Professor
Office: 209D Leonard Hall
Phone: 724-357-4934
E-mail: Jim.Cahalan@iup.edu
Website: www.english.iup.edu/jcahalan
Education
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 1982
Academic Interests
Modern and contemporary Irish literatures in both English and Gaelic, including fiction, drama, poetry, and film; modern and contemporary American literature, especially nature writing, Appalachian and southwestern authors; modern British literature, particularly drama and fiction; Theory (new historicism, feminism, ecocriticism, cultural studies, others); and Pedagogy (teaching college literature in light of both theory and pragmatic concerns, observing and videotaping classroom teaching, and mentoring teaching associates).
