Name: Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D. Rank: Assistant Professor
Office address: 301 Sutherland
Phone Number: (215)881-7556
E-mail: mcs2@psu.edu
Institution(s) where degrees were earned:
B.S., Pennsylvania State University
M.A., University of Hawaii
Ph.D., University of Essex and Cambridge University
Names and numbers of courses taught:
English 202a (Effective Writing in the Social Sciences)
English 265 (Reading Nonfiction),
English 441 (Chaucer)
STS 101 (Modern Science, Technology, and Human Values)
STS 200 (Critical Issues in Science, Technology, and Society)
STS 435 (The Interrelation of Science, Philosophy, and Religion)
New courses being developed:
American Studies 140W (Religion in American Life and Thought) and English 420
(Writing for the Web).
Short description of any research interests :
Literary specialty: James Joyce's Finnegans Wake. Current research focuses on the
so- called “culture wars.” He is currently working on a book titled The Politics
of Religion vs. The Religion of Politics: The Demise of a Secular Nation.
“Remembering Dr. Timothy Leary,” Journal of Popular Culture, 38:1 (August 2004), 106-128.
“Out of Focus on the Family: A Response to Arguments Against Same-Sex Marriage,” Popular Culture Review, 16:1 (February 2005), 45-75.
“America 's New McCarthyism: Homosexual Stereotypes, Myths, and the Politics of Fear,” Popular Culture Review, 16:2 (August 2005).
Dr. Seesholtz also writes for several online publications. Since March 2005, he has published over one hundred and fifty articles.
