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Dr. David James Peterson

  • English, Associate Professor

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davidpeterso1@unomaha.edu
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ASH  189P
department phone:
402.554.3636

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Biography

David Peterson is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, teaching courses in American literature and culture, systemic-functional linguistics, colonial literatures of the Americas, queer Western American literature, and text-based research methods. A pioneer of applying Faircloughian critical discourse analysis and Hallidayan functional grammar to studying homophobic language, his articles on homophobia have appeared in Gender and Language, the Journal of Homosexuality, the Journal of Language and Sexuality, and Queering Paradigms. Additionally he has published book chapters on Mel Brooks, Emma Lazarus, Fr. Louis Hennepin, and the performance artist 2Fik. He is currently working on a book-length analysis of homophobic language use in the neoliberal moment.

Teaching Interests

16th to 20th century American literature and culture, gay and lesbian studies, homophobic discourse studies, literatures and cultures of the American West, Irish Drama, Native American literature

Research Interests

16th to 20th century American literature and culture, gay and lesbian studies, homophobic discourse studies, literatures and cultures of the American West, Irish Drama, Native American literature

Service Summary

Peterson has served as the Department's interim Graduate Program chair, Committee of the Whole Chair, and numerous other committees and subcommittees. He currently serves as the Associate Director of Women and Gender Studies . He also serves on the Program Committee & Scientific Committee for the Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference and on the Editorial Board for The Journal of Language and Sexuality. He has also served on the Executive Board of the Western Literature Association.

Awards and Honors

Fellow, Scholarship/Research - 2008

Faculty Development Fellowship, Scholarship/Research - 2017

Education

BA, St Leo College, St Leo, FL, Literature, 1990

MA, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, American Literature, British Literature, 1992

Ph D, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, American Literature, American & International Modernism, 1998

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