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Owen David Harry

Lecturer

Contact Information

Telephone: 6601 4073
Email: oharry@nus.edu.sg
Office: CELC #03-29 (10 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117511)

Owen HARRY received his PhD in English Literature from the National University of Singapore, having previously studied at Bath Spa University (BA Hons) and Cardiff University (MA) in the UK. His research interests include ecocriticism, religion and ecology, and American literature. He has taught both undergraduate and graduate level courses at CELC and is particularly invested in developing students’ abilities to communicate complex ideas to non-specialists.

Recent Courses Taught and/or Coordinated

  • UTW1001X Ecospirituality: Religion, Nature, Culture
  • SP1541 Communication Practices in Popular Science
  • NG5001 Academic Communication for Graduate Researchers

Selected Publications (since 2019)

  • Chia, C. S. C., Phan, J.,Harry, O., & Lee, K. M.  (2024). Graduate Students’ Perception and Use of ChatGPT as a Learning Tool to Develop Writing Skills. International Journal of TESOL Studies, 6(3), 113-127. https://doi.org/10.58304/ijts.20240308
  • Harry, O. (2023) Daoism and Posthuman Subjectivity in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Lathe of Heaven. RSAJournal: Rivista di Studi Americani, 34, 99-115. https://doi.org/10.13135/1592-4467/8379
  • Harry, O. (2022). The Posthuman Return: Transformation through Stillness in Richard Powers’s The Overstory. In M. Stephan and S. Borkfelt (Eds.), Interrogating Boundaries of the Nonhuman: Literature, Climate Change, and Environmental Crises, pp. 147-162. Lanham: Lexington.
  • Harry, O. (2020). Interdependence, Impermanence, and Ecological Ethics in Gary Snyder’s Danger on Peaks. ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes, and Reviews, 33(4), 283-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/0895769X.2019.1689486

Conference Papers (since 2019)

  • Harry, O. “Dreaming of Change: Ursula K. Le Guin and the Daoist Posthuman”. Association for the Study of Literature and Environment in ASEAN, Chiang Rai, Thailand, 23 Nov 2023.
  • Harry, O. “Appalachian Posthumanism: New Materialism and Religion in Barbara Kingsolver’s Flight Behavior”. Association for Philosophy and Literature Conference, Banff, Canada, 28 May 2022.
  • Harry, O. “The Relational Non-Self in Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being”. Modern Language Association Annual Convention, Washington DC, USA, 6 Jan 2022.
  • Harry, O. “Plant-thinking through Dark Green Religion in Richard Powers’s The Overstory”. Association for the Study of Literature and Environment Virtual Conference, 26 Jul 2021.
  • Harry, O. “‘And Yet’: Impermanence and Ecological Ethics in Gary Snyder’s Danger on Peaks”. Association for the Study of Literature and Environment Conference, Davis, USA, 29 Jun 2019.
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