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Achimba, Bhion

PhD, Poetry

 

Writing and research interests:

Poetry and poetics

Africana receptions of classical literature in contemporary poetry

Queer and immigration literatures of the global south

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Afaan, Mohammad

MFA, Prose

 

Writing and research interests:

Urdu poetry

Post-colonial literature

Kashmiri bardic poetry

Kashmiri Anglophone literature

Occupation and necropolitics

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Arthur, Meagan

PhD, Prose

Meagan's website

Writing and research interests:

Digital storytelling

Folklore

Narrative theory

Multimodal composition

Postmodern fiction

Speculative fiction

Poetry and poetics

History of consciousness

Visual studies

Popular culture studies

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Atkinson, Evie

PhD, Poetry

Evie's LinkedIn

Writing and research interests:

Trans poetics

Queer theory

Speculative fiction

Oulio and other constrained writing practices and traditions

Balkan languages and literature

Korean language and literature

 

 

 

 

 

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Bauman, Audrey

PhD, Prose

 

 

Writing and research interests:

Creative writing -- prose

Science fiction

Horror fiction

Asian American literature

 

 

 

 

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Biggs, Garrett

PhD, Prose

 

 

Writing and research interests:

Fiction 

Community engaged learning

Technological fiction

Postmodern literature

Access-oriented English/Writing Studies

 

 

 

 

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Carlstrom, Sunny

MFA, Prose

 

 

 

 

 

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Challis, Jessica

MFA, Poetry

Jess's website

Writing and research interests:

Queer and feminist literature

Book arts

Photography and multimedia

Indigenous histories and literature

 

 

 

 

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Colburn, Michelle

PhD, Literary & Cultural Studies

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cruz, Elissa

PhD, Literary & Cultural Studies

Elissa's website

Elissa's LinkedIn

Writing and research interests:

Old English literature

Medieval literature

Medievalism

Romantic literature

 

 

 

 

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De Sully, Louis

MFA, Prose

Louis's website

Louis's LinkedIn

Writing and research interests:

History of the working class (Industrial Revolution to present)

Myths, allegories, and societal shifts

Compliance, consent, and engagement in the labor market

 

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Duringer, Alexander

PhD, Poetry

 

Writing and research interests:

Poetry and poetics

Queer theory

Creative writing pedagogy

 

 

 

 

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Field-Bell, Allison

PhD, Prose

Allison's website

Writing and research interests:

Autofiction

Creative nonfiction

Flash narratives

Poetry

Gender and sexuality studies

Disability studies

Racial and environmental justice

 

 

 

 

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Gauthier, Sophie

MFA, Poetry

Sophie's LinkedIn

Writing and research interests:

Eco-poetics

The animal other

Classical myth

Ecology of the supernatural

 

 

 

 

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Glasgow, Matty

PhD, Poetry

 

 

 

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Grubbs,  Clay

MA, Video Games Studies

 

 

 

 

 

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Hale, Kent

PhD, Prose

 

Writing and research interests:

Literary intersections of Latin America and the American South

Literature and film

Borderland studies

Gender and sexuality

Horror and the aesthetics of the uncanny

 

 

 

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He, Chengru

PhD, Poetry

Chengru's website

Writing and research interests:

Poetry and poetics

Hybrid writing

Multimodal and multimedia writing

Literary and experimental translation

Multilingualism

Chinese language and literature

World literature

Book arts

Photography

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Hecht, Izaak

PhD, Literary & Cultural Studies

Zak's most recent publication

Writing and research interests:

Lacan

Dialectical materialism

Visual art

Experimental writing

 

 

 

 

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Hinthorne, Jannah

PhD, Literary & Cultural Studies

 

 

 

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Hoelzer, Kaitlin

PhD, Literary & Cultural Studies
 

Kaitlin's most recent publication

Writing and research interests:

Contemporary poetry and poetics

Affect theory

Disability and queerness

Environmental humanities

Relationality

 

 

 

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Ito, Yuta

PhD, Literary & Cultural Studies

 

Writing and research interests:

American literature

Postcriticism

Temporality study

 

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Johns, Aristotle

PhD, Prose

 

 

 

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Kasimma

PhD, Prose


Kasimma's website

Writing and research interests:

Prose writing

African and African-American literature

Post-colonial studies

 

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Khaliq, Jasmine

PhD, Poetry

Jasmine's website

Writing and research interests:

Poetry and poetics

Postcolonial studies

Women and gender studies

Horror and monster studies

 

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Kohn, Jesse

PhD, Prose/Fiction

 

 

 

Writing and research interests:

