Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Member, English
Temporary Faculty
Thesis Title: Discovering Voices, Discovering Selves: English language, crosscultural communication, and Japanese queer sexualities
About
Marlen Elliot Harrison is a social identity researcher originally from South Florida. Currently teaching as temporary faculty in the English department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) and completing his PhD in Composition and TESOL at IUP, Harrison spent 4 years teaching English at Japanese universities and the Osaka International School. A former mental health counselor who received his MA in Education and Human Development from The George Washington University, he works at the crossroads of language, cultural anthropology, sociology, queer studies, and psychology to explore how both spoken and written language are shaped by culture and identity. Currently, Harrison's research interests are focused in three main areas: language, sexuality and performance of identity; technology, literacy, community and composition; and teaching English as an additional language and learner/instructor development. Interested in semiotics and pop culture, mythology, archetypes and the monomyth, and world folklore, Harrison also greatly enjoys teaching literature and dramatic arts.
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