Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3741
Email: meaton@apu.edu
Office Location: Faculty Quad #4
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 1-2:30 p.m.; also by appointment
Personal Home Page: http://www.markeaton.com/
Mark Eaton, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of English
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Profile
Mark Eaton, Ph.D., specializes in American literature, African-American literature, American ethnic literature, postmodernism, and film studies. He is co-editor, with Emily Griesinger, of a volume of essays called The Gift of Story: Narrating Hope in a Postmodern World (Baylor UP, 2006). He has published widely on American literature and culture in scholarly journals, including Christianity and Literature, Modern Fiction Studies, Pedagogy, and Prospects. Eaton has written book reviews in The Boston Book Review, Modern Fiction Studies, and Studies in American Fiction. With his twin brother Michael Eaton, a director/cinematographer, he has written several screenplays, one of which was a semifinalist for a Nicholl Fellowship. He lives in San Marino, CA with his wife Victoria and two sons.
Education
Ph.D. - English, Boston University, 1996
M.A. - English, Boston University, 1989
B.A. - English and French, Whitworth College, 1987
M.A. - English, Boston University, 1989
B.A. - English and French, Whitworth College, 1987
Professional/Scholarly Presentations
Publications
The Gift of Story: Narrating Hope in a Postmodern World. Eds. Emily Griesinger and Mark Eaton. Dallas and Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2006.
"The Reality of Forms: Teaching Heart of Darkness After New Historicism.” Approaches to Teaching Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer. Eds. Brian W. Shaffer and Hunt Hawkins. New York: Modern Language Association, 2002. 54-60.
“’Exquisite Taste’: The Recent Henry James Movies as Middlebrow Culture.” Henry James on the Stage and Screen. Ed. John R. Bradley. New York: Palgrave, 2000. 157-76.
"Moving Pictures and Spectacular Criminality in An American Tragedy and Native Son.” Prospects: An Annual of American Cultural Studies. Ed. Jack Salzman, Volume 27 (Fall 2002): 399-426.
"Dis(re)membered Bodies: Cormac McCarthy’s Border Fiction.” Modern Fiction Studies 49.1 (Spring 2003): 155-80.
View All Professional/Scholarly Presentations
The Gift of Story: Narrating Hope in a Postmodern World. Eds. Emily Griesinger and Mark Eaton. Dallas and Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2006.
"The Reality of Forms: Teaching Heart of Darkness After New Historicism.” Approaches to Teaching Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer. Eds. Brian W. Shaffer and Hunt Hawkins. New York: Modern Language Association, 2002. 54-60.
“’Exquisite Taste’: The Recent Henry James Movies as Middlebrow Culture.” Henry James on the Stage and Screen. Ed. John R. Bradley. New York: Palgrave, 2000. 157-76.
"Moving Pictures and Spectacular Criminality in An American Tragedy and Native Son.” Prospects: An Annual of American Cultural Studies. Ed. Jack Salzman, Volume 27 (Fall 2002): 399-426.
"Dis(re)membered Bodies: Cormac McCarthy’s Border Fiction.” Modern Fiction Studies 49.1 (Spring 2003): 155-80.
View All Professional/Scholarly Presentations
Professional Involvement and Accomplishments
Visiting Research Fellowship, Rothermere American Institute
Oxford University Alice V. Watkins Faculty Diversity Award
Accomplished Scholar Award, Azusa Pacific University, 2003-04
Faculty Research Grants, Azusa Pacific University, 2001 and 2002
Creative Teaching Grants, Azusa Pacific University, 2001 and 2002
Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award, Boston University, 1993
Oxford University Alice V. Watkins Faculty Diversity Award
Accomplished Scholar Award, Azusa Pacific University, 2003-04
Faculty Research Grants, Azusa Pacific University, 2001 and 2002
Creative Teaching Grants, Azusa Pacific University, 2001 and 2002
Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award, Boston University, 1993
Expertise
African-American literature
American literature and culture
American studies
Ethnic literature
Postmodernism
Screenwriting and film
Special Interests and Activities
American literature and culture
African-American literature and culture
American Studies
Cultural Studies
Film Studies
Postmodernism
Screenwriting
Languages (French and Spanish)
African-American literature and culture
American Studies
Cultural Studies
Film Studies
Postmodernism
Screenwriting
Languages (French and Spanish)
Note: This information is current for the 2007-08 academic year. For additional information, please contact the appropriate office.
