Andy Trump

Andy Trump, a South Dakota native, was born and brought up in Brookings.
Attending a liberal arts college briefly in Seattle, Andy returned to SDSU and over time received one bachelors and 2 masters degree there. Originally a theatre buff, Andy went into English (his minor) and taught at SDSU and then University of Maryland--European Division. While with UMD-ED, Andy taught speech communications and English courses to military active service personnel and dependents at U.S. military posts in Scotland and Germany, from 1984-86.

After returning to the U.S. Andy came to NDSU in 1987 and has been with the Department of English since that time. Although his teaching time is mostly consumed with English 110 (College Composition I) and 320 (Business/Professional Writing), Andy during fall semesters teaches English 220 (Introduction to Literature). Although covering the major literary genres of poetry, prose, and dramatic literature, a definite emphasize on the latter within 220 echoes Andy's continuing interest in theatre.

Periodically, Andy presents papers at Linguistic Circle of Manitoba and North Dakota and Red River Conference on World Literature (being a member
of the committee) on dramatic literature and variety of playwrights. Also, he has moderated presentations of RRCWL plus those of LCMMND when
sessions take place in Fargo. Andy was recently elected to Freshmen English Committee as well.