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faculty
Eli Evans, PhD he/him/his
Associate Teaching Professor
English & Communication
Contact
508-999-8274
eevans@umassd.edu
Balsam Hall 9167
Education
| 2013 | University of California Santa Barbara | PhD |
| 2008 | Art Center College of Design | MA |
| 2001 | University of Arizona | MFA |
| 1998 | University of Wisconsin | BA |
Teaching
- First-Year Writing
- Literature
- Creative Writing
- Theory and Criticism
Teaching
Courses
A study of selected readings dealing with a special topic chosen by the instructor. Recent special topics include New England Literature, Children's Literature, the Artist in Literature, Black Music, and Black Literature. May be repeated with change of content. Cross-listed as BLS 200; LST 200.
A study of selected readings dealing with a special topic chosen by the instructor. Recent special topics include New England Literature, Children's Literature, the Artist in Literature, Black Music, and Black Literature. May be repeated with change of content. Cross-listed as BLS 200; LST 200.
Creative writing/literary study through analysis and practice of specific literary genre, subgenre, or form. Students analyze and understand literary formal elements, structure, and meaning and their implementation through developing their original creative voices/skills. The focus on a particular genre, subgenre, or form varies. Topics: Romance, Fantasy, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Climate Fiction, Graphic Novel, Spoken-Word, Nature Writing, Black Arts Drama.
A course emphasizing the development of skill in organizing materials, the formation of a lively and concrete style and an authentic personal voice, and the growth of useful techniques in the arts of exposition, persuasion, and argumentation.
Investigation of important North American contributions to human civilization, from Jazz and the airplane, to nuclear weapons and Cheese Wiz, to individual rights, the written constitution and the democratic republic. Topics could include Coming Down with the Blues; building the car, or the plane, Hollywood and the Invention of mass cinema; from inalienable rights to human rights; the Long 1960s as Cultural Revolution. May be repeated with change of content.
An introduction to the writing, research and communications skills required in multidisciplinary studies, which includes a study of the humanities and social sciences as disciplines. Students will learn about the various disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, read and analyze texts from the humanities and social sciences, and develop critical understanding of disciplinary research practices for the humanities and social sciences.
Teaching
Online and Continuing Education Courses
A study of selected readings dealing with a special topic chosen by the instructor. Recent special topics include New England Literature, Children's Literature, the Artist in Literature, Black Music, and Black Literature. May be repeated with change of content. Cross-listed as BLS 200; LST 200.
Register for this course.
A course emphasizing the development of skill in organizing materials, the formation of a lively and concrete style and an authentic personal voice, and the growth of useful techniques in the arts of exposition, persuasion, and argumentation.
Register for this course.
An introduction to the writing, research and communications skills required in multidisciplinary studies, which includes a study of the humanities and social sciences as disciplines. Students will learn about the various disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, read and analyze texts from the humanities and social sciences, and develop critical understanding of disciplinary research practices for the humanities and social sciences.
Register for this course.
Research
Research interests
- Long fiction
- Short fiction
- Flash fiction
- Comparative literature
- Hispanic languages and literatures