Norbert Elliot: Biography
Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Norbert
Elliot was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended Immaculate
Heart of Mary elementary school and Brother Martin High School.
He received both his BA and MA from the University of New Orleans
and his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee. He has taught
at Mercer County Community College, Rider University, the College
of New Jersey, and Texas A & M University at Commerce.
Since 1988 he has been a member of the Department of Humanities
at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).
His research and teaching interests cluster in the following areas: History, Practice, and Theory of Writing Assessment; Theory and Practice of Technical Communication; Biography; Theory and History of Environmental Rhetoric; Empirical Research Methods; Technology and Education.
He is married to Frances Ward, Ph.D., Professor and Founding Dean of the UMDNJ School of Nursing. Their dinner table is graced with the company of their eight children: Christian, Kathryn, James, Luke, Sarah, Jesse, Nicholas, and Sophia. From time to time, each works, lives, and plays at the Jersey Shore.