Jeff Yeager
M.A. Candidate
Steinbeck, American Literature
Office: Ellis 08
Office Phone: 593-2743
Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 9:30-11:00 AM
Email: jy274510@ohio.edu
Degrees
B.A., (Summa Cum Laude) in History, History w/ Philosophy Emphasis, and English w/ Literature Emphasis, Concord University, May 2010.
Publications
Articles
A New World Order: Nihilism & Cultural Politics in Grigori Kosintsev’s Korol Lir. Alpha-Chi Recorder 54.1 (April 2011): 21-27.
Encyclopedia Entries
“John Elof Boodin”, in All Things Steinbeck: An Encyclopedia of His Life & Work” , Forthcoming
“Steinbeck & The English Literary Renaissance”, in All Things Steinbeck: An Encyclopedia of His Life & Work” , Forthcoming
Editorial Experience
The Grapes of Wrath , Editor. Teaching Steinbeck: The Martha Heasley Center for Steinbeck Studies, Forthcoming.
Working Days: The Journals of the Grapes of Wrath , Editor. Teaching Steinbeck: The Martha Heasley Center for Steinbeck Studies, Forthcoming.
Curriculum Vitae
Conference Presentations:
‘How this World is Given to Lying!’: Orson Welles’s Deconstruction of Traditional Historiographies in Chimes at Midnight. Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference, Michigan State University, November 2011.
---. Alpha Chi National Conference, San Diego CA, April 1, 2011.
“Emersonian Independence: John Steinbeck’s Means of Escaping Modernity’s Wasteland.” Defining the New Conference, Ohio University, October 22, 2010.
---. Alpha-Chi Super-Regional Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 2010.
“A New World Order: Nihilism and Cultural Politics in Grigori Kosintsev’s Korol Lir” Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference, Athens, OH, October 2009.
Awards and Honors:
Benedict Fellowship Recipient. Alpha-Chi Honor Society, 2010.
Region V Fellowship Recipient. Alpha-Chi Honor Society, 2010.
History Major of the Year: Concord University, May 2010.
David S. Roth English Major of the Year: Concord University, May 2010
Honors Program Graduate: Concord University, May 2010.
Professional Affiliations:
Alpha-Chi Honor Society
Blue Key Honor Society.
Academic Service:
President: Concord University Student Government Association. May 2009-May 2010.
Concord University Student Affairs Committee. September 2009-May 2010.
Concord University Emergency Response Committee. September 2009-May 2010.
Courses
ENGL 151: Writing and Rhetoric I.
ENGL 251: English Literature before 1688 (Teaching Assistant).
ENGL 253: American Literature Survey (Teaching Assistant).
ENGL 308J: Writing & Rhetoric II: The American West.