English Department Faculty

Houston Wood

Professor of EnglishNative Features

Education:

M.A. University of California, Santa Barbara

Ph.D. University of Hawaiʿi 

Courses Recently Taught:

WRI 1200 Research, Argument, and Writing

ENG 2301 World Film Studies

WRI 3320 Scriptwriting

ENG 4100 Shakespeare Seminar

SOC 2600 Peace Studies

Publications:

Wood has published three books:

The Reality of Ethnomethodology

Displacing Natives: The Rhetorical Production of Hawai'i 

Native Features: Indigenous Films from Around the World 

His new book, An Invitation to Peace and Conflict Studies, is scheduled for publication in Fall 2012.

Fun Facts:

Before coming to HPU in 1997, Wood had previously worked as sociologist, building recycler, arborist, farmer, and middle-school English teacher.