Senior Lecturer
Research and/or Creative Works
“W.Hears a Whine” and “W. Encounters a Splice” | 05401PLUS |
Publications
Books
The Evolution of Modern Fantasy: From Antiquarianism to the Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series, Palgrave, July 2015. |
Chapters and Essays
Preface to Idols With Tears | by Sierra Leonan author Michael Kallon (2005) |
“Emblematic Bodies” | The Body in Tolkien’s Legendarium, edited by Chris Vaccaro, published by McFarland August 2013 |
“The Fourfold Myth of Death and Rebirth in George MacDonald’s Phanstastes” | North Wind No. 33 (2014), a scholarly journal dedicated to the work of George MacDonald, and appeared in May 2015 |
Blogpost: “Kenneth Morris/Cenydd Morus” | Literature Wales website |
Awards and Recognition
The Evolution of Fantasy won the Mythopoeic Society’s Best Scholarly
Work in Myth and Fantasy for 2016
Areas of Expertise and/or Research
Science fiction and fantasy, Arthurian tales, Native American literature, composition
Education
- M.A. University of Vermont, 1990
Contact
Email:
Office Location:
304 Old Mill
Office Hours:
By Appointment
Courses Taught
- Tolkien's Middle Earth
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature
- Expository Writing
- King Arthur
- World Literature
- Race & Ethnic Literary Studies
- American Literature
- Written Expression
- Native American Literature through 1960s
- Contemporary Native American Literature
- African-American Literature: Harlem Renaissance