Tom Montgomery-Fate
Professor, English


Tel.: (630) 942-3291
Fax.: (630) 942-4472
Room: M 131e
e-mail: montgome@cod.edu


Areas of Research Interest:
• Science, religion, and the nature writer 
• Henry David Thoreau: life and works
• The evolving role of creative writing courses and programs in two year colleges


Recent Courses Taught:
• English 1101, 1102 - Composition
• English 1130 - Introduction to Literature
• English 1150 - Short Fiction
• English 2251 - Fiction Writing
• English 2253 - Creative Nonfiction


Current Projects:
•  A book of essays titled “Cabin Fever: A Modern Conversation with Henry David Thoreau”
• An interdisciplinary religion and literature class focusing on transcendentalism.

Selected Publications and Books:
"The Art of Dying." Orion magazine, Sept. 2008
“Coming Back Home,” Boston Globe, July 12, 2008,
"Coyotes: Amid the Sprawl, on the Prowl,” Chicago Tribune, March, 30, 2008.
 “Writing Fathers: Lessons from a six-year-old,” Chicago Tribune, June 15, 2008.
 “In Plain Sight,” Fourth Genre (MI State UP), Fall, 2007
 “To Box the Wind,” Riverteeth, (NE UP), Fall 2007.
" The  Shock of the Old,” The Boston Globe, August 5, 2007.
 "Dancing Geckos." Across Cultures: A Reader for Writers, 7th Ed. (Allyn and Bacon) Fall, 2007.
Steady and Trembling: Art, Faith, and Family in an Uncertain World.  St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2005.

Education:
M.A. Religion, Chicago Theological Seminary

M.A. Writing, University of Iowa

B.A. English Education, University of Iowa


Awards and Recognitions:
2008:  University of Iowa Nonfiction Program Fellowship, La Muse Residency, La Bastide, France.   
2006: Henry Luce Foundation Artist-in-Residence, Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL.

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