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Ken Simpson
1999-2000 Faculty-in-Residence
Ken Simpson was the first Faculty-in-Residence to serve the Department of Residential Life (1999-2000). As the Faculty-in-Residence, he lived in South Campus, serving as a role model, academic counselor, and mentor to undergraduate students.
In addition to his leadership as a Faculty-in-Residence, Ken Simpson was the Second Lynn Wood Neag Distinguished Professor of British Literature. As a professor, he taught undergraduate and graduate Scottish literature courses. Simpson focused the bulk of his research on the topics of poetic genre, national identity, and the poetry of Robert Burns.
A native of Glasgow, Scotland, Dr. Simpson, an author and editor, served as Director of the centre for Scottish Cultural Studies at Strathclyde University in Glasgow. His publications include The Protean Scot: The Crisis of Identity in Eighteenth-Century Scottish Literature, and Robert Burns, Aberdeen.
UConn Advance Article: Ken Simpson
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