| "Autobiography"
(4,500 words). American History Through
Literature, 1820-1870. Eds. Janet
Gabler-Hover and Robert Sattelmeyer.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. 61-66. "Autobiography"
and "Biography" (12,000 words). American
History Through Literature, 1870-1920.
Eds. Gary Scharnhorst and Thomas Quirk.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
2006. 111-120, 150-158.
"Walt
Whitman" (800 words). American
Masculinities: A Historical Encyclopedia.
New York: Sage Publication, 2003. 497-498.
"Ralph
Waldo Emerson," "Winslow
Homer," "James Russell Lowell,"
"Galusha Pennypacker" (with
General John Marx), and "Walt
Whitman" (10,000 words total). The
Encyclopedia of the American Civil
War: A Political, Social, and Military
History. Ed. David S. Heidler,
James McPherson, et al. 5 vols. Oxford:
ABC-CLIO, 2000. 652-653, 991-992,
1229-1230, 1486-1487, 2101-2102.
"Chronology,"
"American Phrenological Journal,"
"Associations, Clubs, Fellowships,
Foundations, and Societies,"
"'Death's Valley,'" "Clifton
Joseph Furness," "Life Illustrated,"
"Abraham Lincoln," "James
Russell Lowell," "The North
American Review," "James
R. Osgood," "Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania," "Putnam's
Monthly," "George Washington,"
"Genealogy" (14,000 words total).
In J. R. LeMaster and Donald D. Kummings,
eds. Walt
Whitman: An Encyclopedia.
New York: Garland, 1998. xiii-xix,
16, 37-40, 171, 244, 392-395, 412-413,
465-466, 492-493, 515-517, 562, 762,
807-812. Noted in American Literary
Scholarship (1998), 63-65.
Reviews
"Walt Whitman" (6,000-word review of the year's publications), American Literary Scholarship (2007). Ed. Gary Scharnhorst. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, forthcoming in 2009.
"Walt Whitman" (6,000-word review of the year's publications), American Literary Scholarship (2006). Ed. David Nordloh. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, forthcoming in 2008.
To Walt Whitman, America (2004) by Kenneth M. Price (5,000-words), Mickle Street Review: A Journal of Whitman and American Studies. 19/20 (2008): online.
"Walt Whitman Archive" (2,800 words). Resources for American Literary Study. Eds. Jackson Bryer and Richard Kopley. Vol. 31 (2007): 319-325.
"Walt Whitman" (6,000-word review of the year's publications), American Literary Scholarship (2005). Ed. Gary Scharnhorst. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2007. 75-87.
Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850-1920 (2006) by Ruth Bohan (3,500 words). Walt Whitman Quarterly Review (Spring 2007): 221-228.
Walt Whitman and the Class Struggle (2006) by Andrew Lawson (2,500 words). Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 24.1 (Summer 2006): 37-41.
Venting Steam in the Blogosphere, a review of The Valve, a literary Weblog (2,000 words). Chronicle of Higher Education 51.47 (29 July 2005): B8.
Transatlantic Connections: Whitman U.S. Whitman U.K. (2005) by M. Wynn Thomas (3,000 words). Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 23.1-2 (Summer/Fall 2005): 65-69.
First
City: Philadelphia and the Forging
of Historical Memory by Gary
B. Nash (2,000 words). Mickle
Street Review: A Journal of Whitman
and American Studies 15.1
(2002).
Academic
Journalism and Activist Writings
"The Professor as Pitchman" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle of Higher Education (30 May 2008): C1-C4 and online.
"What's in a Name?" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle of Higher Education (28 April 2008): C2-C3 and online.
"How the University Works: Required Reading on the Future of Academe" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle of Higher Education (4 April 2008): C1, C4 and online.
"The Academic Zodiac" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle of Higher Education (3 March 2008): C1, C4 and online.
"Shelf Life."Chronicle Review 54.21 (1 February 2008): B22 and online.
"The Year of Dressing Formally" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle of Higher Education (25 January 2008): C1, C4 and online.
"A Class Traitor in Academe" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle of Higher Education (9 November 2007): C1-C4 and online.
"The James Bond Lifestyle Seminar for Professors" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle of Higher Education (10 October 2007): online.
"The Annual Labor Shortage Hoax" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle of Higher Education (4 September 2007): C2-C4 and online.
"What I've Learned from Recorded Lectures" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle of Higher Education (6 August 2007): C1-C4 and online.
"Authoritative Online Editions" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle of Higher Education (6 July 2007): C2-C3 and online.
"My Three Offices" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle of Higher Education (4 June 2007): C1, C4 and online.
