The experience was invaluable preparation for my graduate work. I am a Ph.D. candidate in American literature, and I teach Expository Writing 001 and 002. As one who has moved to the Midwest from Idaho, my research interests include Wallace Stegner's body of work, ecocriticism, the American West, the Nineteenth Century, and narrative theory. I am also genuinely interested in exploring pedagogical questions associated with the teaching of literature and writing. Outside of academia, I enjoy writing short stories, running, skiing, racquetball and reading humorous fiction by such authors as Garrison Keillor and Patrick McManus.
Teaching is blast.
Beyond the classroom I write creative fiction on a regular basis and will toss a frisbee or play ping-pong whenever asked. I miss the ocean incredibly, but I'll survive. Mike Maggio I'm pursuing an M.A. degree in English. My primary interest is American literature, especially that of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. But more generally, I enjoy studying poetry from a variety of cultures.