Bernard McKenna
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Biography
Bernard McKenna received the University's “Excellence in Teaching Award" and the "Exemplary Use of Technology in Teaching Award." His most recent book is The Baltimore Black Sox: A Negro Leagues History (https://www.amazon.com/Baltimore-Black-Sox-Leagues-1913-1936/dp/1476677719). He sits on the editorial board of The Journal of Modern Literature. He has refereed articles for The Journal of Modern Literature, Modernism/Modernity, The Philological Quarterly, and other scholarly publications; evaluated manuscripts for the University Press; and served as an external reviewer for tenure candidates at other institutions. He has taught graduate courses and served on Ph.D. exam and dissertation committees at the University of Delaware, Temple University, and Drew University. He has served two terms as president of the CAS Faculty Senate, most recently in 2019-2020. He has also volunteered for the Employer Support for the Guards and Reserves, giving deployment and USERRA briefings at the Dover AFB, the Delaware Joint Armed Forces Reserve Center, the Army Reserve Centers in Newark and Dover, and at the Marine Corps Training Center in New Castle. He has worked as a consultant for the Peabody Heights Brewery in Baltimore and for Sagamore Development Corporation in Port Covington. He founded the SABR Baltimore chapter, serving as its first chair and later as secretary.
Dr. McKenna has teaching interests in fantasy fiction, Anime, and Irish studies.
Teaching Interests
Fantasy Fiction:
- Developed and regularly teach a course of the Works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
- Developed and regularly teach introductory and advanced courses on J.K. Rowling's magical world:
- ENGL 151: Harry Potter's Literary World, O.W.L.
- ENGL 371: Harry Potter's Literary World, N.E.W.T.
First World War:
- Regularly teach courses First World War literature.
Irish Studies:
- Taught courses on James Joyce and Finnegans Wake.
- Taught courses on the "Poetry of William Butler Yeats" and on "Print and Material Culture in Yeats's Writings."
- Taught courses in Irish Literature.
