Mark Erwin

Professional Bio

Mark Erwin serves as an Assistant Teaching Professor of English, joining the faculty in Fall 2022. Before arrival at Penn State, he served in a teaching capacity at several southcentral/central PA colleges and universities since 2006. A previous publication, a newspaper column titled, “Critter Conversations with Trapper Sam O’Keefe,” was nominated for humor writing awards in each year from 2010-13.

Courses taught at Penn State UP and WC:

English 15, 50, 202D

Courses taught at the Commonwealth Campuses:

English 04, 15

Courses taught elsewhere:

• various First Year Writing courses
• Basic/Developmental Writing
• Introduction to Literature
• Introduction to Culturally Diverse Literature of the United States
• Detective Fiction and Film
• Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy