Douglas Brown

Senior Lecturer - Literary Arts and Studies
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BA, Wesleyan University
MA, City College of New York

Doug Brown was director of the Writing Center at Brown University from 2000–14 and has taught classes at Brown, RISD, Providence College and Rhode Island College since 2001. He won Brown’s UCS Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2006 and the Wilson-Debois Award in 2007. In addition to working with college students, he has worked with inmates in local prisons as well as officer candidates in the military as part of BOOST, a program designed to promote racial diversity among military officers.

Courses

Fall 2023 Courses

LAS E101-13 - FIRST-YEAR LITERATURE SEMINAR
Level Undergraduate
Unit Literary Arts and Studies
Subject Literary Arts and Studies
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Seminar
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

LAS E101-13

FIRST-YEAR LITERATURE SEMINAR

Level Undergraduate
Unit Literary Arts and Studies
Subject Literary Arts and Studies
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Seminar
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: WF | 2:50 PM - 4:20 PM Instructor(s): Douglas Brown Location(s): College Building, Room 431 Enrolled / Capacity: 15 Status: Closed

SECTION DESCRIPTION

An introduction to literary study that helps students develop the skills necessary for college-level reading, writing, research and critical thinking. Through exposure to a variety of literary forms and genres, historical periods and critical approaches, students are taught how to read closely, argue effectively and develop a strong writing voice. The course is reading and writing intensive and organized around weekly assignments. There are no waivers for LAS-E101 except for transfer students who have taken an equivalent college course.

First-year Students are pre-registered for this course by the department.

Sophomore, Junior, Senior or Transfer Students register into the designated section(s).

Major Requirement | BFA

LAS E101-14 - FIRST-YEAR LITERATURE SEMINAR
Level Undergraduate
Unit Literary Arts and Studies
Subject Literary Arts and Studies
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Seminar
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

LAS E101-14

FIRST-YEAR LITERATURE SEMINAR

Level Undergraduate
Unit Literary Arts and Studies
Subject Literary Arts and Studies
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Seminar
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: TF | 4:40 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Douglas Brown Location(s): College Building, Room 431 Enrolled / Capacity: 15 Status: Closed

SECTION DESCRIPTION

An introduction to literary study that helps students develop the skills necessary for college-level reading, writing, research and critical thinking. Through exposure to a variety of literary forms and genres, historical periods and critical approaches, students are taught how to read closely, argue effectively and develop a strong writing voice. The course is reading and writing intensive and organized around weekly assignments. There are no waivers for LAS-E101 except for transfer students who have taken an equivalent college course.

First-year Students are pre-registered for this course by the department.

Sophomore, Junior, Senior or Transfer Students register into the designated section(s).

Major Requirement | BFA

Wintersession 2024 Courses

LAS W423-101 - READING AND WRITING LITERARY NONFICTION
Level Undergraduate
Unit Literary Arts and Studies
Subject Literary Arts and Studies
Period Wintersession 2024
Credits 3
Format Seminar
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

LAS W423-101

READING AND WRITING LITERARY NONFICTION

Level Undergraduate
Unit Literary Arts and Studies
Subject Literary Arts and Studies
Period Wintersession 2024
Credits 3
Format Seminar
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-01-04 to 2024-02-07
Times: W | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 01/10/2024 - 01/10/2024; TH | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 01/11/2024 - 01/11/2024; TH | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 01/18/2024 - 01/18/2024; M | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 01/22/2024 - 01/22/2024; W | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 01/24/2024 - 01/24/2024; TH | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 01/25/2024 - 01/25/2024; M | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 01/29/2024 - 01/29/2024; TH | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 02/01/2024 - 02/01/2024; M | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 02/05/2024 - 02/05/2024; W | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 02/07/2024 - 02/07/2024; TH | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 01/04/2024 - 01/04/2024; M | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | 01/08/2024 - 01/08/2024 Instructor(s): Douglas Brown Location(s): College Building, Room 412 Enrolled / Capacity: 20 Status: Closed

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This course will give students the chance to read exemplary works of contemporary masters, including John McPhee, Jo Ann Beard, Denis Johnson, David Foster Wallace, Ta-Nehisis Coates, Leslie Jameson, Zadie Smith, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Joan Didion. Reading closely, students will gain broad exposure to a range of styles and concerns, which in turn may inform the nonfiction writing they do in this class. Students will have the option of working on a single long piece of approximately 20 pages or two pieces, 10 pages each. The work will be expected to do more than merely recount lived experience. At the heart of the writing should be an issue the writer is working to fathom.

Elective

Spring 2024 Courses

LAS E101-02 - FIRST-YEAR LITERATURE SEMINAR
Level Undergraduate
Unit Literary Arts and Studies
Subject Literary Arts and Studies
Period Spring 2024
Credits 3
Format Seminar
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

LAS E101-02

FIRST-YEAR LITERATURE SEMINAR

Level Undergraduate
Unit Literary Arts and Studies
Subject Literary Arts and Studies
Period Spring 2024
Credits 3
Format Seminar
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: TTH | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Instructor(s): Douglas Brown Location(s): College Building, Room 434 Enrolled / Capacity: 15 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

An introduction to literary study that helps students develop the skills necessary for college-level reading, writing, research and critical thinking. Through exposure to a variety of literary forms and genres, historical periods and critical approaches, students are taught how to read closely, argue effectively and develop a strong writing voice. The course is reading and writing intensive and organized around weekly assignments. There are no waivers for LAS-E101 except for transfer students who have taken an equivalent college course.

First-year Students are pre-registered for this course by the department. Sophomore, Junior, Senior or Transfer Students register into designated section(s).

Major Requirement | BFA

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BA, Wesleyan University
MA, City College of New York