H. Daniel Peck

Background

Peck, H. Daniel was born on July 15, 1940 in Milwaukee. Son of Henry Edward and Carmen (Barbulesco) Peck.

Education

Bachelor, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1962. Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1974.

Career

Assistant professor to associate professor University California, Santa Barbara, 1972—1980. Associate professor Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1980—1983, professor literature, since 1983. Director American culture program Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, 1989—1992.

John Guy Vassar chair National Endowment of the Humanities National Conference on American Studies, American Studies and the Undergraduate Humanities Curriculum, since 1999, founding director environmental studies program, 2000—2003. Director National Endowment of the Humanities Summer Institutes for College and University Faculty, 1993, 97. Faculty National Endowment of the Humanities "Picturing America" Seminars, Newberry Library., 2009—2010.

Member editorial board ISLE, since 1995, The Literary Encyclopedia and Literature Dictionary, since 2002, Hudson River Valley Review, since 2006, Literature Early American Republic, since 2007.

Achievements

• H. Daniel Peck has been listed as a noteworthy literature educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • (New Essays on The "Last of the Mohicans") Author: H.Daniel Peck published on (May, 2014)

Membership

Member Modern Language Association (chairman division 19th Century American Literature 1986), American Studies Association, New England American Studies Association (council 1991-1993), Associate for Study Literature of Environmental (editorial board, since 1995), John Burroughs Associate (board director 1994-2001).

Connections

Married Patricia B. Wallace, April 3, 1982. 1 child, Jennifer Peck.

Father:

Henry Edward Peck

Mother:

Carmen (Barbulesco) Peck

Spouse:

Patricia B. Wallace

child:

Jennifer Peck