Sam McBride, Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 1997
Pre-Foundational English Coordinator
20th-Century Literature

Sam McBride specializes in 20th-Century literature, with emphases in the following areas:

• Postmodern literature
• Cross-disciplinary humanities
• The Inklings (C. S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien)

At La Sierra University he also teaches pre-foundational English and 20th-Century literature.

Recent Publications and Presentations:

Book:

• Women Among the Inklings: Feminism, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams (co-authored with Candice Fredrick).  Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001.

Articles:

• “Issues in Middle-earth Metaphysics.” Submitted to Through the Wardrobe.
  
• “Becoming Aslanian: Religious Conversion in The Chronicles of Narnia.” Submitted to CSL: The Newsletter of the New York C. S. Lewis Society.
  
• “Susan Howe.” A Companion to 20th Century American Poetry. Ed. Burt Kimmilman. Facts on File, (forthcoming).
  
• “Battling the Woman Warrior: Women and Combat in C. S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien” (co-authored with Candice Fredrick). Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature 25.3/4 (2007): 29-42.
  
• “Coming of Age in Narnia.” Revisiting Narnia: Fantasy, Myth and Religion in C. S. Lewis’ Chronicles. Ed. Shanna Caughey. Dallas: BenBella, 2005. 59-72.
  
• “J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.” Encyclopedia of Catholic Literature. Ed. Mary R. Reichardt. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2004.

Presentations:

• “Becoming Aslanian: Religious Conversion in The Chronicles of Narnia.” Children’s Literature Association Annual Convention (Manhattan Beach, CA), June 2006.
  
• “Why Tolkien Detested Narnia.” Through the Wardrobe Conference. University of California (Riverside), May 2006.
  
• “Fate, the Gods, and Evil in The Lord of the Rings.” Through the Wardrobe Conference. California Baptist University (Riverside, CA), March 2006.
  
•  “Why I Hate Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Films.” Faculty Colloquium. DeVry University (Pomona, CA), April 2004.
  
• “The Future of Feminist Tolkien Studies.” Modern Language Association Conference (San Diego, CA), December 2003.
  
• “Postmodern Appropriation in the Arts: or, Originality through Plagiarism.” Faculty Colloquium. DeVry University (Pomona, CA), November 2003.
  
• “Leonard Bernstein, Postmodernism, and Western Civilization.”  Faculty Colloquium. DeVry University (Pomona, CA), March 2003.
  
•  “Where is God in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings?” Faculty Colloquium. DeVry University (Pomona, CA), May 2002.
  
• “On Forgiveness and a ‘Just’ War: C. S. Lewis, Terrorism, and Care Ethics” (with Candice Fredrick). C. S. Lewis Foundation Western Regional Faculty Forum Conference “The Rediscovery of Evil: A Challenge to the Academy.” Cal Poly University (Pomona, CA), February 2002.

Education

Ph.D., English - University of California, Riverside (1997)
Emphases:             Twentieth-Century American Poetry, Fiction and Drama
Interdisciplinary Studies (Literature, Music, Art)
Theory (Feminist, Postmodern, Performative)
Dissertation:             "Performing Laurie Anderson"

M.A., English - Loma Linda University, Riverside, CA (1987)

B.A., Communications (Music minor) - Southern College, Collegedale, TN (1981)