Dr. Damian Dressick

DEGREES EARNED / CERTIFICATIONS / PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

• MFA, University of Pittsburgh
• Ph.D., Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi

PRIMARY COURSES TAUGHT

• English 110
• English 111
• Introduction to Creative Writing

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Creative writing
• Appalachian literature
• Caribbean literature
• Science fiction
• Literary citizenship

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS / PRESENTATIONS

• "40 Patchtown: A Novel," Bottom Dog Press 2020
• "Fables of the Deconstruction: Stories," CLASH Books forthcoming 2020
• "Four Hard Facts About Water," New Micro W.W. Norton Three Stories: Post Road magazine

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Jesse Stuart Award
• Harriette Arnow Award

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Appalachian Writers Association
• Appalachian Studies Association
• Association of Writers and Writing Programs
• Caribbean Studies Association

community service

Fiction editor, Northern Appalachia Review