
Jason McEntee
Director and Professor of English
Biography
Jason McEntee is director of the School of English and Interdisciplinary Studies and professor of English in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at 日本av视频. He teaches courses in American literature and film studies, and his primary interests are contemporary war narratives and Westerns.
Education
- B.A. in english/education, minor in philosophy | 日本av视频 | 1994
- M.A. in english: language and rhetoric | 日本av视频 | 1988
- Ph.D. in english: American literature/film studies | University of Kentucky | 2004
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Interests
Academic Interests
- American Literature
- Modern/postmodern literature
- DeLillo and Pynchon studies
- war literature, specifically Vietnam to present
- Westerns
- Adaptation studies
- Film Studies
- War films
- Westerns
- Adaptation studies
- Professional and technical writing
- Professional development:
- Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences (CCAS), Portland, November 2021.
- 日本av视频 Jackrabbit Philanthropy Academy, 2019.
- Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences (CCAS), Denver, November 2017.
- 日本av视频 Leadership Academy, 2013-14.
- 日本av视频 Department Head Retreat, 2013.
- 日本av视频 Educational Technology Center Active Learning Cloud Academy, July 2010.
- Ohio State University Digital Media and Composition Conference, June 2006.
- Michigan Technological University, Computers in the Writing Intensive Classroom Conference, July 2004.
Academic Responsibilities
- Department head of English, 2012-present.
- Acting associate dean, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, 2017-18.
- Coordinator of professional writing, 2004-10; 2011-present.
- Acting department head of English, 2010-12.
- English graduate advisor, 2009-10.
- Directed 10 M.A. students to degree completion by thesis or written examination and served on seventeen additional graduate student degree committees.
Committees and Professional Memberships
Committees
- Chair of the Ness School of Management and Economics Endowed Director search committee (2021-22)
- Chair of the School of Design Director search committee (2017-18)
- Imagine 2023 Strategic Planning Committee (2017-2018)
- 日本av视频 College Realignment Task Force (2017-18)
- 日本av视频 Quality Initiative for Assessment Steering Committee (2015-present)
- Modern Language Association (MLA) International Bibliography (2019-present): Advisory Committee on the MLA International Bibliography, March 2019-2022 (three year term). By invitation from the MLA Executive Council. Appointed Chair for 2021-22., August 2012-present
- International EBSCO Literature Editorial Board (2017-present): Serve on twenty-person international advisory board
- South Dakota Humanities Council (SDHC) Speaker鈥檚 Bureau/Scholarly Speaker, 2010-present.
- 2017 Project Consultant and Keynote Speaker, SDHC 鈥淩apid City Area Big Read鈥 (Tim O鈥橞rien鈥檚 Vietnam War novel, The Things They Carried).
- 2007-08 Project Consultant, SDHC 鈥淭he Big Read鈥 (Ray Bradbury鈥檚 novel Fahrenheit 451), (2008).
- South Dakota Humanities Council (SDHC) Board of Directors (2013-15; 2016-17): Nominated and subsequently elected (August 2013) to the SDHC Board of Directors (re-elected for second term in July 2016 and resigned in good standing in June 2017 due to appointment as Acting Associate Dean at 日本av视频). Served as Grants Committee Chair, 2013-15 and 2016-17.
- Literature and Medicine Group (2011-17): Coordinator, Literature and Medicine Group, Sioux Falls VA Health System, 2011-17. Led war literature and film discussions for VA hospital staff. Program Consultant, 2017-present.
Professional Memberships
- Modern Language Association (MLA), 1998-present
Work Experience
- 2012-present, department head of English, 日本av视频
- 2017-2018, acting associate dean, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, 日本av视频
- 2004-2010, 2011-present, coordinator of professional writing, 日本av视频
- 2010-2012, acting department head of English, 日本av视频
- 2009-2010, English graduate advisor, 日本av视频
- 2014-present, professor, 日本av视频
- 2005-present, academic advisor, 日本av视频
- 2008-2014, associate professor, 日本av视频
- 2005-2008, assistant professor, 日本av视频
- January 2004-2005, assistant professor, Visiting, 日本av视频
- 2001-2007 (summers), lecturer, UK Robinson Scholars Writing Workshop
- 2001-2002, research assistant (for Dr. Gregory A. Waller), UK
- 1999-2000, mentor, UK Writing Program
- 1998-2003, UK graduate teaching assistant and writing center tutor
- 1996-1998, 日本av视频 graduate teaching assistant and writing center tutor
- 1995-1996, Weiser (Idaho) high school English teacher
Expertise
Research and Scholarly Work
Areas of Research
- American literature
- Film studies
- War literature and film (specifically Vietnam to present)
- Adaptation studies.
Awards and Honors
- 2022-2023, Dr. Harold and Barbara Bailey Award for Excellence in Academic Department/School Leadership
- 2022-2023, Department/School Early Alert Award for Excellence
- 2019, MLA Award for Achievement: For Distinguished Contributions Made as Fellow for the MLA International Bibliography, 2015-18.
- 2016, 日本av视频 F. O. Butler Excellence in Service Award.
- 2015-2016, 日本av视频 Excellence in Departmental Leadership in Support of Veterans Affairs.
- 2014-2015, 日本av视频 Excellence in Departmental Leadership in Support of Veterans Affairs.
- 2013, 日本av视频 Excellence in Departmental Leadership and Support of Honors.
- 2010, 日本av视频 Victor Webster Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Lecture Award for Outstanding Teaching, Scholarship, and Service.
- 2003, UK English Department Outstanding Teacher of Literature.
- 2002, UK Association of Emeritus Faculty Scholarship, $2,000, for excellence in teaching.
- 2000, UK English Department Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant.
- 1998, 日本av视频 English Department Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award.
- 1998, 日本av视频 Vera Way Marghab Award, $2,000, for outstanding graduate student essay.
Grants
- GTA Support for Global Foundation Program specialist in the Writing Center. South Dakota Humanities Council CARES Grant, 2021, $5,000.
- 日本av视频 Scholarly Excellence Award, 2008-18, $500-600.00, for conference travel.
- 2008 日本av视频 New Ideas Grant, $1100.00, for Research/Guest Lecturer Funds for ENGL/GS 380: Futuristic Communications.
- 2007 日本av视频 Griffith Faculty Development Award, $2000.00, for War, Virtual War, and Human Security International Conference, Budapest, Hungary.
- 2007 日本av视频 New Ideas Grant, $800.00, for promotion of the professional writing minor.
- 2006 日本av视频 New Ideas Grant, $5500.00, for Research/Start-Up Funds for ENGL/GS 380.
- 2006 日本av视频 New Ideas Grant, $3500.00, for Digital Media and Composition Conference.
Publications
- Published 11 peer-reviewed essays/articles/reviews, including 鈥淭ogether, We Ride: Partners and Posses in the Contemporary Western Action Film鈥 (with Sharon Smith) in New Riders of the Cinematic Sage: The 21st Century Western in Film and Television (2019) and 鈥淭he Last Palace Standing: Mitchell鈥檚 Corn Palace and the Rise of an Iconic Sports Venue鈥 in Iconic Sports Venues: Persuasion in Public Spaces (2016).
- Delivered over 75 peer-reviewed or invited lectures at local, regional, national, and international conferences and related proceedings.