Curriculum Vitae
ROGER CLARK SCHLOBIN
GENERAL INFORMATION
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708 Bremerton Drive Greenville, NC 27858-505 252-215-0308 e-mail: dragon@ateze.com http://wpl.lib.in.us/roger Born: June 22, 1944
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CURRENT APPOINTMENT:
Professor of English, Purdue University -- North Central.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Ohio State University, l971
Major: Medieval Literature and Language
Minor: Arthurian Literature (interdisciplinary): 540 to the present
M.A., English, The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1968
B.A., English, C. W. Post College, 1966
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
APPOINTMENTS:
1989- 2000: Professor of English, Purdue University (retired June 2000).
1994: Visiting Instructor, East Carolina University
1978-1989: Associate Professor of English, Purdue University.
1971-1978: Assistant Professor of English, Purdue University.
1970-1971: Teaching Associate, English, Ohio State University.
1970-1971: Teaching Associate, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Ohio State University.
1969-1971: Instructor, Upward Bound Program, Ohio Dominican College.
1969-1971: Instructor, Continuing Education, Ohio State University.
COURSES TAUGHT (asterisks indicate courses
developed; [c] indicates computer use):
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Remedial English* Shakespeare & the Nature of Man* Freshman Composition I & II [c*] Advanced Composition Florence 1200-1500* English Poetry The 12th and 14th Century Renaissances Mythology* Literary Genres* Literary Research and Bibliography (UB/G) Medieval Culture* English Literature I & II Chaucer (UG/G)* Literary Criticism* Science Fiction and Fantasy* The Science-Fiction & Fantasy Short Story* American Literature Survey |
World Literature I* & II Arthurian Literature: 540 to the Present* Introductory Linguistics* History of the English Language* Renaissance English Literature Myth and Magic* Religion, Myth, and Literature* The British Novel Greek and Roman Classics in Translation Thesis Research Advanced Freshman Composition* Medieval Literature* Heroic Fantasy* Horror Literature* Honors Composition [c] The Science of Folklore (UG/G)* Advanced Literary Theory (UG/G)* |
PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
BOOKS:
Andre Norton: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1980. 2nd rev. ed. Framington, MA: NESFA Press, 1994 [1995].
Lexicographer. The Pocket Word Finder Thesaurus. New York: Pocket Books, 1990.
The Literature of Fantasy: A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography of Modern Fantasy Fiction. New York: Garland, 1979.
A Research Guide to Science Fiction Studies: An Annotated Checklist of Primary and Secondary Sources for Science Fiction and Fantasy. New York: Garland, 1977. With Marshall B. Tymn and L.W. Currey.
Urania’s Daughters: A Checklist of Women Science-Fiction Writers, 1695-1982. Starmont Reference Guide No. 1. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, 1983.
The Year’s Scholarship in Science Fiction and Fantasy, 1972-1975. Serif Series. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1978. With Marshall B. Tymn. See Bibliographies and Checklists below for annual updates.
The Year’s Scholarship in Science Fiction and Fantasy, 1976-1979. Serif Series. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1983. With Marshall B. Tymn.
SOFTWARE:
Thesaurus Database (225,000+ words). Word Finder. E. Rochester, NY: Microlytics, 1985-6.
Beta Tester, Softcare, Inc., Laser Fonts for WordPerfect 5.0, Summer 1988.
PAMPHLETS AND MONOGRAPHS:
Word Choice: An Advanced Guide to Selecting a CP/M
Word Processor and a Microcomputer for Home, University, and Business. Lombard, IL: Quest Publishing, 1983.
EDITED BOOKS, CRITICAL ANTHOLOGIES, SERIES, AND JOURNALS:
The Aesthetics of Fantasy Literature and Art. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press; Brighton [U.K.]: Harvester Press, 1982.
Extrapolation. Special Issue on the Aesthetics of Fantasy and Horror Literature, Spring 1987.
The Starmont Reader’s Guides to Contemporary Science-Fiction and Fantasy Authors. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, 1979-1997.
