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Curriculum Vitae
Timothy D. O’Brien
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in English, 1981; M.A. in
English, 1975; and B.A. in English, 1973 from the University of California, Santa Barbara
DISSERTATION: Character and Authority in Middle English Literature
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
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Middle
English Literature
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18th Century
English Literature
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Satire
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Robert Frost
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PUBLICATIONS:
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Book
Names, Proverbs, Riddles, and Material
Text in Robert Frost.
New York: Palgrave-Macmillan,
2010.
Articles and Reviews
“Taking the
Calf to Market in Robert Frost’s ‘The Pasture.’” The New England Quarterly 86.1
(March 2013): 125-36.
"Textual
Tree: Material Text and the Prefatory Poems of A Witness Tree." The
Robert Frost
Review 16 (Fall
2006) 57-77 (Published September 2007).
“Brother as
Problem in the Troilus.” Philological Quarterly 82.2
(Spring 2003), 125-48
(Published Spring 2006).
“Traces of
Medusa in the Troilus.” Quidditas:
Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and
Renaissance Association 23 (2002), 33-49 (Published October 2004).
“Sikernesse and Fere
in Troilus and Criseyde.” The Chaucer Review 38.3 (2004),
276-93.
’Frost knots
on an airy gauze’: The Search for a Name in Frost.” The Robert
Frost Review 13
(2003), 56-75.
"Hand
Imagery, Masculinity, and Narrative Authority in The Book of Sir Launcelot and
Queen Guinevere." English Language Notes 39.3 (March 2002): 1-18.
"Seductive
Violence and Three Chaucerian Women." College Literature 28.2
(Spring, 2001),
178-96.
"Oppositions
in In Country." Critique 41: 2 (Winter, 2000),
175-90.
"Fire
and Blood: 'Queynte' Imaginings in Diana's
Temple." Chaucer Review 33.2 (1998), 157-67.
"The
Breton Lays," Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol
146: Old and Middle English Literature
(1994), 343-49.
"Troubling
Waters: the Feminine and the Wife of Bath's Performance." Modern
Language
Quarterly 53.4 (December 1992), 377-391.
"Allusion,
Word-Play, and the Central Conflict in Hemingway's 'Hills Like White
Elephants.'"
Hemingway Review 12.1 (Fall 1992), 19-25.
"'Ars-Metrik': Science, Satire, and Chaucer's Summoner." Mosaic 23.4 (Fall 1990),
1-22.
Review of
Social Chaucer, by Paul Strohm. The Journal of
the Midwest MLA, 23.2 (Fall 1990),
46-50.
The Readerly Sir Launfal."
Parergon, 8 (1990), 9-22.
"The
Shadow and Anima in Sir Orfeo." Mediaevalia, Vol 10
(1984), 235-254, in print Fall 1988.
"Archetypal
Encounter in 'Mending Wall.'" American Notes and Queries, XXIV
Nos. 9 & 10
(1986), 147-51.
Hecht's 'The
Dover Bitch' as Parody." The Explicator 44.2 (1986), 51-54.
"The
Hungry Author and Narrative Performance in Tom Jones." Studies
in English Literature 25
(1985), 615-35.
"Daring
to Read Daring to Dream." Review of Daring to Dream:
Utopian Stories by United
States Women, 1936-1919,
ed Carol Farley Kessler. The Arnoldian, 12, No. 2 (1985), 46-48.
"Review
of Chaucer and the Imagery of Narrative, by V.A. Kolve.
The Journal of the Midwest
MLA, 8, No. 2 (1985), 49-52.
"Word
Play in the Allegory of King Horn." Allegorica
7.2 (1982), 110-22, in print Fall 1984.
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CONFERENCE
PAPERS:
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“’The
Pasture’ as Robert Frost’s Great Misgiving.” “Remystifying
Robert Frost” Panel at the 128th
MLA Convention, Boston, MA, January 4,
2013.
“’The Lost
Follower’: Something Gold Can Stay.” “New Work on Robert Frost” Panel at 21st
Annual
American Literature Association
Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 27, 2010.
“Theorizing
Frost’s Christmas Cards.” “Frost & the Fifties” Panel at the 19th
Annual American
Literature Association Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 24, 2008.
"Textual
Tree: the Prefatory Poems in Frost's The Witness Tree."
Conference of the American
Literature Association, San Francisco, CA, May 25-28,
2006.
"'They
Also Serve . . .': Proverbial Sayings in
Frost's Poetry." Conference of the America
Literature Association, Boston, MA, May 26-29,
2005.
"The
Problem of ‘Brother’ in Troilus and Criseyde.” Pacific Ancient and
Modern Language
Association Convention, Claremont,
CA, November 9, 2003.
"In the
Name of Frost: Naming and Signature in Frost's Poetry."
Conference of the American
Literature Association, Cambridge, MA, May 22-25, 2003.
"Traces
of Medusa in the Troilus." South Atlantic Modern Language
Association Conference,
Baltimore, MD, November 15-17, 2002.
"Sticks
and Stones: 'Wood' and 'Astoned' as
Emotional Material in the Troilus." Rocky Mountain
Medieval and Renaissance Association
Conference, Las Vagas, NV, May 23-25, 2002.
"Practicing
Seductive Violence: The Wife in the 'Shipman's Tale.'"
Pacific Ancient and Modern
Language Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, November 10-12,
2000
"'Fere' and 'Sikerenesse' in Troilus
and Criseyde and the 'Merchant's Tale.'" Sixth Annual
Conference of the Arizona Center
for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Tempe, AZ,
February 17-19, 2000.
"Gender,
Power, and Authority in The Book of Launcelot
and Queen Guinevere." Southeastern
Medieval Association 25th Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN, October 14-16,
1999.
