▁Category : 1 9 8 8 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Ath ens ▁Category : Miss ▁Earth ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁contest ants ▁Category : G reek ▁beauty ▁page ant ▁w inners <0x0A> </s> ▁L inda ▁F lower ▁( born ▁March ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁in ▁W ich ita ) ▁is ▁a ▁composition ▁the or ist . ▁ ▁She ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁her ▁emphas is ▁on ▁cogn itive ▁r het or ic , ▁but ▁has ▁more ▁recently ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁service ▁learning . ▁ ▁F lower ▁currently ▁serves ▁Car neg ie ▁M ell on ▁University ▁as ▁a ▁professor ▁of ▁r het or ic . ▁ ▁Ext ended ▁bio ▁ ▁Import ant ▁factors ▁of ▁earlier ▁works ▁▁ ▁" My ▁early ▁work ▁concentr ated ▁on ▁studying ▁cogn itive ▁processes ▁in ▁writing ▁and ▁bringing ▁a ▁strateg ic , ▁problem - sol ving ▁approach ▁to ▁writing ▁instruction . ▁Mot iv ated ▁by ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁a ▁more ▁integrated ▁social - c ogn itive ▁approach ▁to ▁writing , ▁my ▁recent ▁research ▁has ▁focused ▁on ▁how ▁writers ▁construct ▁negoti ated ▁meaning ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁conflic ting ▁internal ▁and ▁social ▁voices . ▁Conc ern ed ▁with ▁the ▁logic ▁of ▁the ▁lear ner , ▁I ▁studied ▁negoti ated ▁meaning ▁making ▁in ▁school ▁settings ▁in ▁which ▁students ▁are ▁learning ▁new ▁liter ate ▁practices , ▁and ▁in ▁inner ▁city ▁community ▁settings ▁in ▁which ▁te en agers ▁and ▁adult s ▁are ▁working ▁across ▁cultural ▁differences . ▁Out