Josh Pahigian

Josh Pahigian, M.F.A.

Director, Center for Global Humanities

Instructor, Global Humanities Seminar Series

Senior Writer, Office of Communications

Location

McDougall 101

Portland Campus for the Health Sciences

Contact

jpahigian@une.edu

Josh has been affiliated with SWAG��Ƶ since joining the University as an adjunct instructor in 2004. In that role, he taught English Composition, British Literature, and American Literature. In 2014, Josh joined the Center for Global Humanities as a fellow, teaching the annual Global Humanities Seminar Series and helping to promote and present the Center’s monthly lectures. Since 2013, Josh has also served as a writer in the Office of Communications. In addition, Josh is the author of several popular baseball books and a Maine mystery novel, and his 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 is a firm believer in the enduring necessity of the humanities to education and civic life. In January 2024, Josh was appointed director of the Center for Global Humanities.

Credentials

Education

M.F.A. in Creative Writing

Emerson College

2001

B.A. in English

The College of the Holy Cross

1996

Research

Selected publications

Books

The Amazing Baseball Adventure, Lyons Press (2017)

101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out, 2nd Edition, Lyons Press (2015)

Spring Training Handbook, 2nd Edition, McFarland Publishing (2013)

Strangers on the Beach: A Novel, Islandport Press (2012)

The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip, 2nd Edition, Lyons Press (2012)

The Seventh Inning Stretch, The Lyons Press (2010)

101 Baseball Places to See Before You Strike Out, Lyons Press (2008)

The Ultimate Minor League Baseball Road Trip, Lyons Press (2007)

The Red Sox in the Playoffs, McFarland Publishing (2006)

Why I Hate the Yankees, Lyons Press (2005)

Spring Training Handbook, McFarland Publishing (2005)

The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip, Lyons Press (2004)

Short Stories

��ٷɱ��辱�Բ�,” Brevity and Echo: An Anthology of Short-Short Stories (2006)

“Hungry Armenian,” Modern American-Armenian Short Stories, translated into Armenian (2006)

“Great Armenians,” Ararat: An International Quarterly (2004)

“Armenian Summer,” Ararat: An International Quarterly (2004)

“Armenian Nectarines,” Grakan Tert, translated into Armenian (2004)

“Hungry Armenian,” Grakan Tert, translated into Armenian (2003)

“Armenian Nectarines,” Ararat: An International Quarterly (2002)

“99 to Life,” Passages North (2002)

“Hungry Armenian,” Ararat: An International Quarterly (2002)

��ٷɱ��辱�Բ�,” The Hawaii Review (2001)

“Driving Mr. Ferguson,” Worcester Magazine (2000)

“The Bellboy,” The Beacon Street Review (2000)

“The Death of Unckie Vartkis,” Ararat: An International Quarterly (2000)

Peer Reviewed Article

Stride, C. B., Thomas, F. E., Wilson, J. P. & Pahigian, J. Modeling stadium statue subject choice in US baseball and English soccer. . Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages 1–34, ISSN (Online) 1559-0410, DOI: 10.1515/1559-0410.1399, March 2012.

Other scholarly activity

Selected Lectures and Honors

Legislative Commendation, Massachusetts House of Representatives (2015)

Parson’s Memorial Library, Alfred, ME (March 2014)

Dyer Library, Saco, ME (March 2014)

College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, Author’s Panel (October, 2013)

Wells Public Library, Reading and Lecture (August, 2013)

University of Maine—Fort Kent, Maine Author’s Conference panelist (May, 2013)

Valley Rivers Middle School—Fort Kent, Maine Writers Day presenter (May, 2013)

North Bridgeton Public Library, Lecture and reading (April, 2013)

Springvale Public Library, Lecture and reading (March 2013)

Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth, ME, Lecture and reading (March, 2013)

North Gorham Public Library, Gorham, ME, Lecture and reading (February, 2013)

McArthur Public Library, Biddeford, ME, Lecture and reading (January, 2013)

Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT, Lecture and reading (January, 2013)

Bestsellers Café Authors’ Series, Medford, MA, Lecture and reading (December, 2012)

Libby Memorial Library, Old Orchard Beach, ME, Lecture and reading (November, 2012)

University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME, Lecture and reading (October, 2012)

Portland Public Library, Portland, ME, “Brown Bag Lecture Series,” (October, 2012)

The Maine Edge named Strangers on the Beach one of the “Best Books of 2012”

Publisher’s Weekly named Strangers on the Beach one of its “Fall 2012 Indie Titles to Watch”

Arts@SWAG��Ƶ Lecture Series, Biddeford, ME, Lecture and reading (October, 2012)

Finalist for the Casey Award for the Year’s Best Baseball Book, 101 Baseball Places (2008)

Loranger Middle School, Old Orchard Beach, ME, Career Day Speaker (2008-2011)

Dyer Memorial Library, Saco, ME, “Sweetser Memorial Lecture Series,” (2009)

SWAG��Ƶ, Biddeford, ME, “Faculty Authors Series” (2007)

Nichols College, Dudley, MA, Lecture for Fischer Institute for American Values series (2005)

Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth, ME, “Diverse Voices Series” (2004)

Shepherd Hill High School, Dudley, MA, National Honor Society Dinner, Keynote Speaker (2004)

Emerson College, Boston, MA, Annual MFA Nonfiction Writing Contest, Guest Judge (2004)

Research topics

Baseball Culture

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