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Name: Dr. Richard Grinnell
Title: Associate Professor of English
Office Location: Fontaine 225
Extension: (845) 575-3000 ext. 2395
Email: Richard.Grinnell@Marist.edu
Personal Web Page: http://www.academic.marist.edu/faculty/grinnell.htm
Degrees Held: B.S. in Biology, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo
M. A. in English Language and Literature, University of Minnesota
Ph.D. in English Language and Literature, University of Minnesota

Bio: Since coming to Marist in 1992, Dr. Grinnell has taught a wide variety of courses, including courses in Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Popular Culture, Renaissance Literature, Rise and Development of English Drama, the two-part survey of English Literature, Classics of Western Literature, Literature and Film, Modern Speculative Fiction, Literature and the Supernatural, Advanced Writing, Writing for Scientists, and Freshman Composition, among others. He regularly takes students to London to study Shakespeare, and has been actively involved in collaborative teaching projects at Marist, and with the Office of International Education, where he has helped to develop Marist Abroad programs in Leeds, England, in London, and in Dublin, Ireland.

Interests: English Renaissance Literature, Shakespeare, and the dramatic literature of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in England. Science Fiction. Literary History.

Publications: Dr. Grinnell's scholarly publications have appeared in such academic journals as Essays in Theatre, Studies in the Humanities, Sixteenth Century Studies Journal, and The Upstart Crow, and he is a regular presenter at conferences around the country. His College Textbook SCIENCE AND SOCIETY was published in 2007.

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Dean, School of Liberal Arts
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