"Remedial Civility Training" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle of Higher Education (7 May 2007): C2, C4 and online.
"The Inescapability of Your Past." Chronicle Review 53.33 (20 April 2007): B11 and online.
"50 Columns Later" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle of Higher Education (3 March 2007): C1, C4 and online.
"Red Hot Library Lust" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle of Higher Education (16 February 2007): C1, C4 and online.
"A Christmas Present from the MLA" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (19 January 2007): C1, C4 and online.
"14 Things to Do Before You Retire" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (6 November 2006): C1, C4 and online.
"Decline of the Natural-History Museum" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (9 October 2006): C2, C4 and online.
"On the Death of my Father" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (11 September 2006): C2, and online.
"A Professor and a Pilgrim" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (8 August 2006): C1, C4, and online.
"Goodbye, Mr. Keating" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (7 July 2006): C1, C4, and online.
"A Tough-Love Manifesto for Professors" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (9 June 2006): C1, C4, and online.
"The 7 Deadly Sins of Professors" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (12 May 2006): C1, C4, and online.
"The 7 Deadly Sins of Students" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (14 April 2006): C1, C4, and online.
"Some Thoughts on Receiving Tenure" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (17 March 2006): C1, C4, and online.
"Leaving the Village" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (13 February 2006): C1, C4, and online.
"Don't Call Me Thomas" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (16 January 2006): C1, C4, and online.
"For Professor's Children, The Case for Home Schooling." Chronicle
of Higher Education (16 December 2005): Review Section and online.
"Reference Works and Academic Celebrity" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (5 December 2005): C1, C4, and online.
"Principled Mediocrity" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (7 November 2005): C1, C4, and online.
"Productive Procrastination" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (10 October 2005): C1, C4, and online.
"Saving Secondhand Bookstores" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (12 September 2005): C1, C4, and online.
"Stacks' Appeal" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (18 July 2005): C1, C4, and online.
"Let the Experiment be Made" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (27 June 2005): C1, C4, and online.
"All Humanists Will Be Assimilated" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (31 May 2005): C1, C4 and online.
"Life After the Death of Theory" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (29 April 2005): C1, C4 and online.
"The Worst Building on the Campus" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (1 April 2005): C3 and online.
"A God in Colchester" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (28 February 2005): C2-C3 and online.
"Conference Man Returns to the MLA" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (31 January 2005): C1-C2 and online.
"My Secret Stash of Books on Tape" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education (3 January 2005): C3 and online.
"Tireless Research Assistants" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education
51.13 (22 November 2004): C1-C2 and online.
"My Own Private Library" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education
51.9 (25 October 2004): C1-C2 and online.
"Missing Summer Already" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education
51.5 (27 September 2004): C2-C3 and online.
"On Being a Fat Professor" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education
51.1 (30 August 2004): C2-C3 and online.
"An Adviser Without Advice" by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education
50.42 (19 July 2004): C2-C3 and online.
"Is
Graduate School a Cult?"
by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education
50.42 (28 June 2004): C3 and
online.
"Shyness
and Academe"
by "Thomas H. Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education
50.38 (24 May 2004): C2-C3
and online.
"Real
Estate and Your Academic
Career" by
"Thomas H. Benton."
Chronicle
of Higher Education
50.34 (26 April 2004):
C2-C3 and online.
"Remembering
the Old Lions"
by "Thomas H. Benton."
Chronicle
of Higher Education
50.30 (29 March
2004): C2-C3 and
online.
"In
Praise of Eccentric
Professors"
by "Thomas H.
Benton." Chronicle
of Higher Education
50.26 (5 March
2004): C2 and
online.
"Ignoring
My Inner Lawyer"
by "Thomas
H. Benton."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
50.22 (2 February
2004): C1
and online.
"When
Our Students
Don't Respect
Us" by
"Thomas H.
Benton." Chronicle
of Higher
Education
50.18 (9 January
2004): C1,
C4 and online.
"College and the Fall"
by "Thomas
H. Benton."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
50.10 (27 October 2003):
C2 and online.
"The
Five 'Virtues'
of Successful
Graduate Students."
By "Thomas
H. Benton."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
50.2 (2 September
2003): C3
and online.
"If
You Must
Go to Graduate
School .
. ."
By "Thomas
Hart Benton."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
49.45 (17
July 2003):
C3-C4 and
online.
"So
You Want
to Go to
Grad School?"
By "Thomas
Hart Benton."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
49.39 (3
June 2003):
C3-C4 and
online.
"A
Superhero's
Perspective
on the MLA
Convention."
