English Ph.D. Job Placements
The Ohio University Department of English is very proud to announce the successful job placements and continuing education of its graduate students. Following is a list of our graduates' job placements.
2020
Steven Coughlin, , Ph.D. Creative Writing, Western Colorado University
Kathryn Nuernberger, , Ph.D. Creative Writing, University of Minnesota
2019
Derek Robbins, , Ph.D. Creative Writing, University of Southern Florida
2018
Clare Eder, Creative Writing, University of Wisconsin Press
Margaret Messitt, Creative Writing, Goucher College
Katie Berta, Creative Writing, Arizona State University, Senior Editor, Hayden's Ferry Review
2017
Jennifer Pullen, Creative Writing, Ohio Northern University
Rachael Ryerson, Rhetoric & Composition, Assistant Professor, Ohio University
2016
Amanda Hayes, Rhetoric & Composition, Assistant Professor, Kent State University-Tuscarawas
Matthew Vetter, Rhetoric & Composition, Assistant Professor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Hillery Glasby, Rhetoric & Composition, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
2015
Sarah Einstein, Ph. D., Creative Writing-Nonfiction, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Lana Oweidat, Ph. D., Rhetoric/Composition, Assistant Professor, Goucher College
Matthew Vetter, Ph. D., Rhetoric/Composition, Visiting Assistant Professor, Ohio University-Zanesville
John Whicker, Ph. D., Rhetoric/Composition, Assistant Professor, Fontbonne University
2014
Steve Coughlin, Ph. D., Creative Writing-Poetry, Assistant Professor, Chadron State College
Marlene De La Cruz-Guzman, Ph. D., Literature, Director, Office for Multicultural Student Access and Retention, Ohio University
Dustin Faulstick, Ph. D., Literature, Assistant Professor, Missouri Southern State University
Kelly Ferguson, Ph. D., Creative Writing-Nonfiction, Assistant Professor, Southern Utah University
Craig Meyer, Ph. D., Rhetoric/Composition, Assistant Professor, Texas A & M-Kingsville
2013
Melanie Lee, Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition, Assistant Professor, University of Southern Indiana
Lydia McDermott, Ph.D, Rhetoric and Composition, Assistant Professor, Whitman College
2012
Wendy Walker, Ph.D., Literature, Professional Assistant Professor, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
2011
Bishnu Ghirimire, Ph.D., Literature, Associate Professor, Alabama State University
Kate Nuernberger, Ph.D., Poetry, Assistant Professor, University of Central Missouri
Joe Plicka, Ph.D., Fiction
Associate Professor, Brigham Young University of Hawaii
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
Jaswinder Bolina, Ph.D., Poetry, Assistant Professor, University of Miami
Don Dudding, Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition, English Teacher, Southern Local Schools
Rachel Peckham, Ph.D., Creative Writing, Assistant Professor, Marshall University
Paul Shovlin, Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition, Assistant Professor, SUNY-Binghamton
Megan L. Titus, Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition, Assistant Professor, Rider University
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, Director, First Year Writing, Cleveland State University
Jennifer Pauley-Gose, Ph.D., Literature, Assistant Professor, English and Humanities, Shawnee State University
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, 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, Assistant Teaching Professor in English, Assistant Director of Academic Affairs, Penn State University Shenango Campus
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