Talk:Richard Mitchell

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[edit] English or classics?

I've been working through this article a bit, and I have discovered that various sources list Mitchell as either a professor of English ([1], for instance) or of Classics at Glassboro/Rowan. No single source that I have found has listed both subjects, so I can't just conclude that he held dual appointments; nor has any source indicated a chronology, e.g. 'Professor of Classics from 19xx-19xx; Professor of English from 19xx-19xx'. Any clarification would be greatly appreciated.

Also, this article is generally lacking in sources. If any of its authors happens to see this note, would you be so kind as to cite your sources, or at least list them someplace so that I can do the in-line citation? Many thanks — Dan | talk 02:07, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

There are a great many articles attributed to people named Richard Mitchell listed in ERIC, the "Education Resources Information Center", a database of journal articles relating to education hosted by the US Dept. of Education. One at least, "Why Good Grammar", certainly belongs to the subject of this article. I have discovered two more whose abstracts sound like him: "Teaching: The Down Side" and "We Rob Students of Power when We Fail to Teach Them English". If anyone happens to know whether these are the work of this Richard Mitchell, or has access to the texts, please say so. — Dan | talk 18:26, 28 November 2007 (UTC)