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Bill Stifler

Associate Professor
English & Humanities
Humanities & Fine Arts
Office: IMC-223
Phone: 2527
Fax: 423-697-4430

bill.stifler@chattanoogastate.edu

Education:
  • Tennessee Temple University, 1972-6
  • Temple Baptist Theological Seminary, 1976-81
  • University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1985-91

    Degree(s):
    • B.A. (1976)
    • M.R.E. (1981)
    • M.A. (1991)


    Specialization:
    • Biblical Studies (B.A.)
    • Religious Education: School Administration (M.R.E.)
    • English: Writing (M.A.)


    At Chattanooga State since:
    1992

    URL:
    http://www.billstifler.org

    Personal Information:

    Visit my personal web site at http://www.billstifler.org to see my bio, resume, and office schedule (See Favorite Internet Links above).

    My StrengthFinder Skills

    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:

    • Relating - Working with People
    • Impacting - Influencing People
    • Striving - Working Harder
    • Thinking - Working Smarter

    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:

    1. Strategic
    2. Learner
    3. Input
    4. Context
    5. Intellection



    Coursework

    I teach the following classes:

    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/.



    ENGL1010 (Composition I) teaches students to write coherent essays according to rhetorical modes like comparison/contrast and cause/effect.

    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