Wesley Chapel, Florida, United States
As a younger man (beginning in 1982), Lee Hobbs airbrushed t-shirts, painter caps, auto plates, and converse sneakers at the "Shirt Closet" of Singing River Mall (Gautier, MS). An alumnus of numerous secondary schools: Live Oak Academy (Kreole, MS: 1974-81), Lyman Ward Military Academy (Camp Hill, AL: 1981-82), Marion Military Institute (Marion, AL: 1982-83), and Our Lady of Victory Catholic School (Pascagoula, MS: 1983), Lee graduated from Moss Point High School (Moss Point, MS: 1983-86) in 1986. After attending Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (Gautier, MS), he transferred to the University of South Alabama in 1993 and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Art (English minor). Immediately afterward, he relocated to Katowice and Krakow, Poland to teach English (ESL-EAP) and start up three airbrushing and body art businesses. He worked abroad extensively in Western/Central Europe from 1993 -99. In 1999, he returned to the U.S., worked for a while as a licensed dermagraphic technician in D'Iberville, MS and (for 7 months) in Las Vegas, NV. In 2003, Lee earned his Master's of Liberal Arts degree (Emphasis: Literature) from Spring Hill College (Mobile, AL) and in 2008, he received his Doctorate of Philosophy in Literature and Criticism from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. His Ph.D. dissertation focused on Turn-of-the-Millennium American Expatriate Narrative. Dr. Hobbs has previously taught at the University of Silesia (Sosnowiec, Poland: 1994-95), Seton Hill University (Greensburg, PA: 2007-08), and Saint Francis University (Loretto, PA: 2007). Lee joined the faculty of Saint Leo University’s College of Arts & Sciences in 2008 as an Assistant Professor of English (Tenured 2013). His expertise is in contemporary North American literature and his teaching and research interests include Critical Theory, Literary Theory, Comparative 20th-Century Transatlantic Literatures, Studies in Speculative Fiction, Irish Studies, Polish Studies, and Holocaust Studies.
* Faculty Senator, SLU University Senate * Library Committee of the University Senate * Faculty Honors Council * Moderator/Chief Contributor, FB Online Group Social Media Pages for: - SLU Department of Language Studies and the Arts - SLU College of Arts and Sciences - SLU Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society, ααα Chapter *Department Chair (2009-2010). *Tenured 2013. Routinely service courses for the English B.A.'s Literary and Cultural Studies specialization, the university Honors Program, the Faculty Development Training program, and SLU WorldWide online, including: ENG 498: Senior Seminar ENG 435: Literary Criticism ENG 428: English Internship ENG 410: Reading the Planet--Comparative Literatures in Translation ENG 400 ST: Reading with Pictures--The Graphic Novel as Lit. ENG 400 ST: Studies in Science Fiction ENG 400 ST: End of Days: The Postapocalyptic Imagination ENG 399: Junior Oral Exam (Instructor of Record as Dept. Chair) HON 351: The Contemporary Worldview ENG 346: Literary Conflicts and Conversations ENG 343: Major Writer Seminar--Alan Moore (2020), Stephen King (2021) ENG 340 TSLS: Imagining the Holocaust in Literature and Film ENG 340 TSLS: Tattoos in Literature ENG 319: Studies in Speculative Fiction--Superheroes ENG 318: English Pre-Internship ENG 311: Survey of Major Twentieth-Century Writers ENG 300 ST: Studies in Spec. Fiction ENG 300 ST: The Graphic Novel ENG 300 ST: 20th-Century Irish Drama HON 250: The Humanistic Tradition ENG 226: [HONORS-only] Survey of World Literature II ENG 225: Survey of World Literature I ENG 220: Introduction to Literary Studies and Research ENG 220CL: On the Proverbial Road: Journeys of Transformation in Narrative ENG 215CL: Monsters and the Monstrous in Literature ENG 210CL: Love and Desire in Literature ENG 122: Academic Writing II ENG 121: [inc. LEAP] Academic Writing I FDT 112: Embedding Critical Thinking HUM 115CL: Film: The Art of Choice HUM 110HM: Television and the American Family
Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA (company based in Alexandria, Virginia, USA) Contributed solicited and unsolicited articles, editorials, and other duties to ESL Lesson Plan, ESL Jobs Forum, and [the] English-Blog [.com] as a contracted writer/editor. Also participated in the hiring process for other ESLemployment writing positions.
Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA Conducted undergraduate writing and literature courses. Courses taught: • EL 267 American Literature 1915 to Present • LA 101 Seminar in Thinking and Writing
Loretto, Pennsylvania, USA Conducted undergraduate writing and literature courses. Courses taught: • ENGL 104.F Introduction to Literature • ENGL 104.H Writing about Literature • ENGL 100 Fundamentals of Written English
Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA Conducted undergraduate writing and literature courses Courses taught: • ENGL 202 Research Writing • ENGL 121 Humanities Literature • ENGL 101 College Writing