Comparative literature

Embodiment

Lyric theory

Narratology

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Little, Sydney

MA, Literary & Cultural Studies

 

Writing and research interests:

Eco-feminist literature

Digital humanities

 

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Macfarlane, Michelle

PhD, Poetry

 

 

 

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McNulty, Julia

MA, Literary & Cultural Studies

Julia's LinkedIn

Writing and research interests:

19th century British literature

Indigenous storytelling

Aestheticism and decadence

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Miller, Corley

PhD, Prose

 

Writing and research interests:

Creative writing

Narrative theory and history

History of the novel

20th and 2st century American literature

 

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Mortland, Stephen

PhD, Prose

 

Writing and research interests:

Fiction

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Na, Hoyeon Nicholas

MFA, Video Games Studies Modular

 

Writing and research interests:

Ludonarrative studies and adaptation

SCP creative writing

Meta fiction

 

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Nelson, Saxton

MA, Literary & Cultural Studies

 

Writing and research interests:

Literary modernism

Speculative fiction

Video game narratives

 

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O'Luanaigh, Erin

PhD, Poetry

 

Writing and research interests:

Poetry and poetics

Film

Art history

 

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Ortega, Alexander

PhD, Prose

 

Writing and research interests:

Chicano studies

Border studies

 

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Pierce, Nicholas

PhD, Poetry

Nicholas's website

Writing and research interests:

Creative writing

Narrative and formal poetry

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Pope, Amanda

MA, Literary & Cultural Studies

 

 

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Reilly, Blair

MFA, Prose
 

 

Writing and research interests:

Speculative and psychological fiction

Temporality and memory

Science and technology studies

Narrative theory

Historiography

Comparative media studies

Environmental humanities

American Cold War history and nuclearism

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Sailer, Amy

PhD, Poetry

Amy's website

Writing and research interests:

William Morris

The pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Aestheticism and Decadence

Utopian literature and design

Contemporary poetry

 

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Sandberg, Jonathan

MA, Modular (Book Arts)

 

 

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Schleicher, Max

PhD, Poetry

 

 

 

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Singh, Vitasta

PhD, Poetry

 

Writing and research interests:

20th and 21st century poetry and poetics

Postcolonialism

Gender studies/feminist theory

Queer theory

 

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Smith, Jamie

PhD, Poetry

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Stolcenberg, Kyle

PhD, Literary & Cultural Studies

 

Writing and research interests:

Wilderness and bears

Experimental form in the novel

20th and 21st century American fiction

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Tanck, Jessica

PhD, Poetry

Jessica's website

Writing and research interests:

Creative writing

Poetry and poetics

Extreme environments

American literature

Creative nonfiction

Modernism

Creative writing pedagogy

 

 

Writing and research interests:

Surveillance

Critical geography

Myths and material records

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Wyeth, Thomas

PhD, Poetry

 

 

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Tuckner, Matthew

PhD, Poetry

 

Writing and research interests:

Ecopoetics

Ekphrasis

Animal studies

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Uncapher, Daniel

PhD, Prose/Fiction

 

Writing and research interests:

Experimental non-fiction

New media

Settler literature

 

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Verran, Erick

PhD, Literary & Cultural Studies

Erick's Academia page

Erick's website

Writing and research interests:

Narratology 

Videogames

Aesthetics

Poetry

Criticism

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Walquist, Kieron

PhD, Poetry

Kieron's website

Writing and research interests:

Queer desire + intimacy

Violence + addiction in the rural Midwest

Religious trauma/deconstruction

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Wang, Weiji

PhD, Poetry

 

Writing and research interests:

Asian American poetry

Feminism

Pastorals

Persona poetry

Hybrind forms

 

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Webb, Lindsey

PhD, Poetry

Lindsey's website

Writing and research interests:

Poetry

Experimental writing

Writing about visual art

Extraction

Land use in the American West

Olfaction

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Webster, William

MA, Literary & Cultural Studies

 

Writing and research interests:

Gothic and horror fiction

19th century American and British literature

Orientalism and Imperialism in literature

Critical theory

Occultism

Magic

Ancient Egypt in literature and history

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Willis, Isaac

PhD, Poetry

 

 

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Yordy, Jacob

PhD, Poetry

 

 

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Yoshioka, Motomu

PhD, Literary & Cultural Studies

Motomu's LinkedIn

Writing and research interests:

Decadence

Camp

Postwar American literature

Japanese Manga

Film

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Young, Brandon

PhD, Poetry

 

 

 

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Zhou, Xueyi

PhD, Prose

Xueyi's website

Writing and research interests:

Violence

Scams

Narrative theory

Last Updated: 2/5/25