DANIEL WESTOVER. EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Wales, 2008 Dissertation: Stylistic Destinations: The Prosodies of R. S.

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1 DANIEL WESTOVER Associate Professor of English Assistant Chair for Graduate Studies Department of Literature and Language East Tennessee State University Box 70683, Johnson City, TN EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Wales, 2008 Dissertation: Stylistic Destinations: The Prosodies of R. S. Thomas, M.F.A. McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA 2003 Thesis: Toward Omega (Collection of Poems) M.A. McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA 2003 Thesis: Radioactive Romanticism: Imagination and Modern Metaphor in the Poetry of R. S. Thomas B.A. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 2000 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2014 Associate Professor, East Tennessee State University (Johnson City, TN) Assistant Professor, East Tennessee State University (Johnson City, TN) Lecturer, Utah Valley University (Orem, UT) Adjunct Instructor, Westminster College (Salt Lake City, UT) Adjunct Instructor, Salt Lake Community College (Salt Lake City, UT) Adjunct Instructor, University of Wales, Bangor (Bangor, Gwynedd, U.K.) Graduate Assistant, McNeese State University (Lake Charles, LA) RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS PUBLICATIONS 20 th - and 21 st -Century British Poetry and Fiction; Welsh Writing in English; The British Novel; Poetics and Poetic Theory Books: In Print: R. S. Thomas: A Stylistic Biography. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, Critical monograph. Toward Omega. Rochester: 21 ST Editions, Collection of poems. Illustrated with photographs by Vincent Serbin. In Process: The World Is Charged: Poetic Engagements with Gerard Manley Hopkins. Clemson, SC: Clemson University Press, (Co-editor with William Wright.) Poetry anthology. The Fire that Breaks: Gerard Manley Hopkins s Poetic Legacies. Clemson, SC: Clemson University Press, (Co-editor with William Wright.) Critical essays. Michael Fargo s Epistle. Portland, Maine: Publerati, A novel. Leslie Norris: A Ghost Story. Cardigan: Parthian, Literary biography.

2 Edited Volume: Articles: Poems: Literature and Belief, Vols. 29 and 30.1 (2010). This triple issue of Literature and Belief is dedicated to the work of Welsh poet Leslie Norris ( ). It contains previously unpublished poems and photographs, a chronology, and new scholarship from Wales, England, and America. An Echo of an Echo : R. S. Thomas and Geoffrey Hill, International Journal of Welsh Writing in English, Vol. 1 (2013). These Are My Ghosts : Leslie Norris and the Dead of Winter, Literature and Belief, Vols. 29 and 30.1 (2010). Reprinted in Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 351 (Gale, 2014). A God of Grass and Pen: R.S. Thomas and the Romantic Imagination. North American Journal of Welsh Studies 3.2 (2003). In Anthologies: Margaret s Reply in The World is Charged: Poetic Engagements with Gerard Manley Hopkins (2016) Breeze-Born in The World is Charged: Poetic Engagements with Gerard Manley Hopkins (2016) Waiting at the Crossing in The Southern Poetry Anthology: Tennessee (2013). To a Tennessee Beech in The Southern Poetry Anthology: Tennessee (2013). At Porth Neigwl in Imagined Greetings: Poetic Engagements with R. S. Thomas (2013). Of Flesh and Heaven in Poems of Devotion: An Anthology of Recent Poets (2012). Stone River in Poems of Devotion: An Anthology of Recent Poets (2012). In Journals: Those Certainties of Nerve and Marrow in Southeast Review 28.2 (2010). Cro Magnon Exhibit: Museum of Natural History in Measure 4.2 (2009). Out of the Irrigation Pipe in Crab Orchard Review 14.1 (Winter/Spring 2009). Of Flesh and Heaven in Asheville Poetry Review 15.1 (2008). Waiting at the Crossing in Spoon River Poetry Review 33.2 (Summer/Fall 2008). Woodwork in Spoon River Poetry Review 33.2 (Summer/Fall 2008). At Jenski Market, Sofia in North American Review (Nov.-Dec. 2006) Holding Venus in 21 st Vol. 6 (2004). The Old Age of Georgi Dimitrov in 21 st, Vol. 6 (2004). Toward Omega in 21 st, Vol. 6 (2004). When Night Descends in Tar River Poetry 40.1 (Fall 2000). Dandelions in Tar River Poetry 40.1 (Fall 2000). Interview: Refuting History: An Interview with John Wood. Asheville Poetry Review 18.1 (2011). Reviews: Chameleon Poet: R. S. Thomas and the Literary Tradition, by Sam Perry. SHARP News (forthcoming). Poems to Elsi, by R.S. Thomas. Planet: The Welsh Internationalist (Winter, 2014). Edward Thomas and World Literary Studies, by Andrew Webb. International Journal of Welsh Writing in English, Vol. 2 (2014). Black Skin, Blue Books: African Americans and Wales, by Daniel G. Williams. International Journal of Welsh Writing in English, Vol. 1 (2013). Weak Devotions, by Luke Hankins. Anglican Theological Review (Winter, 2013). Blog Posts as Guest Writer: The Best American Poetry <blog.bestamericanpoetry.com> Bringing Broken Things to the Dance (Jan 9, 2015). List, List, O List (Jan 8, 2015). Sleights of Word (Jan 7, 2015).

