Paul Yoder
Sharing important experiences
When one thinks of journal writing, pens and paper come to mind. Dr. Paul Yoder, however, has taken journaling to the next level with his classes, requiring that students chronicle their classroom experiences online. This approach helps the associate professor keep up with what students retain from his lectures and allows him to adjust his teaching from week to week in the course of a semester.
Dr. Yoder maintains a website to keep students active and engaged, speaking to them through their own tools. His enthusiasm, according to student evaluations, is infectious, and he has been instrumental in helping many students pursue graduate work when they had not considered that option previously.
Dr. Yoder earned his bachelor’s degree in English from Louisiana State University and his master’s degree from Ohio State University. He received his doctorate from Duke University and has been a visiting fellow at the Yale Center for British Art. He is a member of the Modern Language Association, the Milton Society of America, the National Council for Teachers of English, and Phi Kappa Phi.