Ross-Blakley Hall PO Box 871401
TEMPE, AZ 85287-1401
Mail code: 1401
Campus: Tempe
Student Information
Graduate Student English (Literature) The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Long Bio
Adam D. Hoffman has worked as an English Instructor for ASU Writing Programs, teaching Composition, Literature, and Honors courses since 2014. As a writer, Adam focuses on literary and cultural theory, science writing, politics, and 20th-21st century American Literature. His dissertation, “Human, Pig, Chicken, Cow: The Marketing of Animals in Late-Stage Capitalism” looks at biopolitics, the environment, economics, and Animal Studies. Adam has delivered conference papers on topics in American Literature, Environmental Humanities, and Animal Studies such as “The Elevated Galliform in the Middle Ages and Renaissance” at SCRAL 2019, and “God’s Not Dead, He’s Money: Technocapitalism in Philip K Dick’s Ubik” at the Southwest English Symposium Conference, 2016. Additionally, Adam has volunteered for literary review (H-Net 2023, Oxford UP 2013), as a Faculty Sponsor (Adventure Devils 2024, Sunrise ASU 2019), and for community service organizations (Devils in Disguise 2018, Maggie’s Place 2017). As a scholar, Instructor, and Sun Devil community member, Adam generally holds a “head-heart-hand” approach—knowledge without concern or action is incomplete.
Education
Ph.D English Literature, Arizona State University, 2025
M.A. English Literature, Northern Arizona University 2011
B.A. Religious Studies; Minor: Philosophy, University of Arizona 2008
Environmental Humanities, American Literature (20th and 21st Century), Science Fiction, Classics, Rhetoric and Composition, Religious Studies, and Critical Theory
Research Group
Adam D. Hoffman, J. Waters, V. Fazel, & H. Ackerman. Panel: “In Defense of Reliable Sources: Teaching Credible Research in the Era of ‘Fake News’.” Writing Programs Comp Conference, ASU. Feb 25,’17.
Adam D Hoffman, Kristie Benefield, and Rachel Koch. Combined presentation on classroom teacher-student dynamics. Employee Development Day at Coconino Community College. April 6, 2013.
Adam D Hoffman and Rachel Koch. “Transformations and Transitions in Using Technology in the Classroom.” Peaks Interdisciplinary Conference, Northern Arizona University. Feb 25, 2012.
Adam D Hoffman and Rachel Koch. “Technology in the Classroom: Help or Hindrance?” Peaks Interdisciplinary Conference, Northern Arizona University. Feb. 5, 2010.
Publications
Adam D. Hoffman. “The Elevated Galliform in the Middle Ages and Renaissance” CoGAH (Council of Graduate Art Historians) at Arizona State University. March 5, 2021.
Adam D. Hoffman. “The Elevated Galliform in the Middle Ages and Renaissance” SCRAL (Somewhat Coherent Research About Literature) at Arizona State University. September 27, 2019.
Adam D. Hoffman. “Effectiveness of Multimodal Animal Rights Arguments” Writing Programs Composition Conference at Arizona State University. February 16, 2019.
Adam D. Hoffman. “Rate Yourself Professor: Negotiating Ratemyprofessor.com” Writing Programs Composition Conference at Arizona State University. February 24, 2018.
Adam D. Hoffman. “Silence is Not-So Golden: Teaching the Reticent Classroom” Writing Programs Composition Conference at Arizona State University. February 27, 2016.
Adam D. Hoffman. “God’s Not Dead, He’s Money: Technocapitalism in Philip K Dick’s Ubik” Southwest English Symposium Conference at Arizona State University. February 20, 2016.
Adam D. Hoffman. “Content, Audience, Outcomes: Selecting an Ideal Composition Textbook” Writing Programs Composition Conference at Arizona State University. February 28, 2015.
Adam D. Hoffman. “Cold Trembling & Trepidation: A New Year’s Eve Misadventure” (creative fiction). Peaks Interdisciplinary Conference at Northern Arizona University. February 22-23, 2013.
Adam D. Hoffman. “Hegel in Black Americana: Hegelian Identity Theory and its Influence on WEB Du Bois and James Weldon Johnson.” Joel Olsen Conference at NAU campus. January 26, 2013.
Adam D. Hoffman. “Drawbacks of Technology in the Classroom: Isolation, Distraction, Dependence.” Employee Development Day at Coconino Community College Campus. April 6, 2012.
Adam D. Hoffman. “Here, said she, / Is your card”: The Visual Presence of the Tarot in Eliot's The Waste Land.” Peaks Interdisciplinary Conference at Northern Arizona University. Feb 25-26, 2012.
Adam D. Hoffman. “Deciphering Shakespeare's Ambiguous Richard II: Martyr-King or Ignoble Villain?” Peaks Interdisciplinary Conference at NAU campus. February 25-26, 2011.
Adam D. Hoffman. “Gulliver's Travels: A Clouded Vision.” Peaks Interdisciplinary Conference at Northern Arizona University. February 6, 2010.