Background
Stephen Joseph Curley was born on March 4, 1947, in New York City, New York, United States. He is a son of Joseph Francis Curley, an automotive mechanic and teacher, and Mary Lucille (Curran) Curley, a homemaker.
Fordham University, The Bronx, New York City, NY 10458, United States
In 1968, Stephen received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Fordham University.
6100 Main St, Houston, TX 77005, United States
In 1974, Curley attained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in English from Rice University.
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Stephen Joseph Curley was born on March 4, 1947, in New York City, New York, United States. He is a son of Joseph Francis Curley, an automotive mechanic and teacher, and Mary Lucille (Curran) Curley, a homemaker.
In 1968, Stephen received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Fordham University. Some time later, in 1974, he attained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in English from Rice University.
During the period from 1969 till 1970, Stephen served in the United States Army. Since 1973, he has been working as a teacher of English, including writing, literature and film, at Texas A&M University at Galveston, where, currently, he is a Regents Professor. Between 1977 and 1980 and 1985 and 1997, he acted as Head of the Department of General Academics at the same educational establishment. In 1994, Stephen co-founded the Faculty Resource Committee at the same university to encourage good teaching. In addition, Curley invented and implemented Maritime Studies, the only Bachelor of Arts degree program at Texas A&M University at Galveston.
From 1986 till 1988, Curley served as a publication judge at the Society of Technology and Communication in Houston. In 1990, he was appointed an accreditor at the Middle States Association. Later, in 2003, Stephen was made a member of steering committee at Galveston Reads. In 2014, Stephen was appointed a co-general editor of "Marine, Maritime & Coastal Books" series, published by Texas A&M University Press, a post he still holds.
In addition, Stephen has been delivering talks on popular culture, related to movies, the sea and Texas history.
Also, throughout his career, Curley contributed to encyclopedias and periodicals, including Journal of Popular Film and Television, Coastal Management, Marine Education, Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Popular Computing and Texas Journal. His books include "Celluloid Wars: A Guide to Film and the American Experience of War", "Invisible Texans: Women and Minorities in Texas History", "Aggies by the Sea" and "The Ship that Would Not Die".
Stephen is also the author of a live audio recording "Sea Chanteys & Lore of the Sea", featured on Houston CBS TV news & Dallas radio.
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1992Quotations: "I write about what interests me, with an eye toward teaching readers about the subject. As a college professor in a university, that focuses on the study of the ocean, I have found myself increasingly attracted to subjects, related to the sea. Even in my more scholarly writing, I have tried to couch difficult concepts in language that is accessible to the nonspecialist. Over the years, I believe, my writing has become more responsive to my notion of what readers want and need. So many of my subjects - movies, literary figures, sea literature - are influenced by my interest in popular culture."
Stephen is a member of the American Culture Association, Texas Humanities Alliance and South Center Modern Language Association.
Stephen married Elizabeth Anne Curtin, a preschool teacher, on May 31, 1969. Their marriage produced three children - Matthew Edmund, Kathleen Alice and Bridget Elaine. Kathleen and Bridget are twins.