He has a B.S. from Indiana University in music and history, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from UCLA in English. In between the undergraduate degree and his studies at UCLA, Professor Flynn spent nine years as a journalist working for daily newspapers in New Jersey, Connecticut, California, and Texas. He spent most of that time editing everything from sports stories to the business page. He is the course coordinator of CULF 1318, and has also taught Capstone and CULF 1319. He has published a book and several articles on British and Irish literature, with a particular focus on the 18th and early 19th centuries. He has also published poetry and creative nonfiction, and is currently at work on a novel.