Shannon Case | Kean University

Campuses Closed on Sunday, January 19, and Monday, January 20, Due to Weather

Due to the winter weather forecast, all classes and activities at Kean’s main campus in Union, Kean Ocean and Kean Skylands are canceled on Sunday, January 19, and Monday, January 20. Normal operations are expected to resume on Tuesday, January 21. Only personnel who are essential during weather emergencies should report to work as required on Sunday and Monday. Employees with questions about their status should consult their supervisors. Keanu’s Kitchen will be open for on-campus residents from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday and 9 a.m. to midnight on Monday.

Education

Ph.D., English, The University of Virginia (2006)
M.A., English, The University of Texas at Austin (1992)
B.A. (with Honors), English, The University of Texas at Austin (1989)

Areas of Expertise

19th-20th Century British and European Literature
World Literature

Courses Taught

World Literature
British Literature
The Short Story
Critical Approaches to Literature
Senior English Seminar
Detective Fiction
Victorian Literature
New Literary Fiction in English

Selected Publications

“Lilied Tongues and Yellow Claws: The Invention of London’s Chinatown.” In Challenging Modernism: New Readings in Literature and Culture, 1914-45, edited by Stella Deen. Ashgate, 2002.

Teaching Philosophy

"How do you know but every Bird that cuts the airy way, is an immense world of delight, closed by your senses five?" (William Blake, 1790)