Rodney Morales is the author of When the Shark Bites, a novel (2002), and The Speed of Darkness, a short story collection (1988). He is the editor of a collection of essays, poetry and art titled Ho‘i Ho‘i Hou: a tribute to George Helm and Kimo Mitchell (1984). His stories have been published in numerous journals, and anthologized in Rereading America (Bedford-St. Martins, 1992) and Growing Up Puerto Rican (William Morrow, 1997). He is currently working on a mystery novel.
Areas of Interest
creative writing, Pacific literature, American ethnic literature
Awards
College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature Excellence in Teaching Award (2006)
Elliot Cades Award for Literature (2005)
Two-time grand prize winner of the Honolulu Magazine Fiction Contest (1987, 1994)
Education
BA, MA, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Courses
Fall Semester 2013
Course
Title
Time
ENG 313(4)
The Narrative in Fiction, Film, Poetry, Song
TR 9:00-10:15
ENG 313(6)
The Narrative in Fiction, Film, Poetry, Song
TR 12:00-1:15
Spring Semester 2013
Course
Title
Time
ENG 272(1)
Intro to Lit: Lit & Culture (Mystery Fiction)
MWF 10:30-11:20
ENG 413(1)
Form and Theory of Fiction
M 2:30-5:00
Fall Semester 2012
Course
Title
Time
ENG 313(7)
Types of CW (Fiction/Creative Non-Fiction)
TTH 12:00-1:15
ENG 613C(1)
Workshop: Fiction (CW)
W 3:30-6:00
Spring Semester 2012
Course
Title
Time
ENG 270(2)
Intro to Lit: Literary History (Historical Fiction)
