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Paul Piatkowski, PhD
336-731-8431 ext. 8578
Email: [email protected]
Planning Period: Third Period
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Daily Schedule
Fall 2023
Period 1: English I
Period 2: English II
Period 3: Plan Period
Period 4: AP English Language and Composition / AP Seminar
Spring 2024
Period 1: English II
Period 2: AP English Language and Composition
Period 3: Plan Period
Period 4: AP English Language and Composition / AP Seminar
Meet the Teacher:
My name is Paul Piatkowski. I received a BS in English Education from Appalachian State University, and an MA and PhD in English Literature from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. I have been teaching English at North Davidson High School since 2004 and have taught English I, English II, English III, English III Honors, AP English Language and Composition, English IV, English IV Honors, and AP Seminar (the first class in the AP Capstone Program). I have taught ACT preparatory courses for the Princeton Review/ASPIRE program here in Davidson County. I serve as a facilitator with the North Carolina AP Partnership (NCAPP) for AP English Language and Composition. I have been a reader for the College Board for the AP English Language and Composition exam for several years and have recently served as a table leader for the exam reading. In 2009 and again in 2022 I was selected by the North Davidson Student Council for their Teacher of the Year award. I had the honor of representing North Davidson and subsequently all of Davidson County Schools in the 2010-2011 school year as the school and county's Teacher of the Year.
Professional Publications:
“The Alien in the Graveyard: Extraterrestrial Reanimation in Ed Wood’s Plan 9 from Outer Space and Walter Mosley’s The Wave,” The Eternal Future of the 1950s: Essays on the Lasting Influence of the Decade's Science Fiction Films, McFarland Press, Edited by Dennis Cutchins and Dennis Perry, 2023.
"War of the Worlds: Geologic Consciousness in Reza Negarestani's Cyclonopedia," Journal of Science Fiction, vol. 4, no. 2, 2021.
“Deterritorializing the Textual Site in the Digital Age: Paratextual and Narrative Democracy in Mark Z. Danielewski’s Only Revolutions,” Journal of Modern Literature, vol. 43, no, 1, 2019.
“Ghost Parrot(ing): Re/Deconstructing Order through Psychic Mimesis, Revenge Justice, and Conjuration in Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy,” Intertexts, vol. 20, no. 2, 2016.
“Ghost Parrot(ing): Re/Deconstructing Order through Psychic Mimesis, Revenge Justice, and Conjuration in Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy,” Intertexts, vol. 20, no. 2, 2016.
“Mind Inside Matter: The Physics of Interface in William Gibson’s The Peripheral”, Critique, vol. 60, no. 1, 2018.
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- Paul Piatkowski has been a part of the North Davidson High School faculty since 2004. He has also been an adjunct instructor in reading and writing courses at Forsyth Tech Community College since 2009. He is currently working on his PhD in English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he also received his MA in English. He received his undergraduate degree, a BS in English with a focus in Secondary Education, from Appalachian State University.
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