Matthew K. Hitchman (he/him)

Faculty Mentor, Program in Writing and Rhetoric

Acting Assistant Professor

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Contact Information

PDL A-308

Office Hours

M & W from 12 - 1pm

Fields of Interest

19th Century American Culture Genre Theory Maritime Literature Sentimental Novel Transatlantic

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

Autumn 2024

Summer 2024

ENGL 111 A: Composition: Literature

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

ENGL 111 A: Composition: Literature

Spring 2023

Winter 2023

Autumn 2022

ENGL 121 E: Composition: Social Issues

Summer 2022

ENGL 111 A: Composition: Literature

Spring 2022

Winter 2022

Autumn 2021

Summer 2021

ENGL 131 C: Composition: Exposition

Spring 2021

ENGL 121 C: Composition: Social Issues

Winter 2021

Autumn 2020

Spring 2020

ENGL 382 A: Special Topics in Multimodal Composition

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