University of Portland

John McDonald MA

English, Senior Lecturer

John McDonald MA

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Phone:
503.943.7394

Address:
Dundon-Berchtold Hall 103

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About

John McDonald (MA) teaches Modern/Contemporary Arabic Literature, Advanced Writing, Introduction to Literary Studies, Thinking Through Literature, and College Writing. In 2008 he was awarded a Fulbright to teach American Studies and Early American literature at the University of Jordan (Amman). He also taught in the Writing Program at the American University in Cairo (AUC) from 1998-2000. His published work includes three poetry chapbooks: Three Poems Twice (1994), La Mancha, (1996) and Without A Scaffold (2005), and his short stories, poems, and essays have appeared in various publications, including, Troubled Surfer, HEATHENzine, Arnazella: Literary and Visual Art from the Pacific Northwest, Fireweed: Poetry of Western Oregon, Lilliput Review, Golf in Egypt, The Palestine Chronicle, The Oregonian, and The Portland Magazine. View his scholarly essays.

Education

  • Master of Arts, Portland State University
  • Bachelor of Arts, SUNY Buffalo State

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