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Author

A former journalist, Mark writes frequently for the mainstream media, as well as scholarly and trade publications.  His articles on Benjamin Franklin, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, Rebecca Harding Davis, truth in the media, student success, and other subjects have appeared in The Conversation, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Southern Cultures, Journalism History, American Literary Realism, and other outlets.

Articles

"The Mind Is a Mask"

Liberal Education

March 2021

"What's Behind Our Appetite for Self-Destruction?"

The Conversation

January 8, 2019

"How the Provost Can Help Students Succeed"

The Chronicle of Higher Education

August 8, 2017

“The Critique of Journalism in Sister Carrie”

American Literary Realism

Spring 2010

“The Right Brain in Poe's Creative Process,”

The Southern Quarterly

Summer 1998

"Poe in His Right Mind"

The Academic Minute

December 22, 2020

"Learning to Scribble with Benjamin Franklin"

a|b: Auto/Biography Studies

2019

"Putting Wolfe in His Place (and Yours)"

The Thomas Wolfe Review 

2015

“The Polar Regions”

Poe in Context

2012

"Benjamin's Fight Against a Deadly Virus"

The Conversation

July 1, 2021

"Talking Politics in 2021"

The Conversation

February 8, 2021

"The Real Thomas Wolfe"

The Thomas Wolfe Review

2018/2019

"Mind Over Chatter: Bias Mitigation for College Students"

Curbing the Spread of Misinformation

2018

"The Danger of 'Fake News'"

The Academic Minute

August 2017

“Flight into Fancy: Poe's Discovery of the Right Brain”

The Southern Literary Journal

Spring 2001

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