A graduate of the department of Literature, Journalism, Writing, and Languages, Dr. Karl Martin returned to 国产剧麻豆剧 as a faculty member in 1998. He teaches all eras of American literature and has long taught African American literature as well as the literatures of other under-represented traditions in American literature. He has research interests in various aspects of American culture such as American religion, music, film, and popular culture as well as American literature. He has published book chapters on the fiction of Flannery O'Connor as well as the graphic novels Watchmen and Marvel's Civil War series. He has also published scholarship on the films Magnolia and 28 Days Later.
A native of San Jose, he is happy to call San Diego home even as he continues to root for the San Francisco Giants. He and his wife, Brenda, a faculty member in the Department of Music, live in the Clairemont neighborhood and are active members of San Diego First Church of the Nazarene.
Education
- Ph.D., American Studies, University of Minnesota
- M.A., American Studies, University of Minnesota
- B.A., Literature, Point Loma College
Courses Taught
- American Writers I 鈥� LIT 2056
- American Writers II 鈥� LIT 2057
- American Literature to 1900 鈥� LIT 4000
- American Literature Since 1900 鈥� LIT 4020
- Literature and Culture 鈥� LIT 2000
- Diverse Voices in American Literature 鈥� LIT 3052
- College Composition: Writing & Research 鈥� WRI 1010
Professional and Community Involvement
- American Studies Association
- Conference on Christianity and Literature
Awards and Honors
- Wesleyan Center Scholar, 2013
- Wesleyan Center Fellow, 2002
- Wesleyan Center Scholar, 1999
- Excellent Professor of the Year, Northwest Nazarene University, 1998
- Faculty Award Lecturer, Northwest Nazarene University, 1998
Dissertations, Presentations, and Publications
- The Films of Fritz Lang, Sabbatical, Spring 2019
- 鈥淐ompeting Authorities in the Nation State of Marvel鈥� Marvel Comics鈥� Civil War and the Age of Terror
- 鈥淭he Failure of a Pseudo-Christian Community in a Nation-State in Crisis: 28 Days Later,鈥� Journal of Religion & Film
- 鈥淭he Love of Nationalism, Internationalism, and Sacred Space in Watchmen鈥� Sexual Ideology in the Works of Alan Moore: Critical Essays on the Graphic Novels
- 鈥淚nflicting and Suffering Violence in the Kingdom of Heaven: The Violent Bear It Away鈥� Dark Faith: New Essays on Flannery O'Connor's The Violent Bear It Away
- 鈥淭he Plagues of Egypt in the Promised Land: Paul Thomas Anderson鈥檚 Magnolia.鈥� Reel Histories: Studies in American Film
- The Evangelical Church and American Popular Culture
- 鈥淪hutting Down the Open Road: Reading O鈥機onnor through Her Influence on Bruce Springsteen鈥檚 Nebraska.鈥� Revelation and Convergence: Flannery O'Connor Among the Philosophers and Theologians, October 2011
- 鈥淚mages of the Automobile in the Writings of Flannery O鈥機onnor and Bruce Springsteen.鈥� Glory Days: A Bruce Springsteen Symposium, September 2005
- 鈥淎merican History According to American Evangelicals.鈥� American Studies Association, November 2001
- The Ethical Implications of Flannery O'Connor's "Prophetic Imagination" PhD Dissertation, University of Minnesota, 1991
