Bruce R. Magee

Robert C. Snyder Professor of English*
Louisiana Tech University

P. O. Box 3162
Ruston
, LA, 71272
(318) 805-2326
https:// louisiana- anthology.org/
bmagee@latech.edu 
Bruce Magee

Education

Ph.D. Louisiana State University, 1996


Th.D. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1988

M.Div. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1983

 

B.A. Louisiana Tech University, 1980




Research and Articles

Workman, James. Liberty in Louisiana: A Comedy. Edited by Bruce R. Magee and Stephen Payne. ULL Press, 2024.

High School ELA 11th-Grade Unit on Samuel ClemensMardi Gras Letter. (https:// louisiana-anthology. org/ texts/ twain/ clemens--letter--resources.html). Co-editor with Stephen Payne. 2012-Present. Ongoing project.

The Louisiana Anthology. (https:// louisiana-anthology.org/). Co-editor with Stephen Payne. 2012-Present. Ongoing project. We currently have over 9,000,000 words by 240 authors.

The Louisiana Anthology Podcast. (https:// louisianaanthology. blogspot. com/). Co-host with Stephen Payne. 2013-present. We currently have 365 episodes posted, covering Louisiana literature, culture, history, music, food, etc.

The Louisiana Anthology Cookbook. (https://louisiana anthologycookbook. blogspot.com/). Co-editor with Stephen Payne. 2014-present. We currently have 672 recipes, most of them from old Louisiana cookbooks that my technical writing students have updated into modern recipe format.

“Faith and Fantasy in ‘Young Goodman Brown’.” Nathaniel Hawthorne Review, 2003.

“‘Young Goodman Brown’ and Pilgrim's Progress.” Studies in Puritan American Spirituality, 2002.

Conference Presentations

“Catharine Cole — Woman Journalist.” 15th Annual Louisiana Studies Conference. September 23, 2023. (Presentation with Stephen Payne).

“The Ursuline Correspondence.” 65th Louisiana Historical Association Annual Meeting. Alexandria, March 17, 2023. (Presentation with Stephen Payne.)

“Mariaze Djabe.” 14th Annual Louisiana Studies Conference. Natchitoches, September 17, 2022. (Presentation with Stephen Payne.)

“Huey Long — Bogeyman or Superman?” 13th Annual Louisiana Studies Conference. Natchitoches, September 25, 2021. (Presentation with Stephen Payne.)

“Losing Louisiana in the Classroom.” 12th Annual Louisiana Studies Conference. Natchitoches, September 19, 2020. (Presentation with Stephen Payne.)

Liberty in Louisiana. 11th Annual Louisiana Studies Conference. Natchitoches, September 20-21, 2019. (Presentation with Stephen Payne.)

“Mr. Pontillier’s Problem.” PCAS/ACAS (The Popular Culture Association in the South, and The American Culture Association in the South Conference). New Orleans, October 4-6, 2018.

“Literary Landscapes in Chopin's ‘At the ’Cadian Ball.’” 9th Annual Louisiana Studies Conference. Natchitoches, October 2017.

Twelve Years a Slave in the Louisiana Anthology.” (With Stephen Payne). Solomon Northup Symposium. LSUA. Alexandria, LA. February 2014.

The Anthology of Louisiana Literature.” (With Stephen Payne). 5th Annual Louisiana Studies Conference. Natchitoches, October 2013.

“Teaching Latin Using the Internet.” LCA (Louisiana Classics Association). Lake Charles, 2001.

Fiction reading. Mississippi Philological Association. Hattiesburg, MS. 1998.

“Kiss of the Amazon Woman: An Analysis of Kleist’s Penthesilea.” SCMLA (South Central Modern Language Association). Dallas, TX. 1997.

“Lost Amazons of the New World.” GEMCS (The Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies). Dallas, TX. 1995.

Teaching Experience

Louisiana Tech University, 1992-present

  • 2004-present Associate Professor
  • 1998-2004 Assistant Professor
  • 1992-1998 Acting Assistant Professor

Southeastern Louisiana University, 1989-1991

  • Instructor

Louisiana State University, 1988-1991

  • Teaching Assistant


Courses Taught

  • English 101 Composition I
  • English 102 Composition II
  • Honors 103 Foundations of Ancient Civilization.
  • English 201 British Literature
  • English 202 American Literature
  • English 210 British Literature: Beginnings to 1660
  • English 211 British Literature: 1660 to Present
  • English 212 American Literature
  • English 303 Technical Writing
  • English 406 World Masterpieces
  • English 452 The Bible as Literature
  • English 460/560 Digital Communication
  • English 463 Technical Presentations
  • English 468/568 Advances in Technical Communication
  • English 469/569 Graphics in Technical Communication
  • English 475 Classical Mythology
  • English 475/575 Epics in Western Literature
  • English 475/575 Louisiana Literature
  • Foreign Language 101 Introductory Latin I
  • Foreign Language 102 Introductory Latin II
  • Foreign Language 201 Intermediate Latin I
  • Foreign Language 202 Intermediate Latin II


Service

  • 2023 Scored essays submitted to the 2023 Essay Contest.
  • 2022 Proctored exams at the High School Rally
  • 2021 Helped judge the English Dept Writing Contest
  • 2018 Reconstructed the English Dept. Writing Contest website when it was deleted from its original location.
  • 2015- Taught English 469/569 when a colleague got sick.
  • 2015- Taught an English 102 class when a colleague got sick.
  • 2013-2017 Faculty advisor to the Circle K Honor Society.
  • 2010- In charge of the English Department Writing Contest
  • 2010-2012 Editor, English Department Composition Packet
  • 2000- Faculty Advisor to the ΟΔΚ Honor Society
  • 2000- Member of the Honors Faculty.
  • 1998- Member of the Graduate Faculty.
  • 1998- General Studies Advisor
  • 1998- Assist the faculty of the School of Literature and Language in setting up their web sites.
  • 1998- Editor of the web site for Tech's School of Literature and Language
  • 1994-1996 Freshman Composition Committee, LA Tech
  • 1996-1997 Faculty Advisor, College Democrats
  • 1996-1997 Faculty Advisor, The Forum (a student literary organization)

*The Robert C. Snyder Professorship is made available through the State of Louisiana Board of Regents Support Funds.