Literature of Travel

 

American Family: a Literary Approach

 

American Literature and the Environment

 

Literature of American Slavery

 

Analysis of Short Fiction

 

Project Seminar

 

Publications

 

Course List

 

Dissertation

 

Professional Experience

 

Photography


Sharon Brown, Ph.D.
  P.O. Box 482
  Yaphank, NY 11980
   shbrown@ms.cc.sunysb.edu

Education

B.A. with honors, State University of New York at Stony Brook,1975.
Ph.D., English, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1990.

Dissertation

American Travel Narratives as a Literary Genre from 1542 - 1832: The Art of a Perpetual Journey (Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen, 1993).

Academic Employment History

State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of English and School of Professional Development,State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1983-present.

Touro College, Bay Shore, NY, School of Health Sciences, 1998-present.

  Course List

Literature of Travel
Identity Within the American Family, a Literary Approach
American Literature and the Environment
Literature of American Slavery
Analysis of Short Fiction

Master of Arts Project Seminar
Writing Workshop
Composition in the Core Humanities
Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Early-American Literature
Survey of American Poetry
Literary Analysis and Argumentation
Modern Fiction
Assistant Director of Student Teaching Certification Program
Freshman Counseling: Undergraduate 101

Publications

American Travel Narratives as a Literary Genre from 1542 - 1832
The Literature of Travel and Exploration
Reference Guide to American Literature
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
Literature Resource Center
Poetry Criticism
The Villager
Exploring Poetry
North Atlantic Review

Professional Experience

Gale Research, Detroit, MI
St. James Press, Farmington Hills, MI
William
Floyd School District, Mastic Beach, NY
American Institute of Physics, Woodbury, NY

Personal Interest

Since my undergraduate days when I worked my way through college as a part-time studio photographer, I have come to love looking through the lens.  Click here to see a few of my recent photos.               

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