John M. Carlberg, Ph.D.

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Department of Languages and Literatures
Heide 429Whitewater, WI 53190
(262) 472-5053
carlberj@uww.edu

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

· Ph.D., English, Northern Illinois University; De Kalb, IL, 2002. Fields of examination: Seventeenth Century British, Nineteenth Century British, and Early American (up to 1865). Dissertation title: "Dickens and the Legal System"; Franklin Court, Director.

· M.A., English, Northern Illinois University; De Kalb. IL, 1992. Comprehensive Examination passed with distinction.

· B.A., English, Aurora University; Aurora, IL, 1990.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

· University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Lecturer, 1998-present. Freshman English 090, 101, and 102; English 216, British Literature Survey II; English 230, Foundations of Professional Writing and Editing; English 332, Writing for the Web; and English 372/572, Technical and Scientific Writing.

· Beloit College, Visiting Instructor, 1997-98. Academic Writing.

· Waubonsee Community College, Adjunct Faculty, 1992-98. Developmental Writing (Writing Workshop); Literature and Composition; World Literature; Early British Literature Survey; Walk-in Writing Workshop tutor.

· Northern Illinois University, Teaching Assistant, 1990-97. Computer-assisted Freshman Composition (English 103, 104, and 105); Experience of Fiction; Masterpieces of American Literature; Advanced Composition; Shakespeare.

ACADEMIC SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

· Search Committee member to hire tenure-track faculty member for the Professional Writing and Book Publishing emphasis, 2008-09.

· Member, ad-hoc committee to form new English Department emphasis, Professional Writing and Book Publishing, 2005-06.

· Supervisor, English Department computer lab assistants, UW-W 2000-03.

· Majors and Minors Committee, UW-W, 2002-03.

· Assessment Committee, UW-W 2000-02.

· “The Word^©, the Text, and the Critic: New Documents for the New Millenium”; presented 27 April 2000 as part of the Teaching and the Classroom series of faculty technology demonstrations (Dept. of Languages and Literatures), UW-Whitewater.

· Technology Committee, UW-W, founder/chair, 1999-03.

· Superior Student Writing Committee, UW-W, 1999-03.

· Session Moderator/Judge, High School Creative Writing Festival, UW-W, 1998-present.

· 19^th and 20^th Century British Curriculum Ad-Hoc Committee, UW-W, 1998-99.

· Advanced Composition Committee, UW-W, 1998-2002.

· Registration and Assessment assistance, Beloit College, 1997-98.

· Chapter Advisor, Golden Key National Honor Society, NIU Chapter, 1995-97.

· Session Chair, Staffing Committee member, and abstract referee, Graduate Conference on Language and Literature, NIU, 1994-96

· Keynote Speaker, Golden Key National Honor Society Induction Ceremony, NIU Chapter, 1995.

· Published Puttin' on the Grits, English Department Cookbook, a collection of recipes contributed by department faculty, staff, and graduate students, 1994.

· Vice-President of the English Graduate Student Association, 1993-94. Along with two other Ph.D. candidates, originated and wrote the EGSA Stencil, biweekly newsletter for NIU's English graduate students.

· Co-Founder and Co-Director of Northern Illinois University's Graduate Conference on Language and Literature, 1993. Also chaired Special Topic session on Midwestern Literature.

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

· "Battle Stations! Bellicose Science Fiction since 9/11"; presented at the Popular Culture Conference, April 8-11, New Orleans, LA, 2009.

· "Recent Trends in Space Opera"; presented at the Popular Culture Conference, March 19-23, San Francisco, CA, 2008.

· "Contemporary American Mediascape in George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck"; presented at the Popular Culture Conference, April 4-7, Boston, MA, 2007.

· "Alien Girls Gone Wild: Femina Ludens in the World of Farscape"; presented at the Popular Culture Conference, April 12-15, Atlanta, GA, 2006.

· "Farscape: Post-Mortem"; presented at the Popular Culture Conference, March 23-26, San Diego, CA, 2005.

· "The Memory of Whiteness: Kim Stanley Robinson's Melvillian Opus"; presented at the Popular Culture Conference, April 7-10, San Antonio, TX, 2004.

· "Fortunes Abroad: Dickens, Magwitch, and the Exportation of Empire"; presented to the Dickens Society, April 27, Madison, WI, 2003.

· "The Alien Within: Sci-Fi Cinema as Cultural Simulacra"; presented at the Popular Culture Conference, April 16-19, New Orleans, LA, 2003.

· “Myth and Folktale as Acculturation Devices in Robert Olen Butler’s "A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain"; presented at the Popular Culture Conference, April 19-22, New Orleans, LA, 2000.

· “Elizabeth: Effemination of the Queen”; presented (and chaired session) at the Pennsylvania College English Association Conference, March 17-18, Altoona, PA, 2000.

· "Turning Back the Clock: Rejuvenation as Countersign in the Short Stories of Katherine Mansfield"; presented at the Northern Illinois University Graduate Conference on Language and Literature, March 25-26, De Kalb, IL, 1995.

· "Effacing the Feminine in the Works of Jack London"; presented at the Midlands Conference, March 31-April 1, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, 1995.

· "Bartram's Travels: A Romantic Turning in American Ideology"; presented at the Missouri Philological Association, March 17-18, Jefferson City, MO, 1995.

· "'Call Me Tommo': Stasis and Artistic Annihilation in Melville's Typee"; presented at the Arkansas Philological Association, November 4-5, Hot Springs, AR, 1994.

HONORS AND AWARDS

· Honorary Member, Golden Key National Honor Society, inducted October 1995.

· Pat Francis Award for Outstanding Service in the Department of English, NIU, 1993.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

· Society for Technical Communication

· Arkansas Philological Association

· English Graduate Student Association, Northern Illinois University

· Modern Language Association

· Missouri Philological Association

· Popular Culture Association