1. Arthur C. Clarke by Eric S. Rabkin (1979, rev. ed. 1980)
2. Roger Zelazny by Carl B. Yoke (1979)
3. Philip José Farmer by Mary T. Brizzi (1980)
4. Joe Haldeman by Joan Gordon (1980)
5. Frank Herbert by David M. Miller (1980)
6. Alfred Bester by Carolyn Wendell (1982)
7. Theodore Sturgeon by Lahna Diskin (1981)
8. Fritz Leiber by Jeff Frane (1980)
9. David Lindsay by Gary K. Wolfe (1982)
10. Samuel R. Delany by Jane Branham Weedman (1982)
11. Hal Clement by Donald M. Hassler (1982)
12. Philip K. Dick by Hazel Pierce (1982)
13. H. P. Lovecraft by S. T. Joshi (1982)
14. C. S. Lewis by Brian Murphy (1983)
15. Jack London by Gorman Beauchamp (1984)
16. Stephen King by Douglas E. Winter (1982)
18. Robert Silverberg by Thomas D. Clareson (1983)
19. H. G. Wells by Robert Crossley (1986)
20. Piers Anthony by Michael R. Collings (1984)
21. Olaf Stapledon by John Kinnard (1986)
22. James Tiptree, Jr. by Mark Siegel (1985)
23. Suzy McKee Charnas, Joan Vinge, Octavia Butler by Marleen Barr, Richard Law, and Ruth Salvaggio (1986), respectively.
24. E. E. "Doc" Smith by Joseph Sanders (1986)
25. Charles Williams by Kathleen Spencer (1986)
26. J. G. Ballard by Peter Brigg (1985)
27. Marion Zimmer Bradley by Rosemarie Arbur (1985)
28. Brian W. Aldiss by Michael R. Collings (1985)
29. Gene Wolfe by Joan Gordon (1986)
30. Anne McCaffrey by Mary T. Brizzi (1986)
31. Ray Bradbury by William E. Touponce (1989)
32. Stanislaw Lem by J. Madison Davis (1990)
33. Children’s Fantasy by Francis J. Molson (1989)
34. Ira Levin by Douglas Fowler (1988)
35. Robert E. Howard by Marc A. Cerasini and Charles Hoffman (1987)
36. Mary Shelley by Allene Stuart Phy (1988)
37. Robert Bloch by Randall D. Larson (1986)
39. Frederik Pohl by Thomas Clareson (1987)
40. Isaac Asimov by Donald M. Hassler (1991)
43. A. Merritt by Ronald Foust (1989)
44. Peter Beagle by Kenneth Zahorski (1988)
47. Lewis Carroll by Beverly Lyon Clark (1990)
48. Ramsey Campbell by Gary William Crawford (1988)
49. Clark Ashton Smith by Steve Behrends (1990)
50. Christopher Priest by Nicholas Ruddick (1989)
54. J. R. R. Tolkien by David and Carol D. Stevens (1992, rev. 1993)
58. William Gibson by Lance Olsen (1992)
61. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. By Donald Morse (1992)
64. Welcome to the Revolution: The Literary Legacy of Mack Reynolds, by Curtis C. Smith (1995)
66. Cosmic Inferno: The Satirical World of Robert Sheckley by Gregory Stephenson (1997)
OTHER EDITING RESPONSIBILITIES:
Editor, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 1988- .
Consulting Editor. The Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature. 5 vols. La Canada, CA: Salem Press, 1983.
Editorial Board. Science Fiction Dialogues [Annual Volume of the Science Fiction Research Association]. Ed. Gary K. Wolfe. Chicago: Academy Chicago, 1982.
Editorial Board. Proceedings of the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts.
Editorial Board. Extrapolation, 1980-1990.
NOVEL (ELECTRONIC):
Fire and Fur: The Last Sorcerer Dragon. Livermore,CA: OmniMedia, 1994.
SHORT STORIES:
"For Lovers Only" (short story). In Magic in Ithkar. Ed. Andre Norton and Robert Adams. New York: Tor Books, 1985. 205-229.
"Of Age and Wisdom" (short story). In Catfantastique II. Ed. Andre Norton and Martin H. Greenberg. New York: DAW Books, 1991. 273-282.
POETRY:
"Elan Vital." Fantasy Review January 1984: 14.
"Imperfect Surfaces." Fantasy Review September 1985: 10.
