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PUBLICATIONS |
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BOOKS
(Scholarly) |
The Routledge Companion to Humanism and Literature
(Ed.)
Routledge, 2022 |
2022 |
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The Humanist (Re)Turn: Reclaiming the Self in
Literature
Routledge, 2019 |
2019 |
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Love and its Critics: From the Song of Songs to Shakespeare
and Milton's Eden (with
Arpi Movsesian)
Open Book Publishers,
2017, Reprinted by Saint Philip Street Press, 2020 |
2017
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The Atheist Milton
Ashgate Press, 2012, Reprinted by Routledge, 2016 |
2012 |
The Tyranny of Heaven: Milton’s Rejection of God as King
U. Delaware Press, 2004.
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2004 |
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BOOKS
(Poetry) |
The Suicide Cafe
Inner Core of Rage
Press, 2020 |
2020 |
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JOURNAL
ISSUES
(Edited)
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Humanities, Special Issue:
“Translation and Relocation: Literary Encounters East and
West”
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2021 |
MANUSCRIPTS
(IN PREPARATION) |
Better Thou Hadst Not Been Born: Children as
Property in Shakespeare
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ARTICLES & BOOK
CHAPTERS |
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“Gilgamesh: The First Bildungsroman, or Portrait of
the King Becoming a Man” in The Monarch and the
(Non)Human in Literature and Arts: Western and Global
Perspectives. Ed. Nizar Zouidi. (Routledge, forthcoming
2023) |
2023 |
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“The
Old Argument: Humanism and Anti-Humanism.”
Introduction to
The Routledge Companion to Humanism and Literature.
(Routledge, 2022, 1-8.) |
2022 |
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“Woman
is the Measure of All Things: Authoritarianism and
Anti-Humanism in the Criticism of Anglo-Saxon Poetry.”
The Routledge Companion to Humanism and Literature.
(Routledge, 2022, 173-90). |
2022 |
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“‘The Quest for the Fiction of an Absolute’: The
Mystic’s Movement from Ancient Sacrifice to Supreme Fiction
in Wallace Stevens.” IJAH, 6.2, 2020,
1-15. |
2020 |
Carpe
Diem: Love, Resistance to Authority, and the Necessity
of Choice in Andrew Marvell and Elizabeth Cary
Humanities 2018, 7(2), 61 |
2018 |
“The
Artist as Critic: Two Modern Musical Responses to
Paradise Lost.”
Milton Quarterly, Vol. 51, No. 2, 2017, 146-52. |
2017 |
“On ‘Sunday Morning’.”
Modern American Poetry.
Eds. Bartholomew Brinkman and Cary Nelson,
Framingham, MA: Framingham State University (2013). |
2013 |
“The Gnostic Milton: Salvation and Divine Similitude in
Paradise Regained”
The New Milton Criticism.
Eds. Peter C. Herman and Elizabeth Sauer, Cambridge UP,
2012, 102-19. |
2012 |
“The
Problem of God”
Approaches to Teaching Paradise Lost. 2nd ed. Ed.
Peter C. Herman. MLA Press, 2012, 76-83. |
2012 |
“From Last Things to First: The Apophatic Vision of
Paradise Regained”
Milton and the Visionary Mode: Essays on
Prophecy and Violence. Eds. Peter E. Medine and David V. Urban. Duquesne UP,
2010, 241-65. |
2010 |
“A Poem to the
Unknown God: Samson Agonistes and Negative Theology.”
Milton Quarterly, March 2008, Vol. 42, No. 1,
2008, 22-43. |
2008 |
“The Mysterious
Darkness of Unknowing: Paradise Lost and the God
Beyond Names”
A Poem Written In Ten Books:
Paradise Lost 1667, Eds. John Shawcross and Michael
Lieb. Duquesne UP, 2007, 183-212. |
2007 |
“'His Tyranny Who Reigns': The Biblical
Roots of Divine Kingship and Milton's Rejection of Heav'n's
King”
Milton Studies
43, 2004, 111-144. |
2004 |
“Thomas
Shadwell”
The Age of Milton: An Encyclopedia of Major 17th-Century
British and American Authors.
Ed. Alan Hager. Greenwood Press, 2004, 287-91. |
2004 |
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“Dismemberment
and Community: Sacrifice and the Communal Body in the Hebrew
Scriptures”
Religion and Literature
35.1
(Spring 2003), 1-21. |
2003 |
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“'That be far from thee': Divine Evil and
Milton's Attempt to 'Justify the ways of God to men'”
Milton Quarterly, May
2002, vol. 36, no. 2, 87-105. |
2002 |
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“The Horror is Us: Western Religious
Memory and the Colonialist God in Heart of Darkness”
Henry Street (9.1), Spring
2000, 20-39.
