Tim Mackin Dean of Undergraduate Education
Bio
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
B.A. Colgate University
Areas of Expertise:
Writing, Modernist Literature, Literature and Philosophy
Courses I Teach:
English:
- Advanced Academic Writing
- The Art of Memory
- College Writing
- Modernist Poetry
Humanities:
- Modern Civilization
- The 20th Century
Interview
I听specialize in American and British modernism with a particular interest in the relationship between modernism and contemporary philosophy of language and mind. My research attempts to place modernist conceptualizations of knowledge in dialogue with early-twentieth century logic and epistemology and focuses on the writings of Virginia Woolf, Ezra Pound, Bertrand Russell, and Gottlob Frege.听I am听also the former Associate Editor of English Literary History and served as Director of the Johns Hopkins University Writing Center.
Recent News
Will Marquess, instructor of English, who has been involved with the听Onion River Review,听the annual campus literary/arts journal,听 since his first year at the College in 1984-85, presided on April 5 in the Hoehl Welcome Center over his last springtime 鈥渓aunch鈥 party for the Review鈥檚 latest edition.听Tim Mackin听of the Writing Center,听will take of Will鈥檚 position as the听Review听adviser next year.
(posted June 2018)