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Eric Gould’s main fields of teaching and research are in 20th and 21st century literature (with an emphasis on fiction) and cultural studies. He graduated with BA and MA (Hons) degrees from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and with the PhD in English from King’s College London. Apart from teaching in the English program at the University of Denver, and chairing the department twice, he has held several administrative positions, including Vice President for Academic Affairs (at Drew University, New Jersey), Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies at DU, and Vice Provost for Internationalization at DU. He is the author/editor of eight books, and his work has appeared in a number of journals, including the London Times Literary Supplement, the Times Higher Education Supplement, the New York Times Book Review, Substance, and Higher Education in Europe. His most recent book, The University in a Corporate Culture (Yale 2003) won the 2004 Frandson Prize for Literature, and he is currently working on two book-length projects: one on the internationalization of academe and another on why the novel matters.