Paul Cappucci, Ph.D.

Educational Background:

• Ph.D. in English Literature, 1998 Drew University, Madison, NJ 
• M.Phil. in English Literature, 1997 Drew University, Madison, NJ 
• M.A. in English Literature, 1993 The College of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ
• B.A. in English Literature, 1990 King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Publications:

• William Carlos Williams, Frank O’Hara, and   the New York Art Scene. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2010.
• William Carlos Williams’s Poetic Response to the 1913 Paterson Silk Strike. Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2002.
• “Jackson Pollock’s ‘Blobs of Paint’ in the Poetry of William Carlos Williams and Frank O’Hara.” The Legacy of William Carlos Williams: Points of Contact.  Ed. Ian Copestake. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. 116-133.
• “‘A Blossoming of the Spirit’: William Carlos Williams, Emanuel Romano, and the Authenticity of Artistic Expression.” William Carlos Williams Review 29.1 (2009): 15-27.
• Comments from panel “Still Getting the News from Poems: WCW in the 21st Century” at the 2008 William Carlos Williams Symposium. William Carlos Williams Review 29.1 (2009): 94-95.
• “Down from the Crow’s Nest: Herman Melville’s Battle Pieces and Aspects of the War.” War,Literature, and the Arts 17.1-2 (2005): 162-169.
• “The ‘Wash’d-up drift” of Poetic Ideals: Disunion as Poetic Failure in Walt Whitman’s ‘As I Ebb’d with the Ocean of Life.”  Journal X 8.1 (2003): 33-41.
• “‘And Everyone and I Stopped Breathing’: William Carlos Williams, Frank O’Hara, and the News of the Day in Verse.” Papers on Language and Literature 39.4 (2003): 375-389.
• “Negotiating the 1930s: William Carlos Williams’s Struggle with Politics and Art on his Way to Paterson.”  The Journal of Imagism Fall (1999): 3-21.  
• “Depicting the Oblique: Emily Dickinson's Poetic Response to the Civil War.” War,Literature, and the Arts 10.1 (1998): 260-273.
• “Wallace Stevens' `God is Good. It is a Beautiful Night'” The Explicator 55.1   
• Six Modernist Moments in Poetry by David Young. William Carlos Williams Review. 27.1
• Reprinting of The Great American Novel. William Carlos Williams Review. 25.1 (2005): 93-94.
• “Bill Berkson,” “Edwin Denby.”  The Encylopedia of the New York School Poets.  Ed. Terrence Diggory. New York: Facts on File, 2009.
• “Paul Mariani.” The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry.  Ed. Jeffrey Gray.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005.
• “Theodore Dreiser.” Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. Eds. Cary D. Wintz and Paul Finkelman.  New York: Routledge, 2004. 309-311.
• “James Gould Cozzens,” “Van Wyck Brooks.” The Encyclopedia of New Jersey. Eds. Maxine N. Lurie and Marc Mappen.  New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 2004.
• “Henry Timrod,” “George Washington Cable,” “T.S. Eliot,” and “Ezra Pound.” An Encyclopedia of American War Literature.  Eds. Philip K.Jason and Mark Graves. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001.

Courses Taught:

• EN111
• EN112
• N113,
• EN114
• EN115
• EN116
• EN201
• EN240
• EN305
• EN310
• EN321
• EN322
• EN323
• EN324
• EN420
• EN425

Research Area: 

• 19th Century American Literature, 20th Century American Poetry, American War Literature

Service to the University

• Chair, Department of English and Communications (Fall 2008; Fall 2009-Present)
• Moderator:  The Fountainspray Literary Art Magazine (2000-2005)
• Poetry Readings / Guest Speakers:
• Organizer for Maria Mazziotti Gillan’s poetry reading, Spring 2008
• Organizer for Merrill Maguire Skagg’s lecture, Spring 2008
• Organizer for Mark Doty’s poetry reading on 04/05/04
• Organizer for Kurtis Lamkin’s poetry reading on 4/2/03
• Organizer for Maria Mazziotti Gillan’s poetry reading on 04/04/02
• Chair, Curriculum Committee, School of Arts and Humanities, 2007-2008
• Chair, Middle-States Self-Study—Standard 11, Educational Offerings (Appointed), 2007-2009
• Honors Advisory Council, 2007-2008
• Presidential Commission for the Academic Life and Student Life Master Plan (Appointed): 2005-2007
• Academic Standards Committee (Elected):  2001-2007; Chair, 2003-2005
• Member of Third Year Review Committee, 2006-2007; 2007-2008
• General Education Task Force Member, 2003-2005
• Faculty Executive Committee, 2003-05
• Faculty Development Committee, 2002-2004
• Library Committee, 2003-2004
• 2nd Degree Task Force, Chair-2003
• Mission Integration Committee, 2002-2003
• Program Review Committee, 2000-2001
• Class of 2004 Moderator (2002-2004)

Why I Love GCU

• G.C.U offers a welcoming setting for all those who step on its campus.  I love the fact that students and professors have a genuine opportunity to connect to each other. This connection can foster an amazing learning experience both in and outside the classroom.  It has been a joy to participate in that experience and witness the progression of so many highly motivated individuals as they pursue their academic and personal goals.