Carolyn Cole

Crouch-Mathis Professor of Literature

Owens Hall 204
405.878.2234

OBU Box 61170
500 W. University
Shawnee, OK 74804
A member of the OBU Language and Literature Division since 1987, Dr. Carolyn Cole's varied professional expertise includes medieval and renaissance literature, contemporary Latin American literature, as well as rhetoric and composition. She received OBU's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2000 and the Crouch-Mathis Professorship in Literature in 2002. Dr. Cole has served as Director of Freshman Composition since 1995 and presented papers and workshops at CCCC and NCTE conferences. She has sponsored student study programs in England, France, Germany, Hungary and Argentina. Her most recent personal travel includes Italy, Scotland, Ireland, Israel and Greece. Dr. Cole lives in Norman, Oklahoma, with her husband Tom, has two adult children, Catherine and Charles, and three grandchildren.

Educational Background:
B.A. Mississippi College, 1965
M.A., University of Southwestern Louisiana (currently University of Louisiana at Lafayette), 1982
Ph.D., University of Southwestern Louisiana (currently University of Louisiana at Lafayette), 1984

Courses Taught:
ENGL 1153: English Composition: Exposition and Argument
ENGL 1163: English Composition and Classical Literature
HONORS 1163: Honors English: Composition and Classical Literature
ENGL 2703: Advanced Writing: Composition
ENGL 2023: European Civilization: Literature
ENGL 2033: Modern Civilizations: Literature
ENGL 2043: Literature of the Western World I
ENGL 2053: Literature of the Western World II
ENGL 2513 : Survey of English Literature I
ENGL 3213: Shakespeare
ENGL 3243: Poetry
ENGL 3253: Drama
ENGL 3263: Fiction
ENGL 4329: Advanced Topics in English: Contemporary Latin American Fiction
ENGL 4713: Major Authors: British Medieval Poetry
ENGL 4903: Critical Perspectives: Beowulf
ENGL 4903: Critical Perspectives: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
ENGL 4903: Critical Perspectives: One Hundred Years of Solitude
Numerous independent studies

Selected Publications and/or Professional Activities:
2009, Roundtable discussion of medieval drama, Medieval Literature Conference, Fordham University, New York City

2007, Workshop on costuming in Shakespeare's comedies, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, Oregon

2006, "Nature Writing in Freshman Comp," Conference on College Composition and Communication," Chicago, Ill.

2004, Chaired session on Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Latin American Studies Conference, Montclair, NJ

Honors Theses Directed:
2007, A Feminine Tapestry: Romantic and Christian Threads in George McDonald's Lilith and The Princess and Curdie, by Sarah Byland

2004, A Feminist Mosaic: Theory, Poetry, Experience, by Jessica Gibson

1999, Ursula Speaks: A Perspective on Garcia Marquez' One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Christa Hall Bartlett

1997, A Bakhtinian Analysis of Family Narrative, by Michelle Williams

1991, T.S. Eliot and Faith in a Postmodern Context, by Mike Geurin