Department of English

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3486
Email: dglyer@apu.edu
Office Location: Faculty Quad, Room 29 (Rose Garden)
Personal Home Page: http://home.apu.edu/~dglyer/

Diana Glyer, Ph.D., is intrigued by the creative process, particularly the way that creativity thrives within small groups and creative clusters. She holds degrees in art, education, literature, and composition. She has published extensively on C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Joy Davidman, and the Inklings. Her latest book is The Company They Keep: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien as Writers in Community.

Ph.D. - English (Language, Literacy and Rhetoric), University of Illinois at Chicago, 1993
M.S. - Education (Curriculum and Instruction), Northern Illinois University, 1981
B.A. - English and Fine Arts, Bowling Green State University, 1978
B.S. - English and Art Education, Bowling Green State University, 1978

Presentations
"Mere Virtue: Courage for Pilgrimage" and "More Virtue: Companions on Pilgrimage" at the C.S. Lewis Foundation Summer Conference, 2007.

“Creativity and Calling: A Dialogue with C. S. Lewis and Dorothy Sayers.” Southern California C. S. Lewis Society, St. Andrews Abbey. Valyermo, California, 2001. Workshop (co-presented with Laura K. Simmons).

Publications
The Company They Keep: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien as Writers in Community, Kent State University Press, 2007. Book.

"'We Are All Sinful Creatures and All Very Hard to Live With:' Some Thoughts on C.S. Lewis and Gender" in Christian Scholars Review, XXXVI: 4, Summer 2007.

"C. S. Lewis Scholarship: A Bibliographic Overview" in C. S. Lewis: Life, Works, Legacy, edited by Bruce L. Edwards, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007. Chapter (with David Bratman).

"The Center of the Inklings: Lewis? Tolkien? Williams?" in Mythlore: A Journal of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and the Genres of Myth and Fantasy, 99/100, Fall 2007.

"Dorothy L. Sayers and C. S. Lewis: Two Approaches to Creativity and Calling" in SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review, 2004. Article (co-authored with Laura K. Simmons).

The Liberal Arts in Higher Education: Challenging Assumptions, Exploring Possibilities, University Press of America, 1998. (co-edited with David Weeks)

“C.S. Lewis: A Tour Through Secondary Sources” in Mission and Ministry, Journal of Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, 1998. Article.

C. S. Lewis: A Reader’s Encyclopedia, ed. Jeffrey Schultz, Zondervan, 1998. Nine articles.

The Liberal Arts in Higher Education: Challenging Assumptions, Exploring Possibilities, University Press of America, 1998. Co-edited Book (with David Weeks).

"Joy Davidman Lewis: Author, Editor, and Collaborator" in Mythlore: A Journal of C. S. Lewis, J.R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and the Genres of Myth and Fantasy, 1998.

Academic Experience
Served on the Board of Directors of the Mythopoeic Society 1985-1997

Chaired the 16th annual Mythopoeic Society Conference

Chaired 1998 C. S. Lewis Centenary Conference, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois

Honors, Awards, Recognition
Chase A. Sawtell Inspirational Teaching Award (2002)
Clyde S. Kilby Research Grant (1997)

Associations, Boards, Committees
College Composition and Communication (NCTE)
Christianity and Literature
Southern California C. S. Lewis Society
Mythopoeic Society
Sigma Tau Delta

Teaching Writing, Composition, Rhetoric
World Literature
History of the English language
The Inklings
C. S. Lewis
J. R. R. Tolkien

Freshman Writing Seminar (ENGL 110)
Introduction to Literature (ENGL 111)
World Literature to the Renaissance (ENGL 324)
American English Language History (ENGL 405)
Significant Authors (ENGL 488)
Senior Seminar: English and the Professions (ENGL 496)