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Skidmore College
Office Location: Palamountain Hall, #313
815 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Office Hours:
Academic Year: Monday--Friday, 8:30 AM-12:00 PM; 1:00-4:30 PM

Office Hours: Summer Hours: Monday--Thursday, 7:30 AM-5:15 PM, closed Friday

DEPARTMENT CHAIR:
Mason Stokes, Associate Professor of English

ASSOCIATE CHAIR:
Barbara Black, Associate Professor of English

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT:
Mary Wright

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Linda Hall
Associate Professor

B.A., Sarah Lawrence College
M.F.A., Columbia University

Office: Palamountain 308
Phone:(518) 580-5182
Email: lhall@skidmore.edu

Teaching and Research Interests:
  • Literary nonfiction (especially cultural criticism and the personal essay)
  • Alice Munro
  • Elizabeth Hardwick
  • Thomas Hardy

Courses Taught:

  • EN 378: Nonfiction Workshop
  • EN 378: Cultural Criticism
  • EN 364: Literary Journalism
  • EN 280: Logic and Rhetoric
  • EN 280: Science Writing
  • EN 280: Political Writing
  • EN 280: How to Write a Sentence
  • EN 105: Writing on Demand
  • EN 105H: Writing on Demand
  • SSP: Writing America

Selected Publications:

Essays and reviews published in Guardian America, The American Prospect, The Hudson Review, New York, Salmagundi, Southwest Review, Vogue, Under the Sun.

Honors:

McGinnis-Ritchie Award for Nonfiction (2006)
Bechtel Prize finalist (2004)
Notable Essays of the Year, The Best American Essays ('03, '06, '08, '11)