Josh Pahigian
Josh Pahigian directs the Center for 全球 Humanities and teaches the advanced studies course that accompanies each semester’s lecture series.
A member of the University of New England since 2004 when he began teaching part-time in the English Department, Josh is an accomplished author, having penned ten baseball books — including popular travel guides like 的 Ultimate Baseball Road Trip, 的 Amazing Baseball Adventure, and 101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out, which was a finalist for the 2008 Casey Award presented annually to the most impactful new baseball book.
As an expert on the baseball landscape and baseball culture, Josh has appeared widely on television and radio to offer his perspective on baseball stadiums, 旅游景点, and fan traditions. He has been cited as an expert or had his books reviewed by 《正规澳门赌场网站》, 《正规澳门赌场网络》, 的 Washington Post, 男性健康, 的 Christian 科学 Monitor, 波士顿环球报, 波士顿先驱报, 的 Philadelphia Inquirer, 的 哈特福德报, Detroit Free Press, 多伦多星报, 休斯敦纪事报, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Providence Journal, and scores of other media outlets.
In 2015, Josh received a legislative commendation from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives for "his commitment to preserving the history of America's favorite pastime."
Josh is also an accomplished fiction writer. 他的推理小说 Strangers on the Beach received praise from Publisher's Weekly, 的 Portland Press Herald, 的 Bangor Daily 新闻, 的 Worcester Telegram, 的 Kennebec Journal, and other periodicals, while the Maine Edge included it on its “Best Books of 2012” list. 与此同时, Josh’s short stories revealing the complexities of the Armenian-American cultural experience have been published in literary journals in the United States and in translation in Armenia.
Josh has presented invited lectures on creative writing, 他的旅行, and his books at the College of the Holy Cross, 尼克尔斯学院, the University of Maine at Fort Kent, the University of Southern Maine, Western Connecticut State University, 和一个, among other venues.