Sean George, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: McDonald 210
Phone: (435) 879-4402
Education
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Bachelor of Arts in English – Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX
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M.A. in English – University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
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Ph.D. in English – Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX
Background
Sean M. George grew up in Abilene, Texas, and received his B.A. in English from Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, and his M.A. in English from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, CO. After teaching in public schools for almost ten years, he returned to graduate studies, earning his Ph.D. in English from Texas A&M University-Commerce in Commerce, TX, in May 2010. His dissertation drew connections between select pieces of American literature that feature characters traumatized by war (especially in the fiction of Ernest Hemingway and Tim O’Brien) and those characters traumatized by our postmodern, materialistic, mass-consumer society (Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club in particular). Dr. George began teaching at Dixie State College in August 2011.
Teaching
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Freshman Composition
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American literature after 1865
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Secondary English Education
Research Interests
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Contemporary/Postmodern American Literature
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Pop Culture
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Post-9/11 literature
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Trauma theory
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Masculinities studies
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Gender studies
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Graphic novels (a fancy way of sayin’ comic books)
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