| Donald KummingsProfessor of English |
Donald Kummings teaches American literature and creative writing. An Indiana University Ph.D., he has also taught
at Indiana, Purdue University, and Adrian College (Michigan). He has written
over 150 articles and
reviews on Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, William Carlos Williams, Henry James and other
American authors, publishing in such journals as the Canadian Review of American
Studies, Comparative Literature Studies, American Literature, American Poetry, Clio, Arizona Quarterly,
Studies in Short Fiction, Wisconsin Academy Review, and the Walt Whitman Quarterly Review.
He has often given talks on Whitman at professional meetings, including
addresses at the Modern Language Association convention in Washington, D.C., at the American Literature Association convention in San Diego,
California, at the Walt Whitman House in Camden, New Jersey, and at the Gorky
Institute of World Literature
in Moscow, Russia.
Among his studies of Whitman are four books:
A Companion to Walt Whitman (Oxford, England and Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2006)
(Co-editor) Walt Whitman: An Encyclopedia (New York and
London: Garland Publishing, 1998).
Approaches to Teaching Whitman's "Leaves of Grass"
(New York: Modern Language Association, 1990).
Walt Whitman, 1940-1975: A Reference Guide (Boston: G. K. Hall,
1982).
He is also the author of The Open Road Trip, (Tunnel, New York: Geryon Press, 1989), a collection of poems awarded the Posner Poetry Prize by the Council for Wisconsin Writers. At Indiana University, he won the Academy of American Poets Prize.
Recent Publications:
"The First Leaves of Grass: A Bibliography." In "Leaves of Grass": The Sesquicentennial Essays, edited by Susan Belasco, Ed Folsom, and Kenneth M. Price. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, projected Spring, 2006.
"The Prose Writings: Selected Secondary Sources." A Companion to Walt Whitman. Edited by Donald D. Kummings. Oxford, England and Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, projected Spring, 2006.
"Literature," "Twain, Mark (1835-1910)," and "Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)." Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 3 vols. Edited by John D. Buenker and Joseph Buenker. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, 2005, vol. 1, pp. 134-140; vol. 3, pp. 972-973, 1022.
"Anne Gilchrist" and "John Addington Symonds." The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature. Edited by Steven R. Serafin and Valerie Grosvenor Myer. New York and London: Continuum, 2003, pp. 401-402, 965-966.
"'Song of the Open Road' [by Walt Whitman]." Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition. 8 vols. Edited by Philip K. Jason. Pasadena, California: Salem Press, 2002, VII, pp. 3498-3501.
"American Poetry." The Oxford Companion to United States History. Edited by Paul Boyer. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 601-603.
"Henry Deringer," "Eliphalet Remington," and "Oliver Fisher Winchester." Violence in America: An Encyclopedia. 3 vols. Edited by Ronald Gottesman. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999, I, pp. 392-393; III, pp. 39, 449.
"Babette Deutsch," "Richard Hovey," and "Edwin Markham." Encyclopedia of American Literature. Edited by Steven R. Serafin. New York: Continuum, 1999, pp. 266-267, 540-541, 719-720.
Research Honors University of Wisconsin-Parkside Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award, 1998-1999.
Teaching Honors
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wisconsin
Professor of the Year, 1997.
University of Wisconsin Regents Teaching Excellence Award, 1992.
University of Wisconsin-Parkside: Stella C. Gray Distinguished
Teaching Award, 1990.
University of Wisconsin-Parkside: Educators Make a Difference Award,
1987.
University of Wisconsin-Parkside: Stella C. Gray Distinguished Teaching Award,
1977.
Service Honors University of Wisconsin-Parkside Faculty Distinguished Service Award, 2004-2005.
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