David E. Goldweber
Oakland, CA
caterpillarpress@yahoo.com

EDUCATION:
PhD, English. New York University, New York, NY 1998
--Field: The English Romantic Period
--DISSERTATION: "'Without Losing The Past': Byron and the Conservative Critic." (Advisor: Paul Magnuson)

M.Phil., English. New York University, New York, NY 1995

MA, English. New York University, New York, NY 1993
--Master's Thesis on Milton's Paradise Lost: "Universal Diversity and Satanic Sameness." (Advisor: Anthony Low)

BA, English. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY 1990
--Senior Thesis on James Agee and E.L. Doctorow. (Advisor: Paul Russell)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Holy Names University, Oakland, CA
--"Critical Thinking," Spring 2003-present
--"Introduction to Poetry," Spring 2002-present
--ESL and Composition, Fall 2001-present

Merritt College and Laney College, Oakland, CA
--"Critical Thinking," Summer 2000-present
--"Composition and Reading - 1B (literature)," Spring 1999-present
--"Prep. for Composition and Reading," Fall 1998-present
--"Composition and Reading - 1A (expository)," Summer 1998-present
--"Basic Writing," Spring 1998-present

University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
--"Great Works of Western Literature," Fall 1998-Spring 2003

Armstrong University, Oakland, CA
--ESL Business Writing, Summer 1997-Fall 2002
--"Business Management Case Studies," Spring 1999-Fall 2000

International Institute of Distance Learning, Shanghai, PR China
--"Business Management Case Studies," Summer 1999

Shandong Institute of Economics, Jinan, PR China
--"Business Management Case Studies," Summer 1999

Audrey Cohen College, New York, NY
--"Critical Thinking and Writing through the Study of Literature" (Freshman English), 1995-96
--"Contemporary Values and Classical Ethics" (Freshman Philosophy), 1995-96
--"Clinical Seminar/Field Practicum" (Freshman Composition), 1994-95

TEACHING INTERESTS:
Introduction to Literature, Introduction to Poetry, Composition and Reading, The 1920s and Harlem Renaissance, Romantic Poetry, The American Renaissance, Modern Comic Books, Shakespeare, Business Writing, ESL.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

General:
"The Myth of Multitasking" op-ed - San Francisco Chronicle (Feb 21, 2005)
"The World is an Oyster" humor piece - East Bay Express (August 18, 2004)
"Minority Writers Need Not Write About Being A Minority" op-ed - The LA Times (July 10, 2004)
"Illuminated" album review - agoutimusic.com (October 2003)
"America's Natural Treasures" op-ed - The Oakland Tribune (July 18, 2002)
"Movie Man" interview - East Bay Express (June 1, 2001)
"The Bumper Stickers of Berkeley" op-ed - The Berkeley Voice (September 29, 2000)
Entries for the St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (1999), including
--Henry Miller, R. Crumb, Led Zeppelin, Underground Comics, and Star Trek

Literary:
"Countee Cullen, John Keats, and the Privileged Liar" - PLL, Winter 2002
"The Function of Dreams and Stories in The Sandman" - Int'l Journal of Comic Art, Spr. 2001
"Home at Last - The Conversion of Claude McKay" - Commonweal, Sept. 10, 1999
"Mr. Punch, Dangerous Savior" - International Journal of Comic Art, Spring 1999
"Byron and Gifford" - The Keats-Shelley Review, 1998
"Byron, Catholicism, and Don Juan XVII" - Renascence, Spring 1997
"The Style and Structure of Blake's Bible of Hell" - English Language Notes, June 1995
"Symbol as Truth in Neil Gaiman's Books of Magic" presentation
--Comiccon conference (San Diego, August 1999)
"Types of Art/Story Relationships in Modern Comic Books" presentation
--Popular Culture Association conference (San Diego, March 1999)

Fiction (as David Elroy):
"Octopus Shoes" - Science Fiction and Fantasy World website, June 2002
Bouncing Worlds (novel, self-published), 2000

WORKS IN PROGRESS:
"Claws and Saucers: A Guide to Horror, SF, and Fantasy films 1902-1982"
"'The Lady, Or the Tiger' and the Short Stories of Frank R. Stockton"
"The Pierrot Figure in Langston Hughes"

AFFILIATIONS, AWARDS, and MORE:
Modern Language Assocation
Wordsworth/Coleridge Association
Popular Culture Association
Outstanding Faculty Award, Armstrong University, Fall 1999, Fall 2000
Certificate of Achievement in Figure Drawing, Vista College, January 2004
Editor of "From Within" - Holy Names poetry journal, 2004

MEMBERSHIPS:
The Nature Conservancy
Golden Gate Audubon Society
World Wildlife Fund
National Resources Defense Council
National Wildlife Federation
National Geographic Society
Humane Farming Association
Jane Goodall Institute
Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine (PCRM.org)

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