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Eric Carlson
Assistant Professor
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Email: ericc@usca.edu
Dr. Eric Carlson joined the faculty at USCA in fall 2007. He earned his Ph.D. in English from Purdue University in May 2006, and his dissertation is an interdisciplinary study that analyzes the literary presentation of violence and warfare in Old English and Old Norse texts. Prior to attending Purdue, Carlson earned his M.A. in English from DePaul University in Chicago in 1996, and his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1994.
Dr. Carlson’s academic and teaching interests are diverse. While his general area of endeavor is medieval Germanic literature, he also has great interest in military studies, the psychology of violence, Girardian mimetic theory, monster studies (focusing particularly on the role of the ogre as a literary device), historical linguistics, and cultural anthropology. His current research investigates how the Beowulf poet uses particular words as cultural markers to reinforce the martial ideologies of the poem’s audience.
In his spare time Dr. Carlson enjoys watching Green Bay Packers football, listening to his robust collection of records and CD’s, and writing reviews of music, books, and independent publications for a Los Angeles-based music magazine. He lives in Aiken with his wife Alison and their dog Grendel.
