Literature of the Sea
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Ph.D. University of St Andrews (expected 2008)
M.A.L.S. Wesleyan University
M.Ed. Lesley College
B.A. Drew University
Magazine Articles
“Carry On, Captain Smith: Ocean Classroom’s Legendary Shipmaster.” Maine Boats, Homes, and Harbors. Forthcoming, Winter, 2007.
“A Radar-assisted Passage.” Ocean Navigator. No. 166. November/December 2007, pp. 51-3.
“The Brine in Douglas Dunn: An Interview.” The Red Wheelbarrow. No. 14. February, 2007, pp. 40-48.
“Meg Bateman: A Gratuitous Exhibitionist?” Chapman. No. 109. February 2007, p.2-7.
“Mr. Yamashita and His Cormorants.” Maritime Life and Traditions. No. 31. Summer 2006, pp. 12-23.
“If My Book Isn’t Published, I’ll Weep…” Times Higher Education Supplement. 7 April 2006, No. 1,737, p. 14.
“Reaper Launched for a Second Century.” History Scotland. Vol. 5, No.5: 2005, pp. 10-11.
“Reaper Recommissioned” and “Barge Rediscovered in Edinburgh.” Maritime Life and Traditions. No. 28: 2005, pp. 76, 78.
“Meg Bateman On Gaelic and Her Poetry.” The Red Wheelbarrow. No. 11: 2005, pp. 33-39.
“The Chinchas and the Guano Trade.” Maritime Life and Traditions. No.25: 2004, pp. 48-61.
“The Straits of Florida: Where Oceanography Makes History.” Sea History. No. 106: 2004, pp.24-7.
“'The Most Valuable Bird in the World': A Maritime History of the Cormorant.” Log of Mystic Seaport. Vol.55. Vol. 1/2: 2004, pp. 18-28.
“A Serious Eater of Fish.” Island Journal. Vol. 20: 2003, pp. 90-93.
“Crew Development to the Ice.” Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea, 14th Edition. ASTA. Newport: 2002.
“Offshore with Mr. Gamage and Mr. Cramer: Sail Training in the Gulf of Maine.” Island Journal. Vol. 17: 2000, pp. 16-21.
“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: 201 Years Old and Still on the Road.” The Log of Mystic Seaport. Vol.51, No.2: 1999, pp. 30-37.
“The Changing Perception of Whales in Literature.” Historic Nantucket. Vol. 47, No. 3: 1998, pp. 24-28.
Scholarly Writing
“Liam O'Flaherty's 'The Wounded Cormorant'.” Beyond the Anchoring Grounds: More Cross-currents in Irish and Scottish Studies. Shane Alcobia-Murphy, et. al., eds. Belfast Studies in Language, Culture and Politics #14. Belfast, Cló Ollscoil na Banríona: 2005, pp. 142-50.
“Pent Up in Lath and Plaster?” Melville Society's Extracts. July: 2001, pp. 10-11.
“Brian Burland,” “Daniel Coker,” “Ghosts and Ghost Ships (co-author),” “Longitude,” “Stephen King,” “Symzonia.” An Encyclopedia of Literature of the Sea and Great Lakes. Jill B. Gidmark, Ed. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., Westport, CT: 2001.
Conference Papers
“The Poets at His Feet: The Afterlife of ‘Sir Patrick Spens’.” Sound Effects Conference. University of St Andrews. St Andrews: 2006.
“Finally a Good Shag: Liam O'Flaherty's 'The Wounded Cormorant'.” Crosscurrents Conference for Irish/Scottish Studies. Aberdeen University. Aberdeen: 2005.
“The Scientific Method of Fiction.” AHRB Research Seminar. “Questioning Methods:
Anthropology, Art, and Creative Writing.” Dundee: 2005.
“Teaching Melville Aboard Ship: Ideas from a Pedagogic Hayseed.” International Melville Conference. Mystic: 1999.
Book Reviews
“Review of The Big Oyster by Mark Kurlansky.” Mystic Seaport Magazine. Spring, 2007, p. 16.
“Review of Pioneers of the Pacific: Voyages of Exploration, 1787-1810 by Nigel Rigby, et. al.” Sea History. Winter 2006, No. 117, p. 48.
“Review of Eugene O'Neill and Dat Ole Davil Sea by Robert Richter.” Sea History. No.111: 2005. p. 44.
Articles in which Students and I Are Featured
Wallach, Steven J. “Students at sea crave a chance to chat on the radio.” Professional Mariner. No. 72: June/July 2003, pp. 20-1.
“Pursuing knowledge of cormorants in Connecticut.” Natural New England. No. 20: Summer, 2004, pp. 64-5.
Writing for Children
“Pigs in Sea History.” article and illustrations. Sea History. Autumn, 2007. No. 120, p. 24.
“Dolphin Fish in Sea History.” article and illustrations. Sea History. Summer, 2007, No. 119, pp. 24-5.
“Storm Petrels in Sea History.” article and illustrations. Sea History. Spring, 2007, No.118, pp. 34-5.
“Sea Cucumbers in Sea History.” article and illustrations. Sea History. Winter, 2006, No.117, p.33.
“Barnacles in Sea History.” article and illustrations. Sea History. Autumn, 2006, No. 116, p. 34-5.
Women and the Sea and Ruth. Author and illustrator. Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT: 2004.
Illustrations
Cartoons for nearly 100 books in the Complete Idiots Guide Series, including timeless texts such as CIG to Pirates (2006), CIG to European History (2006), and CIG to Slow Cooker Cooking (2007).
Numerous commercial projects, such as invitations, posters, mugs, children’s T-shirts; illustrations for Mystic Seaport Museum, including a series of illustrations for a children’s treasure hunt (2007) and for Mystic Seaport Magazine (2006). Have also created a series of illustrations for JHarold, Inc., which builds custom wooden boats made to be used as backyard playthings (2005).
Jensen, John O., author, Richard King, illustrator. What is a Sea Dog? Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic: 2003.
Publication projects in-progress as of 1 Nov 2007
Continuing with ‘Animals in Sea History’ articles for each issue, to collect these into a sea-going reference book
“Anchor Watch: A Literary Cruising Guide to New England”
Book reviews for Mystic Seaport and Sea History magazines
“The Poets at His Feet: The Afterlife of ‘Sir Patrick Spens’” to be submitted to Scottish Studies Review
future articles on cormorants in literature, form and style in the sea voyage narrative, et al.
Consultant to the new Cambridge edition of The Voyage Out, by Virginia Woolf. Emma Sutton, Tuzyline Allan and James Stewart, ed. (expected 2009)
