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Gregory A. Wilson
5626 Riverdale Ave., Apt. 2 Bronx, NY 10471 Email: gw@gregoryawilson.com Website: www.gregoryawilson.com |
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| EDUCATION | |
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Brandeis University
Ph.D. in English and American Literature Dissertation: "The Problem in the Middle:" Liminality and the Jonsonian Masque Dissertation Committee: Dr. Thomas King, Brandeis University (Advisor); Dr. William Flesch, Brandeis University; Dr. Timothy Murray, Cornell University |
Waltham, Massachusetts May 2002 |
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University of Connecticut
M.A. in English |
Storrs, Connecticut
May 1996 |
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University of Connecticut B.A. in English Education Cum Laude |
Storrs, Connecticut May 1994 |
| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
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St. John's University Associate Professor of English Assistant Professor of English As a faculty member of the Division of English and Speech in the College of Professional Studies, taught courses in Renaissance drama, revenge tragedy, the short novel, fantasy fiction, and an interdisciplinary course in New York literature, along with literature survey and composition courses. |
New York City, New York September 2009 to present September 2003 to August 2009 |
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Boston University Assistant Professor of Humanities and Rhetoric Taught four freshman rhetoric courses each semester at the College of General Studies, including two joint sections of oral argument and presentation for two rhetoric sections each in the fall. Worked as part of a team, composed of a humanities, social science, natural science, and rhetoric professor, responsible for the same common group of students and dedicated to an interdisciplinary approach. |
Boston, Massachusetts September 2002 to May 2003 |
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Brandeis University Instructor Taught five freshman composition courses, two in tandem with the interdisciplinary University Seminar "Heaven, Hell and the Space in Between"; collaborated with professor of seminar to design course. |
Waltham, Massachusetts September 1998 to May 2001 |
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University of Connecticut Instructor Taught two freshman composition and two freshman literature courses. |
Storrs, Connecticut September 1994 to May 1996 |
| OTHER EXPERIENCE | |
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CurtainUp.com Theater critic Wrote series of reviews of various on and off-Broadway productions for premier theater website. |
New York City, New York December 2005 to present |
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Brandeis University Coach, Brandeis Debate and Speech Society During tenure, coached Debate and Speech Society to North American Championship, National Championship Runner-Up and overall the second most successful parliamentary debate team in the United States from 1998 through 2002. |
Waltham, Massachusetts September 1997 to May 2002 |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
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The Third Sign |
Summer 2009 |
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“The Tragedy of Revenge: Sexual, Moral and Political Power in The Revenger’s Tragedy” |
Spring 2009 |
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“‘Unrepenting Sorrow and Deliberate Sin’: Milton and Hawthorne’s Understanding of Evil” |
Winter 2008 |
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Book review of Music Downtown: Writings from the Village Voice by Kyle Gann |
Spring 2008 |
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The Problem in the Middle: Liminal Space and the Court Masque |
Fall 2007 |
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“'His Own Portion of the Earth': The Rhetoric of Alienation and Separation in Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas” |
Summer 2006 |
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"'This Insatiable Hunger for Sympathy': Virginia Woolf's Vision of Unity in Mrs. Dalloway" |
Spring 2005 |
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"'The Lurid Story Narrated': Narrative Style and the Commodity of the Story in the 'Eumaeus' Chapter of Joyce's Ulysses" |
Spring 2005 |
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"'Malice, Falsehood and Excessive Pride': The Problem of Intolerance in Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta" |
Fall 2004 |
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"Between Piracy and Justice: Liminality in Maxwell Philip’s Emmanuel Appadocca" |
Summer 2004 |
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"Virginia Woolf’s Temporal Vision: Modernism and Time in To The Lighthouse" |
Spring 2004 |
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"'The Problem in the Middle': Liminality in the Jonsonian Masque" |
April 2001 |
| PRESENTATIONS | |
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Reading of The Third Sign, published novel, for Readercon 2009 in Boston |
July 2009 |
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Reading of The Third Sign, forthcoming novel, for Ad-Astra Conference in Toronto |
March 2009 |
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Panelist on “Different Kinds of Fantasy: Epic, Urban and Everything in Between” panel, for Ad-Astra Conference in Toronto |
March 2009 |
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Panelist on “How Not To Submit Your Work” panel, for Ad-Astra Conference in Toronto |
March 2009 |
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Reading of Icarus, completed novel, for the 30th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts in Orlando |
March 2009 |
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Reading of Icarus, completed novel, for World Fantasy Convention 2008 in Calgary |
October 2008 |
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Reading of Icarus, completed novel, for Readercon 2008 in Boston |
July 2008 |
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"'Reforming The Yahoo Race': Lemuel Gulliver, Relativism, and the Travel Narrative' for the College English Association’s 2008 Conference in St. Louis |
March 2008 |
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Reading of Icarus, novel in progress, for the 29th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts in Orlando |
March 2008 |
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Reading of Icarus, novel in progress, for the 2007 Fantasy Matters Conference at the University of Minnesota |
November 2007 |
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"Servant of Two Masters: Ben Jonson’s Use of Liminal Space in Prince Henry’s Barriers" for the South Atlantic Modern Language Association’s 2007 Convention in Atlanta |
November 2007 |
