David Teague
Professor, Associate in Arts Program
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Biography
David Teague is a professor of English at the University of Delaware
Associate in Arts Program in Wilmington. Dr. Teague serves on the board
of the Delaware Humanities Forum, the Delaware Center for Justice, and
is a Fellow in the Yale National Teacher's Initiative. He is currently
associate director of the UD Associate in Arts Program, a UD Community
Engagement Fellow, and a director of the Just Write! Wilmington
initiative, a creative writing program for underserved children in
Wilmington. He is a participant in 100 Men Reading, a local literacy
collaborative, and developed the New Beginnings Community Garden with
the YWCA Home-Life Management Center in Wilmington. Dr. Teague was also
one of the founding members of the Wilmington 1968
project, a yearlong reflection on the National Guard's occupation of
Wilmington after the riots following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s
assassination. Dr. Teague and his students worked with the Wilmington
Archives Project to create a digital collection of photos and oral
histories from Wilmington residents who had lived through the occupation
in 1968.
Education
B.A., Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas
M.A., Literature, the University of Virginia
Ph.D., Literature, University of Virginia
Courses Taught
Leadership, Integrity, and Change
Creative Writing
Intro to Poetry
Publications
Teague is the author of three books of literary criticism: The Southwest in American Literature: The Rise of a Desert Aesthetic, The Secret Life of John C. Van Dyke: Correspondence, 1890-1932, and The Nature of Cities.'
He is also the author of six books for children: Franklin’s Big Dreams, The Red Hat, Saving Lucas Biggs, Connect the Stars, Henry Cicada’s Extraordinary Elktonium Escapade, and How Oscar Indigo Broke the Universe and Put It Back Together Again.
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