Christopher Mott
Encyclopedia
Christopher "Chris" Mott is an American academic who was a National Football Foundation
Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete
in 1978 and Pacific-10 Conference Medalist in 1979 for the Arizona State Sun Devils
. He is currently a Senior Continuing Lecturer in the department of English at the University of California, Los Angeles
.
where he played for the Sun Devils football team
, serving as co-captain in 1977. He received his B.A. in English Education from ASU in 1979 and his Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles
in 1991.
National Football Foundation
The National Football Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 1947 by General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army Black Knights football coach Earl "Red" Blaik and journalist Grantland Rice...
Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
in 1978 and Pacific-10 Conference Medalist in 1979 for the Arizona State Sun Devils
Arizona State Sun Devils football
The Arizona State Sun Devils' football program represents Arizona State University in college football, and competes in NCAA Division I FBS as a member of the Pacific-12 Conference....
. He is currently a Senior Continuing Lecturer in the department of English at the University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
.
Background
Mott attended Arizona State UniversityArizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
where he played for the Sun Devils football team
Arizona State Sun Devils football
The Arizona State Sun Devils' football program represents Arizona State University in college football, and competes in NCAA Division I FBS as a member of the Pacific-12 Conference....
, serving as co-captain in 1977. He received his B.A. in English Education from ASU in 1979 and his Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
in 1991.
Awards and honors
- Honorary member of the Golden Key International Honour SocietyGolden Key International Honour SocietyThe Golden Key International Honour Society is an Atlanta, Georgia-based non-profit organization founded in 1977 to recognise academic achievement among college and university students in all disciplines....
, UCLA - 1995:Distinguished Lecturer Award, UCLA
- 1979: Pacific-10 Conference Medalist, Arizona State Sun DevilsArizona State Sun Devils footballThe Arizona State Sun Devils' football program represents Arizona State University in college football, and competes in NCAA Division I FBS as a member of the Pacific-12 Conference....
- 1978:National Football FoundationNational Football FoundationThe National Football Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 1947 by General Douglas MacArthur, legendary Army Black Knights football coach Earl "Red" Blaik and journalist Grantland Rice...
Hall of Fame Scholar-AthleteCollege Football Hall of FameThe College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
, Arizona State Sun DevilsArizona State Sun Devils footballThe Arizona State Sun Devils' football program represents Arizona State University in college football, and competes in NCAA Division I FBS as a member of the Pacific-12 Conference....
Selected publications and talks
- "Electronic Literature Pedagogy: A Questionable Approach." In Electronic Literature: New Horizons for the Literary: Supplemental Online Essays, N. Katherine HaylesN. Katherine HaylesN. Katherine Hayles is a postmodern literary critic, most notable for her contribution to the fields of literature and science, electronic literature, and American literature. She is professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Program in Literature at Duke University. -Background:Hayles was...
, 2008. - "The Art of Self-Promotion: Or, Which Self to Sell? The Proliferation and Disintegration of the Harlem Renaissance." In Dettmar, Kevin J. H. (ed. and introd.); Watt, Stephen (ed. and introd.). Marketing Modernisms: Self-Promotion, Canonization, Rereading. Ann Arbor, MI: U of Michigan, 1996: 253-74.
- "The Cummings Line on Race." Spring: The Journal of the E. E. CummingsE. E. CummingsEdward Estlin Cummings , popularly known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in lowercase letters as e.e. cummings , was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright...
Society, vol. 4, pp. 71–75, Fall 1995. - "Libra and the Subject of History." Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 131–45, Spring 1994
Book reviews
- "Hints and Guesses: William Gaddis's Fiction of Longing." Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, September, 1999.
- "Blank Fictions: Consumerism, Culture and the Contemporary American Novel." Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, September, 1999.
- "Don DeLillo. Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, June, 1994.
New Media talks
- "Customizing an Instructional Application." Scholarship in a New Media Environment: Issues and Trends. UCLA OID, 1999.
- "The Workload and the Web. Scholarship in a New Media Environment: Issues and Trends. UCLA OID, 1998.
Further reading
- Eshoff, Ryan. "Athletes are not without intellect, and UCLA students should avoid stereotypes that paint them as uninterested in or unfit for academics." Daily BruinDaily BruinThe Daily Bruin is the student newspaper at the University of California, Los Angeles.-Frequency and governance:When classes are in session, the Bruin is published Monday through Friday during the school year and once a week on Mondays in the summer quarter.It is overseen by the ASUCLA...
, May 25, 2011.