John Leland Visiting Assistant Professor of English

Washington Hall 110
540-458-8762
lelandj@wlu.edu

Education

Ph.D., English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A., English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A., English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Research

Nature essays

Teaching

WRIT 100-First Year Writing Seminar. Grotesques and Goths: Southerners describe the South

Selected Publications

Learning the Valley: Excursions into the Shenandoah Valley, University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC, 2010.

Aliens in the Backyard: Plant and Animal Imports into America, USC Press, 2005.

Porcher's Creek: Lives Between the Tides, USC Press, 2001.

A Guide to Hemingway's Paris, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1989.

Work in Progress

Readings in Wood (essays)
Shakespeare's Property Room (book)