Ph.D.

English

Florida State University, Department of English, Aug. 2020

Primary area: American literature and culture before 1900

Secondary areas: Literary theory and cultural studies

Dissertation: The United States of Psychopathy: Sympathy and Savagery in American Literature, 1776-1865

Committee: John Mac Kilgore (Chairperson), Trinyan Mariano, and Barry Faulk

M.A.

English

Florida State University, Department of English, Aug. 2015

Thesis Title: Crowd Affect Amidst the Emergence of Democracy for Melville, Poe, and Whitman

Committee: John Mac Kilgore (Chairperson), Dennis Moore, and James O’Rourke

B.A.

English, Philosophy

Flagler College, Apr. 2013

PUBLICATIONS

2018

Grech, Philip. “The Science of Psychopathy and Poe’s ‘The Man of the Crowd.’” The Edgar Allan Poe Review, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 53-75.

2009

Grech, Phil. Overtime 9: Don’t Waste Your Hands. Blue Cubicle Press. [chapbook]

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 Regional

Mar. 2019

“Civilized in Externals, but a Savage at Heart: Psychopathy in Melville’s America and Billy Budd.” Southeastern American Studies Association, Atlanta, GA.

Mar. 2016

“Confidence in Crowds: Affect in Democracy through Melville, Poe, and Whitman.” Northeast Modern Language Association, Hartford, CT.

Oct. 2014

“The Emergence of Affect in Crowds for Melville, Poe, and Whitman.” How to Feel About Affect, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

Oct. 2013

“Calvinism and the Internalization of Terror in Gravity’s Rainbow.” Popular/American Culture Association of the South, Savannah, GA.

Local and Institutional

Oct. 2017

Discussion presentation. Affect Theory. U.S. Literature Discussion Group, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

Nov. 2016

“The Science of Psychopathy and Poe’s ‘The Man of the Crowd.’” English Colloquium, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

Oct. 2014

Invited guest lecture. Crèvecoeur’s Letters From an American Farmer, in class taught by Dennis Moore, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

Aug. 2014

Invited guest lecture. Melville’s Billy Budd, in class taught by Amie Myers, Chipola College, Marianna, FL.

Mar. 2013

“Calvinism and the Internalization of Terror in Gravity’s Rainbow.” English Colloquium, Flagler College, Saint Augustine, FL.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Faculty I

Aug. 2020—

Florida State University, Department of English

Early American Literature and Culture Before 1800: The Origins and Development of American Identity. One section: 2021. Developed curriculum.

This course covers exploration and captivity narratives, US slavery and the trans- and circum-Atlantic slave trade, indigenous American literature, the Puritan tradition, Enlightenment discourse, the ideological foundations of the American Revolution and Constitution, early-American print culture (including the sentimental novel), gender studies, and perspectives in law and literature. Focus is on the problems, issues, and contradictions within the figuration of collective identity to understand the political discourse surrounding “what it means to be ‘American.’”

Research, Genre, and Context. Three sections: 2020-2021.

This course continues foci from First-Year Writing 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.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Jun. 2013-Jun. 2020

Florida State University, Department of English

In each of the following courses I was the Instructor of Record. Roles include full responsibility for reading schedule, assignments, teaching, and grading. Curriculums I developed are indicated as such.

Major Figures in American Literature: Crowds in Nineteenth-Century American Literature. 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. Four sections: 2018—2020. Developed curriculum.

This course covers tone, narration, form, and theme in representative short stories including both fiction and nonfiction.

Contemporary Literature. 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. One section: Spring 2017. Developed Curriculum.

This course covers tone, narration, form, and theme in representative short stories including both fiction and nonfiction.

American Authors to 1875. 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. 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. Five sections: 2015—2019.

Writing About Coming of Age of Film and Prose. Two sections: Spring 2015.

Developed curriculum.

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. 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 Writing: Rhetorical Composing. Twelve sections: 2014–2020.

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

Jan.—May 2016

Coordinator. U.S. Literature Discussion Group, Florida State University.

2014

Nonfiction Associate/Reader. Southeast Review, Florida State University.

Aug. 2013—May 2014

Reading and Writing Center Tutor. Florida State University.

CERTIFICATIONS

Certificate

Online Writing Instruction. Florida State University, Department of English (forthcoming, Nov. 2020).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2018—

American Studies Association (ASA)

2018—

Southeastern American Studies Association (SASA)

2016—2017

The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists (C19)

2016—2017

Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)

2015—2016

South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA)

2013—

Golden Key International Honour Society

2012—

Sigma Tau Delta