CYNTHIA L. HALLEN Department of Linguistics and English ...

EDUCATION
CYNTHIA L. HALLEN
Department of Linguistics and English Language 4073 JFSB
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-2020 work, (801) 796-7537 home
1991 Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English, University of Arizona.
Dissertation: "Philology as Rhetoric in Emily Dickinson's Poems."
1982 M.A. and Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language, Brigham Young University,
Provo, Utah. Thesis: "LDS Language Teaching and Learning: Highlights from 1830 to 1982.
1980 B.A. in English, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
EMPLOYMENT AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1997-pres Associate Professor of Linguistics and English Language, Brigham Young University, Provo,
Utah.
1991-1997 Assistant Professor of English Language, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
1990-1991 Free-lance Linguist, Translation Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1989-1990 Teacher Supervisor, International Freshman Composition, English Department, University of
Arizona.
1987-1990 Graduate Associate Teacher I, Freshman Composition, English Department, University of
Arizona.
1986-1987 Summer Instructor, Center for English as a Second Language, University of Arizona.
1986 Graduate Assistant Teacher, Linguistics, Linguistics Department, University of Arizona.
1985-1986 Private Tutor, Linguistics and ESL.
1984-1985 Instructor, Title VII Bi-lingual CAI (Computer-Assisted Instruction) Program, South High School,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
1982-1984 Free-lance Lexicographer and Translator, LDS Church Translation Division, Salt Lake City, Utah.
1980-1982 Research Assistant for Arthur Henry King in Shakespeare Studies, Moral Studies Group, Brigham
Young University, Provo, Utah.
1978-1980 Spanish Teacher and Tutor, Missionary Training Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
1976-1978 Missionary, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, La Paz, Bolivia.
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Comparative Historical Linguistics, Composition and Rhetoric, Contrastive Rhetoric,
Dickinson, English Language, Exegesis, Lexicography, Philology, Poetics, Shakespeare, Stylistics, Translation.

PUBLICATIONS
Book in progress:
Emily Dickinson Lexicon.
Peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and tools published:
“Beauty on the Mountains: Inspiration from the Book of Mormon for LDS Writers.” Journal of Book of Mormon
Studies 14:1 (2005) 104-107.
"The Ways of Possibility: Emily Dickinson and Dag Hammarskjöld." Emily Dickinson International Society
Bulletin. 17:1 (May/June 2005) 4-7.
“Book of Mormon Merisms and Kennings.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 13:1-2 (2004 > Feb 2005) 152-157.
Selected Proceedings of the Deseret Language and Linguistic Society: 1997 Symposium. Ed. Cynthia L. Hallen.
Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 2004.
"How to Get Ophelia Out of Her Tree." Brief Penguin Handbook. Faigley & Hendricks, eds. BYU-Idaho:
Pearson Custom Publishing, 2004, pp. 577-581. Submitted by invitation.
“The Language of the Scriptures.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12:2 (2003 > 2004) 93-95.
“What’s in a Word? Etymology!” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12:1 (2003) 105-107.
“Tender and Chaste Delicate Feelings are Pleasing to the Lord.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 11 (2002 >
2003) 94-97.
"The T-Unit as a Measure of Syntactic Complexity in Emily Dickinson's Poems." Emily Dickinson Journal 11:1
(2002) 91-103. Co-authored with Jennifer Shakespear.
“What’s in a Word? Righteous Judgment.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10:2 (2001) 62-63, actually
appeared in 2002.
“At Home in Language: Emily Dickinson’s Rhetorical Figures: Proceedings of the Third International Conference
of the EDIS.” Emily Dickinson at Home. Eds. Gudrun M. Grabher and Martina Antretter. Innsbruck,
Austria: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2001, 201-222.
“What’s in a Word? Introduction.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10:1 (2001) 70-71.
"The Sanctity and Importance of Human Life." Strengthening Marriage and Family: Proclamation Principles and
Scholarship. Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, Deseret Book, 2000, pp. 206-14.
"Temple Attendance: Renewing Our Strength." May Christ Lift Thee Up. SLC, UT: Deseret Boom, 1999, 168-71.
"Censorship and Sensitivity" from the NCTE Council Chronicle, reprinted in Cultural Attractions / Cultural
Distractions, Prentice Hall, 2000.
"Redeeming the Desolate Woman." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies. 7:1 (1998) 41-47.
"The Lord's Covenant of Kindness: Isaiah 54 and 3 Nephi 22." Isaiah in the Book of Mormon. Ed. Donald W. Parry
and John W. Welch. Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998, 313-49.
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"Student Lexicographers: Pioneers for the Emily Dickinson Lexicon." Linguistics at Work: A Reader of
Applications. Ed. Dallin D. Oaks. Dallas, Texas: Harcourt, 1998, 536-552.
