

Bill Stifler
Associate Professor
Office: IMC-223
Phone: 697-2527
Fax: 423/697-4430
Links to Class Resources:
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The Gallup Strengths Finder is an assessment tool designed to identify the strengths of an individual within 34 different themes. These 34 themes fall within four areas:
Some people have strengths within several of these areas. Others may have strengths in only one area. The assessment tool measures a person in all 34 themes and identifies the five strongest themes. Gallup believes that people are most successful when their work is aligned with their signature themes.
My five signature themes (in order) are all in the area of Thinking:
HUM 2130 Mythology: Cross cultural survey of the creation, hero, and fertility myths of diverse cultures including Middle Eastern; European; African; Eastern; North, South, and MesoAmerican. Overview of classical Greek and Roman and Norse mythology.
See a mirror site of my eLearn HUM 2130 Mythology class at http://www.billstifler.org/HUM2130/.
See a mirror site of the ENGL1010 class eLearn web pages at http://www.billstifler.org/ENGL1010/.
ENGL1020 (Composition II) teaches students how to read and analyze literature. Students write papers analyzing works of fiction, poetry, and drama.
See my online resources for ENGL1020 at http://www.billstifler.org/lit.htm.
ENGL2830: Introduction to and instruction and writing in the creative genres: poetry, fiction, and drama. Students read and discuss their own works as well as representative works by published authors.
ENGL2840: Instruction and practice in writing poetry
ENGL2850: Instruction and practice in writing fiction