LAVERY, David

LAVERY, David. American, b. 1949. Genres: Communications/Media, Film, Literary criticism and history. Career: College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN, instructor in English, 1975-76; University of North Florida, Jacksonville, adjunct assistant professor of English, 1979-80; Seattle University, WA, visiting assistant professor of English, 1980-81; East China Normal University, Shanghai, foreign expert in English, 1981; University of Alabama, Huntsville, interim assistant professor of English, 1981-83; Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, assistant professor, 1983-87, associate professor of English, 1987-88; University of Memphis, TN, associate professor of communication and film studies, 1988-93; Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, professor of English, 1993-, department head, 1993-97. Publications: Late for the Sky: The Mentality of the Space Age, 1992; (co-author and co-producer) Owen Barfield: Man and Meaning (film), 1994. EDITOR & CONTRIBUTOR: Full of Secrets: Critical Approaches to Twin Peaks, 1994; (with A. Hague and M. Cartwright) Deny All Knowledge: Reading the X-Files, 1996; This Thing of Ours: Investigating the Sopranos, 2002; (with A. Hague) Teleparody: Predicting/Preventing the TV Discourse of Tomorrow, 2002; (with R.V. Wilcox) Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 2002. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles, poetry, short fiction, and reviews to periodicals. Address: Department of English, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, U.S.A. Online address: dlavery@mtsu.edu; www.mtsu.edu/~dlavery