Associate Professor
Fields of Interest
Biography
B.A., University of New Mexico, 1962
Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1969
Areas of Specialization
American Literature
Activities and Interests
I read generally in scholarship on American Literature and the Bible.
Research
Selected Research
- John Griffith. “Franklin’s Sanity and the Man behind the Masks.” The Oldest Revolutionary: Essays on Benjamin Franklin. J. A. Leo Lemay, ed.. University of Pennsylvania Press. 1976.
- John Griffith. “Rectitude in Hemingway’s Fiction: How Rite Makes Right.” Hemingway In Our Time. Richard Astro and Jackson J. Brown, eds. Oregon State University Press. 1974, 159-174.
- John Griffith. “James’s ‘The Pupil’ as Whodunit: The Question of Moral Responsibility.” Studies in Short Fiction 9, 3 (Summer 1972), 257-268.
Courses Taught
Autumn 2023
Spring 2024
Summer 2023 Full-term
Spring 2023
Autumn 2022
Summer 2021 Full-term
Spring 2021
Winter 2021
Autumn 2020
Summer 2020 Full-term
Spring 2020
Winter 2020
Summer 2019 Full-term
Spring 2019
Winter 2019
Autumn 2018
Summer 2018 Full-term
Spring 2018
Winter 2018
Autumn 2017
Summer 2017 Full-term
Spring 2017
Winter 2017
Autumn 2016
- ENGL 310 C: The Bible As Literature
- ENGL 310 D: The Bible As Literature
- ENGL 351 A: American Literature: The Colonial Period
- ENGL 352 A: American Literature: The Early Nation
- ENGL 353 A: American Literature: Later Nineteenth Century
- ENGL 353 B: American Literature: Later Nineteenth Century
- ENGL 477 A: Children's Literature
Summer 2016 Full-term
Spring 2016
Winter 2016
Autumn 2015
- ENGL 310 C: The Bible As Literature
- ENGL 310 D: The Bible As Literature
- ENGL 351 A: American Literature: The Colonial Period
- ENGL 352 A: American Literature: The Early Nation
- ENGL 353 A: American Literature: Later Nineteenth Century
- ENGL 353 D: American Literature: Later Nineteenth Century
- ENGL 477 A: Children's Literature
Summer 2015 Full-term
Spring 2015
Winter 2015
Autumn 2014
Summer 2014 Full-term
Spring 2014
Winter 2014
Related News
Related News
- Faculty and Staff Notes - January 6, 2020