Peter Ponzio
Instructor
After earning an MA in Literature from Northwestern University in 2008, Ponzio received an MA in Humanities followed by a Doctor of Arts degree from Harrison Middleton University. His course in organizational finance prepares students to read, develop, and write financial analysis for managerial roles.
Education
- Doctor of Arts, Harrison Middleton University, 2016
- M.A. Humanities, Harrison Middleton University, 2014
- M.A. Literature, Northwestern University, 2008
- B.A. English Literature, Loyola University of Chicago, 1981
Professional/Community Affiliations
- Modern Language Association
- National Council of the Teachers of English
- The Dickens Society
- The Great Books Foundation
- Illinois CPA Society
- Lake County Astronomical Society
- National Hellenic Museum
Publications/Research Listings
“Dickens and Society: Can Dickens’ "Uppers" change their Minds?” The Routledge Companion to Literature and Class, edited by Gloria McMillan. 2021
“Ineffective Institutions in Dickens’s Hard Times,” Loyola University School of Continuing and Professional Studies. 2020
Dickens-to-Go: Little Dorrit and Arthur Clennam: A Modest Life of Usefulness and Happiness,”. 2020
“Ineffective Institutions in Dickens’s Hard Times,” International Journal of Innovative Studies in Sociology and Humanities. Vol.4, no. 3 March, 2019
Themes in Dickens: Seven Recurring Concerns in the Writings, McFarland & Company, Publishers. 2018
“Ineffective Institutions in Dickens’s Hard Times,” Paper presented at The Northwestern Graduate Student Conference. 2016
“Why Shakespeare is Relevant,” presented at The Fremont Public Library. 2016
Deus Ex, a novel. Xlibris Publishing. 2016
“The Debut of the Goldfish,” Aquarium USA. 2015
Goldfish Standards. Waking Lion Press. 2015
“Dickens and the Visual: Realism and Mimesis in Sketches by Boz.” The Global Journal of Human Social Sciences. Vol. 14, no. 1. 2014
“Dickens and the Visual,” presented at Fremont Public Library. 2012
“Dickens and the Visual: Realism and Mimesis in Sketches by Boz.” Presented at the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, University of Kent. 2012
“Man on Fire,” poem appearing in the book Unabashedly Episcopalian, by Archbishop Andrew Doyle. 2012
Dickens: 200 Year of Celebrity, Presented at the Fremont Public Library in conjunction with the Lake County Discovery Museum. 2012
“Attached to Life Again: Esther Summerson’s Struggle for Identity And Acceptance in Bleak House.” Verlag. 2011
To Kill a Mockingbird, presented at the Fremont Public Library For the 50th anniversary of the publication of the novel. 2010