Tom O’Neal has taught undergraduate writing and literature for twenty-six years, enjoying teaching across the English curriculum from developmental writing to capstone-level courses. Currently he is involved in the development and administration of the assessment of the writing track component of the English major. When not teaching and co-administering the Writing Program with Dr. Virginia Anderson, his reading follows his interest in the relationship between rhetoric and poetics, specifically, mimesis. He also serves as the Faculty Advisor to the IU Southeast Review.