P. Aaron Potter
potterama@earthlink.net
http://www.potterama.net/Aaron
Education
Dissertation
Research and Teaching Interests
- Romantic and Victorian Literature
- Computer Applications in the Humanities / Computer-Assisted
Pedagogy
- Electronic Media and Textuality
- Literature and Social Praxis
- History and Philosophy of Scientific Discourse
- Popular Fiction and Genre Formation
- Science Fiction and Supernatural, Fantastic, and Gothic
Literatures
Teaching and Professional Experience
- Lecturer, English, UC Riverside -- 2000-present
- Graduate Assistant Director of Composition, UC Riverside --
1999-2000
- Research Assistant, California Council on Science and
Technology -- 1998-present
- Teaching Assistant, English, UC Riverside -- 1996-2000
- Associate in English, UC Riverside Extension -- Summer
Session, 2002, 2000, 1999, 1998
- Research Assistant, UC Riverside -- 1999
- Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Virginia -- 1993
Awards and Honors
- Humanities Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, UC Riverside,
1996-2000
- UC Riverside Graduate Student Association Research and
Travel Grant, 1999
- Prize Winner, Graduate Student Essay Contest, UC Riverside
1998
- Nominee, T.A. of the Year Award, UC Riverside, 1998
- Dean's Scholar, University of Oregon
Publications
Presentations
- "Harry Potter
and the Firebreathers." "Pottermania" conference, UC Riverside, 2005
(prospective).
- "Sex, Lies,
and Avatars: Neo-Orientalism from Street Fighter to Crouching Tiger." 39th Annual Comparative Literature
Conference, 2004.
- "The Failure of Southey’s Thalaba: a Tragedy of
Translation." 21st Western Humanities Conference, 2002.
- "Monster Slaying 101: Horror and Ideology." Invited
research presentation, UCR Retirees Association, UC Riverside, 2002
(re-presented for the LIFE program, UCR extension center, 2002).
- "Vampires in the Stacks: an Exercise in Non-traditional
Research." Invited presentation, Library Staff Association Spring
Program, UC Riverside, 2001.
- "The Context and Reception of Digital Archives."
Invited presentation, UC Digital
Cultures Research Conference, 2000.
- "Coleridge's Mystery Poems." Invited Lecture, English
23C (Nineteenth Century Literature), UC Riverside, 2000.
- "The Devil's Domicile." Cross-Currents in
Humanities, 2000.
- "God's Wounds!: How
Dracula Bled Christianity Dry." Southland Conference, 1999.
- "Appropriating Vampires: Wish Fulfillment and the New
Gothic." Popular Culture Association / American Culture
Association Annual Conference, 1999.
- "Manfred, Myth, and Magic:
the Gospel according to Lord Byron." 6th Annual Graduate
Student Conference, UC Riverside, 1998.
- "The
Gender in the Machine: The Sexual Personae of Artificial Intelligence."
Information, Technology and the Humanities, Western
Humanities Conference, 1997.
- "Hypertext / Hyperclassroom : Humanities Instruction in the
Wake of Hypertext." Disciplining the Humanities, UC Riverside
,1996.
Classes Designed and Taught
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ENGR 180:
Technical Communications -- upper division
writing course in technical communications theory and practice,
required of all engineering majors.
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ENGL 302: Teaching Practicum -- introductory
pedagogy course required of all Teaching Assistants (team-taught with
other composition program directors)
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ENGL 140(i):
Genre Studies (Romance and Fantasy) -- upper division seminar on the
origins, forms, conventions, influence, and legacy of the fantasy
genre, from medieval romance to the Lord of the Rings film
adaptations.
-
ENGL 102: Introduction to Critical Methods --
upper division core class for majors in theory and criticism,
incorporating readings from Plato through post-structuralism
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ENGL 23C: Nineteenth-Century Literature --
lower division survey of Romantic and Victorian literature, emphasizing
major authors and works within their historical contexts
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ENGL 1SC: Writing for the Sciences --
introductory WID program for science majors, emphasizing the distinct
nature of scientific discourse, critical thinking, and professional
skills.
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ENGL 1C: Advanced Composition and Critical
Analysis -- introduces interpretive methods utilizing both popular and
canonical texts, as a basis for analytical compositions
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ENGL 1B: Argument and Rhetoric -- composition
and literary analysis course emphasizing construction and
interpretation of didactic texts, utilizing literary examples as models
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ENGL 1A:
Beginning Composition -- introduces students to the demands of writing
in the university setting, and approaches to the writing process, from
draft to final revision
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ENGL 5: Ideas in Conflict -- introductory
course in argumentative writing.
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ENGL 4: English Writing in the Disciplines --
composition course emphasizing organizational paradigms, composition
and revision strategies, as preparation for writing in the disciplines
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ENGL 3: Basic Writing -- remedial composition
course serving ESL students
-
American
Literature -- upper division survey in 20th century American
literature (co-taught as Teaching Assistant under J.C. Levenson,
University of Virginia)
Additional Professional Projects and Activities
- Administration and scoring
of the University of California’s English placement exam
- Development of standards and curricula for Applied
Intermediate Composition for the Sciences, an interdisciplinary
undergraduate composition program, UC Riverside
- New T.A. Mentor Program, UC Riverside
- "Web-based Distance Education" -- survey project
evaluating current options in on-line education, undertaken for the Engineering Center for Science and
Technology Policy (ECSTP), hosted by the College of Engineering, UC
Riverside
- "Recent Issues in Computer Policy" -- survey project
developed for ECSTP
- "Science and Technology Policy Resources" -- Web directory
created for ECSTP and the California
Council on Science and Technology
- Web-master, Fifth Annual UC Riverside Graduate Student
Conference, 1997
Additional Work Experience
- Programmer/Analyst, College of Engineering, UC Riverside
-- 1996-1998
- Software Engineer, Jay Jacobs Corporation, Seattle,
Washington -- 1995-96
- Programmer/Analyst, Dana Garvey Corporation, Seattle,
Washington -- 1994
- Certified Nursing Assistant, Eugene, Oregon and Coos Bay,
Oregon -- 1992-3
- Camp Counselor, U. of Oregon Talented and Gifted Program,
Eugene, Oregon -- 1991
Professional Affiliations
- National Council of Teachers of English
- Modern Language Association
- Popular Culture Association
References
- Professor Robert Essick, Distinguished Professor,
Department of English, UC Riverside
- Professor Deborah Willis, Director of English Composition,
Department of English, UC Riverside
- Professor Joseph Childers, Assistant Dean of Graduate
Studies, Department of English, UC Riverside
- Professor Susan Hackwood, California Council on Science
and Technology / Department of Engineering, UC Riverside
Dossier available upon request from:
University of California, Riverside
Career Services Center-070
Riverside, CA 92521-0211
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