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Assistant Professor of English and Communication Design

Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
M.A., University of Wisconsin
M.A., University of Wisconsin
B.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Betsy Yarrison received her Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Wisconsin in 1972 and began her career at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. With brief intervening stints at Rutgers University and Educational Testing Service, she has taught at the University of Baltimore since 1975.

She is the author of two advanced writing textbooks and several articles on later nineteenth-century English literature, as well as a number of articles on honors education for non-traditional students and other less advantaged college populations. She is a fellow of the National Collegiate Honors Council.

Dramatic literature and theory: drama as behavior modeling, drama and conflict theory (rational choice theory, dual concern theory)

Education for post-traditional and first-generation students, honors education, honors education for post-traditional students;

Student success, especially strategies and measures of success with marginalized populations such as post-traditional students (including veterans), first-generation college students, and high school underachievers

Writing theory and educational best practice

Later nineteenth century art and culture

Drama
Linguistics and language behavior
Literature, especially classical literature and literature of the later nineteenth century
Literature and the arts
Literature and society

Undergraduate curriculum development

Intellectual Contributions
Research in Progress

"An Educated Citizenry" (On-Going)
Book on strategies and best practices for enhancing student success in the 21st century among less advantaged college populations

"From Herodiade to Salome: The Modulating Aesthetic of Arthur Symons" (On-Going)
scholarly article

"Honors as a Changing Neighborhood" (On-Going)
scholarly article

"Honors for Grownups Redux" (On-Going)
scholarly article

"Recruiting for Retention: What Honors Can Learn from Athletics" (On-Going)
scholarly article

"The Dual Concern Model of Conflict Resolution in Athol Fugard's Master Harold ...and the Boys" (On-Going)
scholarly article

"The Psychopathology of Nora Helmer" (On-Going)
scholarly article

"The Real Rulles: Aaron Sorkin's West Wing Cycle as Aristotelian Tragedy" (On-Going)
scholarly article

"World Enough and Time" (On-Going)
Scholarly book in drama theory

"Writing for Managers and Executives" (On-Going)
Business writing textbook