Central Washington University - Department of English: Steven Olson

EDUCATION

Ph.D., English, University of Illinois (U of I), 1986
M.A., English, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), 1978
B.A., English, Moorhead State University, 1972

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, Central Washington University, 1989-present. American Literature (surveys of all periods and novel from 1850 to the present). Seminars in Twain, Melville, Poe and Hawthorne, Whitman and Dickinson, Hawthorne and Faulkner. Principles of English Studies. Studies in Film. Composition. Introduction to Literature.

Assistant Professor, Northern Montana College, 1986-1989. American Literature (surveys of all periods). Form in American Poetry. Mark Twain Seminar. Freshman Composition. Critical Writing. Technical Writing. Research Writing.

Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois, 1980-1986. Freshman Composition. Composition with Computers. Masterpieces of English Literature. Masterpieces of American Literature. Introductions to fiction and poetry. Wilderness in Literature.

Instructor and Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at El Paso, 1977-1979. Freshman Composition. Technical Writing.

COURSES TAUGHT AT CWU

Principles of English Studies
Poetry and Poetics
American Literature I and II
Studies in Film
Studies in Major American Writers,
Studies in the Film Auteur
American Novel I and II
Modern Poetry
English Composition
The Literary Imagination: Introduction to Literature

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Department of English
L&L Bldg, 416A
400 E. University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7553
Phone: (509) 963-1536
fax: (509) 963-1561
email: olsons@cwu.edu

Back to Faculty English Home Curriculum Vitae Awards & Publications Steve		Steven Olson Curriculum Vitae EDUCATION Ph.D., English, University of Illinois (U of I), 1986 M.A., English, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), 1978 B.A., English, Moorhead State University, 1972 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Associate Professor, Central Washington University, 1989-present. American Literature (surveys of all periods and novel from 1850 to the present). Seminars in Twain, Melville, Poe and Hawthorne, Whitman and Dickinson, Hawthorne and Faulkner. Principles of English Studies. Studies in Film. Composition. Introduction to Literature. Assistant Professor, Northern Montana College, 1986-1989. American Literature (surveys of all periods). Form in American Poetry. Mark Twain Seminar. Freshman Composition. Critical Writing. Technical Writing. Research Writing. Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois, 1980-1986. Freshman Composition. Composition with Computers. Masterpieces of English Literature. Masterpieces of American Literature. Introductions to fiction and poetry. Wilderness in Literature. Instructor and Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at El Paso, 1977-1979. Freshman Composition. Technical Writing. COURSES TAUGHT AT CWU Principles of English Studies Poetry and Poetics American Literature I and II Studies in Film Studies in Major American Writers, Studies in the Film Auteur American Novel I and II Modern Poetry English Composition The Literary Imagination: Introduction to Literature Curriculum Vitae \| Awards & Publications \| Steve\| Top Of The Page Department of English L&L Bldg, 416A 400 E. University Way Ellensburg, WA 98926-7553 Phone: (509) 963-1536 fax: (509) 963-1561 email: olsons@cwu.edu
Contact Information Department of English 400 E. University Way Language and Literature Building, Room 423 Ellensburg, WA 98926 Phone: (509) 963-1546

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