Hi! I'm Annis H. Hopkins, Ph.D.

Here's the short version of my life. I grew up on a farm in southern Illinois. After a pretty typical farm-girl, tomboy childhood, I earned the B.A. in music from Greenville College, in Greenville, IL, the Master's in the Teaching of English from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Rhetoric and Composition from Arizona State University as well as a Certificate of Concentration in Women's Studies.

Over a 30 year teaching career, I've taught at the middle school, high school, community college, and university levels. I taught Women's Studies at ASU the longest, from 1986 to 1999; I was also the Program's Academic Advisor and Web Weaver--I created and maintained the Program's Web Site. 

In 1999-2000, I was a faculty fellow in the English Department at Rio Salado College in Tempe, Arizona, where I taught, mentored adjunct faculty, served as co-coordinator for writing and critical thinking competencies, and did curriculum/course development. I have some web goodies "up" there as well (you can visit our writing assistance site).I also teach some English courses there during the summer via the Internet.

My other web adventures include some volunteer work for the The First United Methodist Church of Greenville, and for the Bond County Senior Center.  Since May of 2000, I live in Illinois, where I am a care-giver, along with my siblings, for my mother. I have a variety of jobs for the time being, including teaching English part-time for RioSaladoCollege in the summer and full-time at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. 

In my leisure time, I enjoy spending time in Arizona with my daughter and five grandchildren, and reading, hiking, biking, making photographs, and writing. I also love to travel to beautiful places; in June 1999, I spent a week on Kauai and I will return to the Grand Canyon whenever I can.  In July 2002, I explored South Dakota and Wyoming, with stops in Badlands National Park, Mt. Rushmore, Custer State Park, Yellowstone National Park, and other places.  You can see a few of my pictures here.  June 2003 took me to Niagara Falls and Acadia National Park, and in 2005 I visited Great Smokey Mountains National Park and parts of Florida, including Dry TortugasNational Park.   Then in the summer of 2007, I explored almost all the National Parks in Southern Utah and Northern Arizona.  My favorite place was Canyon de Chelly.  

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