By "Thomas
Hart Benton."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
(20 December
2002).
"Should
We Stop
Fooling
Ourselves
About Money?"
By "Thomas
Hart Benton."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
(14 November
2002).
"Reunion
Blues."
By "Thomas
Hart Benton."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
(6 May 2002).
"
Being a
Professor
and a Parent."
By "Thomas
Hart Benton."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
(14 March
2002).
" From Literary Theory
to Grace
Before Meals."
By "Thomas
Hart Benton."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
(5 February
2002).
"Leaving the Big City
for Small-Town
College
Life."
By "Thomas
Hart Benton."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
(3 December
2001).
"The
Adjunct
Rip-Off:
Ten Reasons
Why the
Overuse
of Adjuncts
Hurts Students."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
(1 December
2000).
"Hope,
or a New
Life on
the Tenure
Track."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
(16 June
2000).
"Beyond Anger: Revitalizing
the Culture
of Higher
Education."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
(11 June
1999).
"How to Accept Being Rejected."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
(16 April
1999).
"Building a Secondary Career."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
(19 March
1999).
"How to Finish a Dissertation
Without
the Agony."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
(19 February
1999).
"The
Speech That
Ended My
Academic
Career."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
(22 January
1999).
"Scholarly Associations
Must Face
the True
Causes of
the Academic
Job Crisis."
With Mark
Kelley and
Ed Wiltse.
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
(18 Dec.
1998): B4
and online.
"Gatekeepers
to 'The
Life.'"
Chronicle
of Higher
Education.
(11 December
1998).
"Should Graduate Students
Be More
Selective
About Where
They Apply?"
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
(13 November
1998).
"A Graduate Student's Life."
Chronicle
of Higher
Education
(16 October
1998).
"Arrested
at the MLA
Convention:
An Interview
with Louis
Kampf."
Workplace:
The Journal
for Academic
Labor
1.2 (1998):
On-line.
Selected Media Appearances
Richard Harrold, "The Perfect Read Can Turn Up Anywhere" The Holland Sentinel (18 January 2008): A1-A2 with online photo gallery.
Interviewed for "Halftime" radio program on Walt Whitman, WFUR (Grand Rapids, MI) (broadcast 17 September 2005).
Interviewed for television program on Walt Whitman, "State of the Arts" (Click for Quicktime Movie Clip), New Jersey Public Television (broadcast 6 May 2005). Episode nominated for a NY Emmy for Arts Programming (2006).
Penelope Trunk, "Grad School is Not for Everyone" (as "Thomas H. Benton"). The Boston Globe (3 April 2005).
Amanda M. Hulce, "Summer Classes Make History Relevant" The Holland Sentinel (22 July 2004): B1.
Anya
Kamenetz,
"Wanted:
Really
Smart
Suckers"
(quoted
as "Thomas
H. Benton").
The
Village
Voice
(27
April
2004).
Jeanne
Sahadi,
"Grad
School:
Is
It
Worth
It?"
(quoted
as
"Thomas
H.
Benton").
CNN/Money
(3
September
2003).
"Thomas
Benton
[aka
William
Pannapacker]
on
Graduate
School"
(portion
of
radio
interview)
with
Miranda
Dunn.
College
Media
News
(3
June
2003).
Gabriela
Montell,
"How
to
Write
a
Statement
of
Teaching
Philosophy."
Chronicle
of
Higher
Education
(27
March
2003).
Gabriela
Montell,
"What's
Your
Philosophy
on
Teaching,
and
Does
it
Matter?"
Chronicle
of
Higher
Education
(27
March
2003).
Paul
Noel,
"Scholars
Scour
Ebay."
Christian
Science
Monitor
(14
January
2003).
Elaine
Tassy,
"Fright
Films:
There
Are
Reasons
We
Love
To
Be
Spooked
.
.
."
The
Grand
Rapids
Press
(27
October
2002):
F1,
F5.
Christopher
Cumo,
"Community
College
Jobs:
Ph.D.
Holders
Need
Not
Apply."
Adjunct
Advocate
(July/August
2002):
16-17.
Ana
Marie
Cox,
"Study Shows Colleges'
Dependence
on
Their
Part-Time
Instructors."
Chronicle
of
Higher
Education
(1
December
2000).
Chris
Cumo,
"COVERSTORY:
'Distance
Education,
Resistance
is
Futile'."
The
Adjunct
Advocate
(March/April
2000).
Lynn
Sacco,
"If
We're
So
Smart,
Why
are
We
Still
in
School?"
ASA
Newsletter
(March
2000).
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