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.
- 淗ome(land) Invasion: Poe, Panic Rooms, and 9/11.� The Journal of American Culture, June 2003.
- 淭he College Dropout Speaks on Campuses.� The Chronicle Review, March 18, 2005.
- 淟ove and Death in an American Story: A 榁ulgar� Reading of Brokeback Mountain� in Reading Brokeback Mountain: An Anthology of Perspectives, McFarland Publishing, 2007.
- 淲alden on the Blue Ridge.� The Chronicle Review, August 10, 2007.
- 淪hall We Forever Resign the Pleasure of Construction to the Carpenter?� The Thoreau Society Bulletin, 2008.
- 淚dentity Theft: Simulating Nirvana in Postmodern America.� in American Buddhism as a Way of Life, SUNY Press, 2010.
selected presentations
- 淎pocalypse and Resurrection: The Body of Young Black Males.� Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society Conference, Fall 1997.
- 淭he ILLiad: Homeric Narrative and the East Coast/West Coast Rap Wars.� The Popular Culture Association in the South Conference, Fall 1998.
- 淟iving Dead: Voodoo and Race in American Film.� Middle Atlantic Writers Association Conference, Fall 1998.
- 淚 Is an Other: Switching Roles in the Composition Classroom.� South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, Fall 2003.
- 淎 Line in the Sand: Politics, Moral Values, and Mel Movie.� SAMLA Conference, Fall 2004.
- 淧assing Theory Class: Teaching Lacan without Teaching.� SAMLA Conference, Fall 2005.
- 淪ex and Slavery in Classic Zombie Films.� Popular Culture Association in the South Conference, Fall 2008.
- 淭horeau Other Cabins.� Thoreau Society Annual Gathering, Summer, 2013.
- 淗eroes 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
