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Michael Pearson

  • Michael Pearson
  • Professor
  • English
  • 304 Batten Arts and Letters
  • Norfolk, VA 23529
  • 757-683-4770
  • mpearson@odu.edu
  • Web Page
  • Michael Pearson is the author of six books -- a novel and five works of nonfiction. He teaches courses in creative nonfiction and American literature at Old Dominion University.

  • Education

    Fordham University,
    Major: English/Creative Writing
    Degree: B.A.
    Pennsylvania State University, 1977
    Major: English
    Degree: Ph. D.
    University of San Francisco, 1972
    Major: English
    Degree: M.A.

  • Research Interests

    Travel narrative, American writers, creative nonfiction.
  • Old Dominion University nominee for State Council of Higher Education in Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award
  • State Finalist for the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award
  • Honorable Mention for the Fourth Genre Editor’s Prize for Essay/Memoir
  • Old Dominion University Burgess Award for Research and Creativity
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Virginia Press Association Award for Book Reviewing
  • Selected as one of Old Dominion University’s Outstanding Faculty members
  • Teaching Fellowship to Pennsylvania State University
  • Graduate Scholarship to USF
  • Full Scholarship to Fordham University

  • Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

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