John Kitterman
Adjunct Professor of English and Adjunct Instructor of Honors
education
B.A., M.Ed., M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Selected Publications
- Poetry published in Roanoke Review, Implosion, New Virginia Review, Colorado North Review, Norfolk Review, Nantahala Review, Floyd County Moonshine.
- “Home(land) Invasion: Poe, Panic Rooms, and 9/11.” The Journal of American Culture, June 2003.
- “The College Dropout Speaks on Campuses.” The Chronicle Review, March 18, 2005.
- “Love and Death in an American Story: A ‘Vulgar’ Reading of Brokeback Mountain” in Reading Brokeback Mountain: An Anthology of Perspectives, McFarland Publishing, 2007.
- “Walden on the Blue Ridge.” The Chronicle Review, August 10, 2007.
- “Shall We Forever Resign the Pleasure of Construction to the Carpenter?” The Thoreau Society Bulletin, 2008.
- “Identity Theft: Simulating Nirvana in Postmodern America.” in American Buddhism as a Way of Life, SUNY Press, 2010.
selected presentations
- “Apocalypse and Resurrection: The Body of Young Black Males.” Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society Conference, Fall 1997.
- “The ILLiad: Homeric Narrative and the East Coast/West Coast Rap Wars.” The Popular Culture Association in the South Conference, Fall 1998.
- “Living Dead: Voodoo and Race in American Film.” Middle Atlantic Writers Association Conference, Fall 1998.
- “I Is an Other: Switching Roles in the Composition Classroom.” South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, Fall 2003.
- “A Line in the Sand: Politics, Moral Values, and Mel’s Movie.” SAMLA Conference, Fall 2004.
- “Passing Theory Class: Teaching Lacan without Teaching.” SAMLA Conference, Fall 2005.
- “Sex and Slavery in Classic Zombie Films.” Popular Culture Association in the South Conference, Fall 2008.
- “Thoreau’s Other Cabins.” Thoreau Society Annual Gathering, Summer, 2013.
- “Heroes and Savages on the Frontier: The Ideology of American Sniper.” PCAS Conference, Fall 2015.
research interests
Creative Writing, American Literature, Comparative Literature, African American Studies, and Film
