February 1, 2010 P.O. Box 912 Vernal, UT 84078 Department: (435) 722-1735 Home: (435) 781-0484 e-mail<alan.blackstock@usu.edu Education Ph.D., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Examination fields: Rhetoric/language; Nineteenth-century British literature. December 1995. Dissertation: The Rhetoric of Redemption: The Literary Criticism of G. K. Chesterton. Chair: Professor LynnDianne Beene. The dissertation examines G. K. Chesterton s literary criticism of Dickens, Newman, Carlyle, and Ruskin from a rhetorical standpoint. The thesis focuses on Chesterton s desire to redeem literature and criticism from the control of the academic elite and to return it to the common man. Chesterton s purpose was to establish a genuine common man s criticism and with it to challenge the assumptions about literature and its value prevailing among writers and critics of the time. M.A., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Examination fields: Medieval, Renaissance, Seventeenth-century and Nineteenth-century British literature. May 1984. B.A., cum laude, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. Major: English literature and language. May 1978. Teaching Experience: Professional Experience 2005-date Associate Professor, Utah State University Uintah Basin Instruct students in composition, research writing, literature, literary criticism, and advanced writing, both live and via distance-ed. systems. Represent faculty on management team, advise students, and coordinate course offerings and programs with main campus. 2000-2005 Assistant Professor, Utah State University-Uintah Basin Instruct students in composition, research writing, literature, literary criticism, and advanced writing, both live and via distance-ed. systems. Represent English department on management committee; schedule courses; hire, train, and supervise adjunct instructors; advise students, and coordinate course offerings and programs with main campus. 1999-2000 Assistant Professor, InterAmerican University, San Germán, PR Instructed students in ESL, composition, argumentation, and literature. Supervised teaching assistants for M.A. program in TESOL. Served on various committees, advised students, and created, selected, and evaluated instructional and assessment materials. 1991-1999 English Instructor, Wharton County Junior College, Wharton, TX Instructed students in writing, argumentation, critical reading and analysis, research strategies, and use of the computer as a writing tool. Served on various committees, advised students, and evaluated and ordered instructional materials. 1990-1991 Teaching Assistant, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. Taught expository writing and analytic/argumentative writing for Freshman English program, along with technical writing for advanced students.
Publications: Refereed: Blackstock, Alan. With Considerable Art : Chesterton on Blake, Browning, and Shaw. Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature 62.1 (Fall 2009): 21-40. Blackstock, Alan. Beyond the Pale: Women, Cultural Contagion, and Narrative Hysteria in Kipling, Orwell, and Forster. ARIEL: A Review of International Literature. Politics and Postcolonial Writing Issue 36:1-2 (Fall 2006): 183-206. Blackstock, Alan, ed. A Green River Reader. Salt Lake City: U of Utah P, 2005. Blackstock, Alan, and Virginia Norris Exton. Drive-by English : Teaching College English to High School Students Via Interactive TV. Teaching English in the Two-Year College 32.4 (May 2005): 379-389. Blackstock, Alan. Redeeming the Fallen Giants: Chesterton on Newman, Carlyle, and Ruskin. Religion and Literature 26.2 (Summer 2004): 25-49. Non-refereed Blackstock, Alan. Lee Osler. The Return of Christian Humanism. (book review). Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Journal 62.1 (Fall 2009): 266-272. Blackstock, Alan. Robert Scholes. Paradoxy of Modernism (book review). RMMLA Journal 60.2 (Fall 2006): 41-44. Blackstock, Alan. Fritz Oelschlaeger. Love and Good Reasons: Postliberal Aproaches to Christian Ethics and Literature. (book review). RMMLA Journal 60.1 (Spring 2006): 1-4 Blackstock, Alan. David Finkelstein. The House of Blackwood: Author-Publisher Relations in the Victorian Era. (book review). RMMLA Journal 58.1 (Spring 2004): 68-71. Blackstock, Alan. Little Girl Lost in the Forests of Night: Blake s Night and the Lyca Poems, El Nopal: Proceedings of the Southwest Symposium (May 1991): 95-105. Blackstock, Alan. J.D. Salinger. Magill s Survey of American Literature. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1992. 1798-1809. Presentations Blackstock, Alan. Transcendence in the Desert. 2009 Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Convention, Snowbird, Utah. Blackstock, Alan. Landscape, Religion, and the Narrative Arc in Death Comes for the Archbishop and A Passage to India. 2009 American Society for Literature and the Environment Convention, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Blackstock, Alan, Vini Exton, and Liza Olsen. Using the Airwaves to Enhance Learning: USU s Distance-
