Ross M. Lence Master Teachers Series
2026 Ross M. Lence Master Teachers Series
featuring
Scott Crider, Ph.D.
Professor of English, University of Dallas
"The Pen's Virtue:
Style as Rhetorical Character
in Jefferson's Declaration of Independence"
Friday, February 6, 2026
The Elizabeth D. Rockwell Pavilion
M.D. Anderson Library
Reception at 6 p.m. | Dinner at 7 p.m.
RSVP for this event here.
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Featured Speaker
Dr. Scott Crider has taught for three decades as professor of English in the Constantin College of Liberal Arts, the Braniff Graduate School, and the Institute for Philosophic Studies at the University of Dallas. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English literature from California State University, and his doctorate from the University of California - Riverside. He is an award-winning teacher, both in graduate school and in his long career at the University of Dallas, where has received the university’s three highest awards for teaching excellence (the Haggerty Award, the Haggar Award, and the King Award). Crider also served as associate dean of Constantin College and spent several years teaching at the Rome campus of the university.
Crider’s areas of expertise are Shakespeare and Rhetorical studies, in which he has authored three academic monographs. His first book, The Office of Assertion, is an award-winning writing manual for undergraduates that has been used by high schools, homeschool networks, and colleges across the nation, selling hundreds of thousands of copies and being reprinted in several editions. For more than a decade, Crider organized and directed the Writing Program and Seven Arts of Language Program, which continue to be the foundation of the university’s undergraduate education and core curriculum.
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Learning that Lasts a Lifetime
The Honors College has set a goal of creating a $500,000 endowment to fund this program. To date, we are more than halfway toward our goal, thanks to an anonymous donor. Click to donate to the Lence Seminar Endowment.