"Glossary." Linguistics at Work: A Reader of Applications. Ed. Dallin D. Oaks. Dallas, Texas: Harcourt, 1998,
727-745.
"Censorship and Sensitivity: Understanding Community Standards." Council Chronicle, National Council of
Teachers of English 6:4 (April 1997) 16.
"Cognitive Circuits: The Circumference of Dickinson's Lexicon." The Emily Dickinson Journal: Special Issue on
Translating Dickinson. 6:2 (1997) 76-83.
"Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day." BYU Studies 36:4 (1996-1997), 107-115.
"Brave Columbus, Brave Columba: Emily Dickinson's Search for Land." Emily Dickinson Journal 5:2 (1996) 169-
75. By invitation.
"Student Lexicographers: Pioneers for the Emily Dickinson Lexicon." Dictionaries 15 (1994) 100-115. Submitted
by invitation.
"Translation and the Emily Dickinson Lexicon." With Laura M. Harvey. Emily Dickinson Journal 2:2 (1993): 130-
146. Submitted by invitation.
"Lexical Music in Emily Dickinson's Poems." Dickinson Studies (first half 1992): 24-39.
"Emily Dickinson and Noah's Ark." DLLS Proceedings (Fall 1992): 69-79. Paper.
"Lexicography as Cohesion and Metaphor in the Poems of Emily Dickinson." Work in Progress 2 (Fall and Spring,
1990-91): 130-38.
English 106 Student's Guide to Freshman Composition. University of Arizona: in-house publication of the
Composition Program for TESOL first year students and instructors, revised and edited by Cynthia L.
Hallen, 1989.
"Letters to Anne Frank." Notes Plus, National Council of Teachers of English (November 1987): 8-9, now
available on-line www.ncte.org/notesplus/subscribers_only/ideas_classroom
"Jenny and the Writing Process." Underground, Disabled Student Services, University of Arizona, VI, 1
(September 1987): 13-14.
A Brighter Day. In-house publication of the Salt Lake City School District, student writings compiled and edited by
Cynthia L. Hallen at South High School, 1985.
Peer-reviewed creative works:
“Medea v. Antigone.” Dramatic dialogue published on-line by University Faculty for Life, January 2003.
www.uffl.org/hallen1
“Born to Skate.” Essay for After All. BYU Magazine (Winter 2002) 80.
“Christmas Fair.” Cameo: Latter-day Women in Profile 1:2 (Dec 1993) 33.
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"Safe Place." Poem. Arizona English Bulletin: Teachers as Writers. Arizona English Teachers Association
(Summer 1992): 13.
"Melodious Sonnet." Inscape. Brigham Young University. (Fall/Winter 1983): 39.
"Thankful Children." Inscape. (Spring 1982): 18-23.
"La Cojita." Inscape. (Spring 1982): 63.
"Family Name." Literature and Belief. Brigham Young University (1981): 94.
"Italy and Idumea: Earthquake." "Guardian of the Loaf." Inscape. (Fall 1981): 39.
"Santiago de Huata: Seven Months Home." Century 2. Brigham Young University (Fall 1979): 99.
Peer-reviewed articles, chapters, or creative works, accepted, submitted, or in progress:
“Emily Dickinson’s Place Names.” Accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed journal Names. Co-authored
with undergraduate Office of Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) recipient Malina Nielson (equally
co-authored 50%/50%).
“Swedish Given Names in Ljustorps Parish 1500-1800.” To be submitted to the journal Studia anthroponymica
Scandinavica.
“‘Brave names’: Emily Dickinson=s Person Names.@ Co-researched with undergraduate Mentored Environment
Grant (MEG) team member R’el Johnston (70%CLH/30%RHJ). To be submitted to the journal Onoma.
Scholarly Research for the LDS Church:
"Exegesis of 3 Nephi." Scripture Translation Guides. Salt Lake City: LDS Translation Department, 1995.
"Definition of OF." Lexicon of the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price. Salt Lake
City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1986.
Reviews, Reports, Responses:
“Review of Nimble Believing by James McIntosh.” Emily Dickinson Journal 10:2 (2001) 75-78.
"Feasting Upon the Works: A Tribute to John L. Sorenson." Review of Mormons, Scripture, and the Ancient
World: Studies in Honor of John L. Sorenson, in FARMS Review of Books 12:2 (2000) 181-184.
"Truth, Trees, and Trust: A Philological Reading of Dickinson's Poem 780." TRANSLIT newsletter, (Nov 1996).
"Review of Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language." Emily Dickinson International
Society Bulletin. 8:1 (May/June 1996) 12-13.
"Expanded review of Emily Dickinson's Fascicles: Method and Meaning by Dorothy Huff Oberhaus." Literature
and Belief. 18 (1995) 183-188.
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"Review of Writing for Academic Publication by Frank Parker and Kathryn Riley." NADS: Newsletter of the
American Dialect Society. 28:2 (May 1996) 1-3.
