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Christopher Noble, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of English, High Sierra Program		 Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3178
Email: cnoble@apu.edu
Fax: (626) 812-3024
Christopher Noble, Ph.D., received his undergraduate degrees in English and philosophy from Westmont College. He was awarded a Pew Younger Scholars Fellowship and pursued graduate work at the University of California, Irvine, where he specialized in 19th century British literature and literary criticism. Noble has presented papers at numerous conferences in the United States and Canada, and has published scholarly work in the journals Christianity and Literature and Victorian Studies. Currently an assistant professor at Azusa Pacific University, Noble regularly teaches courses in composition, British literature, and critical theory.

Education

Ph.D. - English Literature, University of California, Irvine, 2000
M.A. - English Literature, University of California, Irvine, 1996
B.A. - English and Philosophy, Westmont College, 1994

Department

  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
    • English

Expertise

  • English Literature
  • Literary Criticism

Courses Taught

ENGL 110 – Freshman Writing Seminar
ENGL 111 – Introduction to Literature
ENGL 222 – English Literature Survey to 1789
ENGL 232 – English Literature Survey Since 1789
ENGL 480 – Contemporary Literary Criticism
ENGL 487 – Literary Movements

Professional/Scholarly Presentations

Publications
"A Transcendent and Pragmatic Vision: Coleridge at the Borders of Christian Orthodoxy," Christianity and Literature 48.1 (Autumn 1998): 29-43.

Review of Cynthia Curran’s When I First Began My Life Anew: Middle-Class Widows in Victorian Britain. Victorian Studies 44.3 (Spring 2002): 519-521.

Professional Involvement and Accomplishments

Pew Graduate Fellowship
APU Faculty Research Grant

Special Interests and Activities

Romantic literature
Victorian literature
Literary theory

Office Hours

TEACHING IN HIGH SIERRA, FALL 2011

Office Location

Faculty Quad, Room 8, East Campus