Memorial Methodist Church, Maryville, Tennessee, since 1992, youth group leader, since 1995. Member Modern Language Association (delegate since 1998), International Society for History of Rhetoric, National Council of Teachers, College Composition of Communications, Writing Program Administrators, Renaissance Society of America.
Married Michael Curran Meyers, October 7, 1978 (divorced 2002). Children: Timothy, Joshua, Nicholas.