REVIEWS:
"The Dragon’s Well." Monthly Column in Fantasy Newsletter, January 1982-February 1984.
Numerous other reviews of fiction, nonfiction, and computer software in a variety of journals.
RECENT & FORTHCOMING (1985- ) ARTICLES AND ESSAYS (literary):
"Andre Norton: The Author Becomes Her Fiction and Creates Life." In Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1991. Ed. Robert A. Collins and Robert Latham. Westport, CT, and London: Greenwood, 1994: 172-77.
"The Artisan in Modern Fantasy." Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts 6.4 (1995): 285-94.
"The Craving for Meaning: Explicit Allegory in the Non-Implicit Age." Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 5.1 (1992): 3-12.
"Danger and Compulsion in The Wind in the Willows, or Toad and Hyde Together At Last." Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 8.1 (1997): 34-41. Rpt. In The Haunted Mind: The Supernatural in Victorian Literature. Ed. Elton E. Smith and Robert Haas. Lanham, MD, and London: Scarecrow, 1999. 31-8.
"The Formulaic and Rites of Transformation in Andre Norton’s ‘Magic’ Series." In Science Fiction for Young Readers. Ed. C. W. Sullivan III. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993: 37-45.
"Pagan Survival: Why the Shaman in Modern Fantasy." In The Celebration of the Fantastic: Selected Papers from the Tenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Ed. Donald E. Morse, Marshall B. Tymn, and Csilla Bertha. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992. 39-47. Rpt. Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies 1.1 (1995): 5-12.
"Prototypic Horror: The Genre of the Book of Job." Semeia. No. 60 (1992): 22-38.
"Andre Norton." In Bibliography of American Fiction 1919-1988. Ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli and Richard Layman. New York: Facts on File, 1991, pp. 382-4.
"The Bumbler and the Silken Sleuths: The Cat Who Mysteries of Lilian Jackson Braun." The North Carolina Literary Review 5 (1996): 235-8.
"In Search of Creative Solitude in Modern Fantasy: An Essay on the Fascination with Evil." Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts Summer 1990: 5-13.
"The Femivore: An Unnamed Archetype." Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts Spring 1989: 87-97.
"Children of a Darker God: A Taxonomy of Deep Horror Fiction and Film and Their Mass Appeals." Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 1, No. 1 (1988): 25-50.
"Fantasy." In Handbook of American Popular Literature. Ed. Thomas Inge. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1988. 139-55. Revised essay forthcoming 2000.
"The Survival of the Fool in Modern Heroic Fantasy." In Aspects of Fantasy: Selected Essays from the Second International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film. Ed. William Coyle. Westport, CT, and London: Greenwood Press, 1986. 123-30.
"In the Looking Glasses: The Social and Cultural Fantasy Response." In The Scope of the Fantastic—Culture, Biography, Themes, Children’s Literature: Selected Essays from the First International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985. 3-9.
OLDER (pre-1985) ARTICLES AND ESSAYS (literary):
"Andre Norton." In Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Authors. Ed. Curtis C. Smith. New York and London: St. Martin’s/St. James, 1981. 401-403. Rev. entry. 3rd ed. 1991.
"Andre Norton: Humanity Amid the Hardware." In The Female Eye: Science Fiction and the Women Who Write It. Ed. Tom Staicar. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1982. 25-31, 134-136.
"Approaches to Course Structure: Fantasy." In A Teacher’s Guide to Fantastic Literature. Ed. Marshall B. Tymn. [Boca Raton, FL: Florida Atlantic University], 1982. 81-88.
"Bond, Nancy," "Susan Cooper," "Vera Chapman," "Alan Garner," "Sanders Anne Laubenthal," and "Andre Norton." The Arthurian Encyclopedia. Ed. Norris J. Lacy et al. New York: Garland, 1986. Rev. ed. as The New Arthurian Encyclopedia. 1991.
"Definitions of Science Fiction and Fantasy." In The Science Fiction Reference Book. Ed. Marshall B. Tymn. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, 1981, pp. 496-511.
"Duncan Idaho" (nineteen entries), "Aramsham, Otto," "Bene Gesserit Library on Wallach IX," "Ceremony of the Seed," "Fenring, Lady Margot," "Ghola," "Ijaz," and "Tleilaxu." In The Dune Encyclopedia. Ed. Willis McNelly. New York: Berkley/Putnam, 1984. 13-14, 128-31, 152-53, 215-18, 265-66, 317-32, 332, 489-91.
