Professor, English, Emeritus (1981-2019)
B.A., Middlebury College M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Appointed In
1981
Swift's main field of teaching and research was late 19th- and early 20th-century British and American literature. He also taught for many years an interdisciplinary course on Los Angeles in аIJʿª½±'s cultural studies program.
Swift's major research projects have involved the American novelist Willa Cather and her cultural/historical context. He has a longstanding interest in undergraduate research in the humanities.Â
He was the founding president of the board of directors of the Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research, and he has been a member of the board of governors of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. He also served as аIJʿª½±'s associate dean of faculty and faculty president.