Dr. Richard King
Visiting Associate Professor, Maritime History and Literature
Education
PhD, University of St. Andrews
Research Areas & Interests:
Rich’s teaching and research focuses on intersections between sea voyage narratives, environmental history, and marine biology. He’s the author of the interdisciplinary books Lobster, The Devil’s Cormorant: A Natural History, and Ahab’s Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick. He writes and illustrates a regular column on ocean animals for Sea History magazine, and edits the “Searchable Sea Literature” website, which aims to provide open access to a wide range of North American voices on the ocean.
Courses Taught:
- Maritime History and Culture
- Sense of Place
