25 Nov 2009

Jack Tabor


Name: Jack Tabor

Rank: Adjunct Professor/Lecturer

Office address: 207 Sutherland Hall

Email address: Jmt22@psu.edu

Name(s) of institution(s) where degrees earned:

University of California, Santa Barbara, Ph.D. Candidate in English Literature.

Dissertation: “Fruitful Wastelands: Literature, Open Space, and the Shaping of Early-Twentieth Century British Culture.”

University of California, Santa Barbara, M.A. in English Literature – 2001.
Areas of specialization: Romantic/Victorian, post-1865 American, and 20th century British and Anglophone literatures.

Short description of any research interests:
Professor Tabor is a doctorial candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara and is currently writing his dissertation on Victorian adventure novels and wastelands of the British Empire. In addition to his work at Penn State Abington College, he is an avid ballet dancer, cyclist, and scuba diver. He loves cooking Indian food and collecting LPs.