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Samuel Lyndon Gladden serves as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Education and Human Development and Professor of English at the University of New Orleans, a position he assumed in July 2022 after holding faculty and administrative roles at the University of Houston-Clear Lake (2012-2022), University of Northern Iowa (2000-2012), and Virginia State University (1998-2000). His career emphasizes collaborative culture-building, data-driven decision-making, and institutional change management across departmental, college, and campus levels.
Academic credentials include a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Texas and Master of Arts/Doctor of Philosophy degrees in English from Texas A&M University.
Research centers on British literary and cultural figures spanning Romanticism (Percy and Mary Shelley), Victorian literature (Wilkie Collins), Modernism (Oscar Wilde, Noël Coward), and contemporary pop culture (David Bowie), with particular focus on intersections of literature, society, and behavioral norms as demonstrated in his pandemic-era thought-piece on masking etiquette broadcast nationally via The Academic Minute.
Honors include:
- Lifetime membership in the Oxford Round Table
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