In the upcoming fall semester, I will be teaching an upper division modern science fiction course on American space opera.  That's right...

Several semesters ago, I experienced what I'm going to call the indoctrination of young Americans.  No, I am not necessarily referring t...

For those that don't know, the syllabus I had designed for an American Lit. survey course got rejected.  The reasoning behind that rejec...

This fall, I am teaching a survey course in American Literature.  While I think my previous syllabi for this course have been non-traditiona...

If you don't follow me on Twitter, then you are unaware that I am attempting to teach a somewhat unusual American Lit survey in the fall...

One of the things I hope to do one day is teach a class on Space Opera.  Thus far, that opportunity has not arisen just yet, but the future ...

I just had a rather strange short conversation with a fellow about The Iron Heel  by Jack London.  That conversation went something like th...

I'm teaching a course called "Dystopia and American Anxiety" this spring.  The idea came to me while brainstorming with friend...

My "The Dystopian Tradition and American Anxiety" syllabus is finalized and submitted to the English department for approval.  Goo...

Several weeks ago, I taught William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying in my Survey in American Literature course. Of all the texts I've taug...

In an attempt to bring some of what I do as a teacher (and, in other posts, as an academic) to this blog, I've decided to start these li...

I've finally finished my bloody syllabus for the survey in American lit that I will be teaching this fall.  Since some folks expressed i...

(This is the first in what I'm calling "Teaching Rambles," which have more to do with random ideas, concerns, and problems I...