Robert Williams is a native and current resident of
Wytheville, Virginia. He holds two A.A.S. degrees from Wytheville Community
College, a B.A. in English from The College of William and Mary, an M.S. in
English from Radford University, and an M.A. (Reading Concentration) and Ph.D.
(Pre-service Teacher Preparation Concentration) in Education from Virginia
Tech. Dr. Williams has taught and worked in elementary, middle, and secondary
public schools, and at Wytheville Community College (adjunct) since 1985. He
has taught welding, machine shop, 8th-grade and secondary English, Composition
and Advanced Composition, and a variety of courses for pre- and in-service
public school teachers. Over the years, he has published fiction,
non-fiction, and poetry and is currently the Chairperson for the Virginia
Conference on English Education, an affiliate of the Conference on English
Education of the National Council of Teachers of English. As a faculty
member, Dr. Williams regularly teaches "Grammar and Language for Teachers" (ENGL
463) and "The Study of Children's Literature" (ENGL 424) and supervises
pre-service teacher candidates in their field experiences and internships. He
continues to be intensely interested in issues related to teacher preparation,
language arts curricula at all levels, composition theory, linguistics and
language acquisition, and reading. E-mail:
rohwilli@radford.edu.
Last updated: 09/02/2004