John Rodden 1 CURRICULUM VITAE John Rodden [email protected] | (512) 876-3320 407 W. 18th St #306 Austin, TX 78701 ACADEMIC Tunghai University (Taiwan), Visiting Professor, 2011-current EMPLOYMENT: University of Texas Extension Division, 1994-2011 College of Education, University of Pecs, Hungary, Visiting Professor, 2005-present Department of Communication Studies, UT, 1989-1993 Department of Rhetoric and Communication Studies, University of Virginia (UVA), Assistant Professor, 1985-89 (tenure offered in 1989) TEACHING AND Courses Taught (at UVA and UT): ACADEMIC SERVICE: Graduate: Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory Rhetoric and the German Tradition Rhetoric, Theory, Praxis Cultural Theory/Literary Art Rhetoric and the Popular Arts Undergraduate: Rhetoric of Utopia Genre and Popular Culture Introduction to Cultural Theory Rhetorical Criticism and Practice Strategies of Argumentation Professional/Family Conflict Resolution Business and Professional Speaking Intro to Public Speaking Popular Literature into Film Directed or served as committee member on 21 dissertation committees EDUCATION: Ph.D., English, UVA, 1987 M.A., English, UVA, 1982 B.A., English, La Salle University, summa cum laude, 1978 John Rodden 2 ACADEMIC/ CURRICULAR DISTINCTIONS: National/ International: National Communication Association (NCA) Book Award, 1990 (for The Politics of Literary Reputation) National Communication Association (NCA) “Best Dissertation” Award, 1988 Fulbright Scholar Award to University of Frankfurt, Germany, 1988 Advisory Editorial Board Member: Modern Age (1994-), Society (1998-), Human Rights Review (1999-), Journal of Human Rights (2001-). U.K. Debating tours, 1978 and 1981 (sponsored by the English Speaking Union) First Place, National Forensics Association Championships, 1978 Western Communication Association “Best Article” Award, 1994 (for Regional/Local: “Field of Dreams”) University of Texas, College of Communication, Book Award 1987-89, April 1990 Academica Sinica (National Academy of the Arts and Sciences), Taipei, Invited Lectures: Taiwan, June 2011. National University of Singapore, Asian Studies Institute, June 2011. Tunghai University (Taichung), Keynote Speaker, George Orwell In Asia Symposium, May 2011 National Taiwan University, College of Humanities, May 2011. Hong Kong University, English Department, May 2011. Fulbright Scholars of California Lecture Series, Stanford University, December 2010 University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, American Studies Program, September 2009 Loyola Marymount University, Presidential Speakers Program, September 2009 University of Toronto, Sociology Department, September 2009. Concordia University (Montreal), Institute for Genocide Studies and Human Rights, September 2009. Fulbright Scholars of California Lecture Series, University of California at Berkeley, October 2009 Northwestern University, Institute for the Humanities, November 2006 John Rodden 3 PROFESSIONAL Editorial/Scholarly Advisor, “Marxism Today,” Film Documentary on East SERVICE: Germany, Phil Collins Productions, 2011 Editorial/Scholarly Advisor, “Doublethinking Troubles,” Film Documentary, Canadian Film Board, 2006 to present Co-chair, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, “Lionel Trilling Centennial Conference,” November 2005 Co-Producer, “Orwell’s Relevance Today,” Film Documentary, Baranowski Productions, 2003 Co-Chair, Wellesley College, “George Orwell Centenary Conference,” May 2003 PUBLICATIONS Books 1. Of G-Men and Eggheads: The FBI and the New York Intellectuals, University of Illinois Press, forthcoming. 2. Re-“Orienting” Orwell: New Perspectives on George Orwell in Asia (ed. with Henk Vynkier), submission under consideration at Hong Kong University Press. 3. The Intellectual Species: Post-Gutenberg Prospects, Troubador Press, forthcoming. 4. Between Self and Society: Narration in the British Psychological Novel, University of Texas Press, forthcoming. 5. George Orwell: Critical Insights (ed.), Salem Press, 2012. 6. The Cambridge Introduction to George Orwell (with John P. Rossi), 2012. 7. The Unexamined Orwell, University of Texas Press, 2011. 8. Isabel Allende: Critical Insights (ed.), Salem Press, 2010. 9. Lighting a Candle: the Memoirs of Ruth Pfau (submission under consideration at Crossroads Publishers). Translation of Eine Kerze anzünden: Erinnerungen von Ruth Pfau, Herder Verlag. 10. Politics and the Intellectual: Conversations with Irving Howe (ed. with Ethan Goffman), Purdue University Press, 2010. 11. Dialectics, Dogmas, and Dissent: Stories of East German Victims of Human Rights Abuse, Penn State University Press, 2010. 12. The Walls That Remain: Western and Eastern Germans Since Reunification, Paradigm Publishers, 2008. John Rodden 4 13. Every Intellectual’s Big Brother: George Orwell’s Literary Siblings, University of Texas Press, 2007. 