Dr. Duckhee Shin

Degrees:

• Ph. D. in American Literature

Specializations:

• Early American literature up to 1860
• Religion and Literature
• Contemporary American ethnic literature

Interests:

Travel, Yoga

Courses Taught:

• ENGL 235: Early American Literature Survey up to 1840
• ENGL 421: Early American Literature Survey up to 1830
• ENGL 430: Contemporary American Ethnic Literature Since 1945
• WRIT 311: Advanced Composition
• WRIT 316: Business Writing

University and Program Connections:

• Adviser for Asian-Society of Millersville University

Passions and Distractions:

• Studies on Multiculturalism
• Ethnic Studies
• Cultural Studies
• Asian-American Studies

Sample Publications:

• Has served on Editorial Board of The Journal of Eighteenth Century English Literature since 2006.
• Has served as specialist reader for MELUS (The Journal of The Society for the Study of the Multi-ethnic Literature of the United States) since 2003.
• "Intergenerational Conflicts and Ethnic Identity issues in Finding My voice and Necessary Roughness." Comparative Korean Studies, Vol. 19, No. 1(April 30, 2011).
• "Language and Identity in Chang Rea Lee's Native Speaker." Studies in Contemporary Fiction (Spring 2006).
• "Cross-Cultural Experiences on American College Campus." Sogang English Studies 9(Winter 2000): 319-332.
• "Class and Self-Identity in Clay Walls." Melus: The Journal of the Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States. Vol. 24. No. 4 (Winter 1999):125-136.
• "Mystic Selves: Edward Taylor and John of the Cross." The Journal of American Studies Vol. 31 No. 2 (Winter 1999): 323-40. (A refereed journal in Korea)
• "Mystical Spirituality in Edward Taylor's Canticle Poems.' The Journal of English Language and Literature Vol. 44 No.4 (Winter 1998): 911-26. (A refereed journal in Korea)