"Report on `Interdisciplinary Approaches to Dickinson', a Session of the EDIS Innsbruck Conference." Emily
Dickinson International Society Bulletin 7:2 (Nov/Dec 1995) 6-7.
"Review of Emily Dickinson's Fascicles: Method and Meaning by Dorothy Huff Oberhaus." Emily Dickinson
International Society Bulletin. 7:1 (May/June 1995) 16-17.
"Utah Chapter Formed." Reported with Kasi Morris. Emily Dickinson International Society Bulletin. 6:2 (Nov/Dec
1994) 15. Submitted by invitation.
"Jirohattan." BYU Children's Book Review. Brigham Young University (Jan/Feb 1994): 25-26.
"Book Review of Jirohattan." Hawaii English Journal. Hawaii Council of Teachers of English (Fall 1993): 31-32.
Submitted by invitation.
"How to Get Ophelia Out of Her Tree." The Ophelia Syndrome. BYU General and Honors Education, June 1993.
Submitted by invitation.
Refereed conference papers and presentations:
International
2005 Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA 25) conference. Huddersfield, England. July 18-21. “‘Brave
names’: Emily Dickinson=s Person Names.@ July 20.
2005 Nordic Association of American Studies. Växjö, Sweden. May 26-29. "The Ways of Possibility: Emily
Dickinson and Dag Hammarskjöld." May 27.
2003 International Comparative Historical Linguistics conference. Copenhagen, Denmark. August 11-15.
“`Croft of Light’: Swedish Given Names in Ljustorps Parish 1500-1800.”
2001 Emily Dickinson International Society conference. Trondheim University, Trondheim, Norway, August 3-
5. "The T-Unit as a Measure of Syntactic Complexity in Emily Dickinson's Poems." August 3.
1999 Emily Dickinson International Society conference. Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts,
August 13-15. "At Home in Language: Emily Dickinson's Rhetorical Figures." August 14.
1996 Emily Dickinson International Society Annual Meeting. Amherst, MA, June 23. Report on home page,
emweb discussion list, and international bibliography with Lynne Sharp of the Emily Dickinson Journal.
1995 International Conference on Teaching Shakespeare through Performance. National Council of Teachers of
English. Louisville, Kentucky, March 1. "The Whole Performer: Experiencing Shakespeare at BYU
Through Language, Performance, and Video" with Nancy Christiansen, Robert Nelson, Dennis Packard,
David Warner, Bruce Young.
1995 Cognitive Approaches to Poetry and Translation seminar. TRANSLIT Group. Innsbruck University,
Innsbruck, Austria, August 6. "Another Cognitive Tool: The Emily Dickinson Lexicon Project." By
invitation.
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1995 Emily Dickinson International Society conference. Innsbruck University, Innsbruck, Austria, August 4-5.
"Brave Columbus, Brave Columba: Emily Dickinson's Search for Land."
1992 Emily Dickinson International Society Conference. Washington, D.C., October 22-24. "Translation and
the Emily Dickinson Lexicon," October 23.
National
2006 American Name Society Annual Meeting, in conjunction with the Linguistic Society of America Annual
Meeting. Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 5-8. “Swedish Personal Names in Ljustorps Parish, 1500-
1800. Jan 5.
1999 Dictionary Society of North America Conference. Berkeley, California, May 28-29. "The Worlds of
Shakespeare: A Twentieth Century Lexical Approach to Literature." Dictionary Society of North America.
University of California at Berkeley, May 27-29. The Worlds of Shakespeare. May 28.
1997 "Taboo or Totalitarianism? A Defense of Censorship." National Council of Teachers of English annual
conference, Language as Moral Action. Detroit, Michigan, November.
1997 Panel discussion, "Whatever Happened to Language and Learning Across the Curriculum?" LALAC
Committee of the National Council of Teachers of English annual conference, Language as Moral Action.
Detroit, Michigan, November 1997.
1997 "Translating Definition: A Lexical Approach to Dickinson." Midwest Modern Language Association
conference. Chicago, November.
1994 National Council of Teachers of English. Orlando, Florida, November 19. Special Interest Group
"Learning Through Language: The Political Milieu."
1993 Dictionary Society of North America Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada, May 24-26. "Undergraduate
Lexicographers: Pioneers for the Emily Dickinson Lexicon," paper, May 26.
1988 Second Annual Graduate Student Conference on English Studies. College Composition, and
Communication. Milwaukee, October 13-15. "Philology in Reading and Composition."
Regional
2005 Association for Mormon Literature Conference. Salt Lake City Library. March 5. Plenary Speaker:
“Beautiful Upon the Mountains: The Book of Mormon’s Handbook for Writers.”
2003 Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Convention. Missoula, Montana. Oct 9-11. “Academic
Mentoring.” Panel presentation with undergraduate teaching assistant, R’el Johnston.
