Faculty and Staff
Jacob Rivers, Ph.D.
| Title: | Adjunct Instructor in English |
| USC Union | |
| Email: | riversj@mailbox.sc.edu |
| Phone: | 864-424-8061 |
Bio
Dr. Jacob Rivers joined USC Union as Adjunct Instructor of English in 2018. He holds
the PhD in English from the University of South Carolina (Twentieth-Century American
and Southern Literature).
Teaching
Dr. Rivers regularly teaches online classes in English 101-Critical Reading and Comprehension
and English 102-Rehtoric and Composition.
Research
Dr. Rivers’ research focuses on the role of hunting in Southern Literature as a vehicle
for evolving Southern attitudes toward ethical environmental perception and on the
human-canine relationship as portrayed in poetry and fiction.
Selected Publications
Cultural Values in the Southern Sporting Narrative. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2002.
Early Southern Sports and Sportsmen: A Literary Anthology. University of South Carolina Press, 2015.
In Dogs We Trust: An Anthology of American Dog Literature. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2019.