2008 Woodie Awards
Faculty Profiles: Professor Marc Connor
Briana Gapsis
Issue date: 4/3/07 Section: News
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Mark Conner
Associate Professor of
English
Degree(s):
B.A. in English, University of Washington; B.A. in Philosophy, University of Washington; M.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Family: Professor Conner is married to the lovely Barbara and father of three wonderful sons, Matthew (age 10), Noah (age 8), and Isaac (age 5).
Favorites:
Color: Irish Green
Quotes: "Attempting to become more than man, we become less" -William Blake "Our heart is restless until it rests in God." -St. Augustine
Movie: The Big Chill
Music: "Losing My Religion" (REM); "Rosalita" (Bruce Springsteen)
Technological Talent: Conner earned the Mednick Memorial Fellowship from the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges for "Virtual Joyce: The Geography of Ulysses and the Irish Literacy Studies Web Portal." With over 3,000 images, audio and visual files, and info on the authors of the Emerald Isle, it's well worth checking out at http://ireland.wlu.edu/index.html
Starting a Concentration: Conner co-founded W&L's African-American Studies Program and teaches African-American Literature (Eng. 365).
Our Guru: Conner has earned a black belt in the Japanese Shotokan Karate as well as a second degree black belt in American Freestyle. He also teaches it.
Worldwalker: Conner offers an English Spring Term abroad in Ireland every other year through the English department.
Fun Fact: Conner Teaches Sunday School at St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Suggested classes:
English 236: The Bible as English Literature; English 252: Shakespeare; English 352: Modern Irish Literature; English 365: African-American Literature; Or basically anything that he teaches…it's all amazing!
Associate Professor of
English
Degree(s):
B.A. in English, University of Washington; B.A. in Philosophy, University of Washington; M.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Family: Professor Conner is married to the lovely Barbara and father of three wonderful sons, Matthew (age 10), Noah (age 8), and Isaac (age 5).
Favorites:
Color: Irish Green
Quotes: "Attempting to become more than man, we become less" -William Blake "Our heart is restless until it rests in God." -St. Augustine
Movie: The Big Chill
Music: "Losing My Religion" (REM); "Rosalita" (Bruce Springsteen)
Technological Talent: Conner earned the Mednick Memorial Fellowship from the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges for "Virtual Joyce: The Geography of Ulysses and the Irish Literacy Studies Web Portal." With over 3,000 images, audio and visual files, and info on the authors of the Emerald Isle, it's well worth checking out at http://ireland.wlu.edu/index.html
Starting a Concentration: Conner co-founded W&L's African-American Studies Program and teaches African-American Literature (Eng. 365).
Our Guru: Conner has earned a black belt in the Japanese Shotokan Karate as well as a second degree black belt in American Freestyle. He also teaches it.
Worldwalker: Conner offers an English Spring Term abroad in Ireland every other year through the English department.
Fun Fact: Conner Teaches Sunday School at St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Suggested classes:
English 236: The Bible as English Literature; English 252: Shakespeare; English 352: Modern Irish Literature; English 365: African-American Literature; Or basically anything that he teaches…it's all amazing!
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