M.A., UNC Chapel Hill
Director of
Watauga College
Office: Living Learning Academic 117
Phone: (828) 262-2417
E-mail:
huntleyde@appstate.edu
Curriculum Vitae (pdf format)
David Huntley began teaching one course a semester in Watauga College back in 1988 and finally made the transition to full-time staff member in the fall of 1994. He has taught in Watauga College's "American Stories: Narratives of Family and Nation," guiding our freshmen into the life and times of Allen Ginsberg, the beatest member of the Beat Generation and one of the most important poets of the twentieth century. His interest in Ginsberg has come from a broader interest in the social, political, cultural, and literary aspects of the fifties and the legacy of this decade that leads us into the sixties and seventies. Memorable moments in previous Beat classes include a day of Buddhist meditation at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, an afternoon visit with William S. Burroughs in his living room in Lawrence, Kansas, and standing six inches from Jack Kerouac's teletype roll manuscript of "On the Road" at the Whitney Museum in New York. His other academic interests include irreverent essayists and travel writers who have embarked on journeys that transform them, and that growing body of writings that challenge the supposed virtues of the industrial economy. Through his courses David hopes to inspire the next generation of students to thoughtfully examine the trends of growth, consumption, and economic expansion that threaten to turn the earth into a human anthill, and venture beyond their comfortable, daily routes into transforming experiences.
David is married to Edelma, Dean of the Graduate School. The Huntleys live on three forested acres near the Watauga River in Valle Crucis in a house they started building nineteen years ago and which they have almost finished several times since.
In addition to teaching, advising, and building furniture, David is thoroughly exploring the mountains and surroundings of Santa Fe and wondering what he wants to do when he grows up.
