Gerald Siegel, Ph.D.
Meet Gerald Siegel
Gerald Siegel, a specialist in American and popular literature, has taught a variety of literature and writing courses, most recently American literature, a specialized class in “The Literature of Terror,” and “Introduction to Literary and Textual Studies.”
He has had a long interest in international education. His international teaching experience has included teaching as a Fulbright Professor at major universities in Yugoslavia, Belgium, and North Macedonia, and as a visiting professor at FON University in North Macedonia.
He has edited and co-edited multiple volumes of translations of Macedonian poets. He has also served as a proposal reviewer for the Fulbright program. He’s currently active in the Fulbright Association and a Board member of the Pennsylvania College English Association. Before coming to York, he also taught at St. Mary’s College of MD and George Washington University. He is an army veteran.
- American Literature, Ph.D.
George Washington University
- LIT200: Introduction to Literary and Textual Studies
- LIT281: American Literature and Identity I
- LIT282: American Literature and Identity II
- LIT281: American Literature and Identity I
- LIT391: The Literature of Terror
- Popular Literature
- American Literature
- International Education
- Pedagogy
- “Literature as Language: Using a Historical-Cultural Methodology in Teaching American Literature.” Proceedings of the International Applied Linguistics Conference: Practice in Language, Language in Practice (PLLP) (7 - 8 June 2013). Skopje, `Macedonia, 2014: 35-44.
- "Vampire Varieties: Contemporaneity in American Film Versions of Stoker’s Dracula.” Pennsylvania English 33/34, 2011-12: 92-107
- Business and Professional Writing: A Guide to the Process, 2nd ed. Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt, 1994
- The Tale of Terror: Stories of Horror, Suspense and the Unknown from Nineteenth Century American Periodicals. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt, 1991.
- "Balkan Culture as Revealed in Legends of Vampires and Spirits: Folklore of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia," CEA Critic, 59:1 (Fall, 1996): 51-59.
- “Envisioning a Search for Free Texts: Using Open Educational Resources for Literature Anthologies.” Paper, national conference of the College English Association, New Orleans, LA, March 28, 2019.
- “The State of International Higher Education Today: A Conversation about Change, Reform, and Progress in Eastern Europe and Elsewhere.” Roundtable, Fulbright Association conference, Atlanta, GA, November 13, 2015
- “Bridging Gaps in Culture and Language: Macedonia’s Translation Project and The Poetry of Mateja Matevski.” Paper, international conference of the Fulbright Association, London, England, October 19, 2012.
- “Passages and Intersections: A Thematic Approach to Sebold’s The Lovely Bones.” Paper presented at annual conference of the NCTE, Philadelphia, PA, November 20, 2009.
- “Macedonian Responses to the Bologna Accords: A Fulbright Experience with Educational Reform.” Paper presented at international meeting of the Fulbright Association. Marrakech, Morocco, Nov. 3. 2006.
- College English Association
- Pennsylvania College English Association
- Fulbright Association