Dr. Stephen J. "Steve" Stedman

Title: Professor Emeritus, Department of English and Communications, Tennessee Tech University

Office: Henderson Hall 306A

Office Phone: 931-372-3763

Home Phone: 931-528-3820

Home Address: 2675 Lakeland Drive, Cookeville, Tennessee 38506

Campus Box: 5053

Email Address: sstedman@tntech.edu

Education: 

• B.A., Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York (1970)
• M.A., Univ. of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida (1978)
• Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee (1982)

Areas of Research Interest:

• Technical/Professional Communication
• Scientific Communication

Area of Additional Research Interest:

• Ornithology, including

• Population dynamics in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and Tennessee
• Distributional dynamics in the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and Tennessee
• Phenology of the avifauna of the Upper Cumberland Region of Kentucky and Tennessee

Publications Relating to Ornithology

• SJS Publications

Major service activities:

Managing Editor, Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, 2008-present

Regional Editor of Christmas Bird Counts in Tennessee, American Birds, 1998-present

Regional Editor of Christmas Bird Counts in Alabama and Mississippi, American Birds, 1998-2005

Editor, Upper Cumberland Region of Tennessee, eBird database, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology and National Audubon Society

Tennessee Coordinator, Butterflies and Moths of North America, Big Sky Institute

First Year at TTU: 1987

Courses Currently Offered:

    Department of English and Communications: 

• ENGL 2330 Survey of World Literature
• PC/ENGL 3250 Professional Communication I
• PC 4990 Writing Proposals and Grants

Additional Information:

• Solo canoeing; comfortable on Class II rivers 
• Birding
• Butterflying

Quick links to other sections of this website:

• HomePage for SJS

• The BirdPage

• The ButterflyPage