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An Associate Professor of Education at Furman University
since 2002, Paul L. Thomas taught high school English for 18 years at
Woodruff High along with teaching as an adjunct at a number of Upstate
colleges. He holds an undergraduate degree in Secondary Education (1983) along
with an M. Ed. in Secondary Education (1985) and Ed. D. in Curriculum and
Instruction (1998), all from the University of South Carolina. Dr. Thomas has
focused throughout his career on writing and the teaching of writing.
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Thomas has published fiction, poetry, and numerous
scholarly works since the early 1980s. Currently, he works closely with the
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the SC Council of Teachers
of English (SCCTE). His major publications include a critique of American
education, Numbers Games (2004, Peter
Lang); a text on the teaching of writing, Teaching
Writing Primer (2005, Peter Lang); and books in a series edited by Thomas, Confronting the Text, Confronting the World-volumes
dealing with Kingsolver, Vonnegut, Atwood, and Ellison. He has also recently
published a work with Joe Kincheloe (McGill University), Reading, Writing, and Thinking: The Postformal Basics (2006, Sense
Publishers), and a book on Ralph Ellison as well as working with authors for
other books in his series. His poetry can also be found in the Hub City Writers
Project title, Still Home (2008).
Paul is a column editor for English
Journal as of the fall of 2008. His scholarship and teaching deal primarily
with literacy and empowering people for social justice through education.
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