Robert Georgalas
Professor, English

Tel.: (630) 942-2205
Fax.: (630) 942-4472
Room: M 115g
e-mail: georgala@cod.edu

Areas of Research Interest:
• Film
• Creative Writing
• 20th Century American Literature
• Medieval Literature

Recent Courses Taught:
• English 1101, 1102, - Composition
• English 1130 - Introduction to Literature
• English 1135 - Introduction to Film Art
• English 1150 - Short Fiction
• English 1154 - Film as Literature
• English 2251 - Fiction Writing
• English 1820 - Metamorphosis: Literature into Film
• English 1820 - Masterpieces of World Cinema

Current Projects:
Screenplays: No Giants, No Babies, No Killers; La La Land; Sword of Fury
Short Story Collection: Envious Moons

Selected Publications, Presentations, Performances, Books:
Publications:
Fiction, Poetry, Essays, Drama): Kit-Cat Review, bowwow, Sport Literate, Urban Spaghetti, Willow Review, Hair Trigger, Arizona Literary Magazine, Rambunctious Review, F.O.C. Review, Gotta Write, A.U. Review, Romancing the Past, Tears of Fire, Poetry Cafe, Prairie Light Review, Contemporary Poets of Britain and America, The Thing About Love is..., The Thing About Second Chances Is..., The Thing About Hope Is…

Performances:
Screenplay for Unscheduled Stops, Magic Fountain Films, 1997.
And Now? play produced by Chicago Dramatists Workshop, 1994.

Editor:
The Thing About Second Chances Is...

Short Stories Published:
"Julia Says She Loves Me, But I Miss You Every Night." bowow 3.1(2003): 13-15.
"When." The Thing About Hope Is...Chicago: Pearson Publishing, 2003.

Photographs Published:
“Cover Photo.” The Thing About Love Is… Chicago: Polyphony Press, 1999.
“Cover Photo.” The Thing About Second Chances Is… Chicago: Polyphony Press, 2000.
“Cover Photo." The Thing About Hope Is... Chicago: Pearson Publishing, 2003.
"July in the Egyptian Bazaar." Viewing Place and Space: A Window to Middle Eastern Cultures. College of DuPage. 20 Feb - 21 April, 2003.

Presentations:
"Plato Meets the Wachowski Brothers." English Composition Committee Program. College of DuPage. 29 Jan. 2003.
“Interview of Sam Weller.” Writers Read Series. College of DuPage. 19 Oct, 2005

Editorial Credits:
Associate Editor, The Thing About Hope Is... Chicago: Pearson Publishing, 2003.
Associate Editor, Essai. Vols. I, II, III. Glen Ellyn: College of DuPage.

Commendations:
COD Outstanding Faculty Nominations, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006.
Former students of mine who transferred to Western Illinois University cited me as having an extremely positive effect on their academic careers. Consequently, Western Illinois presented me with a "Most Inspiring Teacher" award. October, 2002.

Biographical Listings
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in the Midwest
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
Who’s Who in American Writers and Poets

Education:
M.F.A. Fiction Writing, Columbia College

A.B.D. CUNY Graduate Center

M.A. English, City College of New York

B.A. English, Lehman College

A.A. Liberal Arts, Bronx Community College

Awards and Recognitions:
2006 Finalist in the David Mamet write-alike contest, sponsored by The Goodman Theatre in Chicago
COD Outstanding Faculty, 2004-2005
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2003-2004; 2004-2005
James R. Friend Award for Fiction
Editor's Choice Award, National Library of Poetry
Arizona Authors Association for Fiction
Poetry Award - Autumn Harvest Poetry Festival
Fiction Award, Rambunctious Review

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