Assistant Professor of English
Office Location: HE 445
Phone Number: (262) 472-5044
Email Address: erdmanne@uww.edu

Degrees:
1975 B.A., English: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
1977 M.A., English: Kent State University
1988 Ph.D., Rhetoric, Linguistics, and Literature: University of Southern California

Areas of Teaching:
Composition, Editing, Introductory Linguistics, History of Rhetorical Theory, British Literature

Courses Taught:
Rhetoric for Writers, Introduction to Language Study, World of Ideas, Fundamentals of Professional Writing and Publishing, Desktop Publishing, Advaned Compostion, Technical and Scientific Writing, Freshman Composition and Writing, Freshman Compostition and Literature for International Students, Bristish Literature Survey I

Select Presentations/Publications:
In Progress: Co-translator with Dr. David Cartwright (Philosophu and Religious Studies, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater) of Arthur Schopenhauer's The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics (Die beiden Grundprobleme der Ethik, 1st ed. 1841; 2nd ed. 1850). Oxford University Press for 2009.
In Progress: Co-translator with Dr. David Cartwright of Arthur Schopenhauer's On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason: A Philosophiche Abhandlung, 1st ed. 1813; 2nd ed. 1847); On Vision and Colors: An Essay (Uber das Sehn und die Farben, eine Abhandlung, 1st ed. 1816; 2nd ed. 1854); and On the Will in Nature: An Essay (Uber in der Natur, 1st ed. 1836; 2nd ed. 1854). Cambridge University Press for 2011.
2001-Present: "Plowing New Ground" a monthly product review article, and occasional feature articles for The Toy Farmer, a magazine of 30,000 subscribers in the U.S. and western Europe
Society for Technical Communication-Wisconsin Chapter, March 11, 1995; Style and Standards Workshop: presenter on editing for conciseness and readability.
Edited Koepf, Herbert H. Research in Biodynamic Agriculture: Methods and Results (Kimberton, PA, Bio-Dynamic Farming and Gardening Association, 1993).
"Imitation Pedagogy and Ethical Indoctrination." Rhetoric Society Quarterly 23:1 (Winter 1993): 1-11.
"Rhetorical Imitation and Ethical Indoctrination" Ninth Biennial Conference of the Internationl Society for the History of Rhetoric, Turin, Italy, July 22, 1993.
Assisted in translation from German and edited Koepf, Herbert H. Ehrenfried Pfeiffer: Pioneer in Agriculture and Natural Sciences (Kimberton, PA: Bio-Dynamic Farming and Gardening Association, 1991). (Dr. Koepf is Former Chair of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Stuttgart).
"Imitation Pedagogy and Ethical Indoctrination" Pacific Northwest Renaissance Conference, April 1988.
1983-1985: Member of Editorial Board, The Writing Instructor: correspondence on manuscripts; publication policy, editing, and production.

Website:
http://facstaff.uww.edu/erdmanne/