Diana Pavlac Glyer, Ph.D.
Professor, Honors College
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3486
Email: dglyer@apu.edu
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