DR. JOHN HAZLETT

Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1984

John Hazlett was born in northern Iowa and received his B.A. from Coe College (Iowa) and his M.A. and Ph.D.(1984) from the University of Iowa. As an undergraduate he also studied at the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Newberry Library Humanities Program in Chicago, in Coe College's New York City Arts Program, and at Marlboro College in Vermont. His graduate work at the University of Iowa focused on American literature, American culture and culture criticism, and non-fiction prose studies. He taught at Contra Costa College in San Pablo, California as an instructor from 1983-85, the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain), where he held a Fulbright Junior Fellowship from 1985-1987, the University of Salamanca (Spain), where he was a visiting professor in 1991-92, and the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Córdoba (Veracruz), Mexico, where he was a visiting professor in 1997-98. While living in the Bay Area from 1979-1985, Hazlett also worked as Editor in the Membrane Bioenergetics Group at the University of California, Berkeley and as theater reviewer for City Arts Monthly, a San Francisco arts publication.

Hazlett’s research and teaching interests include American Literature, Autobiography, Non-Fiction Prose, and Travel Writing. A sample of his publications include his book, My Generation: Collective Autobiography and Identity Politics (1998); a recent travel essay, “The Thrill of Being Here: Letter from Fortín de las Flores, Mexico,” The Southern Review 42 (Winter 2006): 30-46; numerous essays on first-person narratives, including, "The Situation of American Autobiography: Generic Blurring in ‘Contemporary’ Historiography," Prose Studies: History, Theory, Criticism 13 (1990); and essays on American literature, such as "Re-reading ‘Rappaccini’s Daughter’: Giovanni and the Seduction of the Transcendental Reader," ESQ: A Journal of the American Renaissance 35 (1989). He has also written numerous book, theater, and film reviews. He is currently working on a narrative about his experiences as a teacher and traveler in Mexico during 1997-1998.

Hazlett came to UNO in 1987 where he is currently Professor of American Literature. He is also the Director of the B.A. in International Studies program in the College of Liberal Arts and serves as Academic Advisor for International Exchanges in Metropolitan College's Division of International Studies.

Phone Number:
(504) 280-6142

Email Dr. Hazlett@
jhazlett@uno.edu

Address: Bicentennial Education Building 170

Office Hours:

MW 10:30am-4:00pm
TTH 10:30am-12:15pm;
2:00-4:00pm & by appointment

Courses for Fall 2007:

Engl 4391-002:
Constructing American Masculinity
TH 12:30-1:45pm