1984 - Present | Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, San Jose State University | |
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Disciplines
Grants
2013 | “John Steinbeck, Voice of a Region, A Voice for America” |
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute | |
2012 - 2013 | SJSU President's Scholar |
San José State University (SJSU) | |
2011 | “John Steinbeck, Voice of a Region, A Voice for America” |
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute | |
2009 | “John Steinbeck, Voice of a Region, A Voice for America” |
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute | |
2001 - 2002 | National Endowment for the Arts Library Grant |
National Endowment for the Arts | |
Colleague(s): Mercantile Library, NY and the National Steinbeck Center | |
$265,000 | |
1999 - 2000 | National Endowment for the Arts Planning Grant |
National Endowment for the Arts | |
Colleague(s): Mercantile Library, NY | |
$38,000 | |
1999 | Steinbeck in the Schools Planning Grant |
San José State University | |
Role: Susan Meyers | |
1996 | SJSU Affirmative Action Grant |
San José State University (SJSU) | |
1995 | SJSU Affirmative Action Grant |
San José State University (SJSU) | |
1989 | "The Grapes of Wrath, 1939-1989: An Interdisciplinary Forum" |
California Council for the Humanities | |
$9,850 | |
1989 | California Lottery Fund Grant |
San José State University (SJSU) | |
$10,000 | |
1989 | Esalen Institute Soviet/American Scholar Exchange |
Esalen Institute | |
1989 | Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award |
San José State University (SJSU) | |
1988 | Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award |
San José State University (SJSU) | |
1987 | California Lottery Fund Grant |
San José State University (SJSU) | |
Colleague(s): Steinbeck Research Center | |
$4,000 | |
1987 | Summer Research Grant |
San José State University (SJSU) | |
1985 | "The Emergence and Development of the English Novel: A Theoretical Overview" |
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | |
NEH Summer Seminar | |
Colleague(s): Dr. Ralph Rader (University of California - Berkeley) |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2011 - Present | Board, Hopkins Marine Station | 2010 - Present | Chair, Education Committee, Cannery Row Foundation | 2005 - Present | Scholar in Residence, National Steinbeck Center | 2013 | Co-Director, “John Steinbeck, The Voice of a Region, a Voice for America", National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for High School Teachers | 2006 - 2012 | Board, National Steinbeck Center in Salinas | 2011 | Co-Director, “John Steinbeck, The Voice of a Region, a Voice for America", National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for High School Teachers | 2010 | Co-Chair, Steinbeck Festival, National Steinbeck Center | 2009 | Co-Director, “John Steinbeck, The Voice of a Region, a Voice for America", National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for High School Teachers | 2008 | Co-Chair, Steinbeck Festival, National Steinbeck Center | 2007 | Co-Director, “John Steinbeck, The Voice of a Region, a Voice for America", National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for High School Teachers | 2007 | Co-Chair, Steinbeck Festival, National Steinbeck Center |
Honors and Awards
- Distinguished Service Award - National Steinbeck Center - 2004
- Distinguished Achievement Award - Cornell College - 2003
Courses
- Steinbeck
- Seminar in Period Studies of American Literature
- Capstone Seminar in Literature and Self-Reflection
- Women in Literature
- Creative Nonfiction
1985 | Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
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1976 | M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
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1973 | B.A., Cornell College | |
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Links
Contact Information
Susan.Shillinglaw@sjsu.edu
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