Timothy Wood Crusius

Background

Timothy Wood Crusius was born on February 9, 1950, in the United States.

Education

In 1972, Crusius received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Houston, and then a Master of Arts in 1974. In 1978, he also received a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California.

Career

From 1978 to 1980, Timothy W. Crusius worked as an assistant professor of English at the University of North Carolina. From 1980 to 1985, he was an assistant professor at Texas A&M University, and then an associate professor of English from 1986 to 1990.

From 1990 to 1999, Timothy worked as an associate professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Then, he worked a director of discursive writing there, and in 1999, he became a professor of English. Although strongly devoted to undergraduate teaching, he served as a reader on several dozen master's and Ph.D. thesis committees and reviewed countless book and article manuscripts. He retires as Professor Emeritus of English.

Achievements

• Timothy W. Crusius is most commonly known as the author of scholarly monographs and co-author of textbooks on rhetoric and writing, as well as a contributor to periodicals, including JAC: Journal of Composition Theory, Studies in the Literary Imagination, Journal of Advanced Composition, Rhetorica, Language and Style, and Philosophy and Rhetoric, and many others.

Works

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  • A Teacher's Introduction to Philosophical Hermeneutics

    (Avoiding philosophical jargon, Crusius argues that, becau...)

    1991
  • The Aims of Argument: A Text and Reader

    (The Aims of Argument is a process-oriented introduction t...)

    2002
  • Kenneth Burke and the Conversation after Philosophy

    (Throughout much of his long life, Kenneth Burke was recog...)

    1989
  • The Aims of Argument: A Brief Rhetoric

    (This brief version of The Aims of Argument, Third Edition...)

    1994
  • Discourse: A Critique and Synthesis of Major Theories 1989
  • The Aims of Argument 7th 2002

Membership

Crusius was a member of the Modern Language Association Academic Council.

Connections

Crusius is married to Elizabeth Ann Smith. They have two children, Micah and Rachel.

Wife:

Elizabeth Ann Smith

Son:

Micah Crusius

Daughter:

Rachel Crusius