Scott Harshbarger

Associate Professor of English

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Mason hall 105

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(516) 463-5396

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(516) 463-6395

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Degrees

PHD, 1991, Duke Univ; MA, 1986, San Francisco State Univ; BA, 1983, San Francisco State Univ

Bio

Scott Harshbarger, Associate Professor of English, teaches courses in British Romantic literature, American Literature, classic and modern fairy tales, and pedagogical theories of English grammar. After earning is B.A./M.A. at San Francisco State University, he received his Ph.D. at Duke University, writing his dissertation on William Wordsworth, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the oral dimension of the rhetorical tradition. He has published on Hawthorne, Wordsworth, biblical rhetoric, grammar pedagogy, and literary nationalism. In his most recent article, 'Intimations of Neoteny: God and Play in Wordsworth's 1799 Prelude,' published in Philosophy and Literature, he explores how the biological concept of neoteny illuminates William Wordsworth's poetic intuition that 'The Child is the Father of the Man.' Currently directing the MA in English Literature program, he is working on a book-length study of literary works that feature persuasion as major theme.

Teaching Interests

British Romantic Literature; Fairy Tales

Research Interests

British Romantic Literature; Fairy Tales; Evolutionary Psychology

Recent Courses Taught

Course	Title	Level
ENGL 051	(LT) AMER LITERARY IDENTITY	Undergraduate
ENGL 198O	AMERICAN GOTHIC	Undergraduate
HUHC 013	(LT) C & E FALL HUMANITIES	Undergraduate
HUHC 014	(LT) C & E SPRING HUMANITIES	Undergraduate

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