Scott Pollard

Professor

McMurran Hall 229
(757) 594-7953
spollard@cnu.edu

Education

Ph D in Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine
MA in Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine
BA in English, Santa Clara University

Teaching

Although initially trained as a comparatist in modern Latin American literature, at CNU I have continued to expand my teaching interests (world literature in general, Asian literatures, Middle Eastern literatures, Don Quixote). Because of my training at UC Irvine, I also teach literary theory.

Research

World Literature, Latin American Literature, Food Studies, Food in Literature, Food in Children's Literature, Don Quixote, Translation.

Biography

Born, raised and educated in California, I came east to CNU and the English Department in 1992. Since then, I have filled various roles as teacher, scholar, and colleague.

Book, Scholarly-New
(2020). Tablelands: Food in Children's Literature. The University Press of Mississippi.
Book Review
(2018). Margaret Mackey, One Child Reading: My Auto-Bibliography. Children's Literature.
Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
(2018). Utilizing Food Studies with Children's Literature and its Scholarship: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House Books as Case Study. Cambridge UP.
Book, Scholarly-Revised
(2017). The Spanish Knight Among the Soviet People: Dramatic Re-accentuations of Don Quixote as a Doomed Performer; You do not have access to modify this field.The Spanish Knight Among the Soviet People: Dramatic Re-accentuations of Don Quixote as a Doomed Performer. Bucknell University Press. Pages, pp. 221-36..
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2016). Privilege and Exploitation: Food as Dual Signifier in Pamela Muñoz Ryan’s "Esperanza Rising". The Lion and the Unicorn. Pages, 280-299.
Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
The Spanish Knight Among the Soviet People: Dramatic Re-accentuations of Don Quixote as a Doomed Performer.
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2014). Gazing Forward, Not Looking Back: Comfort Food without Nostalgia in the Novels of Polly Horvath. Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Culture. Volume, 6. Issue, 1. Pages, 56-76.
Book, Scholarly-New
(2014). Don Kikhot: A Dramatic Adaptation. Modern Language Association. Volume, 1. Issue, 1. Pages, 132.
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2012). The Key Is in the Mouth: Food and Orality in Coraline. Children's Literature. Volume, 40. Pages, 1-27.
Book, Scholarly-Revised
(2011). Critical Approaches to Food in Children's Literature. Routledge. Pages, 300.