Michael Garcia

Associate Professor of Literature
Department(s) / Center(s)

Arts, Culture and Technology Department

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Biography

Michael Garcia is an associate professor of literature at Clarkson University. A native of rural Idaho, he is the son of an immigrant, and a first generation college graduate. He enjoys hiking and the commingling of tranquility and adventure that comes from living in a small town near the Adirondacks, yet also close to an international border.

Education Background

Ph.D. - Cornell University
B.A. - University of Nebraska

Courses Taught

  • American Gods
  • American Short Story
  • The Sacred and Profane in American Literature
  • Great American Authors
  • Science Fiction
  • Disaster Lit
  • Philosophy for Life

Teaching Interests

  • American Literature
  • Short Stories
  • Science Fiction
  • Philosophy for Life

Research Interests

Michael Garcia's research and teaching interests range from the work of essayist Richard Rodriguez to Latino literature, Ethnic literature, and 20th century American Literature, as well as more interdisciplinary inquiries.

Awards

  • Fulbright Fellow (Indonesia); [nominated for: Phalanx Commendable Service and Leadership Award, 2018 (nomination only)]

Publications

Presentations:

  • "Nabokov’s Index Puzzle: Exile and the Quest for Transcendence in Speak, Memory." Northeast Modern Language Associations (NeMLA) annual conference, Rochester, NY. 15-18 March, 2012.
  • "The Prison Narrative as Secular Conversion Narrative: Writing as Salvation in Joe Loya's The Man who Outgrew his Prison Cell: Confessions of a Bank Robber." National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies conference. Pasadena, CA. 5 March, 2011."
  • "Solving KenKen as Epistemological Inquiry." Arts and Sciences Seminar Series. Clarkson University. 8 September, 2010.
  • "The Existential Ethnic Self of Richard Wright's Black Boy." 100 Years of Richard Wright conference. University of Utah, 2-5 April, 2009.

Contact

Email: mgarcia@clarkson.edu

Office Phone Number: 315/268-3992

Office Location: 280 Bertrand H. Snell Hall

Clarkson Box Number: CU Box 5750

Website: https://people.clarkson.edu/~mgarcia/