Dr. John W. Hodgson

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Education

University of Oklahoma             Norman OK     1994-2000
Ph.D in English
Concentrations in 16th/17th Century Literature and Composition/Rhetoric/Literacy
Graduation December 2000
ABD March 1999, Defense September 2000

Dissertation: $elling $hakespeare: Cultural Literacy/Cultural Capital

Professional Interests:

Twentiteth century reception of Shakespeare’s works
Cultural literacy and the market
Literacy education
Photography and rhetoric
Speculative Fiction
Western History/Literature Florida Atlantic University     Boca Raton FL     1992-1994
M.A. in English
Concentration in American Literature
Thesis: Elements of the Arthurian Cycle in the Works of Walter Van Tilburg Clark

The Citadel                         Charleston SC            1985-1989
B.A. in English
 

Courses Taught

Cameron University

English 0113 Developmental Writing
English 1113 Composition I
English 1213 Composition II
English 1213_ONL Online Composition II
English 1123 Honors Composition I
English 1223 Honors Composition II
English 2413 Bible as Literature I--Old Testament
English 2423 Bible as Literature II--New Testament
English 3043 Survey of English Literature to 1800
English 3053 Survey of English Literature since 1800
English 3003 Introduction to Literary Studies
English 3013 Nonfiction Prose
English 3113 Shakespeare
English 3123 English Literature of the Sixteenth Century
English 3303 Advanced Composition
English 3883 Shakespeare's Comedies and Histories
English 4053 Seminar:
Legend of Arthur Summer 2004
Literature of War Fall 2005
Shakespeare on Film Summer 2007
English 4623 Advanced Grammar and Usage
English 5003 Graduate Composition
Journalism 2113 Introduction to Journalism
Journalism 4803 Mass Media History
Professional Writing 4003 Online Magazine Editing
Professional Writing 4963 Editing Instructional Texts
Professional Writing 4961 Legal Writing


University of Oklahoma

English 1113 Principles of Composition I
English 1213 Principles of Composition II
English 1113 and 1213 Computer-Aided Composition
English 1213 Honors Composition
English 2143 Introduction to Literature
English 3153 Technical Writing Florida Atlantic University English 1102 Introduction to Literature

 Other Experience

Cameron University

2003- Present Editor, The Oklahoma Review
2003-2007Assistant Director of Composition


University of Oklahoma

1999-2000: Technical Editor, Gas Well Research Institute
1997-1999: Resident Educational Adviser, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
1994-1997: Writing Consultant, University of Oklahoma Athletic Student Life Office Florida Atlantic University 1993-1994: Research and Editorial Assistant The Citadel 1986-1989: Peer Tutor, The Citadel Writing Center
Current Research/Scholarship

Currently editing and producing a digital edition of John Lyly's Gallathea.
Preliminary research in performances of Shakespeare's plays on the American frontier, 1846-1910.


Research Grants
Received the 2005 Helen Schutz Lectureship in English for "Shakespearean Performance and the Quest for Legitimacy in America's Frontier Boom Towns, 1846-1910."


Publications

As Editor: International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts Newsletter, 1994-1998

Contributing Editor, Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual 1991. Eds. Robert A. Collins and Michael Levy. Greenwood Press.

Editor, The Electronic Shakespeare

Conference Presentations

"Digitizing Shakespeare: Technological Adaptation and Access." Wooden O Symposium. Utah Shakespearean Festival. Cedar City, UT. August 2002.

"Shakespeare in the Age of Electronic Reproduction: Literacy Anxiety in Luhrman’s Romeo + Juliet." International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts 20. Ft. Lauderdale FL. March 1999.

"Cowboys, Commies, and Other Dying Breeds: City Slickers and the Simulacrum." Land, Literature, and Identity: A Graduate Student Conference on Literary Regionalism. Norman OK. February 1999.

"Theorizing Fantasy for the English Renaissance." International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts 19. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. March 1998.

"The Strata of Fantasy in Lyly’s Galathea." International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts 18. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. March 1997.

"The Image of the Fisher King in Silko, Owens, and Welch." International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts 17. Ft. Lauderdale FL. March 1996.

"The Once and Future Cowboy: Clark’s Track of the Cat." International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Ft. Lauderdale FL. March 1995.

"The Complicated Futility of Creation in Vonnegut’s Hocus Pocus." International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Ft. Lauderdale FL. March 1994.


Manuscripts and other Editorial assignments

Reviewed A New Mythological Pattern for John Lyly's Gallathea: Achilles on Scyros" for Exemplaria Classica 2007

Larry Wenig, The Road to Ioshkar-Ola, 1994


Service

Cameron University:

Authored the NCATE Report for English Language Arts 2006-2007

Chair, Faculty Development Committee 2005-2007

Chair, Selection Committee for Dean of Liberal Arts 2005

Academic Standards and Policies Committee, 2005-2006

PLUS Scholar Selection Committee 2004

Faculty Senate. 2000-2006

Teaching and Learning Committee Secretary 2000-2001

Learning Resources and Media Services Committee 2000-2001

Teacher Education Council 2000-present

English Department Personnel and Composition Committees

Faculty Advisor, Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society 2000-2004


Other:

Faculty member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon International Leadership School. Chicago, IL. 1999, 2000, 2003.

Treasurer, Student Association of Graduate English Studies, University of Oklahoma. 1998-1999.

Graduate Student Senate, University of Oklahoma Student Association. Committee Chair, 1997-1998.

Public Information Coordinator, International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, 1994-1998.