Ron Balthazor received an M. Div. from Emory in 1987 and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Georgia in 1999. His publications include "Digression and Meaning: A Reading of 'In the Miro District'" in Critical Essays on Peter Taylor and "To Play Life: Thoreau' s Fabulous Reality" in ATQ.  His most recent publication, with Christy Desmet, Caroline Barratt, and Kristen Nielsen, is “Collaboration is Key: Librarians and Composition Instructors Analyze Student Research and Writing” in Portal.  Ron currently teaches composition  and is the lead developer of the  project, a web application for the complete writing process.  His continuing interests include  Thoreau, Wendell Berry, PHP, Symfony, and gardening.  He writes a blog that offers his reflections on life in the garden: gardenhouseporch.blogspot.co
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