Bio

Mark Metzler Sawin is a cultural historian with a PhD in American Studies and teaches in LCC's English and Communications departments. When not at LCC he teaches at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA, and is a frequent guest professor at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. He enjoys building and fixing things, wandering in new areas, cooking and eating, and asking people questions. 

With an interdisciplinary PhD, Mark teaches in a number of areas. In the US he is an American cultural historian and director of an honors program; in Europe he teaches English, media studies, and writing. His current research areas include 19th-century American popular fiction, African American history in Virginia, and America's odd obsession with pickup trucks. 


Further information is available at: https://emu.edu/faculty-staff/?show=mms326