David G. Mead, Ph.D
Texas
A&M University - Corpus Christi
Professor and Chair of English

 

 

Department of English
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
6300 Ocean Drive
Corpus Christi, TX 78412-5813

University E-Mail: David.Mead@tamucc.edu
Office Telephone: 361-825-2360
Fax: 361-825-5844

Welcome to my Home Page.

In my teaching, I am responsible for The Novel (English 4340), Themes and Forms of Poetry (English 3349), and Drama (English 3348), as well as American Literature: Late 19th and Early 20th C. (English 3355), Science Fiction (English 4354) and occasional graduate courses in 20th C. American Literature and Science Fiction.  I also teach English 2332 : Literature of the Western World I.


In Fall 2008  I will teach Western World Lit I ( English 2332) and English 3355: American Literature: Late 19th and Early 20th C.   Click the links to access the syllabi and other related course materials.  World Literature Study Guides.   Ovid's Metamorphoses .  Dante Guide.


In Fall 2005 I assumed the duties of Chair of the Department of English.  My current research interest is science fiction, particularly the work of Jack Vance.  My encyclopedia of Vance's writing, entitled An Encyclopedia of Jack Vance, 20th Century Science Fiction Writer, is available from The Edwin Mellen Press.  I have prepared a revision of this, keyed to the new Vance Integral Edition, which I plan to distribute as a searchable database on CD-ROM or DVD. My co-author Oscar De Los Santos and I have published a collection of science fiction stories entitled Infinite Wonderlands (Fine Tooth Press, June 2006), and with Pawel Frelik of the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (Lublin, Poland), I edited Playing the Universe: Games and Gaming in Science Fiction (UMCS Press, 2007).


I am the Immediate Past President of the Science Fiction Research Association.  You can learn more about the SFRA at its website, www.sfra.org.


 For more information about TAMU-CC's excellent BA and MA programs in English, please see TAMU-CC English Programs.


Revised August 11, 2008.