Michael Parrish

Graduate Teaching Assistant and PhD student in Literary Studies at Georgia State University

Curriculum Vitae

Michael Parrish

Georgia State University
Department of English
mparrish14@student.gsu.edu
407.456.0252 (Cell)

Research Interest

Medieval English Literature, Medieval Christianity, Hermeneutics

Education Background

PhD in English (Literary Studies), Present - Georgia State UniversityMA in English (Literary, Cultural and Textual Studies), 2021 - University of Central FloridaBA in Humanities (Classical) with Minor in Cinema Studies, 2015 - University of Central Florida

Teaching Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant: Georgia State University, 2023 - Present.

Professional Experience

Peer Mentor: First Year Writing Program, Present.Tutor: Georgia State University Writing Studio, 2023 - 2024.Manager: Hawks Design & Consulting, 2016 - 2019; 2022 - 2023.Captioning Assistant: CapTel Service Specialists, 2019 - 2022.

Courses Taught

Summer 2024

ENGL 1101: English Composition

Spring 2024

ENGL 1102: English Composition II
ENGL 1102: English Composition II

Fall 2023

ENGL 1101: English Composition

Courses Taken

Research Adjacent

ENGL 8290: Nation, Race, and the Middle Ages
ENGL 8090: History of the English Language
LIT 6936: Studies in Literary, Cultural, and Textual Theory: Biblical Hermeneutics.
LIT 6936: Studies in Literary, Cultural, and Textual Theory: Legend and Literature of King Arthur.
HUM 3552: Christian Thought.
REL 3403: Christianity.
REL 3363: Islam.
REL 3115: Religion, Spirituality, and Popular Music.
PHI 3200: Medieval Philosophy.

Graduate and Upper-Level

ENGL 8195: Composition Pedagogy
LIT 6936: Studies in Literary, Cultural, and Textual Theory: Queer Theory.
LIT 6936: Studies in Literary, Cultural, and Textual Theory: Sound and the Materiality of Romantic Poetry.
LIT 6276: Teaching College Literature.
LIT 6216: Issues in Literary Studies: The Lost Generation.
LIT 6076: Studies in Contemporary Nonfiction.
ENG 6950: Capstone Course.
ENG 6078: Contemporary Movements in Literary, Cultural, and Textual Theory.
ENG 5009: Methods of Bibliography and Research.
LIN 5137: Linguistics.
HUM 4933: Senior Research Seminar.
HUM 4301: The Classical Ideal

Research

Conference Presentations

"Creating Christendom: How Sir Walter Scott Created a Hermeneutical Jew as Opposition to a Christian Nation in Ivanhoe (Revised and Updated)." Sewanee Medeival Colloquium, 6 Apr. 2024."Creating Christendom: How Sir Walter Scott Created a Hermeneutical Jew as Opposition to a Christian Nation in Ivanhoe." SAMLA 95, 10 Nov. 2023."From Jesus to Martin Luther: A History of Christian Anti-Judaism." English Graduate Symposium, University of Central Florida, 6 Apr. 2020. (Link to Conference Abstract, Link to Conference Paper)"Religion in Hip-Hop: The Five-Percent Nation and the Nation of Islam." Conference on Arts and the Humanities, University of Central Florida, 22 Apr. 2015. (Link to Conference Paper)

Thesis

"Hermeneutics of Hate: How Martin Luther's Rhetorical Manipulation of the Greek Bible Led to His Anti-Judaic Treatise On the Jews and Their Lies." English MA Thesis, University of Central Florida. (Link to Master's Thesis)

Awards and Honors

University of Central Florida, President's Honor Roll, 2015.University of Central Florida, UCF 50th Anniversary Video Contest Scholarship (2nd Place), 2013.
(Link to Video Entry)

Service Activity

Professional Activity

Vice President, Graduate English Association. Department of English, Georgia State University, 2024-25.

Hosted Scholars from Southwest Jiatong University. Department of English, Georgia State University, 16-18 Jul. 2024.

Educational Video Production (UCF)

"The Mogao Caves: The Thousand Buddha Grottoes." College of Arts and Humanities, University of Central Florida, 2016."Hong Kong: The Cultural Hub of the East." College of Arts and Humanities, University of Central Florida, 2014.

Professional Affiliations

Member, South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA), 2024-25.

Vice President, Graduate English Association. Department of English, Georgia State University, 2024-25.

Contact

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