Dan Barlow
Contact Information
English Instructor
Office Location
BGS 207
School / Office / Department
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Program / Division
English
Biography
Formal Education
- Ph.D. in English: Critical and Cultural Studies. University of Pittsburgh
- M.A. in English: American Literature. San Diego State University
- B.A. cum laude in English: American Cultures and Global Contexts. University of California, Santa Barbara
Certifications and Training
- Outdoor Educator Certificate. National Outdoor Leadership School
- Certified Forest Therapy Guide. Association of Nature and Forest Therapy
- Leave No Trace Level 2 Instructor
- Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms: Community Learning. University of California, Los Angeles
- Peer Online Course Review. California Virtual Campus - Online Education Initiative
- AB 540 Undocumented Student Ally Training. Saddleback College
- AB 705 Student Success Summer Institute. California Acceleration Project
- Open Educational Resources Training. Saddleback College
- AVID for Higher Education. Saddleback College
- Black Minds Matter. San Diego State University
Recent Publications/Presentations
Publications
- "Composing Post-Multiculturalism." College Composition and Communication 67.3
- "Blues Narrative Form, African American Fiction, and the African Diaspora." Narrative 24.2
- "Literary Ethnomusicology and the Soundscape of Jean Toomer’s Cane." MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States 39.1
- "As Simple as Sharing? Intellectual Property and an Ethnomusicology of Fairness." Society for Ethnomusicology Student News 2
- "Kimberly Ruffin’s Black on Earth: African American Ecoliterary Traditions." Journal of American Studies 46.4 (Book Review)
- "‘And every day there is music’: Folksong Roots and the Highway Chain Gang in The Ballad of the Sad Café." The Southern Literary Journal 44.1
Presentations
- "Listening to African American Literature: An Aural Pedagogy." MLA
- "Pushing Play: Sound, Pedagogy, and the Geopolitics of Form in Bailey’s Cafe." MELUS
- "Teaching Blues Literature." Rocky Mountain MLA "Diaspora, History, and Blues Narrativity in the African American Novel." Rocky Mountain MLA
- "Inquiry after Identity: Race, Place, and the Historical Now." MELUS
- "Planetarity as Keyword in Literary and Cultural Studies." Pitt Humanities Center
- "Black Arts and Blues Violence: The Blues of Amiri Baraka." Pitt Grad Student Expo
- "Jimi Hendrix and the Politics of Blackness." MLA
- "Sound Writing: The Critical Ethnomusicology of Jean Toomer’s Cane." American Literature Association
- "Time, Place, and Race in the Migratory Lyrics of Sam Hopkins." Midwest MLA
- "Folksong Roots and the Highway Chain Gang in The Ballad of the Sad Café." Southern Writers/Southern Writing
Awards
- Saddleback College Professor of the Year
- UCLA-EPIC Fellowship: Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms
- The James Phelan Prize for Best Essay in Narrative
- The Eric O. Clarke Dissertation Prize
- Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship
- Society for Ethnomusicology Student News Essay Award
- The Colby Kullman Prize: First Place for Outstanding Critical Essay
- The Elizabeth Baranger Excellence in Teaching Award
Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Learning Materials
All of Professor Barlow’s courses are Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC).