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Biography
Courses TaughtAmerican Literature; Composition; Introduction to Literary Studies; Introduction to Literature; Teaching composition, Grades 7-12; Teaching English, Grades 7-12
Areas
The Japanese American Internment Experience English Education (Secondary) The American Novel
Selected Projects, Presentations, and Publications
"Lives Interrupted: A Brief Look at Eight Novels Based on the Japanese-American Internment Experience." The CEA Critic 70.3 (Spring /Summer 2008): 56-66.
Presentations at CCCC, NCATE and CEL/NCTE Faculty member of the TQE grant work on campus
Education
PhD in English (American Literature)
University of Denver
MA in American Studies
Texas Christian University
BA in Double Major: English and Sociology
Texas Christian University
Published Works
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Degi, J. B. (2011). Freshman Composition and the Japanese-American Internment. Research Digest, 6(Special), 8-11. .
Degi, J. B., Du, Q., . (2010). Overcoming the Language Barrier: A Chinese Professor and an American Professor Employ word Games to Teach Language. Statement: The Journal of the Colorado Language Arts Society,
Degi, J. B. (2008). Lives Interrupted: A Brief Look at Eight Novels Based on the Japanese-American Internment Experience. The CEA Critic: The Journal of the College English Association, 70(3 (Spring and Summer)), 56-66. .
Degi, J. B. (2006). Helping Students Demonstrate Good Thinking: Some Practical Advice for Writing Short, Timed Essays. Statement: The Journal of the Colorado Language Arts Society,
Degi, J. B. (1999). Special Interest Groups at Columbine. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Research, Controversy, and Practices,
Degi, J. B. (1996). New Mothers for a New World: A Small Sample of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Participation at the International Woman Suffrage Alliance Conference, Budapest, Hungary, June 1913. The Charlotte Perkins Gilman Newsletter,
Degi, J. B. (1988). Paul Scott's Indian National Army: The Mark of the Warrior and the Raj Quartet. Clio: A Journal of Literature, History, and the Philosophy of History, 18(1 (Fall)), 41-54. .