Diana Pavlac Glyer, Ph.D.

Professor, Honors College

Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3486

Fax: (626) 812-3024

Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, Room 629

Biography

Diana Glyer, Ph.D., is intrigued by the creative process, particularly the way that creativity thrives within small groups and creative clusters. She is an award-winning writer whose books focus on C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Inklings. Her latest book is Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings (Black Squirrel Books, 2015). She is best known for The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as Writers in Community (Kent State University Press, 2008).

Education

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

Academic Areas

Honors College
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Department of English

Expertise

Collaborative Writing
Composition and Rhetoric
C.S. Lewis
J.R.R. Tolkien

Courses Taught

ENGL 110 – Freshman Writing Seminar
ENGL 111 – Introduction to Literature
ENGL 324 – World Literature to the Renaissance
ENGL 487 – Literary Movements
ENGL 488 – Significant Authors
ENGL 496 – Senior Seminar: Ethics in the Professions