Graduate Student Job Placements
The Ohio University Department of English is very proud to announce the successful job placements and continuing education of our graduate students. If you are a recent graduate of Ohio University's M.A. or Ph.D. programs in English, please keep the department updated on your whereabouts and accomplishments. Email us with any information.
Ph.D. Placements
2011
- Bishnu Ghirimire, Ph.D., Literature
Associate Professor, Alabama State University - Todd Snyder, Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition
Assistant Professor, Siena College
2010
- Nathan Shepley, Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition
Assistant Professor, University of Houston
2009
- Iver Arnegard, Ph.D., Creative Writing
Assistant Professor, Colorado State University - Rachel Peckham, Ph.D., Creative Writing
Assistant Professor, Marshall University - Megan L. Titus, Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition
Assistant Professor, Rider University - Paul Shovlin, Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition
Visiting Assistant Professor, SUNY-Binghamton - Don Dudding, Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition
English Teacher, Southern Local Schools
2008
- Michelle Disler, Ph.D., Creative Nonfiction
Assistant Professor, Creative Writing, Ohio Wesleyan University - Talinn Phillips, Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition
Assistant Professor, Ohio University
2007
- William Breeze, Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition
Assistant Professor, Rhetoric and Writing Studies, University of Hartford - Jennifer Pauley-Gose, Ph.D., Literature
Assistant Professor, English and Humanities, Shawnee State University
- Micah Robertson, Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition
College Lecturer, English, University of Akron
2006
- Jenny Dunning, Ph.D., Creative Writing: Non-Fiction
Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College, MN
2005
- John Pruitt, Ph.D., Literature
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Rock County - Lisa Stein, Ph.D., Literature
Assistant Professor, Ohio University, Zanesville
2004
- Patrick Madden, Ph.D., Creative Writing: Nonfiction
Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University - Elaine Arvan-Andrews, Ph.D., 19th Century Literature
Part-time Instructor, Youngstown State University
2003
- Thom Conroy, Ph.D., Creative Writing
Lecturer in Creative Writing, Massey University, Palmerston North New Zealand - Christina Fisanick, Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition
Assistant Professor, Xavier University - Shannon Lakanen, Ph.D., Creative Writing: Nonfiction
Assistant Professor, Otterbein College - Scott Gallagher, Ph.D., Creative Writing
Currently Director of Marketing for Rogue Ales - Candace Stewart, Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition
Coordinator of the Student Writing Center, Ohio University
2002
- Neil Browne, Ph.D., Literature
Assistant Professor, Oregon State University, Cascades - James Wells, Ph.D., Literature
Associate Professor of English, Belmont University, Nashville
2001
- Michael Danko, Ph.D., Creative Writing: Nonfiction
Instructor, Cleveland Institute of Art - Kelly Kinney, Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition
Assistant Professor and Director of Composition, State University of New York, Binghamton
- Eric Schwerer, Ph.D., Creative Writing: Poetry
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
2000
- Corey Andrews, Ph.D., Literature, 18th century
Assistant Professor, Northwest Missouri State University - Tom Noyes, Ph.D., Creative Writing: Fiction
Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University, Erie
1999
- Tracie Church Guzzio, Ph.D., Literature
Accepted tenure-track position, SUNY at Plattsburgh - Abdul Khattab, Ph.D., Literature
Accepted tenure-track position, Mu'tah University - Anna Leahy, Ph.D., Creative Writing: Poetry/Women's Studies
Accepted tenure-track position, North Central College in Naperville, IL - Evie Miller, Ph.D., Creative Writing: Fiction
Accepted term position, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater - Jordan Patrick Smith, Ph.D., Literature
Accepted term position, University of Florida, Gainesville - Elizabeth Wallace, Ph.D., Literature
Accepted term position, West Virginia State College
M.A. Placements
2012
- Ashley Evans, MA., Rhetoric and Composition
Accepted, Ph.D. program in Rhetoric and Composition with Teaching Assistantship, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Emily Grekin, MA., Creative Writing
Accepted, MA program in Speech Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Cameron Kelsall, MA., Creative Writing
Accepted, Ph.D. program in Creative Writing with Fellowship and Teaching Assistantship, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks - Bryan Lutz, MA., Rhetoric and Composition
Accepted, Ph.D. program in Rhetoric and Professional Communication with Teaching Assistantship, Iowa State University - James Nelson, MA., Creative Writing
Accepted, MFA program in Creative Writing with Teaching Assistantship, Louisiana State - Jeffrey Yaeger, MA., Literature
Accepted, Ph.D program in Literature with Teaching Assistantship, West Virginia University
2011
- Elise Auvil, MA., Literature
Accepted, Ph.D. program with Fellowship in Literature, University of Maryland - Damien Cowger, MA., Creative Writing
Accepted, Managing Editor for the New Ohio Review - Eric Earnhardt, MA., Literature
