EDUCATION

Northwestern University
Doctor of Philosophy (English), 1969

Hollins College
Master of Arts (modern literature and creative writing), 1962

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science (chemistry and literature), 1961

Professor, Chair of Excellence in Science, Technology, and Medical Writing [inaugural fulltime appointment]
School of Journalism
Adjunct Lecturer in Astronomy
Department of Physics and Astronomy
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, Knoxville
January 1991 to present

President
STARMASTER COMPANY (educational publications and NASA contractor),
Salt Lake City, Baltimore, Knoxville
January 1982 to present

Adjunct Faculty (astronomy)
LOYOLA COLLEGE, Baltimore, Maryland
August 1988 to December 1990

Science Communicator (Director of Public Affairs)
SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, Baltimore, Maryland
April 1985 to February 1987

Honors Program Faculty/Adjunct Associate Professor
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Salt Lake City
December 1965 to April 1985

Host: "The Dr. Mark Littmann Show" (talk show)
KZJO (now KTKK) RADIO, Salt Lake City, Utah
January to September 1984

Director
HANSEN PLANETARIUM, Salt Lake City, Utah
June 1965 (founding) to July 1983

Staff Meteorologist/Science Reporter
KCPX (now KTVX) Television (ABC), Salt Lake City, Utah
September 1971 to September 1973

For research for The Heavens on Fire: The Great Leonid Meteor Storms:
Dudley Observatory: Dudley/Pollock Award, 1996

For Planets Beyond: Discovering the Outer Solar System:

American Institute of Physics
Science Writing Award in Physics and Astronomy, 1989

Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Books of the Year for 1988

For Comet Halley: Once in a Lifetime:

New York Academy of Sciences
Elliott Montroll Special Award, 1986

Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Books of the Year for 1985

For "Outstanding Contributions to the Planetarium Profession":

International Planetarium Society
Service Award [inaugural award], 1982

Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society
Distinguished Service Award [inaugural award], 1982

Distinguished Lecturer (1985 to 1987)
American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics

The Heavens on Fire: The Great Leonid Meteor Storms
Cambridge University Press, 1998, 1999

Totality: Eclipses of the Sun (2nd edition, with Ken Willcox and Fred Espenak)
Oxford University Press, 1999

Totality: Eclipses of the Sun (1st edition, with Ken Willcox)
University of Hawaii Press, 1991

Planets Beyond: Discovering the Outer Solar System
John Wiley & Sons, 1988, 1990

Comet Halley: Once in a Lifetime (with Donald K. Yeomans)
American Chemical Society, 1985

Theme and Structure in Thornton Wilder's Drama
University Microfilms, 1969

Hubble Space Telescope Handbook for Amateur Astronomers
Space Telescope Science Institute, 1986

The Dawn of Astronomy
Hansen Planetarium, 1983

Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico
Hansen Planetarium, 1982

Springtime of the Universe
Hansen Planetarium, 1980

The Universe of Dr. Einstein
Hansen Planetarium, 1980

Footsteps
Hansen Planetarium, 1979

The People: Sky Lore of the American Indian
Hansen Planetarium, 1976

MAJOR
ARTICLES

(partial
list)

"The Discovery of the Perseid Meteors"
Sky & Telescope, August 1996

"Where Is Planet X?"
Sky & Telescope, December 1989

"The Triumphant Grand Tour of Voyager 2"
Astronomy, December 1988

"The Ancient Mariner and Initiation Rites"
Publications in Language and Literature, Fall 1968

"Astronomical Allusions, Their Meaning and Purpose, in Ulysses"
(with Charles A. Schweighauser)
James Joyce Quarterly, Summer 1965

"The Star of Bethlehem"
"Under Southern Skies" "
"Stars and Myths"
"The Daystar"
"How the Stars Speak" "Conquest of the Planets"
"Destination: Moon"
"People of the Sun"
"The Black Cloud"
"The Lonely Wanderer"
"Springtime of the Universe" "Transit of Earth"
"Footsteps"
"The Universe of Dr. Einstein"
"Planets of Doom"
"To Worlds Unknown"
"The Dawn of Astronomy" (II)
"Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico"

MAJOR
GRANTS
RECEIVED
(partial
list)

• National Endowment for the Humanities
  
  •  "The People"
    
  • "Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico"
    
  • "The Dawn of Astronomy"
    
  •  "Journey by Starlight"
    
  
  
• National Science Foundation
  
  •  "The Universe of Dr. Einstein"
    
  
  
• American Chemical Society
  
  • "The Loneliness Factor" (with W.R. Grace & Co.)
    
  •  "Springtime of the Universe" (with American  Association for the Advancement of Science)
    
  •  "Comet Halley: Once in a Lifetime" (with Bausch &  Lomb, Inc., American Association for the  Advancement of Science, and American Astronomical Society)
    
  
  
• Rockwell International Corporation
  
  •  "Footsteps"
    
  
  
• NASA
  
  • "The Legacy" (with Utah American Revolution Bicentennial Commission)
    
  • "To Worlds Unknown"
    
  •  "AstroVan" traveling science demonstration  program