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 (by year of graduation)
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
- 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
2002
- Neil Browne, Ph.D., Literature
Assistant Professor, Oregon State University, Cascades
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 (by year of graduation)
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 - Sarah 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
Part-time Lecturer, 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