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Dr. Matt D. Klauza

Professor III

Phone: (561) 868-3155
 Fax: (561) 868-3154
 Campus: Lake Worth
 Office: TE 0107
 Mailing Address: 4200 Congress Avenue, MS 33, Lake Worth, FL 33461
 

Class Schedule & Syllabi

Summer 2024
Course IDCourse InformationLinksSyllabus
ENC 1101-10
College Composition 1 (AA)
Online/Canvas
Syllabus
ENC 1101-2
College Composition 1 (AA)
Online/Canvas
Syllabus
LIT 1000-5
Introduction to Literature (AA)
Online/Canvas
Syllabus
LIT 1000-51
Introduction to Literature (AA)
Online/Canvas
Syllabus
Fall 2024
Course IDCourse InformationLinksSyllabus
ENC 1101-14
English Composition 1 (AA)
CBP 0204 (Lake Worth)
ENC 1101-19
English Composition 1 (AA)
CBP 0204 (Lake Worth)
ENC 1101-8
English Composition 1 (AA)
Online/Canvas
ENC 1101-94
English Composition 1 (AA)
Online/Canvas
LIT 1000-11
Introduction to Literature (AA)
Online/Canvas
LIT 1000-5
Honors Introduction to Literature (AA)
CBP 0301 (Lake Worth)
LIT 1000-9
Introduction to Literature (AA)
Online/Canvas

Office Hours
See office hours link in Canvas for most up-to-date office hours

Department Contact
Sheila Scott-Lubin
Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs
scottls@palmbeachstate.edu

Phone: (561) 868-3410
Campus: Lake Worth
Office: CRA 0200.3
Mailing Address: 4200 Congress Avenue, MS 76, Lake Worth, FL 33461

Education / Certifications
Education
  • PhD - English   Auburn University
  • Graduate-level Teaching/Pedagogy   Marygrove College
  • M.A. - English   Eastern Michigan University
  • B.A. - English Education   Eastern Michigan University
  • Graduate-level Teaching/Pedagogy   Siena Heights University

Courses Taught
  • American Literature after 1865 (AML2020)
  • Introduction to Literature (LIT1000)
  • World Literature after the Renaissance (LIT2120)
  • Contemporary Literature (LIT2090)
  • Honors Contemporary Literature (LIT2090)
  • College Composition I (ENC1101)
  • College Composition II (ENC1102)
  • Honors Introduction to Literature (LIT1000)

Committees & Professional Organizations
Professional Organizations
  • Modern Language Association
  • SAMLA
  • Mark Twain Circle of America
  • Friends of the Center for Mark Twain Studies
  • National Council for Teachers of English
  • American Humor Studies Association

Publications
  • "The Luminous Flash of a Single Sentence: Using Mark Twain's Digital Manuscripts in the Pedagogy of Composition." The Mark Twain Annual 3 (2005): 99-103
  • "Supporting the Whole Consultant: Tutor Training for the Ever-Changing Writing Center." The Writing Lab Newsletter (WLN) 34.14 (Oct. 2010)
  • "The American Vandal Stops By: Mark Twain's 1868 Visit to Tecumseh" Homefront. (Fall 2007): 32-43.
  • “Mark Twain’s Recovered Comic Voice in “You’ve Been a Damfool, Mary” Mark Twain Journal 52.1
  • “Mark Twain, Homesickness, and Hannibal” [Issue Centerpiece] Mark Twain Journal 48,1/2 49-103.
  • Principle Scholar, "An Interesting and Tragic Life of Mark Twain." Documentary, Edify, Florida Atlantic University, 2021.

Awards & Honors
  • Palm Beach State College Stewart Distinguished Teaching Award
  • BRAVO Award Finalist 2017
  • BRAVO Award Finalist 2018
  • BRAVO Award Finalist 2019
  • Finalist, Palm Beach Illustrated Educator of the Year
  • Winner, NISOD Excellence Award for Meritorious Service

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