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NAME John David Moore
Address 305 Polk Charleston, IL 6l920
Phone (2l7) 348 0083
Birthdate August 20, l949
Marital Status Single
Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle l985 English Literature
M.A. University of Montana, Missoula l977 English Literature
B.A. University of Montana, Missoula l973 English
Title Prelection, Prophecy, and Persuasion: The Rhetorical Development of John Ruskin as a Victorian Sage
MAJOR FIELDS OF STUDY Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Victorian, Children's Literature
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Victorian Poetry and Non-Fictional Prose l9th Century Novel: Victorian, Gothic Romantic Poetry and Criticism Children's Literature Adolescent Literature Expository Writing Textual Criticism and Bibliography
Associate Professor Eastern Illinois University, English Fall 1991 - Present
Assistant Professor Eastern Illinois University, English Fall l985 - Fall l990
Instructor University of Washington, English Spring l985
Teaching Assistant University of Washington, English Fall l980 - Spring l984
University of Montana, English Fall l975 - Spring l976
COURSES TAUGHT Eastern Illinois University Rhetoric and Composition Children's Literature Understanding the Drama Children's Fantasy Literature The Literature of Adolescence Studies in Children's Literature (Transformations of the Fairytale) The Culture of Childhood in l9th Century British Literature and Art Shakespeare Pastoral and Anti-Pastoral Biography and Autobiography Advanced Composition Continuing Education Courses Children's Literature Recent 20th Century Children's Literature Transformations of the Fairytale
University of Washington Expository Writing Introduction to Shakespeare Equal Opportunity Program, Writing Introduction to Literature Grammar of the English Sentence Children's Literature
University of Montana Freshman Composition
FELLOWSHIPS - HONORS Council for Faculty Research Grant, EIU, Fall EIU Booth Library Fellowship, Fall 1990 Illinois Humanities Council Mini Grant, 1990, 1992, 1994 Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship University of Washington, Fall l983
PUBLICATIONS "The Vision of the Feminine in William Morris' The Waters of the Wondrous Isles." The Pre-Raphaelite Review, 3, No. 2 (May 1980), 58-65. "
" Coleridge and the 'Modern Jacobinical Drama': Osorio, Remorse, and the Development of Coleridge's Critique of the Stage, l797-l8l6." Bulletin of Research in the Humanities, 85, No. 4 (Winter l982), 443-464.
"Pottering About in the Garden: Kenneth Grahame's Vision of Pastoral in The Wind in the Willows." The Journal of the MMLA, 23, No. 1 (Spring 1990), 45-60.
"John Masefield's The Box of Delights," in Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Fiction. (1991)
"Angela Brazil's A Fourth Form Friendship," in Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Fiction, (1991)
"Emphasis and Suppression in Stevenson's Treasure Island: Fabrication of the Self in Jim Hawkins' Narrative." CLA Journal, 34, No. 4 (June 1991), 436-452.
"Richard Peck's Close Enough to Touch," in Beacham's Guide to Literature For Young Adults, (1994).
"Richard Peck's The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp," in Beacham's Guide to Literature For Young Adults, (1994).
"Laurence Yep's Kind Hearts and Gentle Monsters," in Beacham's Guide to Literature For Young Adults, (1994).
"Donald Barthelme's Paradise," in Beacham's Guide to Literature For Young Adults, (1994).
"The Indians in Our Cupboards: Images of Native Americans in Books for Children." (With Fern Kory).Illinois English Bulletin, 82, No. 3 (Spring 1995), 48-55.
Director for "A Chicano Voice in Illinois: Coming of Age in Sandra Cisneros" The House on Mango Street," a conference at Eastern Illinois University, Nov. 9-10, 1995.
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Director and workshop leader for "The
Catcher in the Rye: Adolescence, Crisis and Controversy," a conference
at Eastern Illinois University, Nov. 18-19, 1993.
Director for "Encounters with Darkness: Shakespeare's Macbeth in the Classroom," a conference at Eastern Illinois University, Oct. 10-11, 1991.
Director and workshop leader for "Huckleberry Finn and American Adolescence," a conference at Eastern Illinois University, Oct. 4 & 5, 1990.
Designed new course, "The Literature of Adolescence," to be offered annually beginning in l989.
Paper Presentation: "Kingsley's 'Classic Coldness' and Hawthorne's Gothic Guise: Twice and Thrice Told Greek Myths for Children." Annual conference of the Midwest Modern Language Association, Nov. l988.
Eastern Illinois Univ. English Dept. Colloquium presentation: "Pottering About in the Garden; Kenneth Grahame's Version of Pastoral in The Wind in the Willows."
Faculty/Graduate Student Colloquium in Critical Theory, Spring l982 and Spring l983, University of Washington.
CREATIVE/PERFORMANCE Member (pianist) of the Eastern Trio, a faculty chamber music group, 1988-1994
Performing Repertoire: Beethoven: Five Trios Mozart: Complete Trios Brahms: Three Trios, Piano Quintet Haydn: Five Trios Mendelssohn: Two Trios Shostakovich: Two Trios Piano trio literature by Dvorák, Hummel, Gade, Schütt, Turina, Tailleferre, Copland, Soulima Stravinsky, Bloch, Schubert, Chausson.
COMMITTEES and Director of Freshman Composition, 1995-General Service Member of Writing Across the Curriculum Committee, 1993-present. Assistant to editor of Karamu, 1993-1995. Member of Department Credentials Committee, 1991, 1994-1995. Trainer and Supervisor for Eastern Illinois University Writing Competency Exam, 1990-1995. Chairperson of Tarble Arts Education Committee, 1989-91. Reader for Eastern Illinois University Writing Competency Exam, 1989-90. Member of Department Graduate Studies Committee, 1989-90, 1994-95 Member of Departmental Personnel Committee, 1988-90 Member of Department Executive Committee, 1988-90, 1995. Member of Department Teacher Education Committee, 1988-89 Faculty Sponsor for Eastern Cricket Club, 1987-89 Faculty Advisor for student literary magazine, The Vehicle, 1986-90 Faculty Advisor for English Club, 1987-88 Member of Departmental Special Personnel Committee, 1987-88, Faculty Sponsor for Sigma Tau Delta, Eastern Illinois University chapter of the National English Honor Society, 1986-88, 1989-90 Chairperson of Department Recruitment Committee, 1986-88
LANGUAGES German, French
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Modern Language Association Midwest Modern Language Association Midwest Victorian Studies Association Children's Literature Association College Language Association
REFERENCES
University of Washington Dept. of English
Prof. Edward Alexander Prof. Raimonda Modiano Prof. Joseph Butwin Prof.
David McCracken Prof. Otto Reinert Prof. Leroy Searle
University of Wisconsin, Madison Dept. of English Prof. Charles Schuster
University of Montana, Missoula Dept. of English Prof. Henry R. Harrington
Eastern Michigan University Prof. Agnes Perkins
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