Brooks Landon VITA (February 2013) Office: English Department (319) 335-0454/335-0641 376 EPB [email protected] University of Iowa Iowa City IA, 52242 FAX: (319) 335-2535 Home: 505 Oakland (319) 338-8233 Iowa City, IA 52240 (319) 270-9310 Education: BA, Centre College of Kentucky, 1970 MA, University of Texas at Austin, 1973 PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 1978 Military Service: US Army, 1970-72 Honors: 2011 Awarded Herman J. and Eileen S. Schmidt Endowed Professorship Faculty Commencement Speaker, Liberal Arts Commencement, December 2010 2010 Appointed University College Miller Teaching Scholar 2003 Collegiate Fellows Award (Reappointed 2008) 2001 Alumnus Election to Phi Beta Kappa, Centre College 2001 International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA) Distinguished Scholarship Award 1996 Recipient of the M. L. Huit Teaching Award. Faculty Commencement Speaker, Liberal Arts Commencement, December 1996 Teaching at Iowa: Appointed Assistant Professor, English Department, 25 Aug 78; Associate Professor, Spring 1984; Professor, Spring 1990 Courses taught in Contemporary American Fiction, Literature and Culture of Twentieth Century America, Modern Fiction, Postmodern Fiction, Hypermedia Fiction and Scholarship, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Film, Prose Style, Nonfiction Writing, Theory of Teaching Literature, Electronic Textuality. 2 Recent Teaching (Number of students in parentheses): Spring 2013: 8:2 Postmodern Fiction (54) Fall 2012: 8:98 Honors Proseminar: Pillars of Postmodernism (17), 8:136 Topics in Popular Culture: Dead is the New Alive: The Zombie Metaphor in Popular Fiction, Film, TV, and Video Games (60); Colloquium: Teaching Literature (24). Spring 2012: 8:2 Postmodern Fiction (54); 8N:102 Prose Style (18). Fall 2011: 8:240 Readings in American Fiction: History and Theory of SF (13); 8G:1 Honors (taught as a voluntary overload-11) Interpretation of Literature Spring 2011: 8:2 Postmodern Fiction (54); 8N:102 Prose Style (22) Fall 2010: 8G:1 Honors Interpretation of Literature (22) Spring 2010: 8:2 Postmodern Fiction (32), 8N:102 Prose Style (31) Fall 2009: 8G:1 Honors Interpretation of Literature (for University Honors Program) Spring 2009: 8:2 Postmodern Fiction, 8N:102 Prose Style Fall 2008, 8G:1 Honors Interpretation of Literature (for University Honors Program) Spring 2008, 8:1 Modern Fiction, 8N:102 Prose Style Fall 2007, 8G:1 Honors Interpretation of Literature (for University Honors Program) Spring 2007, 8:98 Honors Proseminar: Ulysses, 8N:102 Prose Style Fall 2006, 8G:1 Interpretation of Literature Summer 2005, 8N:102 Prose Style Spring 2005: 8:1 Modern Fiction (large lecture class) Fall 2004: 8G:1 General Education Literature Summer 2004: 8:182 The Science Fiction of Otherhood Spring 2004: 8:1 Modern Fiction (large lecture class) Fall 2003: 8G:1 General Education Literature Summer 2004: 8:182 Feminist Science Fiction Spring 2003: 8:1 Modern Fiction (large lecture class) Fall 2002: 8:1 Modern Fiction (large lecture class) Summer 2002: 8:182 Contemporary Science Fiction/SF on the Web Spring 2002: 8N102 Prose Style Fall 2001: 8:1 Modern Fiction (large lecture class) Summer 2001: 8:182 Contemporary Science Fiction/SF on the Web Recent Dissertations directed: 10 Directed Dissertations in Progress: Wanda Raiford, Rob Albanese, Elizabeth Lundberg, Robert Gillespie Dissertations defended in 2010: Joshua Raulerson, Douglas Dowland Recent Honors Theses directed: 19 Honors Theses in Progress: John Gray, Jamie Simpher Total MA with Emphasis in Expository Writing Theses Directed: 12 MFA in Nonfiction Writing Theses Directed: 1 Total PhD Dissertations Directed: 12 While I remain an active director of PhD dissertations my primary classroom commitment is to undergraduate education. The most significant aspect of this commitment is my continuing 3 service as Director of the General Education Literature Program. All of my courses are designed for and open to undergraduates, particularly including my focus on hypertext/multimedia/internet in new courses. Departmental Service: Director, Gen Ed Lit (Fall 2006--) Member CLAS Committee to Review the Gen Ed Lit Program, Fall 2012 Member American Search Committee (Shadowing in Fall 2008/replacement Spring 2009) Member, Outcomes Assessment Committee (2007) Program Administrator, AAWS, 2004-06 General Education Literature Faculty Mentor (one of six) Chair, 1999-2005 Director, Undergraduate Writing Program, 1998-1999 Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, 1997-98 Assistant Director, Undergraduate Studies, 1996-97 English Department Webmaster, 1995-98 Member, Contemporary British Search Committee, 1995 Chair, Computer Committe/Coordinator EPB ITC 1994-98 Chair, Contemporary Search Committee, 1994 Chair, Honors Committee, 1991-94 Director, Undergraduate Program, 1985-90 Executive