2003 Deseret Language and Linguistics Society Symposium. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, March
18-19 “Syntactic Complexity in Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29."
2003 Deseret Language and Linguistics Society Symposium. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, March 7.
“‘Split the Lark’: Five Non-Tabloid Ways to Read Emily Dickinson."
2002 Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Convention. Scottsdale, Arizona. Oct 10-12. “Emily
Dickinson’s Onomastics.” Paper presented, Oct 11.
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2002 BYU Campus Education Week. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. Three presentations: “Tender,
Chaste, and Delicate Feelings”; “Modesty, Decency, Soberness”; “Meekness, Humility, Reverence” for 3day
series entitled “Be Still, My Soul." August 21-23.
2001 “Mentoring Emily Dickinson.” With Ann Ipson, R.A. University Conference Faculty Session, Brigham
Young University, August 2001.
2000 BYU Campus Education Week. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. Paper on "Etymology: We Are
Doing It!" for The Language of Our Fathers. August 16.
1997 "`The Tune that Totters in the Leaves': Defining Belief in Dickinson." Literature and Belief conference on
Metaphysical Poetry. Brigham Young University. October.
1997 Program Chair, Deseret Language and Linguistics Symposium, BYU. Arranged program and keynote
speakers on cognitive linguistics, Donald and Margaret Freeman, February, 1997.
1996 Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association Conference. Park City, Utah, May 18. "The
Whole Performer: Experiencing Shakespeare at BYU Through Language, Performance, and Video" with
Nancy Christiansen, Robert Nelson, Dennis Packard, David Warner, Bruce Young. By invitation.
1996 Deseret Language an d Linguistics Symposium. With student Mel Wilson. “WebPlay: Emily Dickinson
and Webster’s Diction.” Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
1995 Isaiah in the Book of Mormon seminar. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, May 20. "3 Nephi 22:
The Lord's Covenant of Kindness." By invitation.
1995 "Philological Criticism: A Timeless Way of Languaging." First annual Literature and Belief conference.
College of Humanities. Brigham Young University. March 31.
1994 Southwest Regional Conference for Teachers of English/Language Arts. Boulder, CO, October 28.
"Censorship and Sensitivity: Understanding Community Standards."
1994 Utah Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Letters. Ogden, Utah, May 13. "Censorship and Sensitivity:
Establishing a Moral Discourse."
1993 Deseret Language and Linguistics Society Symposium. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, April 1-
2. "Defining a Philological Criticism," April 2.
1992 Deseret Language and Linguistics Symposium. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, February 20.
"Emily Dickinson and Noah's Ark."
1991 Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Arizona State University, Tempe, October 18. "On the
Ropes: Collaborative Learning as a Frame of Mind."
1991 New Directions in Criticism Symposium. University of Arizona, Tucson, Spring. "Lexicography as
Cohesion and Metaphor in the Poems of Emily Dickinson."
1990 Graduate Teacher Orientation Program. University of Arizona, Tucson, August 14. "Teaching Second
Language Composition: Expression through Philology and Figures."
1990 TESOL Rocky Mountain Regional VII. Phoenix, January 25-27. "Small is Meaningful: English Studies
as if Words and People Mattered."
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1989 AZ-TESOL 7th Annual ESL Mini-Conference. Tucson, October 1989. "Space Stations in the Universe of
Discourse."
1989 First Annual Graduate Student Colloquium on Languages and Literatures. University of Arizona, Tucson,
April 1. "Philology in Languages and Literature."
1988 The Sixth Rocky Mountain TESOL Convention. Salt Lake City, November 3-5. "Philology and
Pedagogy: Teaching Indo-European Roots as a Second Language."
1988 English Department Work in Progress. Tucson, September 26. "Philology in Reading and Composition."
1988 University of Arizona Composition Board Spring Conference. Tucson, February 27. High School paper
exchange.
1987 AZ-TESOL Fifth Annual South-Central ESL Mini-Conference. Tucson, October 10. "Moffett Exercises in
the ESL Reading/Writing Class."
1987 Erika Lindemann's Longman Bibliography of Composition and Rhetoric: 1986. New York: Longman,
1988. Contributor.
1983 Deseret Language and Linguistics Symposium. Brigham Young University, April 7-8. "Definitions and
Functions of OF in LDS Scripture."
Non-refereed publications:
"Rebekah." ENSIGN (January 2001).
"The Good, the True, the Beautiful: A Sampler of Uplifting Literature." This People 16:2 (Summer 1995) 26.
"Philology and the Andean Highway." DLLS Proceedings (1994).
"Birth as Empowerment." Latter-Day Digest (October 1993): 48-49. Essay.
"Melodious Sonnet." Latter-Day Digest (October 1993): 66. Poem reprinted from Inscape 1983.
