Professor Kealy joined the Colby-Sawyer College faculty in 2000 teaching world literature and composition. His scholarship focuses on early modern representations of science and nature in literature, literary cultures of Islamic Spain, and ecocriticism.

Areas of Expertise

• Composition and writing
• Ecocriticism and the relationships among nature, literature, and science
• World Literature

Research Interests

Comparative literatures of the early modern period (approximately 1500-1700), with a focus on natural history texts and emblem poetry written in Latin, English, Spanish and Arabic.

Classes Recently Taught

• Writing 105: College Composition

• World Literature I: Early texts of global cultures

• World Literature II: Postcolonial and Postmodern literature

• Voices of Islam: An exploration of the history and future of Islamic cultures

• Understanding Islam: A survey of the arts and sciences of Islam

• Judgment and Belief: Philosophy of the "Way"

• Literature and Science: A Comparison of the Two Cultures

• Thinking About Literature

• Senior Capstone Seminar

Education

• Ph.D., English, University of Oregon
• M.A., University of Oregon
• M.Ed., Adult Education, University of Rhode Island
• B.A. Philosophy and English, Wesleyan University
• Escuela Oficial de Idiomas; Ministerio de Ciencias y Educación, Madrid

Links of Personal and Professional Interest

• Department of Humanities, Colby-Sawyer College

• The Community and Environmental Studies Program at Colby-Sawyer College

• The Shakespeare Home Page

• Voice of the Shuttle (Renaissance and 17th Century)

• Early Modern Literary Studies, an on-line scholarly journal

• The Women Writers Project at Brown University

• Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment

• The Modern Language Association

• The National Academic Advising Association