Education 

	Ph.D. in English: Michigan State University, 1989
	M.A. in English: Michigan State University, 1985
	B.S. in Ed.: Central Michigan University, 1983

Dissertation "Articulated Selves: The Attainment of Identity and Personal Voice through Language and Story-Telling in Works by Twentieth Century American Authors"

Areas of Interest
 

	Native American Literature
	Ethnic American Literature
	Contemporary American Literature

Fall 2012 COURSES

	ENGL 384 Native American Literature
	ENGL 4/588 Contemporary Trends in American Literature

RECENT COURSES and Sample syllabi
 

	ENGL 253 Short Story
	ENGL 370 Latina/o Literature
	ENGL 385 Ethnic Literature in America
	ENGL 389 Topics in Native American Literature: New & Emerging Writers
	ENGL 389 Topics in Native American Literature: Ojibwe/Chippewa Voices
	ENGL 389 Topics in Native American Literature: Native Autobiography and Non-Fiction
	ENGL 486 American Novel III--1945 to Present
	ENGL 4/588 Contemporary Trends in American Literature
	ENGL 510 Seminar in Literature: Native American Literature
	ENGL 510 Seminar in Literature: Native American Literature (Summer 2010)

RECENT Conference Papers
 

	"'The Truth' about Truth & Bright Water: Thomas King's Restoration of Indians into the Contemporary Landscape"
	"Native American Literature in the Multi-Ethnic Literature Course: A Defense"
	“How Useful and User-Friendly Is Treuer’s ‘User Manual’?”
	“So Say the Sisters: New Voices in Sister Nations“
	“Relocation and Dislocation in David Treuer’s Novel The Hiawatha”
	“Home Improvement and Power Tools: The Surrounded and The Things to Make Life Easy”
	“Sherman Alexie’s Unsolved Mystery in Indian Killers : Whodunit? Who Didn’t?"
	”Silko, Hogan, and the Loss of the Landscape"
	"Counting Coup: James Welch and American Myths"

Other Interests

1From December 1991 until December 2012--for 21 years--hosted and produced Just Folks, a contemporary folk music program heard every Saturday night from 8:00 till 11:00 p.m. on Delmarva Public Radio 89.5 FM WSCL Salisbury, 90.7 FM WSDL Ocean City. For a limited time, you can still find Kalb's final posting and the Just Folks top 5 for the last 6 years at the website.