Oklahoma Baptist University
Jamie Pent, Telecommunications  
    Saturday, July 19, 2008


Sidney Watson

Associate Professor of English
OBU Box 61238
500 W. University
Shawnee, OK  74804
sidney.watson@okbu.edu

Owens Hall 202
405.878.2201


Dr. Sidney Watson teaches all levels of English courses including Freshmen English. She is currently the faculty sponsor for OBU's chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society. Over the years Dr. Watson has won many awards including the Irene D. Elliott Award for Excellence in Teaching award from the University of South carolina in 1995. Within the community, she is a tutor for the Pottawatomie County Literacy Action Council. She is also a member of University Baptist Church in Shawnee. Dr. Watson has three sons, Jamie, Robert, and Billy.

Educational Background:
B.A., University of South Carolina
M.A., University of South Carolina
Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Dissertation: “Gender, Creativity, and the Author-Publisher Relationship: Edith Wharton at Scribners”

Courses Taught:
ENGL 1153: English Composition: Exposition and Argument  
ENGL 2013, 2023: Western Civilization
ENGL 1701, 1711, 1721: Writers’ Seminar
ENLG 2523: Survey of British Literature II
ENGL 3243: Poetry
ENGL 3263: Fiction
ENGL 3513, 3523: Survey of American Literature I and II
ENGL 4903: Critical Perspectives

Selected Publications and/or Professional Activities:
“Wallace Stevens and the Maternal Art of Poetry.” The Wallace Stevens Journal 22.1 (1998): 72-82.

“Author and Publisher: ‘Radical Writer’ in an ‘Ultra-conservative House.’” F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary Exhibition Catalog. E. Matthew J. Bruccoli. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1996. 21-34.




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