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David G. Farley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Core Studies at St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. John's University. He has taught First-Year Writing since the program's founding in 2006 and holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Tulsa (2001). His academic work focuses on the intersection of travel writing, modernist literature, and spatial theory.
Dr. Farley's research interests span multiple interconnected fields including:
- Travel and travel writing in 20th century literary movements, especially Modernism
- Transnationalism and global perspectives in literature
- Historiography and the politics of seeing
- Sociomaterial roots of mobility and travel discourse
- Cartography, spatiality, and psychogeography
Dr. Farley's scholarly output reveals consistent engagement with modernist writers and travel literature. His publications demonstrate expertise in figures like Ezra Pound, E.E. Cummings, Rebecca West, Anton Chekhov, and W.B. Yeats, with particular attention to how travel experiences shaped their work. His research bridges literary analysis with spatial theory, examining how maps and mapping practices influence both literary production and cultural understanding. Recent work increasingly focuses on the pedagogical applications of spatial thinking in first-year writing courses.
Professional Recognition:
- Former president of the MLA Discussion Group on Travel and Travel Studies
Dr. Farley actively mentors students in first-year writing programs and has developed innovative courses such as "Travel and Travel Writing" and "Mapping Your World," which explore the rhetorical power of maps and the ways our worlds are "shaped and plotted, by themselves and by others." His teaching philosophy aligns with Critical Cartography principles as defined by Nicholas Blomey, emphasizing opposition to dominant forms of oppression, activism, and critical social theory.