"The Fool and the Fantastic." Fantasy Newsletter December 1981: 6-9, 29.
"Here Abide Monsters by Andre Norton." In Survey of Science Fiction Literature. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1979, II, 969-971.
"Fantasy Versus Horror." In The Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature. Ed. Frank N. Magill and Keith Neilson. La Canada, CA: Salem Press, 1983, V, 2259-66.
"The Locus Amoenus and the Fantasy Quest." Kansas Quarterly 16.3 (1984): 29-33.
"Lord Dunsany." In Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Authors. Ed. Curtis C. Smith. London and New York: St. James/St. Martin’s, 1981. 631.
"The Minotaur Trilogy by Thomas Burnett Swann." In The Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature. Ed. Frank N. Magill and Keith Neilson. La Canada, CA: Salem Press, 1983. III, 1029-33.
"Preparing for Life’s Passages: How Fantasy Literature Can Help." Media & Methods November 1979: 26-27, 29, 50-51.
"The Scholarship of Incidence: The Unfortunate State of Fantasy Scholarship." Extrapolation 25th Anniversary Issue, Winter 1984: 335-39.
"Star Man’s Son: 2250 A.D. by Andre Norton." In Survey of Science Fiction Literature. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1979. IV, 2156-58.
"Thomas Burnett Swann’s Nixies: Pain and Pleasure." Extrapolation Spring 1983: 5-12.
"Whispersoft and Shadowfast." In Shadowings: The Reader’s Guide to Horror Fiction: 1981-1982. Starmont Studies in Literary Criticism No. 1. Ed. Douglas Winter. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, 1983, pp. 53-55.
"William Morris." In Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Authors. Ed. Curtis C. Smith. London and New York: St. James/St. Martin’s, 1981, pp. 631-32.
"The Witch World Series by Andre Norton." In Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature. Ed. Frank N. Magill and Keith Neilson. La Canada, CA: Salem Press, 1983, V, 2139-49.
BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND CHECKLISTS:
"An Annotated Bibliography of Recommended Fantasy Fiction." The CEA Critic, January 1978, pp. 37-42.
"Arthur C. Clarke: An Annotated Secondary Bibliography." In Arthur C. Clarke: A Starmont Reader’s Guide by Eric Rabkin. 2nd rev. ed. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, 1980.
"Fantasy Masterpieces: An Annotated Bibliography." In The Science Fiction Reference Book. Ed. Marshall B. Tymn. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, 1981, pp. 246-290.
"Farsighted Females: A Selective Checklist of Modern Women Writers of Science Fiction." Extrapolation, 23 (Spring 1982), 91-l07.
"Fritz Leiber: An Annotated Secondary Bibliography." In Fritz Leiber: A Starmont Reader’s Guide by Jeff Frane. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, 1980.
"The Fulfillment of The Dawn: A Checklist of Women Science-Fiction Writers, 1950-1980." New Moon, Winter 1981-82, pp. 4-17.
"The Future Females: A Checklist Through 1978." In The Future Females. Ed. Marleen S. Barr. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1981, pp. 179-189.
"The Year’s Scholarship in Science Fiction and Fantasy: 1974." Extrapolation, 18 (1976), 73-96 (This installment, and those that follow, with Marshall B. Tymn).
"The Year’s Scholarship in Science Fiction and Fantasy: 1975." Extrapolation, 19 (1978), 156-91.
"The Year’s Scholarship in Science Fiction and Fantasy: 1976." Extrapolation, 20 (1979), 60-99.
"The Year’s Scholarship in Science Fiction and Fantasy: 1977." Extrapolation, 20 (1979), 238-87.
"The Year’s Scholarship in Science Fiction and Fantasy: 1978." Extrapolation, 21 (1980), 45-89.
"The Year’s Scholarship in Science Fiction and Fantasy: 1979." Extrapolation, 22 (1981), 25- 91.
ESSAYS & REVIEWS (technical):
"Comparing N[ear] L[etter] Q[uality] Printers." IBM PC Update, February 1985, pp. 24-27.
