Jon Hauss

Jon Hauss teaches American literature and literary theory, with courses on American Moderns, 1960s Postmoderns, Melville, Poe, Lacan, Film Noir, Postwar Paperbacks, and Spaghetti Westerns. He was formerly tenured professor of English at Rhode Island College and for two years Senior Fulbright Scholar at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic. Dr. Hauss was honored at Dominguez Hills with the 2009 Lyle E. Gibson Distinguished Teaching Award. His writing has appeared in Studies in the Novel, New Orleans Review, Literature and Psychology, Arizona Quarterly, Narrative, English Language Notes, Western Humanities Review, Thought and Action, and anthologies by Open Court and Routledge Press. His prizewinning story “Plagiarism” appeared in Narrative Magazine in Spring 2017.

Selected Recent Publications:

“The Lazy Man’s Gaze: Big Other in The Big Lebowski.” Philosophy and The Big Lebowski. Chicago: Open Court Press. (Forthcoming)

“Plagiarism.” Narrative Magazine. Winter Story Contest Winner. Spring 2017.

Selected Recent Presentations:

Keynote Address, “Parody & Paradox,” Enjambed Release Party. CSUDH, Spring 2018.

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