tom hillard

Degrees

Ph.D. in English, University of Arizona (2006)

M.A. in English, University of Nevada, Reno (2000)

B.A. in English, Boise State University (1998)

Research Interests

Nineteenth century and colonial American literature, exploration narratives, natural history, nature writing and environmental literature, Gothic and supernatural, Western American literature

Recent Publications

Online Teacher’s Guide to The Future of Nature: Writing on a Human Ecology from Orion Magazine, Ed. Barry Lopez.  Minneapolis: Milkweed Editions.  Forthcoming, 2007.

Reference Article: “John Bartram.” Early American Nature Writers: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Ed. Daniel Patterson. Westport, CT: Greenwood.  Forthcoming, 2007.

Book Review:  Frank D. Weissbarth, Holy Ghost Creek; andGordon M. Wickstrom, Late in an Angler’s Life: Essays on the Sport, in ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment 12.2 (Summer 2005): 283-85.

Courses Frequently Taught

English 275, Intro to Literary Studies

English 277, Survey of American Literature

English 375, Early American Literature

English 377, American Renaissance

Environmental literature, nature writing, western American literature, and the literary Gothic

Contact

ThomasHillard@boisestate.edu

Personal Website

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