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Betty Youngkin

Professor Emerita

Emeritus

College of Arts and Sciences: English

Contact

Email: Betty Youngkin
Phone: 937-229-3437
HM 263

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 1989
  • M.A., Northwestern University, 1969
  • B.A., High Point College, 1965

Profile

Dr. Betty Youngkin was an Associate Professor in the Department of English. She taught courses for the Women's and Gender Studies Program, particularly in the area of rhetoric and composition and South African women writers. Dr. Youngkin also taught courses for the Core Program.

Research interests

  • Rhetoric and writing
  • Gender studies
  • African literature
  • Christianity and literature
  • Walter J. Ong