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 and Community Service


Bentley Glass Mortimer Kreuter Award


Keynote Speech


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., American Literature, 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, 1998-2001.

  Course List

Publications

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

Professional Experience

  • Comparative Literature and Culture: A WWWeb Journal
  • Gale Research, Detroit, MI
  • St. James Press, Farmington Hills, MI
  • William Floyd School District, Mastic Beach, NY
  • American Institute of Physics, Woodbury, NY

Community Service

  • Interfaith Nutritional Network of Long Island
  • Literacy Volunteers of America

Miscellaneous

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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