Maeve Maddox, Ph.D.
Maeve Maddox is a freelance writer whose main interests are language, history, education, and popular culture.
Web Sites
AmericanEnglish Doctor.com, is dedicated to the idea that basic literacy requires a fund of cultural knowledge on the part of the reader. Content at the AmericanEnglishDoctor includes not just reading and grammar lessons, but also book reviews, movie reviews, and commentary about public education and the media. Brief literacy capsules (LitCaps) provide snippets of general knowledge that belong among everyone’s mental furniture. The site is intended to be of use to parents of young children, motivated older students, new teachers, new Americans, and any adult who is fascinated by language and world culture.
BottomlineEnglish.com features discussions of English usage that appears in the media.
ArkansasWriters.com is a networking site for writers who live and work in Arkansas and adjacent states.
Professional Qualifications:
M.A., Ph.D., Comparative Literature, University of Arkansas (Fayetteville)
B.A. (Honours), English, University of of London (England)
B.A., English/Journalism, Oklahoma City University
NOTE: Maeve’s academic writing and credentials are in the name Margaret Joan Maddox.
Teacher of English, French, World Literature:
Hot Springs High School, Hot Springs, Arkansas; Fountain Lake High School, Garland County, Arkansas; John Marshall High School, Rochester, New York; Hugh-Jones Tutorial School, London, England; University of Arkansas at Fayetteville; Ouachita Technical College, Malvern, Arkansas; National Park Community College, Hot Springs, Arkansas