University of Maine
Address:
Scott Peterson
Lecturer III in English
5752 Neville Hall, Room 203
Orono, Maine 04469-5752
U.S.A.
Office Telephone: (207) 581-3802
E-mail: scott.peterson@umit.maine.edu
***Office Hours for Spring 2009: Tuesdays from 9:30 to 10:30
and Thursdays from 1:00 to 2:00.***
Education
M.A. English—Postmodern Emphasis, 1988, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; Thesis: Visiting Hours: The Second-Person Address in Critical Theory and Creative Practice, Ewing Campbell, Ph.D., chair
B.A. English and Psychology, 1986, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, with honors and distinction
Courses Taught
ENG 129: Topics in English - American Culture through Baseball Fiction and Film
ENG 205: Introduction to Creative Writing
ENG 249: American Sports, Literature and Film
ENG 317: Business and Technical Writing
ENG 496: Field Experience in Professional Writing
Research Interests
American Sport Literature
American Sport History
American Sport Journalism
American Popular Literature
Creative Writing
Postmodernism
Publications
2007 Reviews of Paddy on the Hardwood and Women Characters in Baseball Literature. Aethlon 24.1, 121-2.
2007 Reviews of Town Ball and Baseball/Literature/Culture Essays on Arete.
2006 “Engineers Take on Writing: Integrating Technical Writing Instruction into Second- and Third-Year Engineering Courses,” published in the proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education, New England Section Meeting
2006 “I Wore a Skirt at First” (short fiction) vice-versa, no. 3.
2006 “The Penobscot and the Dime Novelist: Louis Sockalexis as the Source of Gilbert Patten’s Frank Merriwell.” Dime Novel Round-Up. 75.2 (April 2006): 47-56.
2006 Book review of Bleeding Red on Arete.
2005 Book review of Breaking into Baseball on Arete.
2005 “Hoisted” (short fiction) vice-versa, no. 1.
2004 Images of America: Orono. Portsmouth, NH: Arcadia.
2004 Reviews of Still Pitching and Baseball and American Culture, Aethlon 22.1, 209-211.
2003 “Two Away” (short fiction) Aethlon 21.1, 69-77.
2002 “The Rushin’ Prussian Conflict” (short fiction) Aethlon 19.2, 79-87.
2002 “Edgar Allan Poe at the University of Virginia” The Literary Traveler.
1999 “Dead Puppy Adagio for Glass Harmonica” (short fiction) Stolen Island Review, 92-94.
1997 "A Pilgrim's Primer." (creative non-fiction) The Black Mountain Review No.11, 8-13.
"The Reconstructive Voice." The Arkansas Quarterly 1.3, 194-210.
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Professional Presentations
2007 “Reeling in the Corn” (Reading), 24th Annual Sport Literature Conference, Saratoga Springs, New York.
2007 “Engineers Take On Writing (Phase II): Integrating Technical Writing Instruction into Senior Capstone Sequence,” American Society for Engineering Education, New England Section Meeting, South Kingston, Rhode Island
2007 “Of Ourselves We Sing: Finding An American Voice Through Early Baseball Journalism,” 12th Annual Conference on Baseball Literature and Culture, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
2006 “Take Me Out to the Old Ghoul Game: Play, Convention and Appropriation in Michael Bishop’s Brittle Innings,” 23rd Annual Sport Literature Conference, Arcata, California.
2006 “Engineers Take on Writing: Integrating Technical Writing Instruction into Second- and Third-Year Engineering Courses,” American Society for Engineering Education, New England Section Meeting,Worcester, Massachusetts.
2005 “Lardner to Harris to Plimpton: The Development of the Postmodern Comic Voice,” 22nd Annual Sport Literature Conference, Ames, Iowa.
2005 “The Penobscot and the Pulp Fiction Writer: Louis Sockalexis as the Source of Gilbert Patten’s Frank Merriwell,” 16th American Literature Association Conference, Boston Massachusetts.
2004 “George Plimpton Discussion: The Curious Case of Sidd Finch,” 21st Annual Sport Literature Conference, Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
2003 “Do You Know Me Now: The Busher Gets a Second Life,” 20th Annual Sport Literature Conference, Springfield, Massachusetts.
1989 “Fielding a Winning Offense: Using a Mastery-Based Individualized Approach to Attack and Solve Academic Problems,” co-presenter, 8th Annual Conference on Academic Support Programs, Dallas TX.
Teaching
Lecturer, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 1994-present; American Sports Literature and Film, Coordinator for Field Experience in Professional Writing, Technical Writing Consultant for Electrical and Computer Engineering, Business and Technical Writing, Introduction to Creative Writing, Persuasive & Analytical Writing; College Composition.
Instructor, Husson College, Bangor, Maine, 1993-1997; American Literature, Introduction to the Novel, Business and Personal Communication, Special Topics in Literature, First-year Composition
Instructor, University College, Bangor, Maine, 1992-1994; Developmental Writing
Instructor, Blinn College, Bryan and College Station, Texas, 1989-199; American Literature, English Literature, First-year Composition, Developmental English
Editorship
Aethlon, the Journal of Sport Literature, 2004-present; Fiction editor
Membership
Sport Literature Association
Maine Writers & Publisher’s Alliance
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