"Computer Communications: An Idea Whose Time Has Come." LIST, June 1984, pp. 38-40, 42, 46-47, 50-52.
"’DataFlex.’" Interface Age, August 1984, pp. 87-88.
"Desktop Duo: Printrix and Fontrix." Publish! May 1987, pp. 86-87.
"’DisplayWrite 2.’" IBM-PC Update, September 1984, pp. 40-41.
"Eight Different Types of Business Graphs: Reportmaker 2.0 from KREPEC Software." LIST, July 1984, pp. 24-26.
"Expanding Your PC’s Potential with Multifunction Boards." IBM PC Update, May 1985, pp. 1-6.
"Microcomputer Study in College: What’s the Holdup?" Computing for Business, March 1985, pp. 61-64.
"Finally, Inexpensive Electronic Mail." The Institute for Personal Computing Bulletin, July 1984, p. 11.
"FYI 3000: A Data-Base Manager for Text." LIST, Winter/Spring 1984, pp. 63-64.
"General Guidelines for Purchasing a Microcomputer with a Word-Processing Program." Computers and Composition, February 1984, pp. 7-10.
"Integrated Systems." Lifelines, August 1984, pp. 24-28.
"It Imitates WordStar But for $446 Less: NewWord from NewStar Software." LIST, July 1984, pp. 27, 30-32.
"MagicBind Supersedes MailMerge." Microsystems, March 1984, pp. 111, 113-114.
"Omniterm 2: A Radio Shack Performer Now on the IBM PC." LIST, Winter/Spring 1984, pp. 14-15.
"Proportional Spacing on WordStar Greatly Enhances Word Processing." LIST, May 1984, pp. 68-70.
"Selecting an Inexpensive Printer." IBM PC Update, September 1986, pp. 46-48.
"Softerm PC: It’s Not Soft on Terminal Emulation." LIST, Winter/Spring 1984, pp. 18-19.
"SORD IS-11: Best of the Briefcase Portables?" Computing for Business, 10, No. 1 (January 1985), 68-70.
"Telecommunications: The After-Sale Bonanza. Part I." The Inside Track, 2, No. 1 (March 1985), 3-4; "Part II." 2, No. 2 (May/June 1985), 2, 4.
"Texas Instruments Professional Portable: Not Just Another PC Clone." Interface Age, October 1984, pp. 86-87.
"THINK TANK: Catering to the Low End." Lifelines, September 1984, p. 18.
"Throw Out MailMerge." Lifelines, February 1984, pp. 11-12.
"Torricelli Author, Toricelli Studio, Toricelli School, Toricelli Editor." Computers and Composition, November 1983, p. 8.
"Universal Communication: A Dying Dream?" Interface Age, September 1984, p. 55.
"The Value of a Thesaurus: What’s a Thesaurus for Anyway?" WordStar News, Summer 1988, p. 7.
"The Wonderful World of Electronic Mail." IBM PC Update, January 1986, pp. 1-3.
"WordStar & The Prowriter (The C-Itoh 8510 Printer)." User’s Guide, No. 14 (1985), pp. 51-53.
"WordStar Tips: Speed-Up for WordStar 3.xx." Inside Track, I, No. 3 (1984), p. 4.
"The Xerox 16/8 and EM-II: A More Valuable PC." The Inside Track, Vol. 1, No. 4 (November 1984), pp. 5-6.
"ZyIndex: A Computer Corral for Words and Phrases." LIST, Winter/Spring 1984, pp. 64.
SCRIPTS (technical):
"Telecommunications." In a series of
educational videotapes entitled Computers and Information Processing. Naperville, IL: Deltak, Inc., 1984.
TALKS AND PAPERS DELIVERED:
"Andre Norton: An Overview." Oakland University, 28 June 1978.
"Andre Norton and Roger Zelazny." Wright State University—Celina Campus, 12 June 1979.
"Blood, Gore, and the Femivore: Female Victims and Audience Participation in Horror Literature and Film." Kutztown State University, April 10, 1990. Sponsored by the College of Art & Sciences and Department of English
"Character, the Fantastic, and the Failure of Narratology." Sixteenth International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, March 1995.
