Scholars

Instructional Associate Professor

Positions:

Lecturer, English, College of Arts and Sciences
Instructional Associate Professor, English, College of Arts and Sciences

overview

My interests include Romantic and Victorian British fiction, theories of the literary fantastic, folklore, creative writing (especially prose), popular culture, theories of the novel, and contemporary literature. Currently working on literary treatments of fairyland, Br?(C)ton folklore, a collection of literature of the fantastic, two novels, a short-story collection, and several screenplays.

education and training

M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Bowling Green State University - (Bowling Green, Ohio, United States) 2014
Ph.D. in English Literature, University of Washington - (Seattle, Washington, United States) 2001
M.A. in English Literature, University of Washington - (Seattle, Washington, United States) 1997
B.A. in Literature, University of California, Santa Barbara - (Santa Barbara, California, United States) 1995

selected publications

Academic Articles11

Harris, J. M (2015). Ridden. (4),
Harris, J. M (2014). Slender and Gray. Riding Light Review. (Halloween Issue), 58-78.
Harris, J. M (2014). To Crawl Through Stars.
Harris, J. M (2013). Why We Eat the Dead.
Harris, J. M (2012). Smiles of Oblivion: Demonic Clowns and Doomed Puppets as Fantastic Figures of Absurdity, Chaos, and Misanthropy in the Writings of Thomas Ligotti. Journal of Popular Culture. 45(6), 1249-1265.

Books4

Harris, J. M (2021). Master of Rods and Strings. Vernacular Books.
Harris, J. M (2008). Folklore and the Fantastic in Nineteenth-century British Fiction. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd..
Harris, J. M., & Duncan, B (2007). Laugh without Guilt: A Clean Joke Book. Northwest Folklore.
Harris, J. M. (2001). The Troll Tale and Other Scary Stories.

Chapters1

Harris, J. M. (2013). Scottish 19th Century Highland and Island Folklore: Collectors, Informants, and Materials. Dunnigan, S., & Gilbert, S. (Eds.), The Edinburgh Companion to Scottish Traditional Literatures. 114-114. Edinburgh University Press.