Dr. Arthur "Chip" Rogers Professor, Department of English Middle Georgia State University 100 University Parkway Macon, GA 31206 (478) 471-5765   chip.rogers@mga.edu www.chipspage.com EDUCATION University of Tennessee, Knoxville   Ph.D. in English Literature, 2002.   Dissertation: "Dickens and His Intrusive First-Person 'Authors.'" Director, Dr. Don R. Cox. University of North Carolina at Charlotte   M.A. in English Literature, 1992.   Thesis: "Fielding and His Reader in Tom Jones." Director, Dr. Frederick N. Smith. Duke University   B.A. in English Literature, 1985. Leningrad State University   Certificate in Russian Language and Cultural Studies, 1985. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Professor, Middle Georgia State University, Department of English, 2007-present English 0999, Support for English Composition I English 1101, English Composition I English 1102, English Composition II English 2111, World Literature I English 2121, British Literature I English 2122, British Literature II English 3106, Professional Communication English 3700, The Novel English 3900, Modern Drama English 3999, Special Topics: Literary Detective Fiction English 4405, English Romanticism English 4420, Modern European Literature in Translation English 4470, Contemporary Literature English 4500, 20th-Century British Poetry and Prose English 4900, Senior Capstone Seminar English 5106, Technical Writing in the Digital Age Professional Writing 3170, Practical Workplace Writing Professional Writing 3180, Inquiry, Information, and Research Methods Professional Writing 4650, Advanced Editing and Style Assistant Professor, Rogers State University, Dept. of Communications and Fine Arts, 2004-2007 English 0003, Basic Writing English 1113, Composition I English 1213, Composition II English 2313, World Literature to 1600 English 2543, British Literature to 1700 English 2613, Introduction to Literature English 2773, American Literature to 1865 English 3123, Advanced Composition English 4223, Shakespeare Visiting Assistant Professor, The Citadel, Department of English, 2003-2004 English 101, Composition and Literature I English 102, Composition and Literature II English 201, British Literature through the 18th Century Visiting Instructor, College of Charleston, Department of English, 1999-2003, Adjunct Instructor 1998-1999 English 101, Composition and Literature I English 102, Composition and Literature II Graduate Teaching Associate, University of Tennessee, Department of English, 1993-1998. English 101, Composition I English 102, Composition II English 202, Survey of British Literature from 1800 to the Present English 258, Introduction to Fiction Tutor and Mentor, University of Tennessee, Women's Athletic Department, 1994-1998 Tutored English and writing across a variety of disciplines Long-term mentoring of selected students in all aspects of academic performance PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS Publications: "The Dickens in Esther: Autobiographical Implications in Bleak House," South Atlantic Review, vol. 84, no. 1, 2017, pp. 66-84. "Universality in The Death of Ivan Ilych." Tolstoy Studies Journal, vol. 21, 2009, pp. 49-55. "John Grisham." Encyclopedia of American Popular Fiction, edited by Geoff Hamilton and Brian Jones, Facts on File, 2009, pp. 137-39. "Mitla Pass." Encyclopedia of American Popular Fiction, edited by Geoff Hamilton and Brian Jones, Facts on File, 2009, pp. 247-48. "'Guests of the Nation,' by Frank O'Connor." Companion to the British Short Story, edited by Andrew Maunder, Facts on File, 2006, pp. 174-75. "John Fowles." Multicultural Writers Since 1945, edited by Alba Amoia and Bettina Knapp, Greenwood Press, 2004, pp. 216-20. "Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn." Multicultural Writers Since 1945, edited by Alba Amoia and Bettina Knapp, Greenwood Press, 2004, pp. 473-77. "Leon Uris." Multicultural Writers Since 1945, edited by Alba Amoia and Bettina Knapp, Greenwood Press, 2004, pp. 505-9. The Jazz Age: Charleston and Beyond, edited by Arthur "Chip" Rogers, The College of Charleston, 2003. 150p. "Charles Dickens." Multicultural Writers from Antiquity to 1945, edited by Alba Amoia and Bettina Knapp, Greenwood Press, 2002, pp. 87-90. "Percy Bysshe Shelley." Multicultural Writers from Antiquity to 1945, edited by Alba Amoia and Bettina Knapp, Greenwood Press, 2002, pp.374-77. "The Pianist and the Pitcher." Shadow Magazine Fall 1996, pp. 14-19. (fiction) Conference and Workshop Presentations: "Labor, Birth, Infancy: Birthing Graduate Programs in Technical Writing and Digital Communication," Georgia Council of Graduate Schools Spring 2018 Conference, Macon, Georgia, April 20, 2018. "Class, Work and [Un]Fulfillment in David Copperfield, Bleak House, and Great Expectations," 2015 Victorians Institute Conference, Spartanburg, South Carolina, October 2, 2015. "Building Bridges so You Don't Build Scaffolds: Interventionist Strategies for Plagiarism Prevention" (panel). Student Success in Writing Conference. Savannah, Georgia, February 8, 2013. "The Dickens in Esther: Autobiographical Implications in Bleak House." 2011 Victorians Institute Conference: Charles Dickens: Past, Present, and Future. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, October 21, 2011. "Using Websites in Large Multidisciplinary Projects," in "An Examination of Cross-Disciplinary Projects and the Intricacies of Staging and Planning." 