Timothy Ray
- Associate Professor of English
- Department: English
- Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
- Email: TRay@wcupa.edu
Education
- Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
- M.A., University of Central Oklahoma
- B.A., University of Central Oklahoma
Research Interests
Rhetoric of popular culture and countercultureGrateful Dead subcultureRhetoric of Technology and Digital CultureComputers and Writing
Opportunities
Work Study Positions Available: No
Grant Funded Positions Available: No
Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No
Volunteer Research Positions Available: No
Biography
Timothy Ray is an associate professor of English at WCU and teaches a wide variety of undergraduate courses in rhetoric and writing, popular culture, counterculture, and digital culture. He has taught three senior seminars on the Grateful Dead and has been working on developing an undergraduate general-education writing course about the Grateful Dead. He has been a frequent presenter at the Grateful Dead Scholars Caucus at the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA) conference held annually in Albuqerque, NM, focusing particularly on the rhetorical aspects of the Grateful Dead and also on pedagogical approaches to teaching the Dead. In 2022 he co-edited a special issue of Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy on "Teaching and Learning with the Grateful Dead."
Contact Information
Phone: 610-436-1669
List of Publications
- Ray, Timothy D. and Julie DeLong. "Guest Editorial: “Bound to Cover Just a Little More Ground”: Teaching and Learning with the Grateful Dead," Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy: Vol. 9: Iss. 1, Article 2 (2002).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dialogue/vol9/iss1/2
- Ray, Timothy. "Syncretic Visions of the Buddha: Melding and Convergence in the Work of Kerouac and Ginsberg." College Literature 37.2: 187-95
- Pettipiece, Deirdre, Timothy Ray, and Justin Everett. "Redefining Writing Reality Multi-Modal Writing and Assessment." Handbook of Research on Assessment Technologies, Methods, and Applications in Higher Education. IGI Global. 298-316. 2009
- Ray, Timothy. "Approaches to Using Computer Technology When You Don't Teach in an Electronic Classroom." Strategies for Teaching First-Year Composition. Edited by Duane Roen, Veronica Pantoja, Lauren Yena, Susan K. Miller, and Eric Waggoner. NCTE: Urbana, IL, 2003: 515.
