Truman State
University Foundation Board of Directors
Gail B. Crump
Gail
B. Crump, a Kirksville native, graduated summa cum laude from Truman
State University in 1964 with a BA and a BSE in English. While at
Truman, he and his twin brother, the late Gary A. Crump, were active in
the College Players, Blue Key, Alpha Phi Omega, and other organizations.
Dr. Crump received his MA degree in
English in 1965 and his Ph.D. in English in January 1970, from the
University of Arkansas, where he was selected as a member of Phi Beta
Kappa. His field of academic specialization is Modern British and
American Literature, particularly fiction and drama.
In September 1969, he joined the faculty of the department of English at
the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, and he has taught
there ever since.
He is the author of The Novels of Wright Morris: a Critical
Interpretation, published by the University of Nebraska Press, and
a number of critical articles. During his career, he has served on the
editorial board of the D. H. Lawrence Review, edited several
issues of the Publications of the Missouri Philological Association, and
served as fiction editor of Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing.
He is also a partner in Cave Hollow Press, a little press devoted to
publishing original fiction by Midwestern writers.
As a faculty member at the University of Central Missouri, he has served
as chair of the Department of English and Philosophy, interim chair of
the Department of Modern Languages, interim chair of the Department of
Geography and Interdisciplinary studies, and Associate Provost.