Name: Heather Fester (Speweik)

Job Title: English Adjunct Instructor, Lincoln University

Graduate Education: M.A. & Ph.D. (Rhetoric & Writing--in process), Bowling Green State University

Undergraduate Education: B.S. in English (Linguistics), Truman State University in Missouri

Dissertation Title: Rhetoric and the Scholarship of Engagement: Pragmatic, Professional, and Ethical Convergences

Research Interests: Engaged Rhetorics; Writing Program Administration; Visual Design, Language, and Literacy

Originally From: Jefferson City, Missouri

Something Unusual About Me: I worked at the Jim Henson Company in Los Angeles.

Pets: Frodo (Maine Coone) and Perrin (yellow tabby)

Hobbies: Golf, racquetball, card making, design

Favorite quote: "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~Aristotle