Northwestern associate dean of graduate studies has article accepted for publication

February 21, 2019

Dr. Shawn Holliday, associate dean of graduate studies and professor of English at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, recently had an article accepted for publication by the journal “Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South.”

The article is titled “The Importance of Indian Territory to the Ending of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Holliday’s article is scheduled to appear in the journal’s first issue of 2021.

One peer reviewer stated “the account of social conditions and demographics within Indian Territory is something seldom discussed in Twain studies, and this is essential to an understanding of how Indian Territory functions in the novel, and clarifies the ending.”

Holliday also recently had his paper “‘Make it New!’: Bob Dylan's Embodiment of Ezra Pound's Modern Artistic Aesthetic” accepted to the inaugural World of Bob Dylan conference that will be held in Tulsa from May 30 to June 2 of this year. The organizers noted that the conference “received far more proposals than we had space to accommodate, and the selection committee believed that [Holliday’s] work stood out thanks to its depth and originality.” The conference will consist of panel discussions, keynote talks, art exhibitions, performances and a deep dive into the newly-established Bob Dylan Archive in Tulsa.

“While Northwestern is not a research university, I find that research is important since it informs much of my teaching,” Holliday said. “Through the research I conduct, I am able to pass on information to students that they normally wouldn’t encounter just by reading textbooks and anthologies; thus, my research strengthens the educational experience for all involved.”

Holliday joined the faculty at Northwestern in 2009. He has a doctorate in literature and criticism with an emphasis in American realism and naturalism, literary modernism and new historicism from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

For more information about Northwestern’s graduate studies program or department of English, Foreign Language, and Humanities contact Holliday at (580) 327-8589 or spholliday@nwosu.edu.

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