Non-refereed presentations:
2003 “Habits of the Mind: Suggestions for Going to the Mountain.” New Student Orientation, Undergraduate
Education, Brigham Young University, August 29.
2003 “Abstract, Presentation, Publication.” Writing Across the Curriculum lecture, General and Honors
Education, Brigham Young University, March 12.
2003 “Medea v. Antigone.” The Impact of Thirty Years of Roe v. Wade on American Life and Law.
Symposium at the J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, January 22.
2003 “`Croft of Light’: Swedish Given Names in Ljustorps Parish 1500-1800.” Colloquium of the Center for
Language Studies, Brigham Young University, January 16.
2001 “All You Need to Know about Grammar to Be a Linguist.” LDS Translation Department Seminar.
Brigham Young University. September.
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2001 “Temple of Learning.” Freshman Orientation session. Brigham Young University. August.
2001 "Emily Dickinson's Rhetorical Figures." Colloquium of the Center for Language Studies, Brigham Young
University, January 18.
2000 "Success through Service: A Rule for Any Role." Conference on Women in Leadership, Brigham Young
University, March 4.
1998 BYU Women's Conference. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, April 30-May 1. "Temple
Attendance: Renewing Our Strength," May 1. By invitation.
1998 Deseret Language and Linguistics Society Symposium. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, April.
"Redeeming the Desolate Woman in 3 Nephi 22."
1998 Linguistics Society speaker. "Rhetorical Figures in Shakespeare, the King James Bible, and Emily
Dickinson."
1998 TESOL Society speaker. "Roles of Taboo in Language and Culture."
1997 Regional Single Adult Conference. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, June. "Tomorrow Shall Be
My Dancing Day." By invitation.
1997 World Literature Week. Brigham Young University, College of Humanities. "The Worlds of
Shakespeare."
1995 Book of Mormon Noon Seminar. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, October 25. "Webster's 1828
Dictionary and the Book of Mormon."
1995 World Literature Week. Brigham Young University, College of Humanities, March 3. "Emily Dickinson
and Columbus: The Search for Land."
1994 Book of Mormon Noon Seminar. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, November 23. "3 Nephi 22:
The Lord's Covenant of Kindness."
1994 BYU Women's Conference. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, April 28-29. "Emily Dickinson's
Scriptures: The Dictionary and the Bible," April 28. By invitation.
1993 English Department Symposium. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, April 10. "Philology,
Eratology, and Charitology: Three Languages of Love for English Studies."
1993 Book of Mormon Noon Seminar. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, January 27. "Faith, Hope, and
Charity: The Indo-European Roots of Book of Mormon Words." By invitation.
1992 English Department Symposium. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, March 28. "Brave Columbus,
Brave Columba: Emily Dickinson's Search for Land."
1982 Rocky Mountain Writer's Convention. Brigham Young University, Provo, July 27-29. Presented poems.
PROFESSIONAL PARTICIPATION AND SERVICE
International
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2002 Team Leader: Bag and Program Distribution. TESOL international convention, April 8-13.
1996 Emily Dickinson International Society. Amherst, MA, June 24. Emily Dickinson Lexicon board meeting to
coordinate research activities with scholar contributors.
National
1997 National Council of Teachers of English. Detroit, Michigan, November. Language and Learning Across
the Curriculum Committee Meeting.
1996 National Council of Teachers of English. Chicago, Illinois, November. Language and Learning Across the
Curriculum Committee Meeting.
1995 National Council of Teachers of English. San Diego, California, November 17-18. 1) Language and
Learning Across the Curriculum Committee Meeting; 2) Recorder/reactor for panel on "Revising Texts,
Revising Selves: Cultural Contexts and the Non-Traditional Student."
1994 National Council of Teachers of English. Orlando, Florida, November 18-21. Language and Learning
Across the Curriculum Committee Meeting.
1994 American Literature Association. San Diego, California, June 2-4. Hosted board meeting for the Emily
Dickinson Lexicon project, June 3.
1993 National Council of Teachers of English. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 19-22. Language and
Learning Across the Curriculum Committee Meeting, November 19.
1992 National Council of Teachers of English Convention. Louisville, Kentucky, November 19-21. Language
and Learning Across the Curriculum Committee Meeting.
1992 Conference on College Composition and Communication. Cincinnati, Ohio, March 19-21. Session Chair
for "Composing Lives: Women Writing in the Academy," March 19. Poetry reading for "Exultation of
Larks" program, March 20.
1990 Conference on College Composition and Communication. Chicago, March 22-24. Session Chair, March
22. Poetry reading for "Exultation of Larks" program, March 23.
1989 Erika Lindemann's Longman Bibliography of Composition and Rhetoric: 1988. New York: Longman,
1990. Contributor.
1987 Erika Lindemann's Longman Bibliography of Composition and Rhetoric: 1986. New York: Longman,
1988. Contributor.
Regional
2004, 2006 Pre-Medical Committee, Brigham Young University.
