Areas of scholarship or expertise:

• Nineteenth-century British literature
• Twentieth-century British literature
• Poetry
• Detective fiction
  

E-mail:chris.willerton@acu.edu
Webpage:webfiles.acu.edu/users/willerto/web/

Courses typically taught:

• ENGL 112 (Composition and Literature)
• ENGL 231-232 (World Literature)
• ENGL 370 (Literature and Belief)
• ENGL 496 (Nineteenth-Century English Literature)
• ENGL 497 (Twentieth-Century English Literature)

Selected publications:

Articles

• Christianity and Literature
• The National Honors Report
• Hypertext 2000
• Dictionary of Literary Biography
• The Waltz He Was Born For: An Introduction to the Poetry of Walt McDonald
• The Word in the English Classroom

Poems

• Texas in Poetry
• Christianity and Literature
• Kansas Quarterly

Originally from:  Borger, Texas

Work of literature, art or music you would recommend: Ralph Vaughn Williams, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Person who influenced your life: Professor Lorraine Sherley of the TCU English department. She had enormous gusto for literature and the arts, would not accept a second-rate effort, and was patient with a self-conscious kid from the prairie.

Why you do what you do: I teach college English and direct the Honors Program as a way to pass on the blessings I had at TCU and the University of North Carolina.

What you want to give your students: The same excitement and rigor and confidence my professors gave me.

What you expect from your students: From General Education students (non-English majors), I expect responsibility, attention to instructions, good humor, and openness to new ideas and analytical thinking. From English majors, I expect enthusiasm for literature, willingness to read a lot of material, and a determination to do high quality work.

Why you are at ACU: I’m here providentially. And glad to be here.

Outside interests: Travel in Scotland.

Personal: My wife Sharon is a family nurse practitioner. We have three grown children and one grandchild. We attend the University Church of Christ.