Assistant Professor of English
Writing Program Administrator
Education:
B.A., George Washington University; BA, Florida Atlantic University; M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., Ohio State University.
Areas of Specialization:
19th Century British Literature; Rhetoric and Composition with a focus on Digital Media
Accomplishments:
Conferences:
“Tony Pastor and his Theaters: Crossroads of Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Popular Culture.” North American Victorian Studies Association. “Victorian Networks” at the University of Wisconsin. Madison, WI. Sept 27-30, 2012.
“The Real World as New Media Classroom: Four Takes on Digital Citizenry.” Computers and Writing 2011. May 19-22, 2011. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Writing Program Administrators Conference. “Frameworks for Success.” July 14-17, Baton Rouge, LA., attended on behalf of the Department of Languages and Literature to gather information for continued development of First Year Writing Program.
Scholarly Publications:
“‘A Bookkeeper, Not an Accountant’: Representing the Lower Middle Class from Victorian Novels and Music Hall Songs to Television Sitcoms.” Journal of Popular Culture. 44.1 (Feb. 2011): 16-36.
Published Poetry:
“North and East of Boise,” “Desert Rising,” and “Word by Word.” North Dakota Quarterly. 76.3.
Grants Awarded:
Hobby Family Fund Fellow at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. $3,000. Research the business and personal papers of Tony Pastor. June 2012.
Student Technology Fee Grant, Nicholls State University. $37,509.70. Upgrade to the Languages and Literature computer classroom in PEL 120. April 2012.
Student Technology Fee Grant. $38,355.20 to upgrade the Languages and Literature computer classroom in Peltier 131, April 2011.
Dean’s Library and Equipment Grant . $6,100.00 to upgrade faculty computers and equipment for Languages and Literature’s Multimedia Project Studio, April 2011.
Student Government Grant. $418.29. Assisted undergraduate student Gavin Johnson in applying for the grant for flat bed scanner for Languages and Literature’s Multimedia Project Studio, March 2011.
Courses Taught:
English 101 & 102
- Do the “Write” Thing
English 220: Introduction to Writing and Research in the Discipline
English 316: British Literature II
English 455: British Romantic Writers
English 467: Digital Rhetorics
English 468: Technical Writing for the Sciences
Contact information:
246 H Peltier
Phone: 985-448-4445
Email: scott.banville@nicholls.edu