Profiles in "20th Century American Literature" Expertise Area

  • Rosemarie Dombrowski is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Phoenix, AZ, the founding director of Revisionary Arts, and a narrative medicine specialist committed to improving public health through poetry.
  • Christie holds doctorate, master’s, and bachelor’s degrees in English with emphases respectively in cultural studies, composition and rhetoric, and American literature.
  • Cryer teaches writing at Arizona State University. His poetry collection, 'Selected Proverbs', won Elixir Press' 2016 Antivenom Poetry Award.
  • Bert Bender taught American literature from 1971 to 2003.His major fields are sea fiction and Darwin's profound influence on American fiction.
  • Ms. Litchfield is a PhD English Creative Writing student at Binghamton University. She teaches at BU and ASU. Her interests include American Literature, trauma studies, feminist memoir, and writing pedagogy.
  • Pete Figler defended his PhD from The University of Arizona in 2017. He has taught college since 2003 and has won four teaching awards at three different institutions.