2003-4 New American Collection Installation faculty input committee; “Nature and Nation” advisor.
2002-3 Service Learning University Sub-Committee member and Linguistics Department liaison.
1995-pres Certified Emergency Response Team Member (CERT) for Brigham Young University.
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1998-
2002 Member of BYU Studies Academy: 1999, 2000, 2001 annual meeting participant.
1998 Judge, Alpine School District Spelling Bee. Orem, Utah, February 22.
1997 Utah Chapter of the Emily Dickinson International Society, February and August meetings.
1996 Utah Chapter of the Emily Dickinson International Society, February and August meetings.
1996 Judge, Alpine School District Spelling Bee. Orem, Utah, February 22.
1995 Utah Chapter of the Emily Dickinson International Society. Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah,
August 16. "Emily Dickinson and Europe." Slide presentation and report on EDIS Innsbruck conference
of August 4-6.
1995 Conflict Resolution seminar; Human Resource Development; Brigham Young University, July.
1995 Disaster Preparedness seminar; campus CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) member;
Brigham Young University, winter semester.
1995 Judge, Alpine School District Spelling Bee. Lehi, Utah, February 22.
1995 Utah Chapter of the Emily Dickinson International Society. Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah,
February 1. Organized and conducted meeting as President.
1994 Utah Chapter of the Emily Dickinson International Society. Provo, Utah, August 1. Organized charter
meeting and was elected as its first President.
1994 Judge, Alpine School District Spelling Bee. Orem, Utah, March 2.
1993 Discussion leader for General and Honors Education Freshman Orientation, An Evening with Faculty,
Brigham Young University, August 26.
1993 Judge, Alpine School District Spelling Bee. Orem, Utah, March 9.
1992 Speaker for VISION: BYU Students and Faculty Encouraging Scholarship Faithful to the Gospel of Jesus
Christ. Brigham Young University, December 3. "Pro-Life Pro-Fessors."
1992 Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Weber State College, Ogden, Utah, October 15-17.
Session Co-chair for "Spiritual, Canonical, and Ecological Landscapes," October 17.
1992 Linguistics Society Meeting. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, September 8. "Employment
Opportunities in Linguistics," speaker.
1992 Computer Classroom Advisory Committee, BYU English Department.
1992-3 Faculty Development Committee. BYU English Department.
1991-2 Student Development Committee, BYU English Department.
1990-1 Task Force for Graduate Degree Check, University of Arizona.
1988-9 Curriculum Committee for English 102 (Freshman Composition, Writing about Literature). University of
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Arizona, Tucson.
1988 University of Arizona Composition Board Spring Conference. Tucson, February 27. High School paper
exchange.
1987-8 Final Exam Committee for English 101 and 102 (Expository Writing and Writing about Literature).
University of Arizona, Tucson.
1987-0 University of Arizona Board of Publications, Chair. Annual editor selection for Arizona Daily Wildcat and
yearbook. Board member selection. Search committee for new Director of Publications.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Name Society
Dictionary Society of North America
Emily Dickinson International Society
Poetics and Linguistics Association
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
University Faculty for Life
AWARDS, APPOINTMENTS, HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS
2006 Honor Society initiation and membership, Phi Kappa Phi.
2004 Faculty Pin and Certificate, Student Honor Association, Winter semester, Brigham Young
University.
2003-pres Faculty Advisor for the Graduate Student Association, Department of Linguistics and English
Language
2002-2003 Service Learning University Sub-Committee
2001-pres Associate Editor, Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, Brigham Young University.
2001-2002 Graduate Coordinator, Linguistics Department, Brigham Young University
2001 "Environments for Mentoring" faculty grant recipient, Office of Research and Creative Arts,
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
1998 1998 Linguistics Teacher of the Year Award, BYU Student Alumni Association.
1997 1997 Linguistics Teacher of the Year Award, BYU Student Alumni Association.
1996 Third Prize, BYU Studies Personal Essay Contest. Brigham Young University. Essay "Tomorrow
Will Be My Dancing Day."
1996 Second Prize, "Poetry--Non-Student Division" of the Literature and Belief Christian Values
contest. Brigham Young University. Poem "Effigy."
1992 Second Prize, "Teachers as Writers Contest." Arizona English Teachers Association. Poem "Safe
Place."
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1992 BYU English Department Support Funds for computer scanning of Dickinson's letters. College of
Humanities Support Funds for electroprint and microfilm copies of Webster's 1844 dictionary.
1992-96 Spring/summer 9% research grant and support funds. College of Humanities, Brigham Young
University.
1985-1986 Tuition Waiver Scholarship. Linguistics Department, University of Arizona, Tucson.
May 1982 3rd Place, Christian Values Writing Contest. Essay, Center for Christian Values in Literature,
Brigham Young University, "Plain Style and Posturing."