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2000 |
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REVIEWS |
Review of Timothy Rosendale,
Theology and Agency in Early Modern Literature.
Journal of British Studies 58.2 (Winter 2019), 430-32. |
2019 |
Review of Stephen Greenblatt, The Rise and Fall of Adam
and Eve.
Spenser Review 48.2
(Spring-Summer 2018). |
2018 |
Review of Gordon Teskey, The Poetry of John Milton.
Spenser Review 45.3.15 (Winter 2016). |
2016 |
Review of William
Walker. Antiformalist, Unrevolutionary, Illiberal
Milton: Political Prose, 1644-1660.
Milton Quarterly, Vol. 49, No. 4, 2015, 275-79. |
2015 |
Review of Stephen Dobranski, ed. Milton in Context.
Milton Quarterly, volume 46 issue 1 (March 2012),
29-31. |
2012 |
Review of Abraham Stoll, Milton and Monotheism.
Renaissance Quarterly, volume 62 issue 4 (1 December
2009), 1391-1392. |
2009 |
Review of Victoria Silver, Imperfect Sense: The
Predicament of Milton's Irony and David Loewenstein,
Representing Revolution in Milton and his
Contemporaries
Religion and
Literature
37.3 (Autumn 2005) 127-36.
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2005 |
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WEBSITES |
John
Milton: Background, Summary, and Analysis
Site dedicated to Milton’s prose works in their historical
contexts.
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2000 |
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SELECTED
PRESENTATIONS |
Keynote Address--"Open Access Publishing and Digital
Research: The Changing Landscape of Scholarship in the
Internet Age"
BUC Fifth International
Conference. Technology, Language and Literature:
Intersections and Convergences. Al Buraimi University
College, Al Buraymi, Oman |
2019 |
"Paradise Lost:
Love Against Tyranny in Eden, and the Authoritarianism of
Critics."
Renaissance Society of America |
2018 |
"An You Be Mine, I'll Give You to My Friend: The
Dawn Song, Marriage, and the Authority of the Father in
Romeo and Juliet
and Paradise Lost"
Pacific
Ancient and Modern Language Association |
2015 |
"The Gnostic Milton"
Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies |
2010 |
“From Last Things to First: The Apophatic Vision of
Paradise Regained”
Modern Language Association |
2006 |
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"The Libertine Samson: Samson Agonistes and the
Rakes of Restoration Drama"
Renaissance Society of America |
2006 |
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“Samson Agonistes And The 'Intimate Impulse': Negative
Theology in Milton”
Modern Language Association |
2005 |
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“Embarassed
Into Silence: Samson Agonistes as Milton's Negative Theology”
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association |
2005 |
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“The
Satanic Samson”
Eighth International Milton Symposium |
2005 |
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“The Negation
of God: Samson Agonistes and Negative Theology”
Newberry Library Milton Seminar |
2005 |
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“Samson Agonistes and Negative Theology”
Midwest Conference on Christianity and Literature, Notre
Dame |
2004 |
Panel: “Crossing
Through Theory: The New Milton Criticism”
American Comparative Literature Association |
2003 |
“'Though ye rebel': The Motivation for Satan’s Rebellion in
Paradise Lost”
Seventh Annual International Milton Symposium |
2002 |
“To Prove that God is not the
Devil”: Kingship and Milton’s Struggle to Re-Imagine God
Yale Divinity School Religion and Literature Symposium
Series |
2002 |
“'That be far from thee': Divine Evil and
Milton's Attempt to 'Justify the ways of God to men'”
Renaissance Conference of Southern California |
2001 |
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“'His Tyranny Who Reigns': The Biblical
Roots of Divine Kingship and Milton's Rejection of “Heav'n's
King”
Modern Language Association |
2000 |
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“The Tyranny
of Heav'n: Milton, Magistrates and the Rhetoric of Satan's
Protestantism in Paradise Lost”
Renaissance Society of America |
1999 |
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“Western
Religious Memory and the Colonialist God in Heart of
Darkness”
Northern Illinois University Conference on Language and
Literature |
1998 |
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EDITORIAL
ROLES |
Editor-in-Chief,
Literature in the Humanities section,
Humanities
Reviewer, PMLA
Reviewer, Milton Quarterly
Reviewer, Spenser
Review
Reviewer, Renaissance Quarterly
Reviewer, Religion and Literature
Reviewer,
Journal of British Studies
Reviewer, Anthem
Press
Reviewer,
McGill-Queen's University Press
Reviewer,
Routledge |
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LANGUAGES |
Reading competency in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Occitan,
Spanish, Italian, French, German |
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TEACHING
(College and University Level) |
Professor of English 2014-
California State University, Northridge
Designed, taught, and evaluated
Shakespeare: Female Rage
from Medea to Lady Macbeth,
Love and its Critics,
The Poet as Critic,
Renaissance Drama,
