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 ofPerspectives, 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
Contact Info
Name:
John Kitterman
Title:
Adjunct Professor of English and Adjunct Instructor of Honors