Nov 1981 Nomination for Honor Society membership, Phi Kappa Phi. (I did not respond to the nomination.)
Fall 1981 1st Place, Christian Values Writing Contest, Center for Christian Values in Literature, Brigham
Young University. Student Poetry, "Family Name (Revelation 2:17)."
Mar 1981 2nd Place, 1980-81 Vera Hinckley Mayhew Poetry Contest. BYU College of Humanities. "In the
Wilderness."
Fall 1980 Special Award, National College Poetry Contest. "Spring Floods--Arizona 1978."
Mar 1980 3rd Place, Mormon Festival of Arts Poetry Contest. Brigham Young University. "Aunt Elizabeth,"
"Mayola Moore," "Family Name."
Mar 1979 1st Place, Mormon Festival of Arts Poetry Contest. Brigham Young University. "Santiago de
Huata--Seven Months Home."
1978-1979 Dougherty Foundation Scholarship. Phoenix, Arizona.
June 1973 Challenge/Discovery Summer Scholarship. Prescott College and Valley National Bank, Phoenix,
Arizona.
CURRENT STUDENT RESEARCH, THESES, AND DISSERTATIONS
Ahlstrom, Russell. Linguistics MA project, chair.
Bernardo, Vincent. Honors Thesis Referee. “Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Set of Twelve
Phonetics-Based Lessons” for Brazilians. Defense, 26 February 2004.
Casper, Amie. “TESOL Volunteers and Service Learning.” MA Project, 20 March 2003, 3 rd reader. Defended
2003.
Nielson, Malina. “Emily Dickinson’s Place Names.” ORCA applicant, winter 2004. Presented at DSNA in Boston,
MA. Co-authoring article with CLH for Names journal.
Peltier, Ilaria. Defended 2002 Dec; finished 2003. Vocabulary.
Pickard, Wayne. “But let not Revelation / By theses be detained”: Etymology, Biblical Allusion and Symbolism in
the Poetry of Emily Dickinson.” Ph..D. dissertation outside reviewer. The University of Sidney, New South Wales,
Australia, July 2003.
Rencz, Coogan. “English Tones for Chinese TESOL Learners.” ORCA grant. Received 2003. Not completed.
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Snyder, Curtis. Honors Thesis Referee. Guarani phonemes and allophones. Defense, 10 February 2004.
Thayne, Stanley. ORCA applicant for 2003 and 2004. “`A Glass Darkly’: Portrayal of the Mormons in 19th
Century Literary Journals.” “A Visit to the Beehive: Helen Hunt Jackson’s Impression of the Mormons.”
Thompson, Carrie A. “English Gospel Lexicon for Missionaries and Missionary Trainers.” chair. Defended
summer 2005.
Vranes, Rebeka Diane. “Objectively Assessing the Readability of ESL Narratives.” M.A. Thesis, 2 nd reader.
Defended 2003.
Waldrip, Aaron. “Audio Sampling of the Aymara Language.” ORCA grant. Received 2003. Finished 2004.
Woods, Tracy. “Oral Interaction Exercises for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL).” MA Project.
Defended 4 March 2003, 3 rd reader.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2006 Faculty Center “Publish and Flourish” group member.
2005 Faculty Center “Publish and Flourish” group member.
2005 Faculty Center Seminar, January 25 th . Dr. Paul Woodruff, “Reverence and Respect in the Classroom.”
2003 Excel Spreadsheet, Dreamweaver QuickStart, PhotoShop; (4 classes). Information and Technology (IT).
Also attended 2-3 help sessions at the Instructional Media Center in the Harold B. Lee Library for photoshop
and jpg file training.
Citations:
Cynthia urges civil discourse and emergency preparedness after Hurricane Katrina.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/storm/talk/++%22Cynthia+Hallen%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=9
ORCA recipient Malina Nielsen presented a paper co-authored with Cynthia at the Dictionary Society of North
America conference in Boston, May 2005. http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/dsna/DSNANspring05.pdf
Cynthia represented the Dictionary Society of North America in the inauguration of President Young at the
University of Utah, April 15, 2005. http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/dsna/DSNANspring05.pdf
Author of LDS literature at http://mormonlit.lib.byu.edu/lit_author.php?a_id=973
Footnote 13 in “Poetry on the Right-to-Life Issues of Abortion, Infanticide, and Euthanasia.”
www.lifeissues.net/writers/kol/kol
Cited on pp. 13-14 of “The Subjective Self: A Portrait inside Logical Space” by Harwood Fisher.
www.subjectiveself.com/portraitgallery.htm
ENSIGN article on Rebekah cited at www.lds.org/hf/library and at www.schoolofabraham.com
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Family Proclamation Strengthening Families article on the “Sanctity of Life” cited at
www.foreverfamilies.net/xml/articles/abortion.
