In addition to essays commissioned for collections on Pynchon and DeLillo, I have recently completed a piece on Against the Day. I hope presently to turn to articles on Inherent Vice, Falling Man, and Point Omega.
Biographical Profile
College
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences
Department
English
Interest Background
Do you include students in your research?
None
Interest Keywords
American Fiction, Modern British Literature, American Literature, Contemporary Immigrant Literature in America, Themes in American Writing
Personal Focus Areas
American Fiction after 1945 (special interest in Pynchon, Delillo, Richard Powers, Gloria Naylor), Modern British and American Literature, Contemporary immigrant literature in America.
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
Dates
Institution
Location
Degree
Field of Study
1969
University of Alabama
BA
English
1971
Indiana University
MA
English
1977
Rutgers University
Ph.D.
English
Memberships & Professional Activities
Dates
Type
Description
Institution/Entity
04/2023
Professional Activity
Keynote Speaker (April Conference Fifteen, 20-22 April 2023): Address - "Permutations of Paranoia: Late Cormac McCarthy"
Conference on literature and language held every three years at Poland's Jagiellonian University in Kraków
Positions & Appointments
Dates
Description
Institution/Entity
1977 - 1979
University of South Carolina: Instructor
1979 - 1983
Assistant Professor
1983 - 1988
Associate Professor with Tenure
1988
Professor
1992 - 1993
Bicentennial Chair in American Studies (Fulbright Distinguished Appointment), University of Helsinki
1996 - 1997
Chair in American Studies (Fulbright Distinguished Appointment), University of Odense, Denmark
1998
Louise Fry Scudder, Professor
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
Dates
Type
Description
Foundation/Entity
1987
Award
Amoco Teaching Award
University of South Carolina
1995
Award
USC Educational Foundation Research for Humanities and Social Sciences Award
University of South Carolina
1995
Award
Michael J. Mungo Undergraduate Awards
University of South Carolina
2006
Award
Board of Trustees Professor
2006
Award
David Cowart Scholarship endowed by alumnus
2006
Award
Fulbright Scholar
Fulbright Foundation
2006
Award
Carolina Trustee Professorship Award
University of South Carolina
2018
Award
Eugene Current-Garcia Award
Association of College English Teachers of Alabama
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