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Associate
Professor of
English
Station 22
Wallace Hall 405
(205) 652-3631
gjones@uwa.edu |
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Degrees: |
Ph.D.,
Bowling Green
State
University, 1991
M.A., Bowling
Green State
University, 1981
B.A., University
of Washington,
1978 |
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Professional
Biography: |
I was doomed
to be a theorist
in literary
studies when I
read
(voluntarily)
Foucault's The
Order of Things
as I was writing
a paper for an
18th century
novel class.
Also, I was,
back in the
ancient days of
the early
seventies,
deeply impressed
by the fact my
linguistics
professor made
us read Kuhn's
The Structures
of Scientific
Revolutions.
During my
graduate
studies, I
worked, nay,
slaved for James
Harner and his
Festschriften
section of the
MLA
Bibliography.
I've also worked
as a technical
writer. Praxsis
and Theoria do
meet on
occasion.
Fortuna does
spin her wheel
and my interests
in film
developed after
receiving a NEH
study grant in
film semiotics &
Christian Metz.
Some of the
students at UWA
may also be
acquainted with
my other role as
Student Success
Coordinator for
Liberal Arts.
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Employment Date: |
1992 |
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Classes usually
taught: |
EH 102, 103,
212, 302, 303,
310, 450, 460,
498
HR 200
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Academic/Research
Interests: |
Film,
critical theory,
cultural studies |
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Current
Projects: |
Teletubbies,
the use of stock
footage;
Godzilla and
cultural memory |
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Recent
Presentations: |
"Point of
View in Classic
Hollywood Films:
A
Reconsideration"
presented at the
annual SE
popular culture
convention
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Other recent
notable works: |
Women in 50s
Science Fiction
Film |
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Interests: |
Film, Science
Fiction, Jazz,
Cooking, Popular
Culture &
Cultural
Studies,
Critical Theory
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