14. The Cambridge Companion to George Orwell (ed.), Cambridge University Press, 2007. 15. Textbook Reds: Schoolbooks, Ideology, and Eastern German Identity, Penn State University Press, 2006. 16. Irving Howe and the Critics (ed.), University of Nebraska Press, 2005. 17. The Worlds of Irving Howe (ed.), Paradigm Publishers, 2005. 18. George Orwell: Into the Twenty-First Century (ed. with Thomas Cushman), Paradigm Publishers, 2004. 19. Scenes from an Afterlife: The Legacy of George Orwell, ISI Press, 2003. 20. Repainting the Little Red Schoolhouse: A History of Eastern German Education, 1945- 1995, Oxford University Press, 2001. German edition under consideration at Shaker Verlag. 21. Performing the Literary Interview: How Writers Craft Their Public Images, University of Nebraska Press, 2001. 22. Lionel Trilling and the Critics (ed.), University of Nebraska Press, 1999. 23. Conversations with Isabel Allende (ed.), University of Texas Press, 1999. German translation: Zorn und Liebe, Herder Verlag, 2000. Second English edition, 2004. Italian edition, 2006. Portuguese edition, forthcoming. 24. Understanding Animal Farm: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents (ed.), Greenwood Press, 1999. 25. The Politics of Literary Reputation: The Making and Claiming of ‘St. George’ Orwell, Oxford University Press, 1989. Second Edition, Transaction Publishers, 2001. Selected Reviews 1. Society, March-April 2010 (The Cambridge Companion to George Orwell) 2. University Bookman, Spring 2010 (Every Intellectual’s Big Brother) 3. German Studies Review, February 2009 (Textbook Reds) 4. Review of English Studies, Modern Intellectual History, 2008 (comprehensive review essay of Rodden’s Orwell oeuvre to date). 5. New York Review of Books, 2008 (The Walls That Remain) John Rodden 5 6. Review of Politics, Fall 2006 (Every Intellectual’s Big Brother) 7. Review of Politics, Winter 2008 (Every Intellectual’s Big Brother) 8. Journal of Human Rights, July 2007 (Repainting the Little Red Schoolhouse [RLRS]) and Textbook Reds 9. Society, January 2005 (Scenes from an Afterlife) 10. Utopian Studies, Spring 2004 (Scenes from an Afterlife) 11. Southern Humanities Review, Fall 2004 (RLRS) 12. Pädagogik, Spring 2004 (RLRS) 13. Atlantic, May 2003 (Scenes from an Afterlife) 14. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 10 April 2002 (RLRS) 15. Atlantic, Lead review, July 2000 (Lionel Trilling and the Critics [LTC]) 16. New York Times Book Review (NYTBR), 6 November 1999 (Conversations with Isabel Allende) 17. NYTBR, 11 March 1999 (LTC) 18. New Criterion, Lead Review, Winter 1991 (The Politics of Literary Reputation [PLR] ) 19. Village Voice, 5 June 1990 (PLR) 20. In These Times, 20 May 1990 (PLR) 21. National Review, 10 May 1990 (PLR) 22. New Republic, 12 January 1990 (PLR) 23. Chronicle of Higher Education, 4 June 1989 (PLR) 24. NYTBR, 6 April 1989 (PLR) Articles, Book, and Reviewed Chapters (Peer-Reviewed=PR; Not Peer-Reviewed=NPR) Forthcoming 1. “Confessions of A Recovering Utopian,” Society (forthcoming). (NPR) 2. “‘Barbed-Wire Sunday’ at 50: The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall and It’s Enduring Significance,” Wellesley Studies in Human Rights (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming). (NPR) John Rodden 6 3. “Of Tales and Tellers: Modes of Narration in the Novel,” Society, forthcoming. (NPR) 4. “George Orwell,” The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism (with John Rossi), forthcoming. (NPR) 5. “When La Salle Was a College: Memories of the 1970s,” La Salle Magazine, forthcoming. (NPR) 2014 1. “Of G-Men and Eggheads: The FBI and the New York Intellectuals,” American Communist History, Spring 2014. (NPR) 2. “The Intellectual as Critic and Conscience: George Orwell and Albert Camus, In Memoriam,” Midwest Quarterly, Fall 2014. (PR) 3. “Homage to Orwell, My Intellectual Big Brother,” Midwest Quarterly, Fall 2014. (PR) 4. “Two Theories of Reputation-Building, or How Orwell Became ‘A Famous Author,’” Midwest Quarterly, Fall 2014. (PR) 2013 1. “More catholic, Less Catholic? American Catholic Higher Education Since Vatican II,” Society, Fall 2013. (NPR) 2. “‘Hitler’s Pope?’ Reflections on Pius XII and the 1933 Reichskonkordat at 70,” American Conservative, July 2013. (NPR) 3. “Pius XII and the German Concordant of 1933,” The Wanderer, September 2013. (NPR) 2012 1. “Performative Styles in the Literary Interview: Notes Toward a New Typology,” Society, Spring 2012. (NPR) 2011 1. “‘A Hanging’ at 80: George Orwell’s Literary Breakthrough,” American Conservative, August 2011. (NPR) 2. “The Cold War on Ice” (cover story), Commonweal, July 2011. (NPR) 3. “What If Eric Blair Had Married Jacintha Buddicom?” Blair/Orwell Forum, January 2011. (NPR) 4. “The Autobiography Orwell Never