{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/template-faculty01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2013-04-09T18:09:48","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T18:09:48","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ron-lunsford\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ron-lunsford\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/2012\/10\/ENGL_luns.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22\" alt=\"ENGL_luns\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/ron-lunsford\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/308\/2012\/10\/ENGL_luns.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D.The Florida State University , 1976<\/li>\n<li>M.A. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , 1971<\/li>\n<li>B.A. The University of North Carolina\u00a0at\u00a0Charlotte , 1970<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Areas of Interest<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Linguistics: Discourse, Cognition and Metaphor, Narrative Theory, Pragmatics<\/li>\n<li>Rhetoric and Composition: Response to Writing; Theories of Argumentation<\/li>\n<li><em>The Longwood Guide to Writing<\/em>, 4 th edition. Forthcoming, 2008.<\/li>\n<li>Several articles in progress on narrative theory, ESL instruction in pragmatics, connections between the teaching of writing in high schools and college, and the teaching of argumentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Selected Publications and Presentations<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Books<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Longwood Guide to Writing, 4<sup>th<\/sup> Edition.\u00a0 New York, New York:\u00a0 Pearson\/Longman, 2008.\u00a0(With Charles, W. Bridges)<\/p>\n<p>Twelve Readers Reading: Responding to College Student Writing.\u00a0 Creskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1995. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (With Richard E. Straub)<\/p>\n<p>Noam Chomsky. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1994. (With Michael C. Haley)<\/p>\n<p>Research in Composition and Rhetoric: A Bibliographic Sourcebook.\u00a0 Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, \u00a0\u00a0 1984. (Edited with Michael G. Moran)<\/p>\n<p>Writing: Discovering Form and Meaning. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1984. (With Charles \u00a0\u00a0 W. Bridges)<\/p>\n<p>Linguistic Perspectives on Literature. Boston: Routledge &amp; Kegan Paul, 1980. (Edited with Marvin K. L. Ching and Michael C. Haley)<\/p>\n<p>Essays in Collections<\/p>\n<p>M.B. McLagan, Boyd Davis, and Ronald F. Lunsford. \u201cFixed expressions, extenders and \u00a0metonymy in the speech of people with Alzheimer\u2019s Disease.\u201d\u00a0<em>Phraseology: an Interdisciplinary Perspective<\/em>. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eds. Granger, S.and F. Meunier. Amsterdam &amp; NY: John Benjamins, 2007. 1-22.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Twelve Readers Reading:<\/em> A Survey of\u00a0 Contemporary Teachers\u2019 Commenting Strategies.\u201d <em>Key Works \u00a0\u00a0 On Teacher Response: An<\/em> <em>Anthology<\/em>. Ed. Richard Straub.Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, Boynton\/Cook, 2006. 159-189. (With Richard Straub)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Attitude to Aptitude: Assuming the Stance of a College Writer.&#8221;\u00a0 Eds. Patrick Sullivan and Howard \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tinberg. <em>What is \u201cCollege-Level\u201d Writing?<\/em> Urbana, Ill: NCTE, 2006. 158-177.<\/p>\n<p><em>Recent Conference Presentations <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWords and Reality: Does Saying it Make it So?\u201d Humor Night at Conference on College Composition and Communication, New Orleans, March, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExploring the Chasm Between Words and Meaning:\u00a0 The Acquisition of Pragmatic Competence BySecond Language Writers.\u201d Conference on College Composition and Communication. New Orleans, March, 2008. With: Pilar Blitvich, Boyd Davis, and Nancy Pfingstag)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRhetorical Lessons from the Presidential Debates of 2008.\u201d <strong>Writing Matters: An Exploration of the Diverse Nature of the Composition Classroom. Baton Rouge, April, 2008.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSex, Lies, and Political Videotapes: The Role of Brief Videos in the 2008 Presidential Race.\u201d <strong>The Thomas R. Watson Conference: The New Work of Compositing. Louisville, 2008.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Acquisition of Pragmatic Competence By Second Language Learners: An Ongoing Study.\u201d The\u00a0Carolina TESOL Fall Conference. Charleston, December, 2008. (With: Pilar Blitvich, Boyd\u00a0Davis, and Nancy Pfingstag)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSound Bytes and Other Annoyances We Have Known, An Introduction to Humor Night.\u201d Conference \u00a0 on College Composition and Communication. New York, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMetonymy in Alzheimer\u2019s Speech: When the Whole is More than the Sum of its Parts.\u201d\u00a0 The Many Faces of Phraseology: An Interdisciplinary Conference. Louvain la-Neuve, Belgium, Oct. 13-15, 2005. (With Boyd Davis, UNC\u00a0Charlotte and Margaret Maclagan, University of Canterbury, New Zealand).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Courses Taught <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Undergraduate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>English Fundamentals<\/li>\n<li>Approaches to Literature<\/li>\n<li>Composition I<\/li>\n<li>Composition II<\/li>\n<li>Advanced Composition<\/li>\n<li>Grammar and Vocabulary<\/li>\n<li>Survey of English Literature<\/li>\n<li>Survey of American Literature<\/li>\n<li>Literature and Culture<\/li>\n<li>The Structure of Modern English<\/li>\n<li>Composition for Teachers<\/li>\n<li>Business Writing, Introduction to Language<\/li>\n<li>History of the English Language<\/li>\n<li>Public Speaking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Graduate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction to Language<\/li>\n<li>Topics in Composition and Rhetoric,\u00a0\u201cRhetorical Invention\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Topics in Composition and Rhetoric, \u201cThe Role of Metaphor in Rhetorical Theories\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Seminar in Composition and Rhetoric,\u00a0\u201cResponding to Student Texts\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Topics in Linguistics,\u00a0\u201cMetaphor\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Community Involvement<\/p>\n<p>Member, Planning Committee for the Charlotte Teachers Institute; Consultant, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education Ph.D.The Florida State University , 1976 M.A. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , 1971 B.A. The University of North Carolina\u00a0at\u00a0Charlotte , 1970 Areas of Interest Linguistics: Discourse, Cognition and Metaphor, Narrative Theory, Pragmatics Rhetoric and Composition: Response to Writing; Theories of Argumentation The Longwood Guide to Writing, 4 th edition. 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