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      • Aaron Gwyn
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    • Jonathan Overton
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Alan Rauch

English
animal studies
codifications of knowledge
culture
digital publishing
History of the Book
material culture
natural theology
new media
romantic culture
romantic literature
technology
victorian culture
victorian literature
visualization
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Alan-Office-SmEducation

  • Ph.D., Rutgers University (Literature)
  • M.A., Rutgers University (Literature)
  • M.A., Southern Illinois University (Zoology)
  • B.Sc., McGill University (Biology)

Books 

  • Dolphin– Reaktion Books, 2014.
  • England in 1815: A Critical Edition of The Journal of Joseph Ballard – Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
  • Useful Knowledge: The Victorians, Morality, and the March of Intellect – Duke University Press, 2001.
  • The Mummy!: A Tale of the Twenty- Second Century (1827), by Jane Webb (Reprint) – U. Michigan Press, 1994.
  • One Culture: Essays in Science and Literature. Ed. George Levine. Asst. Ed. Alan Rauch – U. of Wisconsin Press, 1987.

Essays

  • “Science, Women, and the Mother Tongue: Translating Knowledge for 19th Century Readers,” Under Review.
  • Entry on Maria Hack. (1777–1844). Palgrave Encyclopedia of British Women Writers, 2021.
  • “Death as a Sacrament in Kingsley’s Water-Babies” in Jonathan Conlin and Jan Marten Ivo Klaver (eds.), Charles Kingsley: Faith, Flesh, and Fantasy. Routledge Studies in Cultural History, 2021. Pp. 184-201.
  • “The Sukotyro: On the Extinction of a Nonexistent Animal,” Configurations, Vol. 28 (1) 2020: 51-88.
  • “Ocean of Whales and Dolphins,”  RISE: A Children’s Literacy Journal. Spring/Summer 2017.
  • “Science and Literature.” Blackwell Encyclopedia of Victorian Literature. Dino Felluga, Linda Hughes, and Pamela Gilbert, Eds. London, 2015.
  •  “Ecce Emendator: The Cost of Knowledge for Scholarly Editors,” Chronicle of Higher Education, [https://chroniclevitae.com/news/285-ecce-emendator-the-cost-of-knowledge-for-scholarly-editors].
  • “Scholarly Publishing: Hindsight Toward a Digital Future.”,J. of Scholarly Publishing, Vol. 42, Number 1 / October 2010, 56-67.
  • “The Pupil of Nature: Science and Natural Theology in Maria Hack’s “Harry Beaufoy.” In Laurence Talairach-Vielmas, Ed.,  Science in the Nursery, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholar’s Press, 2011.
  • “The Scholarly Journal: Hindsight Toward a Digital Future,” Journal of Scholarly Publishing, Vol. 42, Number 1 / October 2010, 56-67.
  • “The Sins of Sloths: The Giant Ground Sloth as a Paleontological Parable,” Victorian Animal Dreams, Deborah Morse, Martin Danahay. Aldershot: Ashgate Press, 2007. Pp. 215-228.
  • “Mentoria: Women, Children, and the Structures of Science.” Nineteenth Century Contexts, Volume 27, Number 4, (December 2005), pp. 335-351.
  • “Great Work. You’re Fired.” [Program-Building and Disposable Labor: A Neglected Fourth Dimension in Evaluating Faculty], The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 1 2005.
  • ” The Lacunae of Science: Observing the Unobserved in the Practices of Knowledge.” Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, Volume 28, No. 3, September 2003, pp. 209-216.
  • “Victorian Poetry and Science.” In The Blackwell Companion to Victorian Poetry, ed. Richard Cronin, Antony Harrison, and Alison Chapman. London: Blackwell, 2002.

Curated Exhibit & TedX Presentation

  • “All Real Animals are Imaginary,” TedX – Charlotte. Feb. 6, 2021[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZqadvWIbJo]
  • Subverting the Natural Order: Women and Science, Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, University of Florida, November 2 – December 18, 2015

Areas of Interest

  • Science, Technology, and Culture
  • The Long 18th Century, Romantic, & Victorian Literature & Culture
  • Codifications of Knowledge
  • Animal Studies
  • The Graphic Novel
  • Material Culture – The Meaning of Things
  • History of the Book including New Media, Visualization, & Digital Publishing

Courses Taught

  • ENGL 4072/5072: The Bible as Literature
  • ENGL 6680: British Women Writers in the 19th C.
  • ENGL 6070: Dickens Bicentennial Seminar
  • ENGL 6126: The Victorian Era
  • ENGL/Honors 3050: Animals, Culture, and Society
  • ENGL 3050: Jewish Identity & The Graphic Novel
  • LBST 2213: Science, Technology, and Society
  • HONR 3701:Science, Technology, and Human Values
  • LBST 2102: Global and Intercultural Connections
  • ENGL 3302: British Literature Survey II

Professional Activities

  • Advisory Board, Publications of the Modern Language Association (PMLA) -2019-2023
  • Chapter Head, Sigma Xi:  The Scientific Research Honor Society (2020 –
  • President: Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ)
  • Editor: Configurations: A Journal of Literature, Science, and Technology (Johns Hopkins)
  • Past- President: Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts
  • BOOK SERIES EDITOR, Intersections in Literature and Science, University of Wales Press, 2008-
  • ADVISORY BOARD, Penn State University Press –Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures, a series edited by Nigel Rothfels and Garry Marvin – 2011-2013
  • Modern Language Association, National Program Committee, 2008-2011
  • MLA Ad-Hoc Committee to Study the Feasibility of Changing the Convention Dates,” 1995-96

Fellowships and Awards

  • Mellon Fellowship, Library Company, Philadelphia  2019
  • Chancellor’s Diversity Grant, “Jewish Identity & the Graphic Novel,” UNC Charlotte, 2008-09
  • Gilder Lehrman Institute of American Studies Fellowship, New York Public Library, New York, 2007
  • Boston Athenaeum Bicentenary Fellow, Boston 2006
  • Franklin Fellowship, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 2005
  • Trent Dames Fellow in the History of Civil Engineering, Huntington Library, 2003-04
  • Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities, Fellow, Cambridge University, 2003
  • C. P. Snow Fellowship, Harry Ransom Research Center, University of Texas, 2002
  • Fellowship for College and University Teachers, National Endowment for the Humanities 1992-93
  • Advanced Institute in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, Fellow, 1992

Community Service

  • Charlotte Observer – Guest Writer
  • Sunrise Assisted Living – Occasional Guest Speaker
  • Charlotte Area Science Network (CASN)
  • Carolina Actors Studio Theatre (CAST)
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