{"id":653,"date":"2017-10-23T19:26:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T19:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-americanlit1\/?post_type=back-matter&#038;p=653"},"modified":"2020-03-22T13:01:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T13:01:46","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"back-matter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-sciencefictionandfantasy\/back-matter\/about-the-author\/","title":{"raw":"About the Author","rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"raw":"OER books are usually blends of different texts, so I cannot speak to the original Lumen authors' backgrounds.\u00a0 Here is a little bit of background about myself, though (written in that third person that is always a warning sign for individuals, as <em>Seinfeld<\/em> episodes show us).\r\n\r\nJosh Dickinson is an Associate Professor of English at Jefferson Community College in Watertown, NY. He teaches English and Education courses with a focus upon American Literature 1 and 2, Native American Literature, and non-Western Literature. Josh attended SUNY Jefferson, SUNY Potsdam, Syracuse University, and Colgate University.\u00a0 In the 2019-20 academic year, he participated in Faculty Guild activities with OER themes.\r\n\r\nJosh also supervises Jefferson's EDGE (concurrent enrollment) English offerings at over a dozen local high school and BOCES sites.\u00a0 He is OER Mentor at JCC and <em>Space Mythos<\/em> is his 13th OER.\u00a0 Others are available at: https:\/\/sunyjefferson.libguides.com\/JCCOERtextbooks\r\n\r\nHe enjoys participating in the National Novel Writing Month contest, having completed seven novels so far each November, with an eight-day novel being his record best poor novel.\r\n\r\nJosh has officiated high school soccer matches for 27 years and supports pro teams Tottenham Hotspur, FC Barcelona, and Borussia Dortmund.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1262\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2526\/2017\/10\/18163609\/Josh-Museum-of-History-Pic1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" \/>\r\nAt the Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa: Go Habs, Go!","rendered":"<p>OER books are usually blends of different texts, so I cannot speak to the original Lumen authors&#8217; backgrounds.\u00a0 Here is a little bit of background about myself, though (written in that third person that is always a warning sign for individuals, as <em>Seinfeld<\/em> episodes show us).<\/p>\n<p>Josh Dickinson is an Associate Professor of English at Jefferson Community College in Watertown, NY. He teaches English and Education courses with a focus upon American Literature 1 and 2, Native American Literature, and non-Western Literature. 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