Melisa Goldthwaite (Ph.D., The Ohio State University), Professor of English at Saint Joseph's University, teaches creative writing and rhetorical theory. Her books include The Norton Pocketbook of Writing by Students, Surveying the Literary Landscapes of Terry Tempest Williams (University of Utah Press, 2003), and The St. Martin's Guide to Teaching Writing (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003 and 2007).