About James Brownlee
James Brownlee is a professor of English and serves Malone as associate provost. His responsibilities include oversight of institutional accreditation and he is the academic liaison officer for the Higher Learning Commission. He also facilitates new program development, academic program review, and faculty professional development.
Education
- Ph.D., English Language and Literature, University of Minnesota
- Dissertation: Limits, Risks, and Possibilities: Discourse and Religion in a Selection of Twentieth Century American Novels.
- M.A., The University of Minnesota
- B.A., Wheaton College
Classes I Teach
- African American Literature and Culture
- World Literature
- Post-Colonial Literature
Signature Experiences
- Associate Provost, Malone University
- Professor of English, Malone University
- 2005-2006, Senior Fulbright Scholar, Department of Literature and Philology, Russian American Christian University
- Peer Reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission
Recent Scholarly Work & Publications
“Character Development and The Early Manuscripts of Flannery O’Connor’s The Violent Bear It Away.” Dialogue (Spring 2006): 63-72 (translated into Russian).
“Reflections from Underground: Walker Percy’s The Second Coming and Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground.” Conference on Christianity and Literature. Blufton College, Blufton, OH, October 2003.