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Assistant Professor of English Phone: (239)590-7504 E-Mail: dharriso@fgcu.eduOffice: RH 133
Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, 2005 A.M., Washington University in St. Louis, 2001 B.A., University of Missouri-St. Louis, 1998
Primary Teaching Areas: American literature and culture, especially American religious thought, experience, and psychology
Research focus: contemporary evangelical culture and theology, gospel music and culture, sexuality and gender, technology and higher education.
Professor Harrison’s research focuses on the strategies religious subcultures use to accommodate change, and at the same time preserve traditional values and practices. He is particularly interested in the way Protestant, fundamentalist evangelicalism interacts with modern American life. His current book project explores this dynamic within southern, white gospel music and culture. In addition to working in his primary fields, Professor Harrison also cultivates an interest in academic technology: he was the founding director of the Hurst Digital Archive at Washington University, and in 2008, he was awarded the National Education Association’s Excellence in the Academy prize for New Scholars, for his essay on blogging and the professoriate. Publications:
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