Shakespeare: Of Lovers and
Tyrants,
Milton, Donne and Herbert, Research
Methods and Bibliography, Milton's
Gods, The Bible as
Literature, Restoration Drama, Shakespeare, Shakespeare and Machiavelli,
17th Century
Literature, 16th
Century Literature,
Introduction to Literature
Associate Professor of English 2009-2014
California State University, Northridge |
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Assistant Professor of English 2004-2009
California State University, Northridge
Designed, taught, and
evaluated
such courses as Milton, Donne and Herbert, Research
Methods and Bibliography, Milton's
Gods, Restoration Drama, Shakespeare, Shakespeare and Machiavelli,
17th Century
Literature,
Writing About Literature,
and
Composition |
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
2003-2004
DePaul University
Designed, taught, and
evaluated
such courses as Introducing Shakespeare, Bible as
Literature, and Composition |
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Visiting Assistant Professor of English
2001-2003
Northwestern University
Designed, taught, and evaluated courses in the
departments of English and Religion, including the upper
division courses Topics in Religion, Studies in 17th Century
Literature, Topics in Shakespeare, and Studies in Theory
and Criticism, as well as a Freshman Seminar entitled
Heroes and
Antiheroes, and an Introduction to Reading and Interpretation course. |
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AWARDS |
CSUN English Department Excellence in Teaching Award
2017-18
CSUN English Department
Excellence in Teaching Award 2016-17
CSUN English Department Excellence in Teaching Award
2015-16
CSUN College of Humanities Polished
Apple Award 2007-08
DePaul
Multicultural Student Affairs Teaching Award
2003-04 |
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ONLINE
TEACHING
AND INSTRUCTIONAL
DESIGN
(Corporate and Academic) |
Certificate in Teaching Online Using QLT, 2022
CSU
Academic Technology Services, Online Course Services Program
Designer/Instructor of Fully-Online-Asynchronous
University Courses, 2020-Current
California State
University, Northridge
Designed and taught multiple FOA
sections of English 255 (Introduction to Literature),
English 316 (Shakespeare), English 417 (Shakespeare).
Designer/Instructor of Fully-Online-Synchronous
University Courses, 2020-2022
California State
University, Northridge
Designed and taught multiple FOS
sections of English 420 (Milton) and English 620
(Graduate-level Shakespeare).
Instructional Designer
and Online Instructor, 2004-2019
Wyzant.com and Freelance
Created and delivered course materials for individuals and
groups addressing high school and university work,
standardized test preparation, corporate (HR) projects and
industrial report requirements. Clients included
high-school/university students and working professionals.
Courses taught as FOA, FOS, and/or in-person.
Instructional Designer and In-House Online Instructor,
2000-2001
R.R Donnelly Corporation, Chicago
Worked
with in-house design and instruction team on instructional
videos and online classes for employees at various levels,
from production through management.
Instructional Design
Consultant 2000-2001
Iowa State
University—Professional Communication Online Project
Consulted on instructional and interface design issues with
a team of professors and graduate students working to
produce an extensive series of online Rhetoric and
Professional Communication courses.
Web
Designer/Producer 1996-2001
American Medical Association,
Chicago
Independently designed and produced the AMA’s
Directory of Physicians Product Support web site. Performed
update and maintenance tasks as needed.
Instructor,
Content Developer, Instructional Designer 1999-2000
UNext.com
Wrote, co-designed, and served as
instructor for two series of internet-delivered courses: one
on Shakespeare and leadership, the other on web design,
usability engineering, and e-commerce, both offered as part
of a distance-learning MBA program.
Internet Design
Consultant 1998-1999
Rauland-Borg Corporation
Researched, wrote, and presented a 45-page report in June of
1998 analyzing how Rauland-Borg could redesign its web site
in order to consistently achieve higher rankings in search
engine queries. Created asynchronous in-house training class
to teach principles of SEO for web design. Produced monthly
follow-up reports and analyses for a period of one year.
Researcher, Writer, Web Site Designer 1997
Northwestern University
Collaborated with Dr Lawrence
Lipking of Northwestern University on prototype for the
Norton Anthology of English Literature 18th-century
literature and culture site. Included interactive learning
experiences for site users.
Researcher/Writer 1996
The Monument Project
Researched, compiled, and
organized content for a Chicago-based nonprofit organization
dedicated to promoting religious tolerance. Created
interactive learning experiences for site users.
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PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS |
Shakespeare Association of America
Milton Society of America
Modern Language Association
Renaissance Society of America
American Comparative
Literature Association |
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