Name: John Bird
Title: Director, Winthrop Teaching and Learning Center; Professor of English
Education: Ph.D., English, University of Rochester
M.A., English, Appalachian State University
B.S., English, Appalachian State University
Office: 260 Bancroft Hall
Phone: 803/323-3679
E-mail: birdj@winthrop.edu
Web: http://faculty.winthrop.edu/birdj
Area(s): Mark Twain, 19th- and 20th-Century American Literature, Critical Theory, American
Humor, Critical Thinking
Dr. Bird is professor of English at Winthrop. He received his Ph.D. from the University
of Rochester. He teaches courses in American literature, critical theory, and critical
thinking. He is director of Winthrop University's Teaching and Learning Center.
Bird is the author of Mark Twain and Metaphor (University of Missouri Press, 2007), as well as articles on Mark Twain, Henry David
Thoreau, and American humor.