Accepted, Ph.D. program in American Literature, Case Western Reserve University - Ryan Kelly, MA., Creative Writing
Accepted, M.F.A. program in Creative Writing, San Diego State University
2010
- Mallory Carpenter, MA., Literature
Full-time Instructor, Marshall University - Wendy VanDellon, MA., Rhetoric and Composition
Accepted, Ph.D. program in Composition, University of New Hampshire - Jessica Weatherford, MA., Literature
Accepted, Ph.D. program in Literature, University of Kansas
2009
- David Grover, MA., Rhetoric and Composition Accepted, Adjunct Instructor of English, Texas Tech University and Brigham Young University
- Jennifer Schomburg Kanke, MA., Creative Writing
Accepted, Ph.D. program in English Literature, Florida State University
2008
- Jana Tigchelaar, M.A. Literature
Accepted, Ph.D. program, English Literature, University of Kansas - Kurt Sampsel, M.A. Literary Criticism
Accepted, Ph.D. program, Literary and Cultural Studies, Carnegie Mellon University - David Green, M.A. Literary History
Accepted, M.S. program in Information Sciences, University of Tennessee - Matt Schario, M.A. Rhetoric and Composition
Accepted, M.A. program in Photography, Ohio University - Tony Dallacheisa, Literature
Adjunct Faculty, Kent State, Tuscarawas
2007
- Michell Ward, M.A. Literature
Accepted, Ph.D. program, Film and Genre Studies, University of Southern California - Kristin Lillvis, M.A. Literature
Accepted, Ph.D. program, University of Kansas - Lauren Gantz, M.A. Literature
Accepted, Ph.D. program, University of Texas, Austin - Jason Kapcala, M.A. Creative Writing: Fiction
Accepted, M.F.A. program, West Virginia University - Leigh Wisniewski, M.A. Creative Writing: Fiction
Accepted, M.A.T. program, Winthrop University - Lydia McDermott, M.A. Creative Writing: Poetry
Accepted, Ph.D. program, Ohio University - Brian Elliott, M.A. Literature
Accepted, Ph.D. program, Ohio University - Erin McGuire, M.A. Literature
Part-time Instructor, Ohio Dominican University - Rebecca Rossiter, M.A. Creative Writing: Poetry
Part-time Instructor (English), Ohio University, Part-time Instructor (Music), Hocking College
2006
- Amy Hume, M.A. Literature
Accepted, Ph.D. program, University of Kansas - Sara McKinnon, M.A. Creative Writing: Fiction
Accepted, M.F.A. program, Ohio State University - Megan Lobsinger, M.A. Creative Writing: Poetry
Accepted, Ph.D. program, Ohio University - David Wanczyk, M.A. Creative Writing: Poetry
Accepted, Ph.D. program, Ohio University - Rob Detmering, M.A. Literature
Accepted, M.L.I.S. program, University of Kentucky - Athena Castro-Lewandowski, M.A. Literature
Full-time Lecturer, SUNY-Plattsburgh; Writing Skills Specialist for the Office of Student Support Services, SUNY-Plattsburgh - Laura Detmering, M.A. Literature
Part-time Instructor, Northern Kentucky University, Xavier University
2005
- Collin Craig, M.A. Rhetoric and Composition
Accepted, Ph.D. program, Michigan State University - Holly Wendt, M.A. Creative Writing: Fiction
Accepted, Ph.D. program, SUNY-Binghamton
2004
- Brock Guthrie, M.A. Creative Writing: Poetry
Accepted, M.F.A. program, Louisiana State University - Sarah Miller, M.A. Creative Writing: Poetry
Accepted, M.Phil in Classics, University of Cambridge, England - Matthew Stallard, M.A. Literature
Accepted, Ph.D. program, Ohio University - Alicia Sutliff, M.A. Literature
Accepted, Ph.D. in English, University of Kansas
2003
- Sheryl Cunningham, M.A. Women's Studies
Accepted, Ph.D. program, University of Washington - Tracy Knapp, M.A. Creative Writing: Poetry
Accepted, M.A. program in Poetry, Boston University - Beth Connors-Manke, M.A. Literature
Accepted, Ph.D. program, University of Kentucky - Sara Pennington, M.A. Creative Writing: Poetry
Accepted Ph.D. program in creative writing, Florida State University - Andy Zell, M.A. Literature
Accepted, Ph.D. program, University of North Dakota
2002
- Ashley Capps, M.A. Creative Writing: Poetry
Recipient of the Jay C. and Ruth Halls Fellowship in Poetry, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Erin Chamberlain, M.A. Literature
Entered the Ph.D. program in Literature at Purdue University - Allison Riddles, M.A. Creative Writing: Poetry
Accepted, Ph.D. program, Florida State University - Lisa Schroot-Mitchum, M.A. Literature
Accepted, Ph.D. program, University of Kentucky - Sarah Strickley, M.A. Creative Writing, Fiction
Accepted, M.F.A., Iowa Writer's Workshop - Joe Wagner, M.A. Rhetoric and Composition
Entered the Ph.D. program in Rhetoric and Composition at UNC, Greensboro
2001
- Rebecca Fleming, M.A. Rhetoric and Composition
Entered the Ph.D. program at Miami University of Ohio - Claire Kegley, M.A. Literature
Entered Mississippi Teacher Corps in the Mississippi Delta - Sharon Koelm, M.A. Theory/Rhetoric and Composition
Accepted tenure-track position at Louisiana State University - Samantha Nesbitt, M.A. Literature
Entered the Ph.D. program at University of Oregon - David Ramm, M.A. Creative Writing: Fiction
Entered the M.F.A. program at Indiana University with a Hemingway Fellowship - Mark Rankin, M.A. Literature
Entered the Ph.D. program at Ohio State University - Roy Seeger, M.A. Creative Writing: Poetry
Entered the M.F.A. program at Western Michigan University - Paul Shovlin, M.A. Theory
Entered the MA program in TESL at Columbia University, New York - Amanda Warren, M.A Creative Writing: Poetry
Entered the Ph.D. program at Western Michigan University
1994
- Mary Ann Samyn LaFemina, M.A.
Assistant Professor of English in the MFA program at West Virginia University