Stanley Blair, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
Department: English
Office: The Great Hall Annex 511
Office Hours: Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8:10-9:40 a.m.; and by appointment.
Phone: 732-571-3619
Email: sblair@monmouth.edu
Education
Ph.D., Duke University
Research Interests
American literature and culture, New Jersey literature, popular culture, and history of rhetoric.
Popular Articles
Featured, “Where Comics Meet Classics,” Fall/Winter 2022 issue of Monmouth: The Magazine of Monmouth University. https://www.monmouth.edu/magazine/where-comics-meet-classics/
Multimedia
Presentations/Invited Talks
Presentation, “Hello from Bushy Hollow: Henry Morford’s New Monmouth, Middletown NJ, c. 1838-1843”, sponsored by the Monmouth County Historical Association, September 15, 2022.
Led Q&A and panel discussion, 151st Anniversary of the birth of Stephen Crane, co-sponsored by the Asbury Park Historical Society and the Asbury Book Cooperative, November 20, 2022. https://www.monmouth.edu/news/prof-blair-participates-in-stephen-crane-commemoration/
“Welcome to Wanalasset, N.J.; or, Reaching Them Where They Live: On Literature and Public Relevance,” New Jersey College English Associate (NJCEA) 45th Annual Conference, Seton Hall University, March 18, 2023.
“Margaret Widdemer: A Special Women’s History Month Tribute,” sponsored by the Asbury Park Historical Society, March 26, 2023. https://www.monmouth.edu/news/prof-blair-presents-on-local-writer-margaret-widdemer/
Emcee and discussion leader. Reading from Burning Boy by Paul Auster. Annual Stephen Crane Commemoration, Crane House, Asbury Park Historical Society, Nov. 2023. https://www.monmouth.edu/news/prof-blair-participates-in-stephen-crane-commemoration/. https://www.monmouth.edu/news/prof-blair-participates-in-stephen-crane-commemoration/
Additional Information
SERVICE:
Interim Dean, Honors School, 2016-2017
Assistant Dean, Honors School, 2015-2016, 2017
Director of Writing, 2001-2009.
Advisor (1997-2010), The Monmouth Review
Courses
Recently Taught Classes
2024 Fall
2024 Spring
2023 Fall
2023 Spring
- Criticism and Theory – EN 441
- Foundations of American Literature – EN 228
- Literature II: Neoclassical to the Present – EN 202
2022 Fall
- Literary Studies for English Majors – EN 226
- Literature II: Neoclassical to the Present – EN 202
- The Short Story in English – EN 426
2022 Spring
2021 Fall
- Countercultures in American History – PR 441
- Foundations of American Literature – EN 228
- Superheroes: Echoes of Epic – EN 222
2021 Spring
Frequently Taught Classes
- American Literature I (EN 207, EN 228)
- American Literature II (EN 208)
- American Realism (EN 329)
- College English II (EN 102)
- Countercultures in American History (PR 441)
- Foundations of American Literature (EN 228)
- Here Be Dragons: Heroic Journeys (EN 218)
- Language and Community (EN 384)
- Literary Studies for English Majors (EN 226)
- Literature I: Ancient Through Renaissance (EN 201)
- Literature II: Neoclassical to the Present (EN 202)
- Modern American Literature (EN 332)
- Seminar in English (EN 491)
- Superheroes: Echoes of Epic (EN 222)
- The Confessional Poets: Surviving Madness (PR 446)
