English Department
engdept@gvsu.edu

Brian White

Professor
Department of English
English Education

215 Lake Huron Hall
(616) 331- 3492
whiteb@gvsu.edu
  Brian White

Courses

ENG 226 American Literature II: from 1860
ENG 311 Teaching Literature to Adolescents
ENG 495 Literature and Language (Capstone)
ENG 621 Literary Theory and the Teaching of Literature
ED 331 Methods and Strategies for Secondary Teaching

Research Interests

My research interests include, but are not limited to, the teaching of literature (enhancing response to literature at the secondary and post-secondary levels), model teachers, and North American short stories.

Recent Publications

Haberling, J. & White, B. (2009). Black like me, just like me: Enhancing response to literature through student-generated cases. Language Arts Journal of Michigan, 24 (2), 44-54.

White, B. (2008). “In the humble fashion of a scripture woman”: The Bible as besieging tool in Freeman’s “The Revolt of ‘Mother.’” Christianity and Literature, 58 (1), 81-92.

White, B. & Haberling, J. (2006). The case for studying character(s) in the literature classroom. Journal of Language and Literacy Education [On-line], 2 (2), 1-21. Available here.

Haberling, J. & White, B. (2004). Teaching Our Town in our town. English Journal, 93 (6), 54-61.

White, B. (2004). Maybe they'll remember. English Journal, 93 (4), 18-19.

Education

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

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