Language and Communication Arts: Faculty & Staff
Scott Covell
year started at AVC
1995
schools attended and degrees received
Masters in English CSUN
BA in English CSUN
also attended: University of Connecticut, Groton Campus
New England College, Henniker, NH.
Santa Monica College
academic interests, general teaching areas
Specializing in Film studies, Gothic literature, Science Fiction, Shakespeare, the Jazz Age in America, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Cormac McCarthy, Louise Erdrich, Drama, Crime Fiction
Teach all of the above as well as Basic Skills, Composition, Critical Thinking, College Skills
special projects and websites
—Author of fanfiction prequel/sequel to The Great Gatsby: Revenge of Gatsby. (2013)
https://revengeofgatsby.wordpress.com/
—Caretaker of “Covell’s Gatsby Sequel FB page” (A FB site for the latest on F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby and my fan fiction novel, Revenge of Gatsby. (2012)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Covells-Gatsby-Sequel-FB-Page/169242993253277
—Author of “Devil with a Bad Haircut: Postmodern Villainy Rides the Range in No Country For Old Men.” In No Country for Old Men: Novel to Film (2007)
—Co-editor of Living in America: a Pop Culture Reader (1998)
https://www.amazon.com/Living-America-Popular-Culture-Reader/dp/1559349808/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1394848680&sr=1-1&keywords=living+in+america%3A+a+popular+culture+reader