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James D. Garrison

Archibald A. Hill Professor of English and American Literature

Department of English

UT Austin

My philosophy of teaching is informed by one consistent goal, and that is to encourage students to share my own love of great books. As a teacher of literature, I want them to think of the class not as an end but as a beginning, as a starting point for a lifetime of thoughtful reading.