Background information:

Dr.Easson earned his Ph.D. from the University of Tulsa in 1970. In the '70s he was editor of the international academic journal, Blake Studies and published widely on the poet painter, William Blake. In the 80's he was Senior Technical Editor for McDonnell Douglas Astronautics and Managing
Editor of two publishing houses. At CBU, he was director of the Writing Center for 12 years, is director of the ECCM Internship program and the Chair of the Department of Literature and Languages. His specialities are Rhetoric & Composition and British Romanticism.

Teaching philosophy:

Every professor at CBU basically teaches the same thing,
Reading. Every major in the last analysis is about teaching students to read the specialized texts in their fields. So, in my view reading is absolutely fundamental. To paraphrase Huxley, "If you don't read you can't write. If you can't write, you can't think. If you can't think, then someone else will do your thinking for you."

What it means to you to be a professor at a Lasallian university:

I have taught at a variety of other universities and worked in both business and industry. I can absolutely say that teaching at Christian Brothers University has been the most fulfilling experience in my life. LaSalle was a brilliantly innovative teacher who cared deeply for his students. I think that these two traits characterize Lasallanism very well.

Research, Publications, and Community Involvement:

I am currently finishing a book on Editing, and working on a series of workshops for business and industry in Customer Service and writing. Last year I edited the Monthly Newspaper of the Shelby County Democratic Party, The Democrat and authored as well as ghosted many articles in it.

Until this semester I was a member of the Executive Committee of the Shelby County Democratic Party. While I may volunteer to work on a select few campaigns during the year, my political involvement is greatly reduced. Currently, I am working with St. George's Episcopal Church on two new ministries: The Pilgrimage Project and a Liturgical Gigantones [Street Puppet] ministry. For further information about these two efforts check out the E-lance of St. Georges at
http://www.stgeorgesgermantown.org/lance/eLance.htm for two articles I wrote regarding these two efforts, "Gigantones Come To St. George's In A New Puppet Ministry" and "Pilgrimage: A New Ministry At St. George's Episcopal Church." Note: please check the archives at this web site for the "The Week at St. George's: AUG. 30-SEPT. 6, 2005" to find these articles.