3 When My Father Died in a Poem, or Actions that a Man Might Play (Jan 6, 2015). Poems on His Birthday: Thoughts on Dylan Thomas on my 40 th (Jan 5, 2015). Re-Visiting the Reaper (May 31, 2013). The Greatest English Poet You (Really) Haven t Heard Of (May 29, 2013). Why NOT Wales? (May 28, 2013). Marty s Lesson: Thoughts About War Poetry and Teaching on Memorial Day, 2013 (May 27, 2013). SELECT PRESENTATIONS Papers and Lectures: Chaotic Enclaves: Lynette Roberts s Gods with Stainless Ears and Virginia Woolf s Between the Acts. International Conference on Virginia Woolf. Bloomsburg University (Jun. 2015) Negotiating the Academic Job Market. SAMLA. Atlanta, GA (Nov. 2014). R.S. Thomas at 100. Invited keynote lecture. Swansea University (Oct. 16, 2013). Strongholds of the Imagination: R. S. Thomas and Geoffrey Hill. International Conference on Welsh Studies. Bangor, Wales (Jul. 2012). Identity in Performance : R.S. Thomas. Invited keynote lecture. McNeese State University (Apr. 2012). Modernism in the Margins: The Cultural Landscape of Welsh Poetry in English. SAMLA. Atlanta, GA (Nov. 2011). Editing Leslie Norris. RMMLA. Albuquerque, NM (Oct. 2010). A House for Ghosts: Leslie Norris in Utah. International Conference on Welsh Studies. Washington D.C. (Jul. 2010). The Poetics of Leslie Norris. RMMLA. Snowbird, UT (Oct. 2009). Conference Organizer: Methodologies and Momentum: Hitting Your Research Career Running. Gregynog, Wales (May, 2005). Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of Britain. Who Does He Think He s Talking To?: R. S. Thomas and the Idea of Audience. Annual Conference of the Association for Welsh Writing in English. Gregynog, Wales (Mar. 2004). A God of Grass and Pen: R. S. Thomas and the Romantic Imagination. International Conference on Welsh Studies. Syracuse, NY (Jun. 2002). Poetry Readings: East Tennessee State University. Johnson City, TN (Nov. 2013) Malaprop s Bookstore. Asheville, NC (Dec. 2012) SAMLA Convention. Atlanta, GA (Nov. 2011) Sleeping Rainbow Writers Conference. Capital Reef, UT (Sept. 2009) McNeese State University. Lake Charles, LA (May 2003) AWP Convention. New Orleans, LA (Mar. 2002) TEACHING EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (Johnson City, TN) ENGL 5950: Methods of Research (graduate) ENGL 5019: Supervised Teaching (graduate) ENGL 5440: 20 th -Century British Novel (graduate) ENGL 5420: 20 th -Century British Literature (graduate) ENGL 5919: 19 th -Century British Novel (graduate, independent study) ENGL 4010: The British Novel ENGL 3118: Welsh Writing in English (honors lit focus) ENGL 2238: Honors Survey of British Literature ENGL 2220: British Literature II ENGL 1028: Honors Composition ENGL 1010: First-Year Composition I ENGL 1020: First-Year Composition II

