Associate Professor Emeritus
Fields of Interest
Biography
B.A., UCLA, 1967
M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1969
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1974
Areas of Specialization
Early Modern Studies, Theater, Composition, Language and Usage
Awards
English Department Distinguished Teaching Award
University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award
Carnegie Scholar and Charter Member of the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Research
Selected Research
- John Webster. “The Elizabethan Age Portfolio: Using Writing to Teach Shorter Elizabethan Poetry.” For Teaching Shorter Elizabethan Poetry. Patrick Cheney and Anne Prescott, eds. MLA. 2000, 145-149.
- John Webster. “Challenging the Commonplace: Teaching as Conversation in Spenser’s Legend of Temperance.” Approaches to Teaching The Faerie Queene. David L. Miller, ed. MLA. 1994, 82-92.
- John Webster. William Temple’s “Analysis” of Sir Philip Sidney’s “Apology for Poetry”. Medieval and Early Renaissance Texts and Studies. 1984.
Courses Taught
Autumn 2024
Spring 2024
Winter 2024
Autumn 2023
Spring 2023
Winter 2023
Autumn 2022
Spring 2022
Winter 2022
Autumn 2021
Spring 2021
Winter 2021
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