Timothy Carlisle, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English and Literature.

Educational Background:

• Ph.D. Washington State University
• M.A., Niagara University
• B.A., Westmont University

Profile:

A specialist in American Literature, Dr. Tim Carlisle teaches a two-semester survey in this area, as well as classes on American poetry, fiction, drama, and cinema. He has taught courses in composition, literature, William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Restoration & Eighteenth-century, both at Simpson and elsewhere, including Gonzaga University and Washington State University. Dr. Carlisle has delivered papers on the novels of Walker Percy and his use of the ideas of Gabriel Marcel. In fall of 2007, he reviewed Walker Percy’s Search for Community, by John F. Desmond, for Studies in Modern Fiction.

Instrumental in the formation of Simpson's Writing Center, while on sabbatical during the fall of 2004, he researched and has written on the subject of plagiarism, attempting to formulate an ethical, collaborative approach to composition instruction. Currently, Dr. Carlisle serves as the chair for the English Department.

Contact Info:

• tcarlisle@simpsonuniversity.edu