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  • Gregory S. Jackson
  • Associate Professor of English
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  • gjackso@rutgers.edu
  • Office: TBA
  • Office Hours:

    MWTh 11:00-12:00
  • Primary Areas of Specialization: Colonial and Early American Literature; Early Modern Drama; Literature and Intellectual History; Literature and Religion; Nineteenth Century American Literature
  • Field of Interest: Early American, Theory
  • About:

    "In my courses I try to instill a sense of community among my students in the midst of what, at a vibrant research institution, can sometimes seem like an impersonal environment. Making unfamiliar literature and historically distant cultures relevant and ‘respectable’ to a diverse body of students—and making those objects of study worthy of their time and energy—is a challenge that I enjoy. I’m especially gratified when my students learn, and even come to love, these unfamiliar texts and contexts.
  • Book(s):
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    The Word and Its Witness: The Spiritualization of American Realism
  • Undergraduate Courses Taught:
    • American Gothic
    • British-American Survey
    • Gospel of Realism
    • Introduction to the Novel
    • Law and Literature
    • Postbellum Literature of Urban Reform
    • Shakespeare
  • Graduate Courses Taught:
    • American Religious Vernaculars
    • Anglo-American Puritan Literature and Culture
  • Awards:
    • Best Paper Prize for “What Would Jesus Do?,” Religion and American Culture Caucus of the American Studies Association, October 2005
    • CLS-Andrew W. Mellon Junior Faculty Fellow, 2005
    • Provost’s Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Arizona, 2003
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  • Education: PhD, University of California, Los AngelosBA, Oregon State UniversityBS, Oregon State University