James E. Walton, Professor, Chair
Office Location : Peters Business Building, Room 391A
Office Phone : 559-278-4913
Office Hours : Tues & Thurs 2:30-5:00pm
Personal website : none
Educational History:
Ph.D., M.A.
B.A.
Dr. Walton taught an American Literature course to students in Tokyo, Japan, via the Internet, the first Fresno State course to be taught internationally through the Internet in 1998. He has also been an exchange professor in Osaka, Japan, and in Seoul, Korea. He has numerous publications and professional presentations to his credit on topics as broad as Langston Hughes, Malcolm X, Arthur Miller, August Wilson, Miles Davis, Ralph Ellison, standardized test scores and the Harlem Renaissance.
At Mount Union College in Ohio, Walton was the recipient of the Great Teacher Award. A longtime Table Leader and consultant for Educational Testing Service of Princeton (ETS), he was also commissioned by the The Fresno Bee as a guest columnist to write a series of articles.
Research Interests (Areas of Specialty):
He teaches courses in American Literature and African American Literature. He has also taught Japanese Literature (in translation).
Awards :
Awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Major Publications :
He has published in the International Journal of Africana Studies, The African American Encyclopedia, Oxygen, Popular Musicians, Approaches to Teaching Ellison’s Invisible Man (MLA), the English Language Arts Bulletin, and the College Language Association Journal.