Michael Joseph Day

Background

Day, Michael Joseph was born on June 6, 1956 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Robert Grinnell and Rosemary Little Day.

Education

Bachelor in English, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1978. Master of Arts in English, University Wyoming, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy in Rhetoric, University California, Berkeley, 1992.

Career

Graduate student instructor English University Wyoming, Laramie, 1980-1982. Visiting instructor department language and culture Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan, 1982-1983. Visiting instructor English Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya, Japan, 1983-1985.

Visiting instructor liberal arts Kobe (Japan) University, 1985-1986. Graduate student instructor rhetoric department University California, Berkeley, 1986-1990, research assistant, 1990-1992. Assistant professor English South Dakota School Mines & Technology, Rapid City, 1992-1997, associate professor English, 1997-1999.

Assistant professor English Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, since 1999.

Achievements

• Michael Joseph Day has been listed as a noteworthy English educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Modern Language Association, National Council Teachers English (chair assembly on computers and English), Great Plains Alliance for Computers and Writing (regional co-director since 1993), South Dakot Council Teachers English.

Connections

Married Takako Nishiyoshi, March 10, 1984. 1 child, Emelia Maiko.

Father:

Robert Grinnell

Mother:

Rosemary Little Day

Spouse:

Takako Nishiyoshi

child:

Emelia Maiko Day