Jack Love

Jack is a PhD candidate in the Department of English. He graduated with a BA from Dallas Baptist University and a MA from the University of Tennessee. His research focuses on ecocriticism, plantation modernism, and ocean studies in trans-Atlantic literature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He has taught English 104, 210, and 203 at Texas A&M.

Accomplishments

• National Endowment of the Humanities Summer Scholar at Georgia College Institute: “Reconsidering Flannery O’Connor”
• Journal Article: “Latinx in the Margins of American Television: Breaking Bad.” Response: A Journal of Popular and American Culture, vol. 8, no. 2, 2023. https://live-responsej.pantheonsite.io/issue/2023-11/article/latinx-margins-american.
• Hamlin Hill Prize in Historical Literary Study, Texas A&M Department of English, 2022 – 2023
• American Humor Studies Judith Yaross Lee Publication Grant, 2022 – 2023
• Journal Article: “Colonial Discourse and Tradition in John Dryden’s The Indian Emperour.” HyperCultura, vol. 11, 2022, pp. 2 -16. https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1113172
• “Hazel Motes and Midcult Religion in Flannery O’Connor’s ‘Wise Blood.'” Christianity & Literature, vol. 73, no. 1, March 2024, pp. 80-98.
• Participant in the PhD Seminar at the Roosevelt Institute of American Studies, Leiden University, Middelburg, Netherlands