Dr. John Wegner
Department of English
Angelo State University
325-942-2268, X223
SKYPE: john.wegner4
John Wegner

Education:

1997 Ph.D. University of North Texas

1993 M.A. English Sam Houston State University

1991 B.A. English\Sociology Sam Houston State University

Teaching:

Graduate: English 6333: Themes and Genres in American Literature; English 6310: Violence and Death in Contemporary American Literature and Film; English 6333: American Poetry since 1920; English 6391: Bibliography and Research Methods Undergraduate: English 3341: Contemporary Literature; English 4332: Studies in the American Novel; English 4381: Novels of Cormac McCarthy; English 4381/USTD 3381: Interdisciplinary Studies of the Southwest; English 4353: Literary Criticism; English 4333: The American Novel since 1920; Special Topics: English 4381: Sports and Literature; English 4331: Nineteenth Century American Novel; English 3331: American Literature, beginnings to 1860; English 3332: American Literature, 1860 to Present; English 2341: World Literature, beginnings 1600; English 2342: World Literature, 1600 to Present; English 2324: Studies in American Literature; English 2325: Studies in World Literature; English 2321: Forms of Literature; English 1301: English Composition; English 1302: Writing Across the Curriculum; USTD 1201: Critical Thinking;

Administrative Experience:

2008-2009: Interim Department Head

2009 (Fall): Director Center for Innovation in Teaching and Research

Publications:

“Keeping a Healthy Level of Sanity.” New Texas (forthcoming). (fiction)

“Wars and rumors of wars in Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy.” Cormac McCarthy. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Bloom’s Literary Criticism, 31-48. (Rpt. from SQ Spring 2000)

“Jolly Times.” Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas 39 (2008): 69-76. (fiction).

“A Discussion with Tobias Wolff.” Concho River Review 21.2 (fall 2007): 35-47.

"Under the Neon Worm: Ideological Consciousness and Code Switching in Juan Felipe Herrera's Border Crosser with a Lamborghini Dream." Western American Literature (Winter 2007): 373-91.

“Love is Not a Dirty Word.” Concho River Review (Spring 2007): 12-19. (fiction).

“We Could Be So Good Together: Rock and Roll and American Fiction" (article co-authored with Terry Dalrymple), Nebula 4.2, June 2007.

(Publications prior to 2007 available upon request).

Presentations:

“Intermediality: Bridging the Gap between the Graphic and the Novel in American Literature Classes.” Modern Language Association. December 28, 2008.

“Jolly Times.” American Studies Association of Texas. San Marcos, TX. November 12-15, 2008. (Fiction)

“Coitus Interruptus.” South Central Modern Language Association. San Antonio, TX. November 7, 2008.

Chair. Cormac McCarthy: Transcending Literary Boundaries. South Central Modern Language Association. San Antonio, TX. November 6, 2008.

“Coo Coo Ca Choo, Mrs. Robinson.” Langdon Literary Festival. Granbury, TX. September 5, 2008. (Fiction)

“It’s Morning in America: Making it Through the Night and Conservative Values in American Slasher Movies.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Calgary, Canada. October 4, 2007.

Chair. Horror II. Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Calgary, Canada. October 5, 2007.

“Kissing is for Girls.” Langdon Literary Festival. Granbury, TX. September 7, 2007.

“We Could Be So Good Together: Rock and Roll and American Fiction.” American and Southwest Popular Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM. February 9-11, 2006.

“Love is Not a Dirty Word.” American Studies Association of Texas, Wichita Falls, TX. November 18, 2005. (Fiction)

“Wide Open Spaces: McCarthy and the Blank Page on the Border.” South Central Modern Language Association, Houston, TX. October 28, 2005.

“‘Standing under the neon worm’: Juan Felipe Herrera’s Search for Place in American Art.” Western Literature Association, Big Sky, MT. October 2004.

(Presentations prior to 2004 available upon request)

Reviews:

Rev. of The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. Concho River Review. 21.2 (Fall 2007): 118-120.

Rev. of Notebooks of a Chile Verde Smuggler, by Juan Felipe Herrera. The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education. 15.2 (October 2004): 56.

(Reviews prior to 2004 available upon request)

Invited Presentations:

Writing for Publication. The San Angelo Schools Foundation: The Year of the Writer. April 3-4, 2008.

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble: Double Negatives and Communication. Newman Center. October 22, 2007.

“Unprepared, Indignant, and Disengaged: Not Just for Teenagers Anymore.” College of Liberal and Fine Arts Symposium, Angelo State University. March 28, 2007. (Invited participant)

“This is No Country For Old Men, And Let’s Go Ahead and Get Rid of the Skanky Hitchhiker, Walmarts, and Mobile Phones, Too.” Moderated Panel Discussion. The Cormac McCarthy Society 2005 Annual Conference, Houston, TX. October 27, 2005. (Invited participant.)

Commencement Address, Angelo State University. August 13, 2005. (Invited as Senate President)

(Invited presentations prior to 2005 available upon request)

Editorial Experience:

Editor—McCarthy Journal (Spring 2008-present)

General Editor, The Journal of Borderland Studies. (online) Fall 2007-present

Publications Ed., Concho River Review (Fall 2002-present)

Non-Fiction and Layout Editor, Concho River Review (Fall 2002-Fall 2004)

(Editorial experience prior to 2002 available upon request)

Grants Awarded:

2009-10: Sponsoring Faculty—CARR Research Grant (Bri McDonald

2008-09: Faculty Innovation Grant—Texas and Borderland Studies

2006-07: Presidential Circle Enrichment Grant;

2006-07: Sponsoring Faculty—CARR Research Grant (Angela Shaffer)

Faculty Teaching Enhancement Grant: Summer 2006: Develop Texas and Borderland Studies program

Faculty Research Enhancement Grant, Summer I 2004: Juan Felipe Herrera

(Grants prior to 2004 available upon request)

Thesis Committees:

2007-2008: Covey Green—Chair (Harry Potter)

2006-2009: Angela Shaffer—Chair (contemporary storytelling in T’odham Indian tribe)

2004-present: Melissa Huffman (English)—Advisory Committee

(Thesis committees prior to 2004 available upon request)

(University, departmental, and Community service available upon request)