Title
Associate Professor
Department
English and Rhetoric
Institution
Georgia College & State University
Education
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Ph.D., English, The Ohio-State University, 2003
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M.A., English, The Ohio State University, 1999
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B.A., English, Denison University, Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude, 1997
Research Interests
Biography
Alex E. Blazer is an Associate Professor of English at Georgia College & State University. After studying literature and photography at Denison University, he earned a Ph.D. in twentieth-century literature and critical theory at The Ohio State University. He has also taught at the University of Louisville and Grand Valley State University.
His poetry scholarship focused on the relationship between critical theory and American poetry in the 1970s and 1980s. His research on the contemporary American novel examines the relationship between postmodern culture and existential madness. Recently, he has presented a conference paper on Bret Easton Ellis's Twitter feed and published a book chapter on Paul Auster's work.
He teaches a variety of courses in twenty- and twenty-first century American literature, critical theory, and composition. In the spring, he taught SciFi and Philosophy, Critical Approaches to Literature, and Modern Poetry; he directed a BA Thesis; and he was a committee member on two MFA Theses. In the fall, he will teach Writing about Literature, Marxist Literary Criticism, and Film as well as direct an MA Thesis.
He is the Literature Coordinator for the Department of English & Rhetoric, the Past President of Phi Kappa Phi, a University Senate volunteer serving as Secretary of the Faculty Affairs Policy Committee, the advisor of the Anime Club, the co-advisor of the Secular Student Alliance, and the editor of The DoER: The Department of English & Rhetoric Newsletter.
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Contact Information
478-445-0964