LING 450 website cited in online Greek language resource. users.otenet.gr/~bm-celusy/linksgreek
Cited for rhetorical figures lexicon in LING 230 on-line syllabus in Association for Mormon Letters list review
website. www.aml-online.org/reviews/b/B199927
“Medea v. Antigone” dramatic dialogue published on-line by University Faculty for Life. www.uffl.org/hallen1
LING 450 website cited in online syllabus. www.supercable.es/~aalcaraz/HEL/courses
Article cited and published in NCTE Notes Plus website.
www.ncte.org/notesplus/subscribers_only/ideas_classroom.
Cited for pro-life parison of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” archive.salon.com/books/feature/2001
Cited for student Jennifer Sperry’s website report on the Frisian language.
www.iath.virginia.edu/fdw/volume1/gruesz
Cited for email comments on Collaborative Learning. www.iath.virginia.edu/fdw/volume1/gruesz
EDJ article cited in the online syllabus of Kirsten Silva Gruesz. www.iath.virginia.edu/fdw/volume1/gruesz
Cited online in the Emily Dickinson International Society registry of scholars.
www.cwru.edu/affil/edis/scholars/scholars
Cited online as contributor to the CCCC Bibliography of Composition and Rhetoric. 1986. New York: Longman,
1988. www.ibiblio.org/twtaylor/1986
Cited in Syllabus of Jonathan Morse, “English 660D, Major Authors: Emily Dickinson.” University of Hawaii,
2002.
Cited in Emily Dickinson International Society Bulletin. 13:2 (2001) 4.
Cited in Emily Dickinson International Society Bulletin. 13:1 (2001) 16.
Cited in article by Richard S. Ellis, The Emily Dickinson Journal, Volume 8, Number 1, pages 36-58 (1999), also on
his website www.math.umass.edu/~rsellis/ed-jacob
Cited in Dictionary Society of North America (DSNA) Newsletter. 23:1 (Spring 1999) 2.
Cited in Emily Dickinson International Society Bulletin. 11:2 (1999) 17-18.
Cited in Gates, Edward. "A Survey of the Teaching of Lexicography: 1979-1995." Dictionaries: Journal of the
Dictionary Society of North America. 18 (1997) 80, 91.
Cited in "Notes on Research Projects." Emily Dickinson International Society Bulletin. (May/June 1997) 20.
Article cited by Jean Carwile Masteller, Professor of English at Whitman College, in the "Noah Webster" entry for
the Emily Dickinson Encyclopedia, Greenwood Press, 1998.
Presentation reviewed by Margaret Freeman in "Dickinson and the `Foreign'" session of the EDIS Austria
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conference. Emily Dickinson International Society Bulletin (Nov/Dec 1995), 14.
Presentation mentioned by Margaret Freeman in "Cognitive Approaches to Poetry and Translation" seminar of the
EDIS Austria conference. Emily Dickinson International Society Bulletin (Nov/Dec 1995), 21.
Mentioned by Eleanor Heginbotham in "Editing Dickinson," a report from the Innsbruck EDIS conference plenary
session. Emily Dickinson International Society Bulletin (Nov/Dec 1995), 5.
Footnote and work cited in Benjamin Lease, "`This World is not Conclusion': Dickinson, Amherst, and the `local
conditions of the soul'." Emily Dickinson Journal 3:2 (1994) 53-54.
Article on "Lexical Connections" by Georgiana Strickland covering the Emily Dickinson Lexicon project in the
Emily Dickinson International Society Bulletin (Nov/Dec 1994) 15.
Articles and dissertation cited in the Modern Language Association on-line bibliography.
Footnote by Madison Sowell in "Tu spiegherai, Colombo . . . " Literature and Belief (1992) 94.
Contributions to on-line computerized resources:
Contributor to discussion list for cognitive linguistics, translation, and poetics, 1999-2000.
Contributor to BYU Studies "Academy Email Discussion List."
"http://lal.cs.byu.edu.lalac/": Language and Learning Across the Curriculum home page. Content advisor for Paul
Black. Winter 1996-1998.
"EMWEB@lal.cs.byu.edu": research discussion list for the Emily Dickinson Lexicon and the International
Bibliography project of the Emily Dickinson International Society. Created with the help of Paul Black.
Winter 1995-1999.
"http://lal.cs.byu.edu/people/black/dickinson.html": Emily Dickinson home page. Content advisor for creator Paul
Black. Winter 1995.
REFERENCES
Dr. John Robertson, Department of Linguistics and English Language, 4064 JFSB, Brigham Young University.
Provo, Utah. (801) 422-8228.
Dr. Dallin D. Oaks, Department of Linguistics and English Language, 4064 JFSB, Brigham Young University.
Provo, Utah. (801) 422-6369.
Dr. Dorothy Huff Oberhaus, English & Humanities Department, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
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