Delivered English Education Degree. 2009 College Composition and Communication Convention, San Francisco, CA. Alan Blackstock Presentations (cont d) Blackstock, Alan, Mandarins of Modernism: Pound, Babbitt, Richards, and Confucius. 2008 RMMLA Convention, Reno, NV. Blackstock, Alan. Mosque, Cathedral, Temple, Cave: Religion as Architecture in Death Comes for the Archbishop and A Passage to India. 2007 RMMLA Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Blackstock, Alan. USU s Requests for Alternative Assignments Policy. 2007 Regional Campuses and Distance Education Conference, Logan, UT. Blackstock, Alan. Publish or Perish? 2005 Utah State University Continuing Education Conference, Midway, UT. Blackstock, Alan, Vini Exton, Lynn Meeks, and Darren Perkes. Open Wide the Gates: Accessing College Composition from High School Classrooms. 2005 College Composition and Communication Convention, San Francisco, CA. Blackstock, Alan. Aesthetic vs. Ethical Criticism at the Turns of the Centuries. 2004 RMMLA Convention, Boulder, CO. Blackstock, Alan, and Vini Exton. Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism. 2004 USU Continuing Education Conference, Logan, UT. Blackstock, Alan, and Susan Talley. Beyond the Talking Head: Generating Discussion in Distance-Ed Classes. 2003 USU Continuing Education Conference, Park City, UT. Blackstock, Alan, and Vini Exton. Partners in Distance Learning: College English for High School Seniors. 2003 National Council of Teachers of English Convention, San Francisco, CA. Blackstock, Alan. Beyond the Pale: The Embodiment of Women in Kipling, Orwell, and Forster. 2003 RMMLA Convention, Missoula, MT. Blackstock, Alan. Redeeming the Fallen Giants: Chesterton on Newman, Carlyle, and Dickens. 2001 RMMLA Convention, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Panels Chaired Ethical Criticism. 2009 Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Convention, Snowbird, UT. Technology and Distance Education. 2009 RMMLA Convention, Snowbird, UT. Literary Criticism. 2007 RMMLA Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Eighteenth-Century English Literature 2006 RMMLA Convention, Tucson, AZ. Wayne Booth and Ethical Criticism. 2006 RMMLA convention, Tucson, AZ. Writing Across the Curriculum. 2005 Utah State University Continuing Education
Conference, Midway, UT. Alan Blackstock Administrative Experience National/Regional Service Delegate-at-large to Executive Board, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, 2004-2007. College Service RCDE Faculty Senate representative, 2009-present. Member of Promotion Committees for Dr. Vini Exton (TEAL), Dr. Nathan Straight (English) and Dr. Nick Allmendinger (Natural Resources), 2009-present. Chair, Lecturer Promotion Committee, USU-Uintah Basin, 2005-2008. Faculty Search Committee Chair, USU-Uintah Basin, 2001. EO Representative, USU-Uintah Basin, 2000-2001. Department Service Assistant English Department Head for Regional Campuses, 2007-present Member of Promotion Committee for Dr. Nathan Straight Faculty Representative on Management Team, 2005-2006 English Faculty Representative, USU-Uintah Basin, 2000-2005, 2007-present. English 1010 Concurrent Enrollment Coordinator, USU-Uintah Basin, 2000-present. Overseas English 1010 program mentor, USU-Uintah Basin, 2000-2001. Professional Memberships American Society for Literature and the Environment National Council of Teachers of English Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Awards 2005 Utah State University Continuing Education Researcher/Scholar of the Year 2004 Utah State University Continuing Education Instructor of the Year
References Dr. Steve Hawks Interim Dean and Executive Director Utah State University Uintah Basin 987 E. Lagoon Street (124-9) Roosevelt, Utah 84066 435-722-1710 e-mail: steve.hawks@usu.edu Prof. Virginia Exton Assistant Professor of English Education Utah State University Uintah Basin 1680 US Highway 40 Vernal, UT84078 (435) 789-6100 e-mail: vini.exton@usu.edu Prof. Robert Mueller Associate Professor of History Utah State University Uintah Basin 987 E. Lagoon Street (124-9) Roosevelt, UT 8 (435)789-2294 e-mail: Robert.mueller@usu.edu Prof. John Barton Senior Lecturer in History Utah State University Uintah Basin Roosevelt, Utah 84066 (435) 789-2294 e-mail: john.barton@english.usu.edu