Graduate Student Profiles
Luke Martin
Research Interests:
20th century American Literature and Art, Critical Theory, Archival Practice and Theory
Select Publications:
“Returns of Hitler: Naming, Politics, (Myth) From A- to H-”, Anamesa, Vol 5, No 3 (Spring 2008)
Select Conference Presentations:
“Haunting ‘Hitler’” New York University (Fall 2007)
“Excess & Experiment: Aesthetic Aneconomy in Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren” Tufts University (Fall 2010)
Select Fellowships and Awards:
Hirschhorn Thesis Award for best thesis in the Humanities (2008-2009)
Select Teaching Experience:
ENG100z: Analytical Writing, Ecological Readings
ENG240z: Contemporary American Religious and Spiritual Cultures
ENG223: Short Fiction of the Americas: the strange, the dark, and lo real maravilloso
[email protected]
Aaron Wittman
Ph.D. Candidate (2012), University at Albany SUNY
M.A. English (2008), California State University, Chico
B.A. Communication Design - Media Arts (2003), California State University, Chico
Research Interests:
19th Century American Literature; American Frontiers (Ecology, Resource, Aesthetic, Imperial); Theories of Topography / Geography / Space / Locale / Landscape; Identity Politics
Select Conference Presentations:
“‘The Diminutive Process of All Things’:Alternatives to the Anthropocentric in Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God.” The Outlaw: Trespass, Disfigurement, Domestication. University at Albany, (SUNY). April 2010.
“‘The Circle Almost Circled’: Walt Whitman, D. H. Lawrence and the West.” John R. Milton Writers’ Conference. University of South Dakota. October 2007.
“On the Self-Canceling of Polonius.” Northern California Renaissance Conference. University of California, Davis. Spring 2007.
“The Greening of the Guru: Transcendentalist Teaching Philosophies for Environmental Awareness.” Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) Conference. California State University, Chico. Fall 2006.
“17th Century Coffeehouse Archetypes.” Humanities and Fine Arts Symposium. California State University, Chico. Spring 2006.
Select Teaching Experience:
AENG 226 (Focus on Literary Theme, Form, Mode) – Westerns and the West
AENG 240 (Growing Up in America) – American Short Stories
AENG 240 (Growing Up in America) – Constructions of Violence
AENG 240 (Growing Up in America) – Violence and Community
Other:
Graduate Student Representative, Graduate Advisory Committee (Faculty). English Department. University at Albany, SUNY. (Fall 2011 - Spring 2012)
English Department Undergraduate Advisement Assistant. University at Albany, SUNY. (Fall 2010 - Spring 2011)
Contact: [email protected]
Research Interests:
20th century American Literature and Art, Critical Theory, Archival Practice and Theory
Select Publications:
“Returns of Hitler: Naming, Politics, (Myth) From A- to H-”, Anamesa, Vol 5, No 3 (Spring 2008)
Select Conference Presentations:
“Haunting ‘Hitler’” New York University (Fall 2007)
“Excess & Experiment: Aesthetic Aneconomy in Samuel R. Delany’s Dhalgren” Tufts University (Fall 2010)
Select Fellowships and Awards:
Hirschhorn Thesis Award for best thesis in the Humanities (2008-2009)
Select Teaching Experience:
ENG100z: Analytical Writing, Ecological Readings
ENG240z: Contemporary American Religious and Spiritual Cultures
ENG223: Short Fiction of the Americas: the strange, the dark, and lo real maravilloso
[email protected]
Aaron Wittman
Ph.D. Candidate (2012), University at Albany SUNY
M.A. English (2008), California State University, Chico
B.A. Communication Design - Media Arts (2003), California State University, Chico
Research Interests:
19th Century American Literature; American Frontiers (Ecology, Resource, Aesthetic, Imperial); Theories of Topography / Geography / Space / Locale / Landscape; Identity Politics
Select Conference Presentations:
“‘The Diminutive Process of All Things’:Alternatives to the Anthropocentric in Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God.” The Outlaw: Trespass, Disfigurement, Domestication. University at Albany, (SUNY). April 2010.
“‘The Circle Almost Circled’: Walt Whitman, D. H. Lawrence and the West.” John R. Milton Writers’ Conference. University of South Dakota. October 2007.
“On the Self-Canceling of Polonius.” Northern California Renaissance Conference. University of California, Davis. Spring 2007.
“The Greening of the Guru: Transcendentalist Teaching Philosophies for Environmental Awareness.” Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) Conference. California State University, Chico. Fall 2006.
“17th Century Coffeehouse Archetypes.” Humanities and Fine Arts Symposium. California State University, Chico. Spring 2006.
Select Teaching Experience:
AENG 226 (Focus on Literary Theme, Form, Mode) – Westerns and the West
AENG 240 (Growing Up in America) – American Short Stories
AENG 240 (Growing Up in America) – Constructions of Violence
AENG 240 (Growing Up in America) – Violence and Community
Other:
Graduate Student Representative, Graduate Advisory Committee (Faculty). English Department. University at Albany, SUNY. (Fall 2011 - Spring 2012)
English Department Undergraduate Advisement Assistant. University at Albany, SUNY. (Fall 2010 - Spring 2011)
Contact: [email protected]