Committee, 1983-86, 1988-89, Spring 1992- Director, MA/W Program 1980-1985 University Service: Outreach: Humanities Iowa Invited Talks on Science Fiction, Pella City Library, July 2006, Kirkwood Community College, November 2006, Council Bluffs Public Library and St. Albert High School, February 2007. I have just given the Humanities Iowa Speaker’s Bureau two new presentations I’m prepared to make: “A User’s Guide to Postmodern Fiction” and “Building Better Sentences: A Quick and Dirty and Pretty Much Grammar-Free Guide to More Effective Writing” University: Member, University of Iowa Press Editorial Board, Fall 2012-- Member, Ad Hoc Promotion to Professor Committee for Kembrew McCloud, Fall 2012 Chair, Ad Hoc Promotion to Professor Committee for Carol Severino, Rhetoric, Fall 2011 Member, Ad Hoc Promotion to Professor Committee for Kembrew McCloud, Comm Studies (Candidate Withdrew application) Fall, 2011 University College Faculty Member, 2010-- CLAS General Education Advisory Committee (GEAC) 2007-2008 Executive Committee: UI Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Institute, 4 Fall 2006-- African American World Studies Advisory Council (ex officio) College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Humanities and Social Science Building Committee, 2004 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Review Committee, 2002-2003 Provost’s Humanities Initiative Committee, 2002 College of Liberal Arts Task Force on Writing/Communication Resources, 2001 College of Liberal Arts Task Force on Implications of Learning Technologies, 1998 Undergraduate Honors Award Program Speaker, May 1997 Faculty Commencement Speaker, Liberal Arts Commencement, December 1996 University of Iowa Faculty Representative to CIC ITTL (Web Learning Tools) Conference, Spring 1997 Planning Committee for the Iowa Symposium on Learning Technologies (Learning Opportunities in a Digital Age), 1996-97 Board Member, Iowa Center for the Book, 1995- Electronic Literacy Initiative Committee, College of Liberal Arts, 1995- University of Iowa Faculty Representative to CIC Conference on Learning Technologies, Spring 1995 Panelist, Center for Recent United States History multi-media seminar, Information Arcade, 24 February 1995 Student Computer Fee Advisory Committee, 1993-96 Review Committee for the Writers' Workshop, 1993 Search Committee for the Director of Information Technology, 1992 Search Committee for the Director of the Information Arcade ,1992 IILC (Information Arcade) Advisory Committee, 1991-95 University Task Force on Parenting, 1989-90 Professional Service: External Reviewer, Promotion to Professor, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, Georgia Tech, August 2011 External Reviewer, Gary Snyder Endowed Chair in Science and the Humanities, UC Davis, Dec 2011 External Reviewer for Chanceller’s Research Chair, Brock University, Canada. January, 2011 External Reviewer for Promotion to Professor, English Dept Texas Christian University, Fall 2010 Manuscript Reader for Routledge: Across the Screens: Science Fiction Television and Film. J. P. Telotte and Gerald Duchovnay, April 2010. Manuscript Reader for Wesleyan UP: The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction. Istvan Csicsery-Ronay. 2007. NAEP/ACT Reading Test Alignment Panelist, July 2009 Member, R.D. Mullen Research Fellowship committee, Science Fiction Studies/Eaton Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection, University of California, Irvine, 2008, 2009, 2010 Promotion to Associate Professor Review, English Department, University of California, Davis University, Summer 2008 Promotion to Professor Review, English Department, University of Florida, Fall 2007 5 Promotion to Associate Professor Review, English Department, West Virginia University, Fall 2006 Award of University Professor Review, DePauw University, Fall 2006 Promotion to Professor Review, English Department, University of Indiana, 2004 Promotion to Associate Professor Review, LaTrobe University, Australia, 2004 Promotion to Associate Professor Review, English Department, University of Indiana, 2002 Review of D. L. Toole Chaired Professor, Univ of South Carolina at Aiken, 2001 Promotion to full professor evaluation for English Department, University of Oregon, 2001 Promotion to Associate Professor Review for English Department, Villanova University, 2001 Judge (one of five) for the 1997 Philip K. Dick Award--a national award for the best original paperback work of science fiction Manuscript reader for Palgrave Press, PMLA, Cambridge University Press, Indiana University Press, University of North Carolina Press, Wesleyan UP, Popular Press, SUNY Press, Kent State University Press, and University of Iowa Press Promotion to full professor evaluations conducted for English Departments at Rensselaer Polytechnic, Georgia Tech, and the University