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Courses Taught for Belmont University
2002-Present 
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First-Year Seminar: Knowing Today by Imagining Tomorrow
 
The History of the Future: A Century through Science Fiction
 
U.S. Exceptionalism: The American and the Frontier 

Native American Identity in the U.S. Context
 
Native American Fiction and Film
 
The Trail of Tears
 
History and the Gothic Imagination 

J.R.R. Tolkien in History, Political Thought, and Literature

Harry Potter and His Predecessors
 
Worlds Gone Wrong: The Dystopian Tradition 
 
Fan Participation in Media and Culture



Topics Taught for Seminars Sponsored by the Institute for Humane Studies
1999-Present
(at various universities including Pitzer College, Bryn Mawr College, Princeton University, Brown University, Duke University, Chapman University, and UCLA)  

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Portrayals of the State
 
The Dystopian Literary Tradition and Political Thought
 
The Literature of the Frontiers

The Bureau of Indian Affairs and Native America

U.S. Media Culture

The Revolutionary Era in America

The U.S. Federalist Era
 
History of the U.S. Presidency



Courses Taught for Vanderbilt University
1995-1997

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Introduction to U.S. History, Part I

Introduction to U.S. History, Part II

Introduction to Western Civilization, Part I

"It doesn't take much to change the course of a life. Sometimes a single word will do it."
Alva Keel, "You Are My Sunshine," MIRACLES