Margaret A. Thomas Evans

Associate Dean, Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor of English
Whitewater Hall 275
(765) 973-8614
margevan@iue.edu

Education

• PhD – Technical Communication, Rhetoric, Composition, Miami University, Oxford, OH
• MA – English, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
• BA – English, Lancaster University, Lancaster, England

Current Research Interests

Leadership, online teaching practices, women and rhetoric.

Current Teaching Interests

Technical Writing, Technical Editing, Women’s Rhetoric

Recent Publications

• Perkins, Tanya, Kelly Blewett, & Margaret Thomas-Evans. “Ready, Set, Match: Helping Students Feel Like They Matter through Virtual Events.” Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology, vol. 12, Special Issue, 2023, pp. 91-104.
• Price, Emmy & Margaret A Thomas-Evans. "Incorporating Community-Engaged Pedagogy in Online Classes: Benefits, Challenges, and Best Practices." The Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, vol. 15, no. 2, 2023, pp. 4-18.
• Pomper, Markus & Margaret A. Thomas-Evans. “Preparing for the Next Leadership Position Part 3: The Campus Interview.” The Department Chair, vol.33, no.3, Winter 2023, pp.18-19.
• Thomas-Evans, Margaret. “Blackberry and Apple Jelly.” Backstories: The Kitchen Table Talk Cookbook, edited by Cynthia Prescott and Maureen Thompson, The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota, May 2021, pp. 213-214.

Recent Presentations

• “Activism and Advocacy in Women’s Organizations in New Zealand” Rural Women’s Studies Association Conference, Jonesboro, AR, May 2024
• “Clear and Present Engagement: What does engagement for higher education faculty mean in a post-COVID world?” with Markus Pomper, Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Deans Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA November 2023
• “Let’s Be Fair: Achieving Gender Equity in Faculty Service” with Daren Snider and Parul Khurana, Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference, Virtual, April 2022
• “Incorporating Community-Engaged Pedagogy in Online Classes: Benefits, Challenges, & Best Practices” with Emmy Price (graduate student), Lilly Conference, Oxford, OH, November 2021
• “Out of the Box: Recipes Shared Across Media by Members of the Women’s Institute in Great Britain” Rural Women’s Studies Association Conference, Virtual, May 2021

Office Held in International Professional Organization

• Newsletter Editor, Rural Women’s Studies Association, 2018 - present