Recent teaching:
HUM 214, Medieval Renaissance
LITER 489, Seminar on William Blake
LITER 352, History of the English Language

Contact information:
Office:  207 Karpen Hall
Office Phone:  (828) 251-6577
downes@unca.edu

Home Page:
http://facstaff.unca.edu/downes/

"Contemporary African Woman Writers: 'Nothing for the Core There?' ", The Wider World of Core Texts and Courses. Ed. Anthony Brunello, et al. ACTC, 2004.

"The Just Prince (Sulwan al-Muta) and Narrative Tradition," Association for Core Texts & Courses, Dallas, TX (2004).

"My Journey into International Liberal Education." Liberal Education, vol. 89, no. 1 (Winter 2003), 24-31.

"Interdisciplinary Studies Outside the US." Issues in Integrative Studies 23.2 (2003): 2-5.

"Global Views of Liberal Education," Association of American Colleges & Universities: Pre-Conference Symposium on "Shared Futures: Diversity, Inequality, and the Challenge of Global citizenship," Seattle, WA (2003).

"Could There Be a World-Wide Core Curriculum?" Association for Core Texts & Courses, Atlanta, GA (2003)

"International Interdisciplinary Programs," Association for Integrative Studies, Springfield, MO (2002).

"General Education Reform in Asia." Assoc. for General and Liberal Studies, Louisville, KY (2002)

"Assessing Core Humanities Programs," American Academy for Liberal Education Panel, Association of American Colleges & Universities, Washington, D.C. (2002)

"How to Exclude Materials from a Multicultural Core Program," Association for Core Texts & Courses, Montreal, Canada (2002).

"Contemporary African Women Writers: 'Nothing for the Core, There'?" Association for Core Texts and Courses, South Bend, IN (2001).

"Preparing Faculty to Teach General Ed.," and "Humanities Programs in Central Asian Universities," Association for General and Liberal Studies,  Chicago, IL (2001).

 "Using Gen. Ed. For Institutional Reform and Improvement: National Trends in Liberal Arts Core Curricula," American Academy for Liberal Education, San Diego, CA (2000).

"Contemporary African Women Writers and Core Curricula," The Wider
World of Core Texts, Selected Papers from the Assoc. for Core Texts &
Courses' Seventh Annual Conference, April 5-8, 2001 at the University
of Notre Dame. Anthony Brunello, et.al., eds. Chelsea, MI:  Sheridan
Books, Inc., 2004.

Conference Presentations (2004):

American Academy for Liberal Education:  "Liberal Education Curricula
in
 Non-Western Universities," annual conference, Washington, D.C.

Assoc. for Core Texts & Courses: "The Just Prince [Sulwan al-Muta' fi
'Udwan al-Atba'] and Narrative Tradition," annual conference, Dallas,
TX.