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Philip R Grech
pgrech@fsu.edu | English Department | Florida State University
631 University Way | Williams Bldg | Tallahassee, FL 32306-1580
Education
Ph.D. English
Florida State University, Department of English, expected July 2020
Major: American literature and culture before 1900
Minor: Literary theory and cultural studies
Dissertation: The United States of Psychopathy: Sympathy and Savagery in American Literature, 1776-1865
Committee: Dr. John Mac Kilgore (Chairperson), Dr. Trinyan Mariano, and Dr. Barry Faulk
M.A. English
Florida State University, Department of English, August 2015
Thesis Title: Crowd Affect Amidst the Emergence of Democracy for Melville, Poe, and Whitman
B.A. English, Philosophy, Flagler College, April 2013
Publications
“The Science of Psychopathy and Poe’s ‘The Man of the Crowd.’” The Edgar Allan Poe Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2018, pp. 53-75.
Grech, Phil. Overtime 9: Don’t Waste Your Hands. Blue Cubicle Press, 2009. [chapbook]
Conference Presentations
Regional
“Civilized in Externals, but a Savage at Heart: Psychopathy in Melville’s America and Billy Budd.” Southeastern American Studies Association, Atlanta, GA. March 2019.
“Confidence in Crowds: Affect in Democracy through Melville, Poe, and Whitman.” Northeast Modern Language Association, Hartford, CT. March 2016.
“The Emergence of Affect in Crowds for Melville, Poe, and Whitman.” How to Feel About Affect, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. October 2014.
“Calvinism and the Internalization of Terror in Gravity’s Rainbow.” Popular/American Culture Association of the South, Savannah, GA. October 2013.
Local and Institutional
Discussion presentation. “Affect” from Keywords for American Cultural Studies, Florida State University. October 2017.
“The Science of Psychopathy and Poe’s ‘The Man of the Crowd.’” English Colloquium, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. November 2016.
Invited Guest Lecture. Crèvecoeur’s Letters From an American Farmer, Florida State University. October 2014.
Invited Guest Lecture. Melville’s Billy Budd, Chipola College, Marianna, FL. August 2014.
“Calvinism and the Internalization of Terror in Gravity’s Rainbow.” English Colloquium, Flagler College, Saint Augustine, FL. March 2013.
Teaching Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant. Florida State University. June 2013–present.
Reading and Writing Center Tutor. Florida State University. Fall 2013—Spring 2014.
Courses taught
In each of the following courses I was the Instructor of Record. Roles include full responsibility for reading schedule, assignments, teaching, and grading. Courses I designed are indicated as such.
Major Figures in American Literature: Crowds in Nineteenth-Century American Literature (AML 3311). Florida State University. Two sections: Summer 2018, Spring 2019.
Developed curriculum. This course focuses on major authors (traditional and new canon) in nineteenth-century American literature and studies literary portrayals of crowds with social and political questions driving our discussions.
Perspectives on the Short Story (LIT 3024). Florida State University. Three sections: 2018—2019
This course covers tone, narration, form, and theme in representative short stories including both fiction and nonfiction.
Contemporary Literature (LIT 2081). Florida State University. One section: Summer 2017.
Developed curriculum. This course covers fiction and nonfiction from WWI to the present focusing on authors of color.
The Short Story (LIT 2020). Florida State University. One section: Spring 2017.
This course covers tone, narration, form, and theme in representative short stories including both fiction and nonfiction.
American Authors to 1875 (AML 2010). Florida State University. Two sections: Fall 2016, Fall 2017.
Developed curriculum. This course covers important writings by representative American authors (traditional and new canon) from the colonial period through the post-Civil War era.
Introduction to English Studies (ENG 2012). Florida State University. One section: Summer 2019.
This course helps students to think about what it means to be an English major and shows how English studies can be used in their career choices.
Research, Genre, and Context (ENC 2135). Florida State University. Five sections: 2015—2019.
This course continues foci from ENC 1101 and emphasizes teaching students research skills that allow them to effectively incorporate outside sources in their writing and to compose in a variety of genres for specific contexts.
Writing about Coming of Age of Film and Prose (ENC 1145). Florida State University. Two sections: Spring 2015.
Developed course. This course includes reading, studying film, research, drafting, and writing essays and a journal for a total of 7,000 words.
Freshman Writing, Reading, and Research (ENC 1102). Florida State University. One section: Spring 2014.
This course includes reading, research, drafting, and writing essays and journal entries for a total of 7,000 words.
First-Year Composition and Rhetoric (ENC 1101). Florida State University. Ten sections: 2014–2019.
This course includes drafting and writing expository essays and journal entries for a total of 7,000 words. The semester focuses on the importance of critical reading, writing, and thinking skills, as well as the importance of using writing as a recursive process involving invention, drafting, collaboration, revision, rereading, and editing to clearly and effectively communicate ideas for specific purposes, occasions, and audiences.
Academic service
Coordinator. U.S. Literature Discussion Group, Florida State University, Spring 2016.
Nonfiction Associate/Reader. Southeast Review, Florida State University, 2014.
Honors, Awards, and Distinctions
First place in online opinion (national). Society of Professional Journalists, June 2013.
First place in online opinion (regional). Society of Professional Journalists, March 2013.
Gold award in opinion (personal essay). Gargoyle Anthology, Flagler College, 2013.
Professional Affiliations
American Studies Association (ASA). Member, 2018—
Southern American Studies Association (SASA). Member, 2018—
Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists (J19). Member, 2016—2017
Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA). Member, 2016—2017
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA). Member, 2015—2016
Graduate Assistants United Student Union, Florida State University. Member, 2014—
Golden Key International Honour Society. Member, December 2013—
Philosophy/Religion Symposium, Flagler College. President, 2011—2013.
Sigma Tau Delta. Member, 2012—
