Courses Taught
ENGL 110 – Freshman Writing SeminarENGL 111 – Introduction to Literature
ENGL 302 – Creative Writing: Poetry
ENGL 402 – Principles of Language
ENGL 404 – Approaches to Grammar
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Ralph Carlson, Ph.D.Professor, Department of English |
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3102 Email: rcarlson@apu.edu Fax: (626) 812-3024 |
Ralph Carlson, Ph.D., teaches classes in grammar, linguistics, introduction to literature, and poetry. He has presented papers at Popular Culture Association and at Conference on Christianity and Literature meetings on the fiction of Robert Olen Butler, and has published critical articles on Butler, Peter Shaffer, Arthur C. Clarke and other authors. His poetry has appeared in Genre, Poetry/LA, The Texas Review, The Hawai’i Review, the US Air Force Academy’s War, Literature and the Arts, Viet Nam War Generation Journal, The Lucid Stone, Sunstone, and other literary magazines.
Education
Ph.D. - English Linguistics, University of Oregon, 1978, Minor: Bible as LiteratureM.A. - English Literature, University of Oregon, 1974, Major: Renaissance Drama; Minor: Old and Middle English
B.A. - English Language and Literature, Seattle Pacific University, 1968
Departments
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- English
- School of Adult and Professional Studies
Expertise
- Creative writing
- Novels and short stories of Robert Olen Butler
- Poetry and fiction pertaining to the Vietnam War era
ENGL 111 – Introduction to Literature
ENGL 302 – Creative Writing: Poetry
ENGL 402 – Principles of Language
ENGL 404 – Approaches to Grammar
Office Hours
MWF 2:30-3:30pm, and by appointmentOffice Location
Faculty Quad, Room #28, East Campus
