Faculty Directory
John Moore
Retired Professor
Contact:
229 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802
Office Phone: 814-865-4242
jwm2@psu.edu
Office Hours:
By Appointment
Educational History:
Ph.D., M.A. Stanford University
M.A., B.A. Boston College
Research Interests:
Edmund Spenser
Awards:
Teaching
Schreyer Honors College Award for Excellence in Honors Teaching, May 2001
Erasmus Professional Development Award, Department of Comparative Literature, April 2000
Erasmus Professional Development Award, Department of Comparative Literature, April 1999
Alumni Teaching Fellow Award, 1994
"Incomplete List of Excellent Honors Instructors," University Scholars Program, Fall 1989
Undergraduate Student Government Certificate of Achievement for Superior Teaching, 1984
Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1983
Liberal Arts Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1981
English Graduate Organization Award for Teacher of the Year, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1987, and 1988
Advising
Best Book on Academic Advising, National Academic Advising Association, 2000
Liberal Arts Outstanding Faculty Adviser Award, 1999
American College Testing/National Academic Advising Association Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Academic Advising of Students, 1990
Undergraduate Student Government Academic Assembly Award for Excellence in Advising, 1989
Other Honors
McKay Donkin Award, for contributions to the welfare of University faculty, Penn State, 2005
Chair, University Faculty Senate, 2002-2003
John W. Moore, Jr. Undergraduate Award in English. Established on November 14, 2003 by John and Joyce Buck. An annual $1,000.00 award(s) to undergraduate major(s) in English.
Fisher Family-Robert and Marie Secor, John Moore Teaching Mentorship, Department of English. Established August 8, 1999 by the Secors and Steven Fisher to support one section a year of English 602 designed to help TAs learn how to teach literature.
Commencement Speaker, College of the Liberal Arts, May 12, 1996
Faculty Escort for Student Marshal, College of Science Graduation, May, 1986
Faculty Escort for Student Marshal, Liberal Arts Graduation, May, 1985
Major Publications:
Annotated Spenser Bibiography
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