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John E. Martin

Title: Associate Librarian

Department: Library - PS - Library Research Support Services

College: University of North Texas

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • MS, University of North Texas, 2015
    Major: Library Science
  • PhD, Northwestern University, 2006
    Major: American literature
    Dissertation: Disquieting Intimacies: Confession and the Gothic Poetic in Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson
  • BA, Rice University, 1994
    Major: English/Religious Studies
    Specialization: Psychology of Religion
    Dissertation: Object-Relations and the Formation of God-Images in Adolescents

Current Scheduled Teaching

No current or future courses scheduled.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

INFO 5330.001Academic LibrariesSpring 2022 SPOT
INFO 5330.001Academic LibrariesSpring 2020 Syllabus
INFO 5330.005Academic LibrariesSpring 2020 Syllabus

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Keralis, S.D., Martin, J.E. (2023). "A Journal of One's Own: Developing an Innovative, Values-Driven Open Journal". Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge. Chicago, IL, Association of College and Research Libraries.
  • Martin, J.E., Branam, A., Montgomery, T. (2023). " 'And she grew strangely': Poe, Women, and Comics". Poe and Women: Recognition and Revision. 109-132. Bethlehem, PA, Lehigh University Press/Rowman & Littlefield. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781611463354
  • Martin, J.E., Hodge, M. (2019). "Scholarly Communications". The Future Academic Librarian's Toolkit: Finding Success on the Job Hunt and in Your First Job. Chicago, IL, Association of College and Research Libraries. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1506764/
  • Martin, J.E., Ahmad, A., Moreland, S. (2013). "Skins & Bones: The Horror of the Real". Fear and Learning: Essays on the Pedagogy of Horror. 224-244. Jefferson, NC, McFarland Press. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc915702/
  • Martin, J.E., Urakova, A. (2013). "'A Snare in Every Human Path': 'Tamerlane' and the Paternal Scapegoat". Deciphering Poe: Subtexts, Contexts, Subversive Meanings (Perspectives on Poe). 2 Bethlehem, PA, Lehigh University Press. https://lupress.cas2.lehigh.edu/content/deciphering-poe
  • Book Review

  • Martin, J.E. (2023). Vast Silences: On Victor Lavalle's 'Lone Women'. Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles Review of Books. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/vast-silences-on-victor-lavalles-lone-women/
  • Martin, J.E. (2011). "Revisiting the Nineteenth-Century Poe Controversies". Poe Studies:History, Theory, Interpretation. 44 (1) 106-114. Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc915701/
  • Encyclopedia Article

  • Martin, J.E., Gray, J. (2006). "Anne Bradstreet". The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry. 1 Westport, CT, Greenwood Press. http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=B3928C
  • Martin, J.E., Gray, J. (2006). "Elizabeth Oakes Smith". The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry. 5 Westport, CT, Greenwood Press. http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=B3928C
  • Martin, J.E., Gray, J. (2006). "Frances Sargent Osgood". The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry. 4 Westport, CT, Greenwood Press. http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=B3928C
  • Martin, J.E., Gray, J. (2006). "Sarah Helen Whitman". The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry. 5 Westport, CT, Greenwood Press. http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=B3928C
  • Journal Article

  • Martin, J. (2019). "A Rogue By Any Other Name: Han, Finn, and the Reluctant Resistance". 1 (1) Urbana, IL, Digital Frontiers. https://journals.library.unt.edu/index.php/unbound/article/view/105
  • Poem

  • Martin, J.E. (2010). "Eaten by an Angel". 2010 Houston Poetry Fest Anthology. Houston, TX, Houston Poetry Fest. http://houstonpoetryfest.info/
  • Martin, J.E. (2005). "Invocation". disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory. 14 126. Lexington, KY, University of Kentucky.
  • Martin, J.E. (2005). "No Safe Words". disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory. 14 127. Lexington, KY, University of Kentucky.
  • Webpage

  • Martin, J.E. (2017). Comics Studies at UNT. https://blogs.library.unt.edu/comics/

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Hawkins, K.S. (Principal), Martin, J.E. (Co-Principal), "Broadening access to books on Texas and Oklahoma," sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $95599 Funded. (2016 - 2019).
  • Grant - Service

  • Martin, J.E. (Principal), O'Toole, E. (Co-Principal), "HuMetricsHSS Initiative Community Fellowship," sponsored by Social Science Research Council, National, $4500 Funded. (2022 - 2023).
  • Beebe, K. (Co-Principal), Martin, J. (Co-Principal), Torget, A.J. (Co-Principal), Moye, T. (Co-Principal), "Learning from Mentors to Create a Center for Digital Humanities at UNT," sponsored by Office of the Provost, University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
  • Martin, J.E. (Principal), O'Keefe, L.M. (Supporting), Hardin, G. (Supporting), "Dean's Innovation Grant," sponsored by UNT Libraries, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2017 - 2018).
  • Martin, J.E. (Co-Principal), Hawkins, K.S. (Principal), "Broadening Access to Books on Texas and Oklahoma," sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities, FED, Funded. (2016 - 2019).
  • Grant - Teaching

  • Martin, J.E. (Principal), "Emotional Labor in the Digital Humanities," sponsored by UNT Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $1199 Funded. (2017 - 2018).
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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