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"'This Insatiable Hunger for Sympathy': Virginia Woolf’s Vision of Unity in Mrs. Dalloway" for the 17th Annual Conference on Virginia Woolf at Miami University of Ohio |
June 2007 |
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"'His Own Portion of the Earth': The Rhetoric of Alienation and Separation in Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas" for the Tenth Nordic Conference of English Studies in Bergen, Norway |
May 2007 |
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"'Unrepenting Sorrow and Deliberate Sin': Milton and Hawthorne’s Understanding of Evil" for the Seventh Global Conference of Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness in Salzburg, Austria |
March 2006 |
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"'The Bucket Cast Down Behind the Veil': Booker T. Washington’s Artistic Vision" for the Fourth Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities in Honolulu |
January 2006 |
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"'His Duty to Ireland': Language, Identity and Power in John Bull’s Other Island" for the 2005 Mid-Atlantic Regional American Conference for Irish Studies at Drew University |
November 2005 |
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"'A Spectacle of Strangeness': Liminality and the Social Message of the Court Masque" for the College English Association’s 2005 Conference in Indianapolis |
April 2005 |
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“Between Piracy and Justice: Liminality in Maxwell Philip’s Emmanuel Appadocca” for the “Creating Identity and Empire in the Atlantic World, 1492-1888” Conference at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro |
September 2004 |
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"'O Showes! Showes! Mighty Showes!': Liminality and the Staging of the Court Masque" for the Eleventh Annual Conference for the Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies at the University of California, Irvine |
October 2003 |
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"'Fair Ones with Foul, Like Sunshine in Wet Weather': The Myth of Democracy in the Public Theaters of Renaissance London" for the XVI Medieval-Renaissance Conference at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise |
September 2003 |
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"'The Problem in the Middle': Liminality in the Jonsonian Masque" for the Renaissance Society of America’s 2003 Conference in Toronto |
March 2003 |
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"Virginia Woolf’s Temporal Vision: Modernism and Time in To The Lighthouse" for the Twelfth Annual Central New York Conference on Language and Literature at SUNY Cortland |
October 2002 |
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"The Tragedy of Revenge: Sexual, Moral and Political Power in The Revenger’s Tragedy" for the XV Medieval-Renaissance Conference at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise |
September 2002 |
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"'As Milton Sings': The Nature of Miltonic Allusions in The Prelude" for the Seventh International Miltonic Symposium in Beaufort, SC |
June 2002 |
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"'The Lurid Story Narrated': Narrative Style and the Commodity of the Story in the 'Eumaeus' Chapter of Joyce's Ulysses" for the Eleventh Annual Central New York Conference on Language and Literature at SUNY Cortland |
October 2001 |
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"'Malice, Falsehood and Excessive Pride': The Problem of Intolerance in Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta" for the XIV Medieval-Renaissance Conference at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise |
September 2001 |
| SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS | |
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Research Course Reduction (Competitive Award), St. John's University
(2005-06, 2007)
Summer Research Grant (Competitive Award), St. John's University (2004, 2006, 2008) Dissertation Year Fellowship, Brandeis University (2001-02) New England Scholar, University of Connecticut (1994) Member, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (Inducted 1993) Member, Golden Key Honor Society (Inducted 1993) Seventh and Eighth Speaker of the Year in the nation, American Parliamentary Debate Association (1994-95, 1995-96) Two-time second place public speaker in the world, World Debating Championships (1995 and 2000) |
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| SERVICE | |
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Organization and Conference Service
Chair, Panel - "English Moderns" - Tenth Nordic Conference of English Studies (May 2007) Chair, Panel - "English" - Fourth Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities (January 2006) Chair, Panel - "Monsters and Imaginations" - 2005 Conference for the College English Association (April 2005) Chair, Panel - "Early Modern Performers and Performances" - Eleventh Annual Conference for the Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies (October 2003) Graduate Student Liaison to the Executive Council of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics (2001-02) St. John's University Chair, Committee on Admissions and Academic Standards (2006-present) Panelist, Faculty Round Table on Ethics and Professional Conflicts (March 2006) Member, Global Literature Development Committee (2004-05) Secretary, Committee on Admissions and Academic Standards (2004-06) Member, Committee on Admissions and Academic Standards (2003-04) Boston University Chair, Outstanding Freshman Essay Contest Committee (2002-03) Member, Faculty Research and Scholarship Committee (2002-03) |
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| RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS | |
| Renaissance Literature (particularly drama), Shakespeare, Modern Drama, Fantasy Fiction | |
| PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS | |
| National Council of Teachers of English | April 2004 to present |
| The College English Association | September 2003 to present |
| Renaissance Society of America | January 2002 to present |
| Modern Language Association | March 2001 to present |
| Association of Literary Scholars and Critics | September 1997 to present |
| REFERENCES | |
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Dr. William Flesch, Associate Professor of English, Brandeis University Dr. Thomas King, Associate Professor of English, Brandeis University Dr. Natalie McKnight, Associate Professor of Humanities and Chairperson of the Humanities Department in the College of General Studies, Boston University Dr. Matthew Parfitt, Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Chairperson of the Rhetoric Department in the College of General Studies, Boston University Dr. Andrew Swensen, formerly Assistant Professor of Romance Languages at Brandeis University, now Pittsburgh Filmmakers Director |
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