I grew up in Lead, South Dakota.  It's a small mining town 3 miles from historic Deadwood.

My dissertation project is a recuperation of the term Messthetics (a term that currently describes a subset of punk rock records) for broader use.  I argue that "Messthetics" is a more appropriate and descriptive label to apply to a collection of formal techniques most thoroughly deployed and developed during the late twentieth century.  I examine works by authors such as Antonin Artaud, Paul Celan, B.S. Johnson, Lyn Hejinian, and Joe Wenderoth.

Courses Taught:

ENL 3:  Introduction to Literature

UWP 1: Expository Writing

Teaching Assistant:

ENL 45: Introduction to Poetry

ENL 42: Approaches to Reading

ENL 44: Introduction to Fiction

Interests:

Poetry

Punk Rock