Department of English

 

Frank Madden
Department Chair
 
Tel: 914-606-6932
Office: Science 301
Email:
Frank.Madden@sunywcc.edu
 
 

 
Frank Madden is State University of New York (SUNY) Distinguished Professor and holds the Carol Russett Endowed Chair for English. He has a Ph.D. from New York University, has taught in graduate programs at City College of New York, Iona College, and the New School for Social Research. 

Professor Madden has been Chair of the National Council of Teachers (NCTE) CTE College Section Institute on the Teaching of Literature, Chair of the Two-Year College English Association (TYCA), and Chair of the Modern Language Association (MLA) ad hoc Committee on Teaching.  He has served on the Executive Committees of the NCTE, the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), the MLA Committee for Departments of English, and the SUNY Council on Writing.  He has also served as NCTE delegate to the American Council of Learned Societies. 

He is a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship, the Westchester Community College Foundation Award for Excellence in Scholarship, the 1995 Phi Delta Kappa Educator of the Year Award from Iona College, and the 2003 Nell Ann Pickett Service Award from the National Council of Teachers of English.

Dr. Madden’s articles, chapters, and commentary about the teaching of literature have appeared in a variety of books and journals, including College English, PMLA, College Literature, English Journal, Computers and Composition, Computers and the Humanities, and the Association of Departments of English (ADE) Bulletin. He has produced five on-line lectures on literature for Pearson Longman and is the author of three textbooks: Exploring Literature (in its 4rd edition), Exploring Fiction, and Exploring Poetry—all published by Pearson Longman.

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