JAMES MICHAEL CAHALAN

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EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, AND HONORS

EDUCATION:

1977-1982:  Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Major fields:  Modern Irish Literature, Modern American Literature, Romanticism, Medieval/Renaissance Drama                                                             Dissertation:  Great Hatred, Little Room:  the Irish Historical Novel  (director:  Professor Hugh Staples)

1975-1976:  M. A., First-Class Honours, University College, Dublin
Major field:  Anglo-Irish Literature                                                                                                                                                                                         Thesis:  "A Chosen Voice:  the Writings of James Plunkett"  (director:  Professor Augustine Martin)

1971-1975:  B. A., New College, Sarasota, Florida
Major:  Irish Studies                                                                                                                                                                                                              Thesis:  "Odysseus Regained:  A Study of Homer, Joyce, and Kazantzakis"  (director:  Professor David Dykstra)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1992-present:  Professor of English, IUP

1988-1992:  Associate Professor of English, IUP

1987-1991:  Director of Graduate Studies in Literature, IUP

1984-1988:  Assistant Professor of English, IUP

1982-1984:  Lecturer (full-time), Department of English,University of Massachusetts--Boston

1981-1982:  Instructor (full-time), Department of English, Northeastern University, Boston

1979-1981:  Instructor (part-time), Department of English,University of Massachusetts--Boston

1977-1979:  Teaching Assistant, Department of English,University of Cincinnati

HONORS

2002:  Thomas J. Lyon Award for the best book of 2001 from the Western Literature Association, presented at the annual WLA conference in Tucson, October.

2000:  Carnahan Scholar in Residence, Jamestown Community College, Jamestown, New York

1997:  Annual Furlong Lecturer, St. Francis College, Loretto, Pennsylvania

1996:  Solon J. Buck Award for best article, Pittsburgh History, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania

1996-1999 and 1990-1991:  Commonwealth Speaker, Pennsylvania Humanities Council (lecture series throughout the state)

May 1990:  Recipient, at IUP Commencement, of the 1989-90 Distinguished Faculty Award for Research

1975-1976:  Fulbright-Hays/ITT Fellowship to Ireland, Institute of International Education, New York

1977-1979:  Teaching Assistantship, Univ. of Cincinnati

Summer, 1978:  Research Fellowship for travel to Ireland, University Research Council, Univ. of Cincinnati

Autumn, 1978:  Research Assistantship, Univ. of Cincinnati

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Last Updated:   February 2, 2008