Paul A. Vatalaro, Chair

Associate Professor
English
Ph. D. State University of New York at Binghamton

Paul A. Vatalaro (associate professor, Ph. D. State University of New York at Binghamton) specializes in British Romantic literature. His courses often examine the role played by the unconscious mind in the formation of literary expression. Dr. Vatalaro’s articles have appeared in The Keats-Shelley Journal, Perspectives, The Writing Instructor and The Journal of Teaching Writing.  In addition, his book Shelley’s Music: Fantasy, Authority and the Object Voice has recently been published by Ashgate Press.

Courses:

• Introduction to College Writing
• Introduction to Literary Studies
• Major British and World Authors
• Introduction to Poetry
• Horror fiction
• Studies in British Romanticism
• Studies in Trans-Atlantic Romanticism (team-taught with Dr. Kevin Plunkett)
• Gods and Monsters: The Shelley Circle
• Senior Seminar: The Purpose of Literary Art and the Reason We Study It