
Dr.
Patrick B. Sharp
Associate
Professor
Office: ET A411
Email: psharp (at) calstatela (dot) edu
Phone: ext. 5811
1999 Ph.D. English, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1994 M.A.
English, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1989 B.A.
English, High Honors, University of California, Santa Barbara.
TEACHING INTERESTS:
I teach courses that
help students to develop their understanding of the disciplines, while helping
them to build knowledge across disciplinary boundaries. I teach many of the
courses in the Liberal Studies core (301, 360, 489, and 490), as well as LBS
386 (Gender in Science), LBS 410 (National Identity, Race, and Popular
Culture), LBS 420 (Science, Culture, and Representation), and AAAS/LBS 422
(Asian Americans in Science and Literature). I also teach courses in English
such as ENGL 475C (American Novel: 1945-Present) and ENGL 476 (Ethnic
Literature in the U. S.). I work on science fiction, so there is always at
least one science fiction text in every course I teach.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
My
work and research is most deeply concerned with the cultural studies of science
and technology, race, and gender. My first book, Savage
Perils: Racial Frontiers and Nuclear Apocalypse in American Culture looks at how Darwinist narratives
of race and progress have influenced stories about nuclear apocalypse in
American culture. My second book project, which focuses on representations of
women and technology and women in the military, is well underway. I am also
co-editing with Dr.
Jeannette Eileen Jones an anthology entitled The
Descent of Darwin: Evolutionary Visions of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in
Circum-Atlantic Culture. This anthology is
nearly complete and we are hoping it will be out during 2009. I am
actively involved with the CSU Los Angeles Center for the Study of Genders
and Sexualities and the CSU Los Angeles American Communities Program.
FALL 2008 COURSE SCHEDULE
|
Course |
Sect. |
Title |
Units |
Day & Time |
Room |
|
LBS 386 |
1 |
Gender in Science |
4.0 |
MW 6:10-7:50pm |
TBA |
|
LBS/ENGL 454 |
1 |
American Science Fiction |
4.0 |
MW 1:30-3:10pm |
TBA |
FALL 2008 OFFICE HOURS
|
MW |
4:30-6:00 pm |
ET A-411 |
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND WORKS IN
PROGRESS (WIP)
|
Year |
Title |
|
WIP |
"Military
Damsels in Distress: Compulsory Motherhood and Captivity Narrative in Battlestar
Galactica."
Under consideration. |
|
WIP |
Descent of Darwin:
Evolutionary Visions of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Circum-Atlantic
Culture. Anthology co-edited with Jeannette Eileen
Jones. Under consideration. |
|
WIP |
"The Evolution
of the West: Darwinist Visions of Race and Progress in Roosevelt and
Turner." Descent of Darwin: Evolutionary Visions of Race, Gender, and
Sexuality in Circum-Atlantic Culture.
Under consideration. |
|
2008 |
"Darwin's
Soldiers: Gender, Evolution, and Warfare in Them! and Forbidden Planet." Science
Fiction Film and Television 1.2
(November 2008). |
|
2008 |
"Science
Studies 101." SFRA Review 283 (Winter 2008): 4-7. |
|
2007 |
Savage
Perils: Racial Frontiers and Nuclear Apocalypse in American Culture. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007. |
RECENT
AND UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS
|
2008 |
"Ideological
Reboot: Gender, Science, and Technology in The Bionic Woman." Science Fiction Research Association
Conference. Lawrence, Kansas: July 11, 2008. |
|
2008 |
"Questing for a
Genre: Silko's Ceremony and the
Boundaries of SF." Science Fiction Research Association Conference.
Lawrence, Kansas: July 11, 2008. |
|
2008 |
"Genre, Silko's
Ceremony, and the Limits of
Science Fiction." American Literature Association Conference. San
Francisco: May 23, 2008. |
|
2008 |
"Darwin's
Soldiers: Gender, Technology, and Warfare in American Culture." Invited
Presentation to the Klopsteg
Seminar Series in Science and Human Culture. Northwestern University,
Chicago: February 29. 2008. |
|
2008 |
"Gender on the
Nuclear Frontier: The Science Fiction Films of James Cameron." Southwest/Texas
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference.
Albuquerque, New Mexico: February 14, 2008. |
|
2007 |
"Saving Private
Jessica: Gender, Technology, and the Military Damsel in Distress."
Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Conference. Portland, Maine:
November 3, 2007. |
|
2007 |
"Darwin's
Soldiers: Gender and the Military in the Early Twentieth Century." American
Studies Association Conference. Philadelphia: October 12, 2007. |
|
2007 |
"Savage Perils:
Racial Frontiers and Nuclear Apocalypse in American Culture." Invited
Presentation to The American
Cultures and Global Contexts Center Lecture Series. University of
California, Santa Barbara. October 5, 2007. |
|
2007 |
"Monster's from
Darwin's Id: Gender and Evolution in Them! and Forbidden Planet." Science Fiction Research Association
Conference. Kansas City, Missouri: July 6, 2007. |
|
2006 |
"The Darwinist
Frontier: Roosevelt, Turner, and the Evolution of the West." American
Studies Association Conference. Oakland: October 15, 2006. |