4 UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY (Orem, UT) ENGL 486R: Modern Irish Literature (special topics) ENGL 2600: Critical Introduction to Literature ENGL 2610: British Literature to 1800 ENGL 2620: British Literature from 1800 ENGL 2200: Introduction to Literature ENGL 1010: Introduction to Writing ENGL 2010: Intermediate Writing WESTMINSTER COLLEGE (Salt Lake City, UT) MPC 610: ENGL 220: ENGL 110: Professional and Technical Writing (graduate) Introduction to Literature Composition and Research SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Salt Lake City, UT) ENGL 2610: ENGL 2100: ENGL 1010: Diversity in American Literature Technical Writing Introduction to Writing STUDENT MENTORING MA Thesis (Chair): Beth Hackett, Re-Construction through Fragmentation: A Cosmodern Reading of David Mitchell s Cloud Atlas, MA Thesis (Chair): Dusty Brice, Monstrous Femininity in 20 th -Century British Fiction, Honors Thesis (Chair): Rebecca Seaman, Everest (creative writing, fiction), Honors Thesis (Chair): Raleigh Cody, Somewhere in the Hollow (creative writing, multi-genre), MA Thesis (Reader): Catherine Pritchard Childress: Other (creative writing, poetry), Faculty Mentor: Sleeping Rainbow Writers Conference on the Environment. Capital Reef National Park, Utah (Sept. 2009). AWARDS AND HONORS Small Research Grant, East Tennessee State University Awarded by the ETSU Research and Development Committee. Funds used to attend journal launch at which I was the keynote speaker (2013). Small Research Grant, East Tennessee State University Awarded by the ETSU Research and Development Committee. Funds used for research and travel in Wales relating to forthcoming book project (2012). United Kingdom Overseas Research Student Award Awarded by the British government to a select number of international postgraduate students conducting full-time research in the U.K. Received three consecutive years ( ). UNIVERSITY SERVICE University of Wales, Bangor International Scholarship Awarded to two international students per year for excellence in research. Received three consecutive years ( ). Assistant Chair for Graduate Studies, East Tennessee State University 2014 Outside Observer, M.Ed. Thesis Defense for Gary Childers. East Tennessee State University, 2013 Literature and Language Graduate Committee, East Tennessee State University 2011 Department of Arts and Sciences Awards Committee, East Tennessee State University, Faculty Advisor, Sigma Tau Delta (International English Honors Society), East Tennessee State University, General Education Advisory Council, East Tennessee State University, Literature and Language Faculty Council, East Tennessee State University, Judge, SASCOL Achievement in Essay Award, East Tennessee State University, 2010

5 Judge, Undergraduate Poetry Awards, Touchstones 13.2, Utah Valley University, Learning Communities Committee, Westminster College Assessment Committee for Technical Writing, Salt Lake Community College PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE Editorial Advisor for entry on Leslie Norris, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 351 (Gale, 2013) Editorial Board: International Journal of Welsh Writing in English, 2013 Executive Board, North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History (NAASWCH), 2012 Outside reader, University of Wales Press, 2012 Judge, Johnson City Public Library Poetry Contest (Adult and Adolescent Divisions), 2012 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Modern Language Association South Atlantic Modern Language Association Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Association for Welsh Writing in English North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History