Texas State Vita

Texas State Vita

TEXAS STATE VITA I. ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND NAME: Robert T. Tally Jr. TITLE: Professor EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND J.D. 2001 Duke University School of Law Law Ph.D. 1999 University of Pittsburgh English (Critical and Cultural Studies) Dissertation: “American Baroque: Melville and the Literary Cartography of the World System.” M.A. 1993 University of Pittsburgh English (Literature) A.B. 1990 Duke University Philosophy UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities, Texas State Sept. 2018–Aug. 2021 Honorary Professor of International Studies, Texas State University Nov. 2018–present Professor, Department of English, Texas State University Sept. 2017–present Associate Professor, Department of English, Texas State University Sept. 2012–Aug. 2017 Assistant Professor, Department of English, Texas State University Aug. 2007–Aug. 2012 Lecturer, Department of English, Texas State University Aug. 2005–May 2007 Lecturer, Department of English, High Point University Aug. 1998–May 1999 Visiting Scholar, Graduate Program in Literature, Duke University Aug. 1997–June 1998 Teaching Fellow, English, University of Pittsburgh Aug. 1993–July 1997 Visiting Instructor, Chatham College Aug. 1995–May 1996 Teaching Assistant, English, University of Pittsburgh Aug. 1992–July 1993 Graduate Student Assistant, English, University of Pittsburgh Jan. 1992–May 1992 II. TEACHING TEACHING HONORS and AWARDS [5] Alpha Chi National Honors Society Favorite Professor, Texas State Univ. Spring 2019. Alpha Chi National Honors Society Favorite Professor, Texas State Univ. Spring 2017. Nominated, The Stephany Goodbread Faculty Advisor of the Year. Texas State Univ. 2016–17. Alpha Chi National Honors Society Favorite Professor, Texas State Univ., Fall 2015. Sigma Tau Delta Outstanding Professor of the Year, Department of English, Texas State University, 2015. COURSES TAUGHT [45 total] at Texas State University: GRADUATE [18 distinct courses] Tally / Vita August 2021 Page 2 Spatial Literary Studies (English 5384: Critical Theory, Spring 2021). A study of key theorists and texts related to geocriticism, literary geography, and the spatial humanities. The Hermeneutics of Suspicion (English 5384: Critical Theory, Spring 2019). A study of foundational works by Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, among others, plus “postcritical” responses. Theory of the Novel (English 5384: Critical Theory, Fall 2016). A study of key works in the theory of the novel, from Lukács and Bakhtin to the present. French Theory (English 5384: Critical Theory, Fall 2015). A study of French theory and its influence on literary and cultural studies, focusing on the case of Michel Foucault. Modern Critical Theory (English 5384: Critical Theory, Fall 2014). A study of modernity and its critics, including Kant, Adorno, Foucault, Habermas, Jameson, and Said. Hawthorne and Poe (English 5332: Studies in American Prose, Spring 2020). A comparative study of major works by the authors, focusing on developments in literary form. Hawthorne and Melville (English 5332: Studies in American Prose, Fall 2017). A comparative study of major works by the authors, focusing on developments in literary form. Moby-Dick, or, The Whale (English 5332: Studies in American Prose, Summer 2015). A study of the novel, its historical contexts, and its influence on U.S. and world literature. 19th-Century American Narrative Forms (English 5332: Studies in American Prose, Spring 2013). A study of emergent and dominant narrative forms in American literature. The U.S. Novel: Interrogating Hypercanonicity (English 5332: Studies in American Prose, Spring 2018). A study of major American novels as well as of their cultural significance. Edgar Allan Poe (English 5332: Studies in American Prose, Spring 2011). A study of the author’s criticism, poems, and tales. Herman Melville (English 5332: Studies in American Prose, Spring 2009). A study of major works by the author and their contribution to the field of American literature. Utopia and Its Vicissitudes (English 5324: Studies in Literary Genre, Fall 2019). A study of literary works of utopia, anti-utopia, and dystopia, along with relevant theory and criticism. The Novel in the Long 19th-Century (English 5324: Studies in Literary Genre, Fall 2012). A comparative literary study of the novel from Goethe to Joyce. Powers of Blackness: Poe, Hawthorne, Melville (English 5332: Studies in American Prose, Spring 2007). A study of selected works and the development of American Romanticism. Kurt Vonnegut’s America (English 5321: Contemporary Fiction, Fall 2021). A study of Vonnegut’s exploration of American culture and ideology through his fiction and nonfiction. The Novels of Kurt Vonnegut (English 5321: Contemporary American Literature, Spring 2012). Vonnegut’s fourteen novels and their significance to