University of Southern California
USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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David S. TomkinsAssistant Professor (Teaching) of WritingContact Information E-mail: dtomkins@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-1980 Office: JEF 150 LINKS Curriculum Vitae |
Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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 Lecturer, USC, Writing Program, 08/15/2009-
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Assistant Lecturer, USC, Writing Program, 2008-2009
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Assistant Lecturer, USC, SummerTIME Writing Program, Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis, 05/15/2007-08/01/2007
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Assistant Lecturer, USC, Thematic Option Honors Program, 2005-2006
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Assistant Lecturer, USC, Writing Program, 2004-2005
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Assistant Lecturer, USC, Writing Program, 2000-2003
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Assistant Lecturer, University of North Texas, English Department, 1998-1999
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Dr. Tomkins conducts research in the areas of Twentieth-Century American & British literature; Nineteenth-Century American & British literature; History & Literature of the American West; American & British Literary Modernism; Film studies; Mythology & myth studies; Material & visual culture; Gender studies; Rhetoric & Composition; & Writing Pedagogy. | |
Conferences and Other Presentations |
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Conference Presentations |
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"Castles, Cowboys, and the California Central Coast", Modern Language Association, Talk/Oral Presentation, Los Angeles, CA,
Spring
2011
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""This Perennial Rebirth": Reappraising Willa Cather's Frontier Nostalgia", Modernist Studies Association, Talk/Oral Presentation, Long Beach, CA,
Fall
2007
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"Ernest Hemingway's Materiality of Absence", American Literature Association, Talk/Oral Presentation, San Francisco, CA,
Spring
2006
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""On the Solid Earth": Myth, Materialism, and the Appropriation of Origins in Willa Cather's _The Professor's House_", Northeast Modern Language Association, Talk/Oral Presentation, Pittsburgh, PA,
Spring
2004
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"Cool Heads Prevail: Narrative Structure and the Performance of the Western Hero", 5th Congress of the Americas, Talk/Oral Presentation, Puebla, Mexico,
Fall
2001
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Publications |
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Book Review |
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Tomkins, D. S.
(2009).
Review of Mark Wollaeger's _Moderism, Media, and Propaganda: British Narrative from 1900 to 1945. European Legacy.
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Tomkins, D. S.
(2008).
After Interdisciplinarity. American Literature.
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Journal Article |
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Tomkins, D. S.
(2008).
The "Lost Generation" and the Generation of Loss: Ernest Hemingway's Materiality of Absence and _The Sun Also Rises_. Modern Fiction Studies.
Vol. 54 (4), pp. 744-765.
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Honors and Awards |
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Spring 2011 Learning Environments (LE) Incentive Grant ,
Spring
2011
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College Merit Award, 2006-2007
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Mellon Foundation Award for Excellence in Mentoring, 2006-2007
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Marta Feuchtwanger Merit Award, 2003-2004
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The Mary Patchell Memorial Scholarship for Continuing Graduate Students, 1998-1999
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Mary E. Whitten Memorial Award for Outstanding Undergraduate, 1997-1998
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Imogene Bentley Dickey Mohat Scholarship for Undergraduates, 1996-1997
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Service to the University |
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Administrative Appointments |
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Program Coordinator, Writing Program.
Position involves mentoring Incoming Assistant Lecturers (IALs), advising them on assignment, lesson, and professional development, and facilitating link between Assistant Lecturers and Social Issues Professors and Teaching Assistants., 2010-2011
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Committees |
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Member, Curriculum and Pedagogy Committee, Writing Program, 2011-
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Member, Professional Development Committee, Writing Program, 2011-
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Review Panels |
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USC Undergraduate Writers' Conference, Professional/Moral Judge 2,
Spring
2011
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Service to the Profession |
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Professional Memberships |
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Conference on College Communication and Composition, 2010-2011
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Modern Language Association, 2010-2011
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National Council of Teachers orf English, 2010-2011
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