Assistant Dean of Women, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1962-64
Assistant Director of Student Financial Aid, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1964-65
Assistant Professor of English, Weber State College, Ogden, UT, 1968-69
Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 1969-75
Associate Professor and Assistant to the President, Brigham Young University, 1975-79
Professor of English, Brigham Young University, 1980-
Director of the Center for the Study of Christian Values in Literature, Brigham Young University, 1979-82
Dean of Graduate Studies, Brigham Young University