American literature and culture. Literary Scholarship (English 5301: Fall 2020, Fall 2018, Spring 2010, Fall 2006). An introduction to literary scholarship, including textual analysis, literary history, and professional topics. UNDERGRADUATE [23 distinct courses] American Romanticism (English 4334: Spr. 2017, Spr. 2011, Spr. 2009). An analysis of trans- Atlantic Romanticism with emphasis on the development of romance and literary theory. Fictions of Estrangement (Honors 3396W: Fall 2013). An examination of modern world literature and the otherworldly, including works of utopia, fantasy, and science fiction. Humanities I (Honors 3394N: Fall 2010, team-taught with Dr. Raphael [Philosophy]). An introduction to the literary humanities from antiquity to the early modern period. Tally / Vita August 2021 Page 3 Humanities II (Honors 3394P: Spring 2015, team-taught with Dr. Raphael [Philosophy]). An introduction to the literary humanities from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries. Neil Gaiman: Myth, Fairy Tale, and Fantasy (English 3390: Problems in Literature and Language). A study of Gaiman’s writing in their generic, historical, and cultural contexts. Nathaniel Hawthorne (English 3343: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Lit, Spring 2015, Fall 2011). Study of Hawthorne’s tales and romances in their historical and cultural contexts. Edgar Allan Poe (English 3343: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Lit, Fall 2021, Spr. 2018, Spr. 2013, Spr. 2011, Fall 2008). A study of the author’s work in its historical, cultural contexts. J.R.R. Tolkien (English 3343: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Lit, Spring 2016, Fall 2012). A study of Tolkien’s Middle-earth, along with his theory of otherworldly literature. Kurt Vonnegut (English 3343: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Lit, Spring 2012). A study of several novels and essays by the American writer. Studies in World Literature (English 3341: Fall 2017; Spr 2017, Spr 2016; Fall 2015, Spr 2010, Fall 2007 [online]). An examination of key texts of world literature organized around a theme (e.g., “Otherworldly Literature,” “Modernity and Its Critics,” “Existentialism”). The American Novel (English 3338: Spring 2008). An examination of major Americans novels from James Fenimore Cooper to Toni Morrison. American Literature, 1930–present (English 3336: Fall 2021). A study of key texts of U.S. literature after 1930. American Literature, 1865–1930 (English 3335: Fall 2012). An examination of American literature, with attention to generic discontinuities of romanticism, realism, and modernism. Early American Literature (English 3333: Fall 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2010, Fall 2008). A survey of early American writings with an emphasis on the uses of narrative. Professional Writing (English 3304: Spring 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2006 [two sections]). An introduction to the principles and practice of writing in the professional workplace. Critical Theory and Practice for English Majors (English 3301: S2021, S2019, Fall 2017, Fall 2013, F09). An introduction to theories and practices of research in the literary humanities. American Literature before 1865 (English 2359: Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2010, Fall 2008, Fall 2006, Summer 2006, Spring 2006). Large survey course covering important works from Columbus to Whitman; fulfills general education requirement. World Literature after 1600 (English 2340: Fall 2009). Large survey course covering important works of modern literature; fulfills general education requirement. World Literature to 1600 (English 2330: Fall 2018, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2009, Fall 2007 [two sections], Spring 2007). Large survey course covering important works from classical antiquity to the early modern period. Great Ideas I: The Country and the City (Honors 2309C: Fall 2019). An introductory survey of great works in the traditions of the humanities from classical antiquity to the present. Great Ideas II: The Oddball in Modern Society (Honors 2309H: Spring 2020). A survey of great works in the traditions of the humanities from the Renaissance to the present. College Writing I (English 1310: Fall 2006, Fall 2005 [3 sections]). Introduction to reading and writing expository prose. College Writing II (English 1320: Spring 2007, Spring 2006). Introduction to reading literature, writing, and research. University Seminar (US 1100: Fall 2006, Spring 2006, Fall 2005 [multiple sections each term]). Introduction to university life. Tally / Vita August 2021 Page 4 at High Point University: Composition (English 102: Fall 1998, Spring 1999). Introduction to critical reading and writing. at the University of Pittsburgh: Introduction to Critical Reading (EngLit 500: Fall 1996). Introduction

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