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David Kumler (he/him/his)

Part-time Lecturer

Contact Information

kumler@uw.edu

PDL A503

Office Hours: 

TTh 2:00-3:00

Fields of Interest

20th Century21st CenturyAfro-PessimismAmericanHorrorMusicPopular CultureRacial CapitalismSubject FormationThe Human

Biography

Ph.D, English Language and Literature, University of Washington, 2020

MFA, Creative Writing, University of Alabama, 2014

B.A, Religious Studies, Belmont University 2010

Research

Selected Research

• Kumler, David. "Reanimating Lovecraft: Racism and Ontological Terror in Victor LaValle’s The Ballad of Black Tom." Aeternum: The Journal of Contemporary Gothic Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, 2021, pp. 45-60. Download PDF (248.27 KB)
• Kumler, David Ryan. Into the Seething Vortex: Occult Horror and the Subversion of the Realistic. 2020. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
  Adviser: Eva Cherniavsky

Courses Taught

Spring 2023

• ENGL 288 A: Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing
• ENGL 349 A: Science Fiction and Fantasy

Winter 2023

• ENGL 288 I: Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing
• ENGL 382 A: Special Topics in Multimodal Composition

Autumn 2022

• ENGL 207 A: Introduction to Cultural Studies
• ENGL 288 H: Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing

Spring 2022

• ENGL 182 K: Composition: Multimodal
• ENGL 200 B: Reading Literary Forms

Winter 2022

• ENGL 204 A: Popular Fiction and Media

Autumn 2021

• ENGL 182 M: Composition: Multimodal
• ENGL 200 A: Reading Literary Forms

Spring 2021

• ENGL 200 C: Reading Literary Forms
• ENGL 242 C: Reading Prose Fiction

Winter 2021

• ENGL 200 A: Reading Literary Forms

Autumn 2020

• ENGL 108 N: Writing Ready: Preparing for College Writing
• ENGL 131 Y: Composition: Exposition
• ENGL 207 A: Introduction to Cultural Studies

Spring 2020

• ENGL 182 E: Composition: Multimodal

Autumn 2019

• ENGL 108 G: Writing Ready: Preparing for College Writing

Spring 2019

• ENGL 282 A: Intermediate Multimodal Composition

Autumn 2018

• ENGL 108 G: Writing Ready: Preparing for College Writing
• ENGL 182 F: Composition: Multimodal

Spring 2018

• ENGL 182 E: Composition: Multimodal

Winter 2018

• ENGL 182 E: Composition: Multimodal

Autumn 2017

• ENGL 182 F: Composition: Multimodal

Spring 2017

• ENGL 182 B: Composition: Multimodal

Winter 2017

• ENGL 182 D: Composition: Multimodal

Autumn 2016

• ENGL 182 A: Composition: Multimodal
• ENGL 182 A: Composition: Multimodal

Spring 2016

• ENGL 131 A3: Composition: Exposition

Winter 2016

• ENGL 131 B6: Composition: Exposition

Autumn 2015

• ENGL 131 I: Composition: Exposition

Spring 2015

• ENGL 131 A5: Composition: Exposition

Winter 2015

• ENGL 131 F: Composition: Exposition

Autumn 2014

• ENGL 131 B2: Composition: Exposition

ENGL 204: Reanimating Lovecraft: Cosmic Horror and Contemporary Social Critique (U. Washington, Winter 2019)

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