"Seductive
Violence and Three Chaucerian Women." Conference of the Texas
Medieval
Association, San Antonio, TX,
September 1998.
"'Queynte' Imaginings in Diana's Temple." 23rd
Southeastern Medieval Association Meeting.
Nashville, TN., September 1997.
"Science
and Satire in The Summoner's Tale."
The Sixth Citadel Conference on Literature.
Charleston S.C., March 1988.
"The
Shadow and Anima in Sir Orfeo."
Conference of Southwestern Medieval Association,
Session on Critical Approaches to Medieval Texts. Chattanooga, Tenn.,
October 1985
"Three
Middle English Androgynes." Conference
of Midwest MLA, session on Feminist
Approaches to Literature. Bloomington, October 1984.
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
U.S. Naval
Academy
Professor, August 1994-
Present
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HE111-112
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Rhetoric and
Introduction to Literature
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HE217-218
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Western
Literature I and II
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HE222
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The Bible and
Literature
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HE302
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Forms of
Poetry
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HE313
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Chaucer and
His Age
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HE333
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Shakespeare
and His Contemporaries
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HE442
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Literary
Criticism
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HE462
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Chasing
Medusa
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HE507
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Stopping by
the Woods: Robert Frost
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Associate Professor, August
1987 - June 1994
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HE101
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Practical
Writing
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HE111-112
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Rhetoric and
Introduction to Literature
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HE112V
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Rhetoric and
Introduction to Literature
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HE220
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Renaissance
to Revolution
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HE222
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The Bible and
Literature
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HE224
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Science and
Literature
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HE313
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Chaucer and
His Age
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HE333
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Shakespeare
and His Contemporaries
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Assistant Professor, August
1984 - June 1987
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HE111-112
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Rhetoric and
Introduction to Literature
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HE222
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The Bible and
Literature
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HE313
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Chaucer and
His Age
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HE333
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Shakespeare
and His Contemporaries
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HE442
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Literary
Criticism
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Iowa State University
Adjunct Assistant Professor,
August 1981 - June 1984
Freshman Composition
Intermediate Composition
Business Communications
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES:
Department
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Department
Chair
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June 2009 -
present
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Member, Pay,
Promotion, Tenure Committee
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Aug 2008 –
June 2009
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Member,
Hiring Committee
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Aug 2006
- June 2008
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Department
Homepage Administrator
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Aug 2006
- Aug 2008
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Member,
Information Technology Committee
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Jan 2007
- June 2009
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Member,
Research and Professional Development Committee
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Aug 2007 -
June 2009
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Member,
Assessment Committee
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Feb 2003 -
June 2005
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Member, Pay,
Promotion, Tenure Committee
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Aug 2002 -
June 2006
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Member, Plebe
Curriculum Committee
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Aug 2002 -
June 2006
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Department
Chair
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June 1997-
June 2001
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Chair, Plebe
Curriculum Committee
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Aug 1992 -
July 1993
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Member, Ad
Hoc Budget Committee
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Aug 1992 -
July1993
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Member,
Hiring Committee
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Aug 1988 -
June1990
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Member, Plebe
Curriculum Committee
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Aug 1985 -
June1995
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Chair, Plebe
Curriculum Committee
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Aug 1985 -
June1988
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Member, Pay,
Promotion, Tenure Committee
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Aug1985 -
June 1987
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Division/Yard
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Member, NAPS
Dean Search Committee
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Oct 2009 –
May 2010
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Member,
Research Excellence Award Committee
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Aug 2006 -
June 2008
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Member,
Academic Affairs Committee
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Aug 2006 –
June 2009
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Member,
Mid-States Self-Study Committee on Mission,
Goals,and Assessment
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Aug 2003 -
June 2006
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Member,
Faculty Senate Executive Committee
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Aug 2006 -
Aug 2007
Aug 2001 -
Aug 2003
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Co-Chair,
Service Excellence Award Committee
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Aug 2001 -
June 2005
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Co-Chair,
Promotion and Tenure Committee
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Aug 1996 -
June 1997
Aug 2003 - June 2005
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Chair,
Mid-States Self-Study Committee on Mission, Goals, and Assessment
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Aug1995 -
Dec1996
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Member,
Faculty Senate
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Aug 1994 -
June 1997
Aug 2001 - August 2007
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Member,
Institutional Research Board
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Mar 1993 -
June 1998
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Member,
Civilian Faculty Affairs Committee
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Aug 1990 -
June 1992
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Member,
Operational Policy Committee (Merger of USIS and History)
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Apr 1991 -
June 1991
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Chair, CFAC
Academic Affairs Subcommittee
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Aug 1990 -
June 1991
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Member, Ad
Hoc PARS Committee
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Jan 1990 -
June 1990
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Member,
Curriculum Review Subcommittee
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Aug 1990 -
Dec 1990
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Member, MARC
Subcommittee, History/English
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Jan
1989 - June1989
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Member,
Dean's Study Group on Computer Use
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Jan
1989 - June 1989
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OTHER ACTIVITIES:
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Faculty Represenatative, Men's Swim Team
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Aug 1993 -
1995
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Plebe Advisor
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Jul 1992 -
June1998
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Instructor,
Computer Training Program
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August 1989
&1990
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Seminar
Leader, USNA Summer Seminar
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June 1989 -
June 2007
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Faculty Advisor,
Churchill Society
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Aug 1985 - June 1987
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Editor, Soundings:
Readings for an Officer of the Sea Services
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Jan1987 -
June 1987
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PROFESSIONAL
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President,
The Robert Frost Society
Member,
Executive Committee, The Robert Frost Society
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May 2011-
May2012
May 2009 -
present
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