INTRODUCTION
Lauri Scheyer is Professor of English
TEACHING INTERESTS
At the undergraduate and graduate levels, Lauri Scheyer's courses include International Modernism, Modern Poetry, Contemporary Poetry, Poetry as Difference, The African American Poetic Tradition, African Diasporic Poetics of Space, The Bible as Literature, Writing Poetry, Writing Creative Nonfiction, Music and Literature, Black British Literature and Culture, Documentary Poetics, and Literary Magazine Editing and Publication.
RESEARCH
Lauri Scheyer's main interests in research and student supervision are lyric poetry and poetics, experimental and formally innovative literature, inter-media and cross-genre art, art as a social and political force, canon formation and marginalization, poetry of the African diaspora, ethnic poetry, creative writing and creative writing pedagogy, modern and contemporary literature and culture, and the intersection of creative and critical writing and thought.
SELECTED BOOK PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
B.A. English and Creative Writing
- Oberlin College
M.A. English and Creative Writing
- The University of Chicago
Ph.D. English and American Language and Literature
- The University of Chicago