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Matthew K. Hitchman (he/him)

Faculty Mentor, Program in Writing and Rhetoric

Acting Assistant Professor

Contact Information

hitchmk@uw.edu

PDL A-308

Office Hours: 

M & W from 11 - 12pm

Fields of Interest

19th CenturyAmericanCultureGenre TheoryMaritime LiteratureSentimental NovelTransatlantic

Biography

Ph.D., University of Washington, 2020

M.A., CUNY Hunter College, 2014

B.A., Seattle University, 2010

Research

Selected Research

• Hitchman, Matthew Kastrup. Maritime Sensibility: Sentimentalism, Racial Capitalism, and a Critique of the American Maritime Genre. 2020. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
  Adviser: Eva Cherniavsky

Courses Taught

Spring 2024

• ENGL 281 A: Intermediate Expository Writing

Winter 2024

• ENGL 281 F: Intermediate Expository Writing

Autumn 2023

• ENGL 381 A: Advanced Expository Writing

Summer 2023 Full-term

• ENGL 111 A: Composition: Literature

Spring 2023

• ENGL 121 A: Composition: Social Issues
• ENGL 281 A: Intermediate Expository Writing

Winter 2023

• ENGL 121 B: Composition: Social Issues
• ENGL 281 A: Intermediate Expository Writing

Autumn 2022

• ENGL 121 E: Composition: Social Issues

Spring 2022

• ENGL 121 A: Composition: Social Issues

Winter 2022

• ENGL 111 Y: Composition: Literature

Autumn 2021

• ENGL 197 A: Interdisciplinary Writing/Humanities
• ENGL 281 G: Intermediate Expository Writing

Summer 2021 Full-term

• ENGL 131 C: Composition: Exposition

Spring 2021

• ENGL 121 C: Composition: Social Issues

Winter 2021

• ENGL 121 E: Composition: Social Issues
• ENGL 131 Y3: Composition: Exposition

Autumn 2020

• ENGL 108 B1: Writing Ready: Preparing for College Writing
• ENGL 108 C: Writing Ready: Preparing for College Writing
• ENGL 121 F: Composition: Social Issues
• ENGL 281 E: Intermediate Expository Writing

Spring 2020

• ENGL 382 A: Special Topics in Multimodal Composition

Autumn 2019

• ENGL 108 B1: Writing Ready: Preparing for College Writing
• ENGL 108 E: Writing Ready: Preparing for College Writing

Winter 2019

• ENGL 200 D: Reading Literary Forms

Spring 2018

• ENGL 111 B: Composition: Literature

Autumn 2017

• ENGL 202 AC: Introduction To The Study Of English Language And Literature
• ENGL 202 AF: Introduction To The Study Of English Language And Literature

Spring 2017

• ENGL 110 C: Introductory Composition

Winter 2017

• ENGL 110 A: Introductory Composition

Autumn 2016

• ENGL 109 D: Introductory Composition

Spring 2016

• ENGL 131 B5: Composition: Exposition

Winter 2016

• ENGL 131 G: Composition: Exposition

Autumn 2015

• ENGL 131 U: Composition: Exposition

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