Read, Reason, Write

About the Author

Dorothy Seyler

Dorothy Seyler holds advanced degrees from Columbia University and the State University of New York at Albany and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College of William and Mary. Dr. Seyler is professor emerita of English at Northern Virginia Community College and has taught at Ohio State University, the University of Kentucky, and Nassau Community College. In addition to articles published in both scholarly journals and popular magazines, Dr. Seyler is the author of 10 college textbooks, including Introduction to Literature, Doing Research, Steps to College Reading, and Patterns of Reflection. Read, Reason, Write was first published in 1984. In 2007, Dr. Seyler was elected to membership in the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C., for excellence in education.

Allen Brizee

Allen Brizee is associate professor of English and Director of Writing Across the Curriculum at Saint Louis University. Professor Brizee teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in writing, rhetoric, writing center theory and practice, as well as writing across the curriculum. Professor Brizee began his professional journey as a student of Dorothy's at Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC). After graduating, he transferred to Virginia Tech, where he earned a BA in English (Phi Beta Kappa) and MA in English. Professor Brizee taught at NVCC, The George Washington University, and the University of Maryland while working as a technical writer. He then completed his PhD in rhetoric and composition at Purdue University, and while there he worked on the widely used Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL). Professor Brizee's research interests include rhetorical theory, writing pedagogy, technology, and civic engagement. He has published articles in a variety of academic journals. He coauthored Partners in Literacy: A Writing Center Model for Civic Engagement and coedited Commitment to Justice in Jesuit Higher Education. Professor Brizee is currently working on his next book. He enjoys collaborating with community groups on work like The Baltimore Project: Learning and Living Racial Justice and gaming in all its forms. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife Stephanie and his son Harry.