Mary McCampbell, Assistant Professor, English
616-526-8574
mwm4@calvin.edu
Office: LN 126 (directions)
Weekly Schedule
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Educational Background
Professor McCampbell graduated from Covenant College (Lookout Mountain, GA) in 1994 with BA in English literature and minors in history and philosophy. She earned an MA in English literature from the University of Tennessee in 1997, and then moved to England to earn another MA, in modern and contemporary studies, from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. She graduated from Newcastle in 2006 with a PhD in literature, writing her dissertation on Douglas Coupland's treament of the Apocalypse.
Academic Interests
Modern and Contemporary American, Canadian, and British Literature; Douglas Coupland; Religion and Literature; Southern Literature; Religion and Popular Culture (particularly in indie rock culture and music)
Recent Activities
Professor McCampbell has recently published two articles: "GOD IS NOWHERE; GOD IS NOW HERE: The Co-existence of Hope and Evil in Douglas Coupland's Hey Nostradamus!" for the Yearbook of English Studies, and “‘Paradigms are Dissolving Left and Right’: Baudrillard’s Anti-Apocalypse and
Chuck Palahniuk’s Survivor” for a collection called Sacred and Immoral: on the Writings of Chuck
Palahniuk. She has also been involved with the Festival of Faith and Music at Calvin College, working on the planning committee and presenting workshops at the festival.
Hobbies
Scouting out new, creative music and going to concerts; dabbling in music journalism; watching films; traveling; learning how to do creative things with produce from the farmers’ market.
Favorite Books
What is the What by Dave Eggers, Collected Poems by T.S. Eliot, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Hey Nostradamus! By Douglas Coupland, The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
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