Nathaniel Norment, Jr., Ph.D.
828 Gladfelter Hall
(215) 204-5073
nnorme01@temple.edu

Teaching and Research Interests:                                                      African American Studies, Applied Linguistics, Curriculum Design and Evaluation, Rhetoric and Composition, African American Literature and Culture.

Doctoral Dissertation:
"Contrastive Analyses of Organizational Structures and Cohesive Elements in Native and ESL, Chinese, English, and Spanish Writings."

Education:
Ph.D. Fordham University, New York, 1984.
M.S. Saint Francis University Graduate Division, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1969. English-Secondary Education.
B.S. Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1965. English and History.

Selected Publications:
The African American Studies Reader-2nd Edition; Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2007, 946 pages.

“Book Review John Edgar Wideman’s God’s Gym:Stories." College Language Association Journal, (Volume XLIX (1) 2006 pp.98 -106.

Readings in African American Language: Aspects, Features and Perspectives, Volume Two, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. 2005,310 pages.

“Addison Gayle, Jr.: The Consummate Black Critic 1932-1991” ." College Language Association Journal, (Volume XLVIII (4) 2005 pp.353-386.

Readings in African American Language:  Aspects, Features and Perspectives.  New York:  Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 2003.

"Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses of Textual Cohesion in African American Students Writing in Narrative, Argumentative, and Expository Modes", in the College Language Association Journal.  Volume XLVI (1), 2002, pp. 98-132.

The African American Studies Reader. Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2001.

"Some Effects of Culture--Referenced Topics on the Writing Performance of African American Students." in Journal of Basic Writing, Volume 16 (2), Fall 1997, pp. 17-45.

"Contrastive Analyses of Cohesive Devices in Chinese and Chinese ESL in Narrative and Expository Written Texts." in Journal of Chinese Language Teachers Association, Volume XXIX (1), 1994, pp. 49-81.

"Discourse Features of African American Students' Writings." in Journal of Black Studies, Volume 25 (5), 1995, pp. 558-578.

"Quantitative Analyses of Cohesive Devices in Spanish and Spanish ESL in Narrative and Expository Written Texts." in Language Quarterly, Volume 33 (3/4) 1995, pp. 135-159.

"Organizational Structures of Narrative Chinese Subjects' Writings in Chinese and ESL in the Narrative and Expository Modes." in Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, Volume 21 (3), (October 1986) pp. 49-72.

"Contrastive Analyses of Organizational Structures and Cohesive Elements in English, Spanish (ESL) and Chinese (ESL) Students' Writing in Narrative and Expository Modes." in ERIC Document Reproduction Service, NCTE Urbana Illinois, ED 269 794 (October 1986).