: R ivers ▁of ▁Del aware ▁County , ▁New ▁York <0x0A> </s> ▁George ▁B . ▁H utch inson ▁is ▁an ▁American ▁scholar , ▁Professor ▁of ▁English ▁and ▁Newton ▁C . ▁F arr ▁Professor ▁of ▁American ▁Culture ▁at ▁Corn ell ▁University . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁Director ▁of ▁the ▁John ▁S . ▁Knight ▁Institute ▁for ▁Writing ▁in ▁the ▁Dis cipl ines ▁at ▁Corn ell . ▁ ▁From ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁Bo oth ▁T ark ington ▁Professor ▁of ▁Liter ary ▁Studies , ▁at ▁Indiana ▁University , ▁where ▁he ▁cha ired ▁the ▁English ▁department ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁ ▁He ▁graduated ▁from ▁Brown ▁University ▁with ▁an ▁AB ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁winning ▁a ▁silver ▁medal ▁in ▁the ▁Inter col leg iate ▁Row ing ▁Association ▁champion ships ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁and ▁serving ▁as ▁captain ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 - 7 5 . ▁He ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁Peace ▁Corps , ▁as ▁a ▁well - d igger ▁in ▁rural ▁Bur k ina ▁F aso , ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁He ▁graduated ▁from ▁Indiana ▁University ▁with ▁an ▁MA ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 , ▁and ▁a ▁Ph D ▁in ▁English ▁and ▁American ▁Studies ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 . ▁ ▁He ▁taught ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Tennessee , ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 0