Taimi Olsen, Tusculum College
Professional Information
- Full name
- Taimi Olsen
- Job title
- Professor of English; Chair, Department of English
- URL
- http://www.tusculum.edu/faculty/home/tolsen.html
- Role
- faculty
- Education
- Ph.D from UNC-Chapel Hill
- Professional Organizations
- ISSOTL, ACA (Appalachian College Association), FAHE (Friends Association of Higher Education), MLA (Modern Language Association), and E. E. Cummings Society
- Current Projects
- Faculty development on teaching and learning and assessment, Greek Religion (participating in ACA-Mellon three-year grant for faculty development), research on E. E. Cummings and on George Herriman (20th century cartoonist), use of Sakai project pages for course review, assessment, and departmental business.
- Disciplinary Interests
- American Modernism, Technology and Teaching, E. E. Cummings, George Herriman
- Bio
- Dr. Taimi Olsen is a Professor of English at Tusculum College. She obtained her doctorate from UNC-CH and is the author of Transcending Space: Architectural Places in the Works of Henry David Thoreau, E. E. Cummings, and John Barth. She is also author of several articles on E. E. Cummings, has done presentations on African American cartoonist George Herriman, and regularly conducts faculty development workshops on teaching and learning at the annual Appalachian College Association Summit.
History
- Member for
- 5 years 13 weeks
User content
- Essay
Engaging Students as Researchers through Internet Use 3 years 3 weeks ago
