DAVID MOUNT

Office: Rook Hall 240
Spring '08 office hours: M 1:45-4, W 1:45-3, T/TH 2:30-4 and by appointment
Phone: (503) 657-6958 ext. 2604
Email: davidmo@clackamas.edu


EDUCATION
M.A., English, University of California, Los Angeles
B.A., California State University, Fullerton

TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
I try to inspire students to take chances—to read things they might not have attempted on their own, to write in new forms and voices. But I also work hard to create a safe and supportive environment for them to do so. My classes are usually designed as explorations, or "inquiries," to use the buzzword. I try to ignite students' curiousity and then empower them to find their own answers. I see my role in a class as being to facilitate discussion, to provide resources as necessary, and to encourage and gently push students to do their very best.

COURSES TAUGHT
Survey of British Literature (EN 204-206)
Introductions to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (EN 104-106)
College transfer writing sequence (WR 121-123), specializing in WR123, The Research Paper
Basic writing (WR 90 and 95)
Music and Literature, Mystery Fiction (offered occasionally)

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Technology and humanities education
Theory and practice of student-centered learning
Music and literature
17th-century English literature
17th-century English music, and the Lyra Viol style of playing the viola da gamba
History, techniques, and tunes of the American old-time fiddle tradition