"Children of a Darker God: The Taxonomy of Horror Fiction and Film." The Eighth Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, March 1987.
"The Definitions of Fantasy." University of Wisconsin—Madison, 16 February 1977.
"Fantasy: A ‘Popular’ Key to ‘Real’ Life." Kutztown State University, Academic Festival, 10 November 1983. Sponsored by the National Endowment to the Arts.
"Fantasy in the Classroom." Eastern Michigan University, 8 April 1978.
"Fantasy Since Tolkien." Eastern Michigan University, 25 March 1976.
"The Femivore: An Undiscovered Archetype." The Ninth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 15 March 1988.
"From the Old on to the New: New Directions in Fantasy Criticism and Theory." Modern Language Association Convention, 29 December 1985.
"The History of Arthurian Literature." St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, 8 April 1976.
"Horror Versus Fantasy: Illumination Through Juxtaposition." Second International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 21 March 1981.
"In Search of Creative Solitude in Modern Fantasy." The Eleventh International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 24 March 1990.
"In the Looking Glasses: The Popular and Cultural Fantasy Responses." First International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 21 March 1980.
The Issue of Genrification [panel discussion]. The Sixth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 15 March 1985.
"J.R.R. Tolkien and the Psychologists." Modern Language Association, 27 December 1981.
"The Locus Amoenus and the Fantasy Quest." The Fourth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 26 March 1983.
"Medieval Aspects of the Fiction of C.S. Lewis [respondent]." Midwest Modern Language Association, 3 November 1978.
"The Monsters Are Talismans and Transgressions." The 19th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 19 March 1998.
"The Nature of Fantasy." Science Fiction Research Association Conference, 18 June 1977.
"Origins and Nature of Fantasy Literature." Eastern Michigan University, 28 February 1978.
"Pagan Survival: Why the Shaman in Modern Fantasy?" Tenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Dania, FL, 17 March 1989.
"Publishing Opportunities in Science-Fiction and Fantasy Scholarship," Science Fiction Research Association Conference, 20 June 1980.
"’rituals’ footprints ankle-deep in stone’: The Potency and Irrelevancy of Setting in the Fantastic." 18th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 21 March 1997.
"Roots of Horror: Cosmology and Genre in the Book of Job," 12th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 22 March 1991.
"Resourses for the Study of Fantasy." Oakland University, 15 July 1978.
"Science Fiction, Science Fantasy, and Fantasy: The Distinctions [panel discussion]." Midwest Popular Culture Association, 24 October 1980.
"The Secondary and Its Keys to the Fantastic." Fifteenth International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, March 1994.
"The Sexism of Names and Allophones in Modern Fantasy: Sibilants, Plosives, Voiced, and Voiceless." Modern Language Association, 29 December 1983.
"Special Problems in Science-Fiction Bibliography." Science Fiction Research Association Conference, 19 June 1977.
"Stellar Women in Science Fiction [respondent]." National Council of Teachers of English, 21 November 1981.
"The Survival of the Fool in Modern Heroic Fantasy." Second International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 18 March 1981.
"Teaching Fantasy in the High School and University." Eastern Michigan University, 9 February 1980.
"The Teaching of Fantasy." Florida Atlantic University, 28 April 1979; 20 March 1981.
"Thomas Burnett Swann’s Nixies: Pleasure and Pain." Second International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 19 March 1981.
"Tolkien and The Silmarillion." The University of Wisconsin—Madison, 8 February 1978.
"Word Processing and Related Software for Microcomputers." The Fourth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 27 March 1983.
SEMINARS AND SECTIONS CHAIRED:
The Aesthetics of Fantasy Literature and Art. The Ninth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 16 March 1988.
American and British Fantasy: Some Contrast [panel of past scholarly award winners], 12th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 23 March 1991.
Andre Norton, 12th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 23 March 1991.
The Empress—An Interview with Andre Norton, 12th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 23 March 1991.
The Essential Qualities of Fantasy Literature. Second International Conference on the Fantastic, March 1981.
Fantasy & the Germanic, Russian, and Yiddish Traditions. Fifth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 21 March 1984.
Fantasy in the Primary and Secondary Classrooms. Florida Atlantic University, 27 April 1979.
