Michael Land, Assistant Professor of English
MICHAEL LAND
Assistant Professor of English (2000)
Department of English
Phone: 508-767-7004
Email: mland@assumption.edu
B.A., University of Alabama; Journalism, 1981
M.A., University of Missouri-Columbia; Creative Writing (Fiction), 1994
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia; Creative Writing (Fiction)/American Literature/Rhetoric and Composition, 1999
Ph.D. Thesis Title: “Highway 82″
Sample of Courses Taught
Introduction to Journalism (Service Learning), Writing and Editing (Nature Writing), Introduction to Film, Creative Nonfiction, Novel to Film, American Film Since 1940.
Sample of Publications
Essay, “Balance”, Heads and Tails, Spring 2003.
Essay, “Confessions of the Lone Extrovert,” The Chronicle of Higher Education Career Network, Summer 2002.
Essay, “On Toads, Terrorism, and Newton Hill,” Worcester Magazine, April 25, 2002.
Sample of Presentations
“Partnership and Impartiality: The Vexing Rewards of Service Learning in Journalism Class,” National Council of Teachers of English Conference, San Francisco, November, 2003.
Participant in Roundtable, “Neither ‘Man-Haters’ nor ‘Bunny-Huggers’: Working Against Stereotypes to Help Students in Urban Environments Understand Environmentalism, Feminism, and Ecofeminism,” Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, Boston, June, 2003.
Chairing panel, “Writing in Thoreau’s Backyard” (featuring Assumption students Lisa Paciello, Steve Muscatello, and Kristina England), Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, Boston, June, 2003.
“The Plastic Bag and the Grand Canyon,” Conference on Nature and Progress, Paris, November, 2002.
Other faculty for this department:
- Thoreen, David,
- Shields, Paul,
- Ramsey, Rachel,
- Murphy, Ann B.,
- Meyer, Allison Machlis,
- Lang, James M.,
- Knowles, Lucia Z.,
- Hodgen, John T.,
- Drew, Shahara,
- DiBiasio, Becky,
- Cotter, Nuala Sr.,
- Carella, Bryan,
- Beyers, Christopher T.,
- Ady, Paul,
