Scott Herring
- Lecturer
Office Hours: T 2:00-3:00, F 2:00-4:00
Education:
- Ph.D., English, University of California, Davis, 2001
- M.A., English, California State University, Northridge, 1996
- B.A., English, California State University, Northridge 1988
Biography:
Scott Herring grew up in Burbank, California, near the
bull’s-eye of metropolitan LA. He got his BA from Cal State Northridge.
Having discovered maybe ten years earlier that he did not really like
being near the bull’s-eye of greater LA, and having let the problem
fester, he at last fled to Yellowstone National Park, where he spent
five years living and working at Old Faithful and elsewhere.
Calmer now, he returned to CSU Northridge for an MA, then went on to
the University of California, Davis for a Ph.D. in English. In 2004, he
published a book, Lines on the Land: Writers, Art, and the National
Parks. Scott has made an academic specialty not just of the national
parks, but of all writing on the natural world. Among other courses, he
teaches UWP 101 and UWP 104D, and especially enjoys UWP 104F, Writing
in the Health Professions. He lives today in Davis with his wife and
two sons.
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