Fantasy Literature: Wonder and Horror. Science Fiction Research Association Conference, 19 June 1980.
"Fantasy Scholarship: The Next Ten Years." The Ninth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 16 March 1988.
Fantasy Section. Science Fiction Research Association Conference, 18 June 1977; 18 June 1978.
Fantasy Utopias. The Fourth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 26 March 1983.
The Fiction of Stephen Donaldson. The Eighth Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, March 1987.
Freedom, Ecstacy, Death, and the Fantastic. Fifth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 23 March 1984.
Knowing the Author Too Well, or the Scholar as Toady [panel of award-winning scholars]. Tenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Dania, FL, 16 March 1989.
Moving Beyond Established Genres [panel of authors]. The Fourth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 26 March 1983.
Numina in Modern Fantasy. The Third International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, March 1982.
Publishing Opportunities. Fifteenth International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, March 1994.
The Sidekick in Modern Fantasy. The Eleventh International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 23 March 1990.
Sources of the Fantastic. First International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 22 March 1980.
The State of the Art [panel of authors]. Fourth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 25 March 1983.
Teaching Fantasy in the High-School Classroom. Eastern Michigan University, 9 February 1980.
Women Science Fiction Writers. World Science Fiction Conference, 3 September 1982.
MISCELLANEOUS SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY:
External Referee, M.A. Thesis, Acadia University, August 1996
Examiner, D. Litt., University of Edinburgh, 1990.
President, International Association for the Study of the Fantastic in the Arts, 1983-1985.
Reader/Referee: Publications of the Modern Language Association, University of Notre Dame Press, Kent State University, Prentice-Hall, Farleigh Dickenson University Press, and Garland Publishing.
Consultant, University Microfilm International Scholarly Press.
Board of Governors, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 1982 to the present.
Chair, Committee to Form the First Scholarly Organization for the Study of the Fantastic in the Arts, 1981-1982.
DISSERTATION:
"The Turke and Gowin, The Marriage of Sir Gawaine, and The Grene Knight: Three Editions with Introductions." Ohio State University, 1971. In Dissertation Abstracts 32 (1971-72), 6391A. Director: Francis Lee Utley.
HONORS AND GRANTS
Subject of satiric essay in The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts for contributions: "Raiders of the Lost Issues: Carl and Roger at the Forges of Illusion," by Donald E. Palumbo (vol. 3, nos. 3 & 4: pp. 153-72)
The Robert A. Collins Service Award from the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, March 1986.
Cited in Who’s Who in the Midwest (1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92), Contemporary Authors (1981, 1992), Directory of American Scholars (1975, 1978, 1982, 1999), International Who’s Who in Education (1979), Leaders in Education (1975), Personalities of America (1982), Men of Achievement (1976-77, 1977-78, 1982), Personalities of the West and Midwest (1984, 1985), and Dictionary of International Biography (1982, 1983, 1984).
Sabbatical Leaves: Spring 1980, Spring 1987, Spring 1994, Fall 1994.
Post-Doctoral Fellowship. National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer 1978.
Purdue University Research Assistance, 1975-1977.
Purdue Research Foundation Grant, Summer 1972.
Research Associate in Medieval Studies, Ohio State University, 1970-1971.
Outstanding Graduate in the Humanities, C.W. Post College, 1966.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Donald Morse, Presently Visiting Professor of English, Lajof Kossuth University, DEBRECEN -- 10, KLTE. Pf. 47., Angol Tanszek, Hungary -- 4010. FAX: 011-36-52-10936.
Lance Olsen, Associate Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program, Department of English, the University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843. (208)-885-6425.
Donald E. Palumbo, Department of English, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858-4353. (919)-328-6041.
Donald Morse, Presently Visiting Professor of English, Lajof Kossuth University, DEBRECEN -- 10, KLTE. Pf. 47., Angol Tanszek, Hungary -- 4010. FAX: 011-36-52-10936.
Carl B. Yoke, Associate Professor of English, Kent State University -- Trumbull Campus, 4314 Mahoning Av. NW, Warren, OH 44483. (216)-672-2288.
Thomas Young, Associate Professor of English and Section Head, Letters and Languages, Purdue University -- North Central Campus, Westville, IN 46391. (219)-872-0527.