Brent Blackwell

Teaching Philosophy

Honesty and full disclosure are the pillars of my teaching philosophy. Each of my classes is a student-centered, student-first experience that mixes open discussion, lecture, and group work. All that I demand of students is their attention. I don’t look like a professor or much act like one, but students continue to respond to my open and honest approach to higher education by filling every class I teach to capacity and by singing my praises in departmental evaluations.

Classes Taught

Freshmen Composition, Honors Freshmen Composition, World Literature for English Majors and Non-English Majors, Introduction to the Holocaust, Introduction to Jewish Studies

Academic/Research Interests

Contemporary American Literature, Holocaust Literature, Jewish Studies, Literature and Science, the Bible as Literature, Postmodernism, Cultural Studies, European Rationalism, Nazism and Fascism, Antisemitism

Publications

See my personal website for a list of my publications.