Scholarship and Biography

I work on the nature of literary experience, from Homer through present day movies, and on what an accurate description of literary experience can offer evolutionary psychologists and cognitive theorists.

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Honors

Henry Strong Prize for best essay on American Literature
Yale University (United States, New Haven), 1978
Martin Sampson Teaching Award
Cornell University (United States, Ithaca) - CU, 1984
Michael L. Walzer Award for Excellence in Teaching
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 1988 - 1989
Marver & Sheva Bernstein Faculty Fellowship
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 1989 - 1990
Fellowship
National Endowment for the Humanities (United States, Washington D.C.) - NEH, 1992 - 1993
Lerman-Neubauer Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2003
International Chair Professor
National Taipei University of Technology (Taiwan, Taipei) - NTUT, 2012
Old Dominion Fellow of the Humanities Council
Princeton University (United States, Princeton), 2014 - 2015

Organizational Affiliations

Professor of English, Department of English, Brandeis University

Affiliated Faculty, Master of Arts Program in Comparative Humanities, Brandeis University

Affiliated Faculty, Interdepartmental Program in Comparative Literature and Culture, Brandeis University

Affiliated Faculty, Interdepartmental Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Brandeis University

Affiliated Faculty, Department of Philosophy, Brandeis University

Education

Cornell University
Ph.D.
Cornell University
M.A.
Yale University
B.A.