ROBERT  W.  HAMBLIN     Professor of English   Director, Center for Faulkner Studies

• Office: Grauel 318 M (mornings), Kent Library 309 (afternoons)
• Address: Department of English, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
• Phone: 573-651-2628
• E-mail: rhamblin@semo.edu
• Fax: 573-651-5188

PERSONAL INFORMATION

• EDUCATION
• A.A., Northeast Mississippi Community College, 1958
• B.S.E., Delta State University, 1960
• M.A., University of Mississippi, 1965
• Ph.D., University of Mississippi, 1976
  
• TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• English teacher and baseball coach, Sparrows Point High School, Baltimore, Maryland, 1960-62
• Teaching Assistant, Department of English, University of Mississippi, 1964-65
• Member, Department of English, Southeast Missouri State University, 1965-present
• Professor, Missouri London Program, 1990, 2002
• Professor, Maastricht (Netherlands) Center for Transatlantic Studies, 2004
• Guest Lecturer, Senshu University, Japan, 2006
  
• AREAS OF INTEREST
• American Literature
• American Novel
• Bible and Literature
• Faulkner Studies
• Literary Criticism
• Poetry
• Southern Literature
• Sport Literature
  
• HONORS AND AWARDS
  
• Robert W. Hamblin Lecture Series, endowed by Prof. Stephanie and Scott Chamberlain, 2011
• Featured poet, Southern Literary Festival, Blue Mountain College, 2011
• Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2007, 1997
• University Studies/Athletic Department Success Award, Southeast Missouri State University, 2007
• PRIDE Award, Southeast Missouri State University, 2006
• Faculty Initiate, Phi Kappa Phi, 2001
• Missouri Library Association's Literary Award, 1998
• Southeast Missouri State University Alumni Association Faculty Merit Award, 1997
• Halsell Prize, Mississippi Historical Society, 1992
• Director, Missouri Humanities Council Summer Seminar, 1990, 1996, 1999
• Director, National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar, 1985-1987
• Honors, Southeast Missouri State University College of Humanities, 1982
• Phi Theta Kappa Alumnus of Letters, 1982
• Northeast Mississippi Community College Alumnus of the Year, 1981
• Participant, NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers, 1977
• NDEA Fellow, University of Mississippi, 1962-1965

COURSES

• EN 100 ENGLISH COMPOSITION
• EN 140 RHETORIC AND CRITICAL THINKING
• LI 220 FICTION AND THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE
• LI 256 THE VARIETY OF LITERATURE
• LI 270 AMERICAN LITERATURE I
• LI 510 LITERATURE AND THE BIBLE
• LI 565 SOUTHERN LITERATURE
• LI 570 MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN NOVEL
• LI 658 LITERARY CRITICISM
• UI 100 UTOPIAS AND DYSTOPIAS  
• UI 435 LITERATURE OF SPORT
  
  PUBLICATIONS

• FAULKNER STUDIES
• SPORT LITERATURE
• POETRY
• OTHER

PRESENTATIONS

• FAULKNER STUDIES
• SPORT LITERATURE
• POETRY
• OTHER

SPECIAL INTERESTS

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