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Born March 24, 1943, Colombia, S.A., U.S. Citizen.
Education
Ph.D., English Literature, 1970, University of South Carolina.
Dissertation: The Text of Thackeray's Pendennis (a scholarly edition)
M.A., American Literature, 1967, University of South Carolina
Thesis: The Use of Sources in Simms's Biography of Francis Marion
B.A., Secondary Education, English, 1966, University of South Carolina
Employment
Professor of English, DeMontfort University, Leicester, UK 2003—
Professor of English, University of North Texas, 2000—2003
Visiting Professor, English, University of North Texas, 1999-2000
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, Lamar University 1997--1999;
William L. Giles Distinguished Professor, Mississippi State University, 1997;
Professor of English, Mississippi State University, 1979‑‑1997;
Associate Professor of English, Mississippi State University, 1973‑79;
Assistant Professor of English, Mississippi State University, 1970‑73;
Other appointments
Assistant Research Archivist, South Carolina Department of Archives, 1968‑69.
Honorary Visiting Prof., Australian Defence Force Academy, Univ. of New South Wales (ADFA), 1989;
Visiting Professor, Royal Military College, University of New South Wales, Australia, 1984;
Coordinator, Modern Language Association's Center for Scholarly Editions, MLA Headquarters, 1976‑77;
Visiting Fellow, Australian Defence Force Academy, July-Aug. 2002
Honors
Boydston Prize, 2001 (for best review of a scholarly edition, Assoc. for Doc. Editing)
Alumni Association Upper Level Teaching Award, 1996
Robert W. Harrison, Jr., Faculty Excellence Award, 1995
Phi Kappa Phi, Awards Banquet Speaker, 1993
Outstanding Honors Faculty Member, 1992
Burlington Northern Achievement Award for Teaching, 1991
Commencement Speaker, Australian Defence Force Academy, University of New South Wales, 1989
John Simon Guggenheim Fellow, January‑December 1982
Administrative Experience
De Montfort University
Interim Director, Center for Technology and
the Arts, 2005--
Head of
Research, English, 2004--
Member, Faculty Research
Committee, 2003--
Member, Higher Degrees Review
Committee, 2003--
University of North Texas
Chair, Institutional Review Board, 2000--03
Member, English Department Executive Committee, 2000-03
Member, Personnel Affairs Committee, 2000-03
Member,
Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2000-03
Admin. Exper. cont.
Lamar University:
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, 1998--1999
Associate Director, Graduate Studies and Research, 1997--1998
Modern Language Association, Committee on Scholarly Editions
Coordinator (NYC) 1976‑77; Consultant, 1977, 1997; Member, 1979‑81; 1985; 1992‑95
Chair, 1982‑84
Mississippi State University, English Department:
Curriculum Committee 1970‑74, 1979‑83, 1990‑93
MA Examination Committee
Coordinator, MA Exam
Computer Use, Chairman, 1987‑88 ; Computer Writing Lab Subcommittee
Teaching Evaluation Committee 1990‑92
Chair, freshman writing contest. I edited and produced the Winning Essays booklet
annually for use in MSU composition classes, 1983‑1997.
Mississippi State University:
Chair, student book‑collecting contest, 1982‑1986.
Tenure and Promotion Committee, 1988
Search Committee, Department of Philosophy Head, 1988
Arts and Sciences Priorities and Planning, 1991
Chair, College Governance Committee, 1992, 1994
Computer Advisory Committee 1991-93
University Library Committee member, 1991-92 ; Chairman, 1992-1996
Library Self‑Study, SACS accreditation, 1991
Internal
Review, History Department, Chair, 1996
Professional Activities
Methods of Literary Research Division, MLA, Mem. 1982‑86, 1992-96; Chair 1985, 1995;
MLA Bibliography Discussion Group, MLA, 1983‑87
Executive Committee, SCMLA, 1994-97; Section Chair, 1972, 1982, 1992, 1998
Section Chair, SAMLA, 1988, 1996, 1998
Session Chair, Society for Textual Scholarship, Computer Applications, 1991
Session Chair, Association for Documentary Editing, Electronic Editions, 1996
Nominated for election, Vice President, SCMLA, 1985 and 1992
SGML, Text Encoding Initiative, Committee on Textual Criticism, 1991
Occasional Referee for the journals Costerus, Proof, JEGP, TEXT, Victorian Institutes Journal, Style
Editorial Board member
Costerus, 1973‑77; Review, 1979‑2000 ; Text (Society for Textual Scholarship), 1984‑ ;
Victorian Institutes Journal, 1991‑ 1999; Scholarly Edition, Works by Thomas Hardy, 1987‑1996
Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad, 1986‑ ; Australian Colonial Texts Series,
1989‑ 1995 ; Editorial Theory and Literary Criticism monograph series, U Mich. Press, 1991‑ ;
History of the Book monograph series, U. Penn Press, 1992‑ ; African American Research
Library (Du Bois Institute of Harvard and Collegium for African American Research), 1998-
Book Review Editor, Text 1992‑2004
Book Review Editor, Studies in the Novel 2000-2002
Book manuscript referee for U of Georgia P, the Modern Language Association, U of Penn. P,
Penn State UP, U of Mich. P, Princeton U P, U Florida P
Inspector for the Committee on Scholarly Editions for editions of Mark Twain, Thomas Carlyle, and
William James
Occasional referee on grant applications for the National Endowment for the Humanities, the John
Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the Canada Arts Council, the British Academy, Australian Research Council
Boydston Prize Selection Committee, 1995, 2003; Chairman, 1997
Society for History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing: Prize Committee, 1997
South Central Modern Language Association, Book Prize Committee, 1999
Grants
NEH Research Division, Editing Grant, A Thackeray Edition Project, Sept. 1977‑ Aug. 1978;
Renewed, 1978‑79; Renewed, 1980‑83; Supplement 1987‑90; Supplement 1993-96.
Computer Assisted Scholarly Editing (CASE) Workshop, NEH grant, May 1984
CASE Workshop, Australian Defence Force Academy, August, 1986
Teaching Experience
General lower division courses, English and American literature surveys
Honors Survey of English Literature II
American Literature Survey I
Honors Freshman Composition
Upper division:
Victorian Poetry and Prose
The Bible as Literature
Graduate courses:
Seminar in Dickens and Thackeray
Seminar in Mid‑Victorian Literature
Methods of Research and Bibliography (taught at UNT 1999 and 2000)
The English Novel (esp. 19th Cent.)
Nineteenth Century Literature (taught at UNT twice in 2000)
Research Interests
Nineteenth‑ and early twentieth‑century fiction (particularly W. M. Thackeray and Joyce Cary)
Nineteenth‑century publishing and book production history
Theory and practice of textual criticism and scholarly editing
Literary theory, communication theory
Computer Applications to Editing and Publishing
The Electronic Book
Computer Activities
Programs Developed: CASE (Computer Assisted Scholarly Editing) (1976-1986)
A package of eight programs integrating computer use in scholarly editing from research through typesetting.
List Founder and Owner: ESE (Electronic Scholarly Editions) 1994--1998, an Internet
discussion list devoted to electronic multi-media scholarly editions and archives.