2006 International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Clemson, South Carolina, May 2006. "Poetry, Everyday Life, and Composition." Spring Writing Symposium 2006. Oklahoma City Community College. April 2006. "The Illusion of Universality in Tolstoy's Ivan Ilych." Colloquium for Humanities Research. Rogers State University. March 2006. Discussion leader, "Composition and Theory: Literature in the Composition Classroom." National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention. Indianapolis, Indiana, November 19, 2004. Panelist, "Theme Day: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Learning." Second Annual Charleston Connections Conference: Innovations in Higher Education. The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, May 31, 2002. "Information Exchange/Resource for Course Materials," College of Charleston English Department workshop, September 1999. "Productive Classroom Discussion," University of Tennessee English Graduate Student Teaching Seminar, August 1997. "Student Conferences," University of Tennessee English Graduate Student Teaching Seminar, August 1996. "Effective Peer Review," University of Tennessee English Graduate Student Teaching Seminar, August 1995. ACADEMIC SERVICE Chair, University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents Academic Advisory Committee on English (BORAACE) 2021-2022 Chair, Department of English, Middle Georgia State University, 2019-2022 Recorder, USG Board of Regents Academic Advisory Committee on English 2020-2021 Coordinator of English Programs, Middle Georgia State University, 2015-2019 Coordinator of Graduate Technical Writing Programs, Middle Georgia State University Graduate Studies, 2017-2019 Middle Georgia State University General Education Council, 2013-2022 Provost's Ad-Hoc Committee on Retention, Progression, and Graduation, Middle Georgia State University, 2018 Chair, English Department Assessment Committee, Middle Georgia State University, 2022-present Coordinator of Core English, Middle Georgia State University, 2012-2016 Graduate Studies Council, Middle Georgia State University, 2015-2016, 2018-2019 Academic Affairs Board, Middle Georgia State University, 2018-2019 Vice Chair, Middle Georgia State University Faculty Senate, 2014-2016 Middle Georgia State University Faculty Senate Steering Committee, 2014-2016 Title IX Working Group, Middle Georgia State University, 2015-2019 Academic Advising Fellow, Middle Georgia State University, 2013-2015 English Department Curriculum Committee, Middle Georgia State University, 2015-2019 (Chair, 2016-2019) Recorder, Macon State College/Middle Georgia College Consolidation Workgroup for the A.A. in English degree, 2012-2013 Webmaster, Macon State College Department of English website, 2010-2011 Student Discipline Board, Macon State College, 2008-2011 Faculty Advisor, Alpha Rho Sigma (ARS), the  Middle Georgia State University chapter of the Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society, 2010-2019 Board Member, Crossroads Writers' Conference, Macon, Georgia, 2009-2011 (Advisory Board, 2011-2012) Recorder, English 99 Exit Essay Committee, Middle Georgia State University, 2012-2016 Department of English Advising Committee, Middle Georgia State University, 2009-2016 Department of English Academic Success Committee, Macon State College, 2009-2011 University Curriculum Committee, Rogers State University, 2006-2007 Chair, Departmental Curriculum Committee, Department of Communications and Fine Arts, Rogers State University, 2006-2007 Chair, Plagiarism Task Force, Department of Communications and Fine Arts, Rogers State University, 2004-2007 Webmaster, Claremore Reads Together, Claremore, Oklahoma (http://www.claremorereads.com), 2006-2008 Assessment Committee, Department of Communications and Fine Arts, Rogers State University, 2004-2006. AA-Liberal Arts Chair 2004-2005 Strategic Planning Committee, Rogers State University, 2004-2005 Secretary, Enrollment Management Committee, Rogers State University, 2004-2006 Academic Advising, Rogers State University, 2005-2007 New Faculty Mentor, Rogers State University, 2005-2006 Senior Capstone Project Mentor, Rogers State University, 2005-2007 Faculty Advisor, Student Theatre Organization, Rogers State University, 2004-2005 Supervisor of The Citadel English Department's Adjunct Instructors, 2003-2004 Web page design/webmaster, College of Charleston 's Office of Summer Sessions website (http://summer.cofc.edu), 2002-2005 Web page design/webmaster, College of Charleston 's 2003 Jazz Age Retrospective website (http://www.cofc.edu/jazzage) College of Charleston English Department's Technology Committee, 2000-2003 College of Charleston's Interdisciplinary Theme Day Committee, 1999-2003 TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Nineteenth-Century British literature (Romantic and Victorian) The novel (history and narrative theory) Russian literature and culture Technical writing and workplace writing Composition LANGUAGES Reading knowledge of Russian Reading knowledge of French PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Victorians Institute The Tolstoy Society of North America Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society