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Joe: Dr. Mark R. Hall, Professor of English
By Matthew Miller
Name: Dr. Mark R. Hall, Professor of
English
Q: How old are you?
A: Old enough.
Q: What is your family like?
A: I have been married almost 13 years. I have a son, Jonathan
Mark, who is 11, and a daughter named Kathryne. She is eight.
Q: What are your hobbies?
A: Photography. I have also published four [English] textbooks.
Q: What is your favorite flavor of Cheerios®?
A: Multi-Grain.
Q: What was the title of your dissertation?
A: The Function of Intertextuality in the Poetry of Gerard
Manley Hopkins and George Herbert: Catching a Glimpse of Christ.
Q: Who is your favorite author?
A: C.S. Lewis.
Q: What is one book every student has probably never read
but should?
A: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Q: Why?
A: It contains one of the clearest discussions of the problem
of evil.
Q: What is the funniest or most embarrassing moment you've
experienced as a professor?
A: In '84 as a student teacher, I was teaching a high school
Sports Literature class, and I thought I'd bring some culture in
by showing them Romeo and Juliet. I was absolutely wrapped up in
enjoying the film. Then, only five minutes before the end of the
class, I finally noticed that the take-up reel on the reel-to-reel
projector was not turning. The entire time that the movie had been
playing, the tape had been piling up in a heap on the floor. As
soon as the class saw that I had realized what had been taking place,
they burst into laughter.
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