James Pipkin
Associate Professor
- Phone: (713) 743-2977
- Email: jpipkin@uh.edu
- Office: 236B Roy Cullen Building
James Pipkin specializes in nineteenth and early twentieth century British literature, British Romantic literature, autobiography, and popular culture. He is the editor of English and German Romanticism: Cross-Currents and Controversies, and articles on William Wordsworth, various studies of literature and other liberal arts, and sports and American culture. His current research includes American autobiography and sports. He has been honored as a Mortar Board "Top Prof" at the University on five occasions, selected as Sigma Tau Delta English Honors Society Outstanding Professor in 1999, and received a University of Houston Enron Teaching Excellence Award in 2002. In 2003 he became only the fifth faculty member in the history of the University of Houston to be honored by the State of Texas with a Piper Professor Award for "outstanding scholarly and academic achievement." A pioneer in the field of university-school collaboratives, he co-founded the "Common Ground" program, which became the largest university-school partnership program in the country. He raised more than $800,000 in grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Houston corporations in support of this program, and continues to serve as special advisor to the Houston Teachers Institute.
Education
- Ph.D., Harvard University
- M.A., Harvard University
- B.A., University of Florida
Research Interests
British Romantic Literature, Autobiography, sports and literature
