in South Korea allowed the Scollons to develop a deeper understanding of a third major discourse system, contrasting with the Athabaskan and Euro-American discourse patterns they had described in their earlier work. This triangle of contrasting discourse systems was the grounding for the methodological work Scollon focused on during his period on the faculty of City University of Hong Kong, from 1992 to 1998. Following his retirement from Georgetown University in 2004, Scollon returned to Haines, Alaska. The last months of his life were spent in Seattle, Washington. See also Mediated discourse analysis External links Ron Scollon: A master of the axe handle Ron Scollon and The New Literacy Studies Man on a Ledge: My Last Moments with Ron Scollon Georgetown University faculty 20th-century American non-fiction writers 1939 births 2009 deaths American male non-fiction writers American Book Award winners 20th-century American male writers