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Douglas King

Douglas King is a professor of English at Gannon University, has written two books on Shakespeare, and is planning to write a volume on Native Americans. Additionally, he is studying to become a deacon in the Byzantine Catholic Church. He has three adult sons: one with the Pennsylvania state legislature, one with the Pennsylvania state police crime lab, and one as an officer in the U.S. Navy.

Articles by Douglas King

A Defense of the “Ungrading” Movement

Jul 13, 2022 · Douglas King · Comments Off

In his April piece for the Martin Center, Adam Ellwanger critiqued “contract grading” as a symptom of “the war against academic excellence” and the broader societal movement toward “some fetishized … Continue reading “A Defense of the “Ungrading” Movement”