Dr. Jacky Dumas

Associate Dean, School of Humanities (Professor)
College of Humanities and Sciences

jdumas@umhb.edu
Heard 101
UMHB Box 8008
(254) 295-4567
Curriculum Vitae (Résumé)

Jacky Dumas obtained a Ph.D. from Texas Tech University in 2006 and has been teaching in the English Department at UMHB since Fall 2007. Dr. Dumas teaches courses in Rhetoric and Composition, Professional Development, British and American Literature, Literary Genre, and Literary Criticism. He regularly presents papers and chairs panels at the Pop Culture Association National Conference as well as various other literary conferences. A former high school Latin teacher and varsity athletics coach, Dr. Dumas has devoted his professional career to pedagogy. As a comparative classicist, he specializes in the implications of hubris in literature and society, metaphysical detective fiction, and satire. Dr. Dumas began directing the English Capstone in 2009 and assumed Department Chair duties in 2010. Since 2016, he has been serving as the Associate Dean of Humanities. In 2019-2020, he served as the Interim Dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences, and in 2021-2022, he served as the Interim Director of Learning Resources. Dr. Dumas has published in The McNeese Review, The Southern Literary Journal, The Comparatist, and Intertexts.

Subjects Taught
Rhetoric-Composition, Periods and Genres, British Literature, American Literature, World Literature, Literary Theory, Popular Literature, Humanities - Explorations, Introduction to the English Major, and Capstone
Degrees Earned
B.A., Texas Tech University; M.A., Texas Tech University; Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Research Interests
  • Popular Culture
  • Cultural Materialism
  • Greek and Roman influences; special focus on hubris
  • Literary Theory
  • Comparative Literature
  • Satire
  • Detective Fiction

Recent Publications

  • “The Adaptation of Juvenal’s Snarling Satire in Martin Marprelate’s Epistle.” The McNeese Review 46 (2008).
  • “The Unrevealed in Flannery O’Connor’s ‘Revelation.’” Co-authored with Dr. Jessica Hooten Wilson. -Southern Literary Journal 45.2 (2013).
  • “The ‘Annabel Lee’ Blues: Re-Reading Edgar Allan Poe’s Rhythm and Rhyme Scheme” – The Comparatist 43 (2019).
  • "Marx Side of the Moon: Revealing the Status Faux" - INTERTEXTS (forthcoming in 2024).