James Jaap, PhD

Teaching Professor, English

Office Location: Main Building, 109B

Office Hours:

Mondays: 9:00 - 10:00AM; 12:15 - 1:30PM
Wednesdays: 9:00 - 10:00AM; 12:15 - 1:30PM
Fridays: 9:00 - 10:00AM; 12:15 - 1:30PM
And by appointment

Mailing Address:

Penn State Greater Allegheny, 4000 University Drive, McKeesport, PA 15132

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Bio

James Jaap received his B.A. from the University of Dayton and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Duquesne University in English, and since 1997, he has been teaching English at Penn State Greater Allegheny. In addition to rhetoric and composition, Dr. Jaap also teaches a variety of literature and writing courses, including Technical and Business writing, the Short Story, Banned Books, and American humor. His current research focuses on famous American novelist Willa Cather and her connection to Pittsburgh. He recently co-directed the 16th Willa Cather International Seminar, which was held in Pittsburgh in June 2017 and he will be co-editing volume 13 of the peer-reviewed journal Cather Studies. Other research areas include his Pittsburgh Literature Project, a project focusing on Pittsburgh authors, including Cather, Rachel Carson, and August Wilson. He has also served as a University Senator on the Penn State Faculty Senate since 2013.

Teaching Interests:
American novel, humor and satire, banned Books, Willa Cather, Pennsylvania literature

SPRING 2019
Class	Class Title	Days & Times	Room
AMST 197B-001	Special Topics - InterDomain	M W F 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Frable Building 206
ENGL 15-001	Rhetoric and Comp	M W F 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Frable Building 206
ENGL 15-002	Rhetoric and Comp	M W Fr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Frable Building 206
ENGL 184-001	The Short Story	M W 2:30PM - 3:45PM	Frable Building 206

Research Interests

Willa Cather, Pittsburgh literature and history, American comedy, The American Novel

Publications

Willa Cather and Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Idealism and the Artist. Willa Cather Newsletter and Review 58.3 (Spring 2016): 7-12.

Note on Exact Date of Willa Cather’s Arrival in Pittsburgh. With Timothy Bintrim. Willa Cather Newsletter and Review 58.3 (Spring 2016): 31.

Willa Cather, E.L. Blumenschein, and the Painting of To-morrow. Cather Studies, Volume 11. Expected date of publication. Fall 2016. (In press)

Education

B.A. University of Dayton 1989

M.A. Duquesne University 1991

Ph.D. Duquesne University 2003