Mark Lounibos
Associate Professor, English
Office
Mannerheim Hall, Room 413
Contact
mark.lounibos@finlandia.edu
906-487-7336
Joined Finlandia
Fall 2011
Education
B.A. Fordham University/M.A. Binghamton University/PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison
Current Courses
Environmental Literature: ENG 302 Fall 2015
Cultures in Conflict: ENG 403 Spring 2015
Studies in Poetry: ENG 275 Fall 2014
Literary Criticism: ENG 380 Spring 2013
Survey of British Literature: ENG 242 Spring 2013
Literature and Politics: ENG 350 Fall 2013
Monstrous Literature: ENG 250 Spring 2012
College English I and II: ENG 103/104 Spring/Fall 2015
Personal Statement
Statement of Support for Human Rights and Dignity in America and the World
As an employee at Finlandia University, as a citizen of the United States of America, and as a human being, I support the rights of all individuals who seek freedom, safety and respect, regardless of their religion, ethnicity or national origin. I recognize the persistent threat of violence, both abroad and at home, and for this very reason, I stand with the “poor, huddled masses” at the core of American democracy. There will always be threats, but I refuse to be terrorized into intolerance and instead choose strength, openness, knowledge, respect and love. I welcome respectful debate and dialogue with all who seek to uphold these inherent values of our democratic system.
Inspirations
People who don’t let fear stop them from growing, taking risks, and helping others.
Favorite Quotes
Hide your dreams from capital. The Future of the Left
I had a dream which was not all a dream. Lord Byron
Advisor Status
Areas of Interest / Specialty: British Romanticism/ Narrative/ Speculative Fiction/ Biopolitics/ Environmentalism/ The Jacobin Novel
Curriculum Vitae
Mark Lounibos
Curriculum Vitae
OFFICE ADDRESS
Mannerheim 413
Finlandia University
601 Quincy Street
Hancock, MI 49930
(906) 487-7336
mark.lounibos@finlandia.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of English (August 2010)
PUBLICATIONS
“Frame-Breaking: Byron, Bellingham and the Object of Persecution,” Prism(s): Essays in Romanticism, v.18, 2011.
“In Praise of the Demele: William Godwin and the Romantic Mixture,” Keats-Shelley Journal, v.58, 2009.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER CONSIDERATION
“You Complete Me”: The Joker's Romanticism and the Limits of Revolt,” 15 pp. in ms. Midwestern Journal of Popular Culture.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
“The Rights of Things in Byron's Cain, or Hell as Hyperobect,” North American Society for the Study of Romanticism, University of Winnipeg and University of Manitoba, August 2015.
“Service Learning and College Writing in a Post-Industrial, Post-Literate Environment,” Writing Across the Peninsula, Northern Michigan University, October 2014.
“Byron's Biopolitics: An Aesthetics of Entombment,” International Conference on Romanticism, Oakland University, October 2013.
“Necromantic Life: William Godwin and the Ends of Dissent,” “Apocalyptic Imagination,” Humanities Center, Wayne State University, November 2012.
“Toying With the Humanities,” “The Art of Outrage”: Graduate English Conference, Fordham University, New York, October 2011.
“Humanities' Potential,” The Conference on Public Humanities, University of Wisconsin-Madison, March 2010.
“Atlantic History/Atlantic Romance,” North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSR), Duke University, May 2009.
“In Praise of the Demele: William Godwin and the Romantic Mixture,” NASSR Supernumerary Conference, Universiti di Bologna, March 2008.
“Breaking the Machine: Byron's First Parliamentary Speech and the Object of Persecution,” International Conference on Romanticism, Loyola University/Towson University, October 2007.
“The Pastoral Isn't Even Past: William Godwin's Imogen and the Politics of Genre,” Western Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Arizona State University, February 2006.
“The Naked Life of Caleb Williams,” NASSR, Montreal, August 2005.
Professional Memberships
The International Byron Society
Modern Language Association North American Society for the Study of Romanticism
International Conference on Romanticism
Professional Memberships: Modern Language Association/North American Society for the Study of Romanticism/International Conference on Romanticism/The International Byron Society
Publications
“In Praise of the Demele: William Godwin and the Romantic Mixture,” Keats-Shelley Journal, v.58, 2009.
“Frame-Breaking: Byron, Bellingham and the Object of Persecution,” Prism(s): Essays in Romanticism, v.18, 2011.
"Revolutionary Objects in Inchbald's Nature and Art". Material Transgressions. Forthcoming from Liverpool University Press.
“You Complete Me”: The Joker's Romanticism and the Limits of Revolt,” 15 pp. in ms. Midwestern Journal of Popular Culture. UNDER REVIEW
Other
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
Chair, Campus Enrichment 2013-14
Chair, Campus Read Committee 2013-
Chair, Writing Committee 2013-